Mike and his friend Tink are Legends Outdoors regulars via the open water route. They spoke often about giving ice-fishing a try for sometime and in 2021 they did just that. Mike's grandson Oliver and Bubba the dog made the trek with them out on the ice of Lake Wallenpaupack for their outing. It was an extremely nice day with a sereneness about it as the warm February sun and light winds gave the anglers a feeling of comfort and contentment. Tip-ups were strewn about and jigging rods were manned by the anglers with Bubba observing the sport with inquisitive demeanor. The day seen some flags and action via the jigging rod. Some of the flags on the tip-ups got caught up in the wood that lay beneath and others produced some nice fish such as this monster pickerel that measured 26 1/2" verified! Oliver is timid about holding his fish so he posed next to anglers/guides for the photos. A decent amount of panfish were caught and kept for harvesting as well as the pickerel. Oliver would also land a really nice smallmouth bass with beautiful colors as shown below that was returned back into the lake. Tink would haul in the lunker bass of the day which was an absolute winter tank as it pulled drag and bent his rod as Tink played it out carefully before it was lipped out of the hole and posed for a photo! This fish was also released back into the wintery depths. The day also seen venison backstraps cooked for the anglers served on grenade buns. All parties had a blast on such a brilliantly nice day it will be quite a day to remember for this group and we look forward to seeing them in the upcoming open water season as that is right around the corner.
