Lake Simcoe, Day 1

Fished Lake Simcoe with Dwayne, Fred and Dan. We stayed at Whispering Pines bed and breakfast in Sutton, Ontario. Temperature in the morning was -7 degrees and when we quit fishing it was around 10 degrees. The wind was blowing out of the east about 10 to 15 knots and the wind chill was very cold. We fished with Ice Fishing Outfitters out of Virginia Beach, Ontario. We fished in the huts furthest out in about 14 feet of water, about 3/4 miles from shore. The ice is 12 inches thick and it is a good black ice. The water was gin clear so we were able to sight fish all day, which is a lot of fun. We had small perch in the hole most of the day and eventually a larger fish would show up. The first couple of hours we had a tough time hooking up with the larger fish. I finally put on a Slab Grabber spoon tipped with a minnow head and Dan put on a silver and gold Williams spoon tipped with a piece of a minnow. That seemed to attract more fish and our catching improved. We kept 39 fish between the two huts with the largest perch around 12 inches. It was a tough day fishing but it was only our first day.