Thread: First ice trip of the season

Took a trip to a couple of local lakes today with vbottom. First stop was the Ionia State Game Area to give Sessions Lake a try. We found about 4" of good solid ice and probably 25 fishermen there ahead of us. After some searching we found a few fish in 26 fow but the bite was slow. We left after a few hours planning to fish a pond on a local golf course but swung by Jordan Lake on the way for an ice check. To our surprise there was good ice and a bunch of fishermen so we decided to give it a try. The ice was crystal clear and 4" thick and it was freaky being able to see bottom as we walked out. We fished 30+ fow and the bite was very light but also steady. By the time we left at close to 5:00 we (Jeff) had put together a decent pile if eaters.