Ice Walk

Tomorrow begins hikes around my favorite lakes. Usually with no rod in hand until substantial ice melt. Watch for the first places the ice thaws. Many of those areas will be the first place fish become active. Regardless of structure, or other usual rules of locating fish. Follow the order of the ice melt and, with a bit of Fishing 201 knowledge and good memory, or good record keeping, follow the spawning wave later. Fish do spawn in waves and different locations, according to various parts of a lake reaching spawning temperatures at different times.