Fishing Report St Williams Feb 26
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Thanks for the report @Extra Virgin . Are those cleats I see? If so, good call!
I keep the cleats on all winter long, but with this wind I'm sure glad I'm with someone that has a machine to bring us in!
Sent @Gator Hunter to play fetch in this wind... Anyone missing a yellow national geographic bag?
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Thanks @Extra Virgin for the first ice fishing report so far for today.The day started out well with the perch bite and wind, but now mid afternoon you don't need a prostitute to get blown now
I was wondering on how the ice fishing was doing today,while I am sorting out some more of my ice fishing tackle today,and anticipating another ice fishing trip out on long point bay next week. My leftover minnow’s (photo) from my last ice fishing trip,(Monday,February 21/22 ),have been on my aerator,and are anxious to catch some perch & pike’s for me!! lol 
It’s good to see that the ice looks great still & there are still a lot of ice hut’s out there enjoying the sport of ice fishing today according to your video 
. Please leave some perch & pike’s for us retire’s such as myself,that like to go ice fishing during the week!! lol 
More tight lines to you for the rest of the afternoon. 
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WOW!! that ice looks very “Slick!!” & Screw the cleat’s!! 
I am bringing my skates!! lol
Skates, I'm going to need a bombardier to get me off the ice!
If the shanty is a rockin' it's mother nature knockin, not LPB prostitutes
If the shanty is a rockin' it's mother nature knockin, not LPB prostitutes
Fowlplaybuck
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I have never had much luck keeping minnows I change the water and also have a airator what do you feed them ?Thanks @Extra Virgin for the first ice fishing report so far for today.
Good eye, it's the larger sized walleye talker i was using today since the water was stained I needed some sound to bring em in
I never feed them, I'm on well water so it's safe to just change the water daily and keep them cold in my garage with an el cheepo Walmart bubbler
It definitely was one hell of a windy walk back until our chauffeur @Gator Hunter picked us up!
Gator Hunter
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That it sure was! Almost makes me want to put some chains on the atv tires!
@Fowlplaybuck I was told by Richard from @Collins Harbour where I bought the minnow’s from last Monday,February 21/22,(family day), to never feed the minnow’s. I am using rain barrel water that I had collected into 5 gallon pail’s. Never use tap water,because the chlorine will kill the minnow’s. I use a electric aerator & occasionally I put snow in my laundry tap where the minnow’s are in,to keep the water on the cool side. Hopefully this will help you & good luck!!
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Fisherboy
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If I know in advance I will have left over minnows & want to keep them. I will fill up a 5 gallon pail but with tap water & let it sit in a cool in place for a couple of days(longer then better) before adding the minnows.
Also run an electric aerator. Keeps minnows alive without any problems. I also never feed them.
Also run an electric aerator. Keeps minnows alive without any problems. I also never feed them.
Thanks for your suggestion
and I forgot @Outdorman I remember using that liquid back in my “younger” year’s,when I had tropical 
fish in my aquarium’s to remove the chlorine from the tap water. I hope to be using the minnow’s this week that I have left for some more ice fishing somewhere,wherever the ice is the safest. 
hvyhaul
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Oh gawd! Tropical fish tanks! The horrors!
I had multiple tanks including breeders for years, foolishly bought a very small Cichlid I think they called a Jack Dempsey for $0.25. That SOB ate everything in the tank and ended up almost 6 inches in length before I finally decided to put it out of my misery.
lolOh gawd! Tropical fish tanks! The horrors!
I had multiple tanks including breeders for years, foolishly bought a very small Cichlid I think they called a Jack Dempsey for $0.25. That SOB ate everything in the tank and ended up almost 6 inches in length before I finally decided to put it out of my misery.
and WOW!! 
@hvyhaul six inches is “huge” for that tropical fish!! The leftover scoop of minnow’s that I had from a day of ice fishing on Fanshawe Lake back on January 31/22 that I bought here in London at a local tackle store,ended up at our daughters place. She has a tropical fish,(Oscar),around 5 inches long!! Needless to say,her Oscar loved those minnow’s a few at a time. 
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littlekitch
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i keep them in original water from seller in a little oscar cooler in my garage.i put a couple handfulls of snow in cooler each day.have kept them for a couple of weeks at a time.just don't forget the daily snow.you might have to scoop water out once or twice.
I've noticed most of the perch spitting up these little guys vs emerald shiners, exactly what you have been telling me for years Harold. Kept enough for a meal, from lake to plate in less than a day and even made some fresh LPB lobster tails
