 Good morning. All right. It's 5 a.m. It warmed up. It's 20 degrees out right now So warmed up it was starting to get pretty cold last night and sometime during the night It got moved up in like the 20s So we're definitely gonna get some weather today whether it be Freezing rain or snow or a pile of snow. I'm expecting that about mid-morning I've heard it hit the roof a little bit over the last half hour So I got the coffee started last night sleeping was pretty awesome listening to the ice crack and Listening to the ice make more ice. I went to sleep with just my t-shirt sweatpants socks on and There were a couple times during the night where it was actually a little too warm And I had to open that sleeping bag up and let some air in so that's a good thing Better to have too much heat than not enough. I'd shut the heater off Soon as I went to bed. I it ended up working pretty well last night I got the heater going for some reason it was Burping and farting and and going out when I first started it I don't know if I had a bad connection or if the propane was bad But while I cooked dinner and did a little bit of reading the heater kept things nice and here and then at night I just don't really need it unless it's super cold. So I shut it off rather than burn propane I didn't need to dry anything either. Everything's dry already. Good night sleep coffee started. I ate so much deer Last night. I'm not really hungry at all I might drive a couple pieces of toast in to me just so I don't have to stop and eat during the day I'm gonna have to go after them pretty hard in the morning because I don't know what that weather is If it's gonna be freezing rain That could get a little ugly and and you really don't want to get wet on one of these camping trips I do have the proper gear, you know rain gear and and the The ice fishing pants are pretty well dry, too. I'm excited. We found crappie in here yesterday Can't believe it. They were all small on the screen and the ones that I call really small But that doesn't mean there's not big ones in here. So we're on the hunt today for one of those big ins Yeah, we're looking good. Wow Didn't even measure that it came out perfect for those two cups Wow, it must it's gonna be a great day. All right, we got a flag pretty exciting because I'm using pretty big bait so Shouldn't really catch too many on little guys. It's not moving Oh, there's a fish there Haha, little crappie. You're too small for that shiner. Give me that shiner back All right, he's probably like a eight incher. Let's get him back. I went to I Went to the big shiners the bigger shiners. I got both but I went to bigger So I wouldn't catch too many of those little guys But they're gonna eat it if it's sitting there We got two flags up Not running something there feels pretty. Oh now he feels better. She's he took a nice run. It's not even fighting yet There we go There we go a little bit bigger. Yeah, sir. That's a good crappie right there. All right He swallowed that shiner We might uh, we'll probably keep him. He's he's 12 or so Good fish All right, let's keep him that'll be dinner nice slab These are really really big shiners for crappie. I'm trying to eliminate all the little guys the tiny guys That's a good class of crappie right there that That gives me some good hope that there could be some giants in here Nothing yet. There he is. Feels real small Oh, he's just started fighting. Oh Gosh You're small I don't even know if you're hooked that one's tiny. Let's get him back They're pretty in here Oh two flags Got two flags up guys. He feels all right Not the smallest one It's interesting to see all the different sizes in this pond so far. Oh that popped right out cool Nice little crappie going back Let's get him set and then go check that flag where I had that 14-incher That mate's just about dead, but I don't think it's gonna matter Let's keep this guy up a little higher for the big boys. He was just sitting there Probably because he wasn't big enough to pull it. Oh Man, there's a lot of little guys in here Maybe too many I don't know. All right catch and release. I think I'm gonna set this really high I Don't know if the little guys are they'll come up that high. I'm sure they will but let's try it We're gonna set this one about three foot below the surface See if we can weed out some of those little guys Spinning a little bit another crappie cool came back in to take the chill off a little bit and Drink my coffee and either have a late Breakfast or an early lunch one or the other bite kind of shut off I'm Jumping around a lot out there to try to really figure out what the pond looks like for bottom contours If there's any depth differences It's pretty much been flat like nine to eleven for the most part. I found one weed bed That's that was five foot and then I think I found some more weeds in about Seven or eight foot bouncing around I have found more crappie from like central north and so far I did not find a lot down The further south I went so I'm gonna I got quite a big basin north of me to explore too We have seven inches of ice It's weird for me to be the first guy out here with a machine like that's the first time I think I've ever done that in my life I've been the first guy on ponds walking before or lakes where I'm walking You know and you test them and you know exactly what you can be on but seven inches ice is enough for a snowmobile I'm the first guy out here and probably the only guy out here I'm I'm a little bit surprised with the population of crappie in here The it's definitely really strong population a lot of little guys and one good one so far one 14 inch or We got a flag to just popped up I was gonna show you guys the rain on the roof And my brookie set just went out. I just moved it a little bit deeper It's in about six foot of water right there My first set just went out. I got a pretty good size China on it It's not moving Off to the side There's something there That's something Cool inch hole so he's probably ten trying to catch a big one for these big shyness Freezing up there to keep it cool in there All right, looks like the flags are starting to pop a little bit. So Maybe that Afternoon bite is starting early. It's nasty nasty out here. It's Freezing rain blowing straight sideways blowing like a sieve the mountains are making the weather It's everything's going on right now But at least we got a flag Could this be the giant could this be the one that I've been looking for maybe Nope, it's not very big I don't even know if he's still on He's not even on That's a big China Let's see if he comes back needs He was there for a second. It's weird. How does it rain when it's? Like 20 22 degrees. I don't understand it Action is action. We'll take it. I kind of hurts the face a little bit pinging against you All right guys check out this beauty this old old antique main ice fishing trap We're gonna set that down see if we can catch a fish on it. Oh, there's a fish there Shoot missed them missed them. I was set that I was like, huh, I kind of felt like a fish That goes like that that goes like that All right, that should be good And if that flag goes up Even if it's like halfway out that means the fish is on there That is old school There we go We got one We got one folks sees free spooling I don't think he's very big That didn't take long Let's set the hook and see what see what it is Ah missed him shoot Must be like a small perch or something Let's reset it. He's got him now We got him. He was a little crappy All right, the old school Getting it done It's nasty It's nasty. I got another flag up the wind's blowing We got sleep happening What am I doing out here? chasing these little tiny crappie Or perch trying to catch me a monster But I don't know if they're in here. This one feels pretty good This one feels a lot better Way better. What is this? Oh? Yeah, there's a good one All right Nice, there's a big old crappy for you. How deep did he get that? All right, that's another pretty good one there. He's got to be pushing He's probably pushing 14 inches as well real pretty Let's get him back It's a big Shiner for crappy for a little crappy She's coming down now guys. It's still really cold And the wind's howling pretty good, but for some reason it's not snow. It's it's freezing rain at least so it's not sticking to the Tent these tents are not really made for rain. They're not waterproof But if it's freezing or if it's snow they can handle it, but up I go out and I Knock it off the roof every couple minutes just so it's not sitting on there and add weight also So it's not leaking through because that would not be cool if it rains in here when it heats up 14 and 8 Well, that's it for the fishing part of it today pretty pretty good day I mean I got four crappy over 14 inches or right at 14 inches So I you can never call that a bad day. I know I've been whacking some giants lately south of here but so far 14 inches the biggest out of this pond and It was I'd call it pretty rough weather conditions You know towards after like midday when the storm blew in I didn't really want to be out there Jigging and jumping holes everywhere So I got out of the wind got out of the rain and sleet and just fish the tip-ups or traps and Ended up catching a couple decent ones doing that too. That's it for the fishing part now We're into the camp part so gonna try to Throw out some of these traps and get a couple of those re rigged I don't like quite how they were rigged for today So that way they'll be ready to go tomorrow jig rods I'm gonna tie on a couple new allures for tomorrow as well thought out what's left of the bait I'm melting down some snow over here So I have plenty of water for coffee and for drinking water and oh, yeah, I kept a couple crappy too So I kept a 14 and a 12 So I'm gonna cut those up so I can have them for dinner tonight. Stay tuned guys This is the fun part about being in camp is getting all your gear ready and and making making it work for camp Dinner tonight. We're eating pretty good tonight folks I'm gonna eat the last of the okra and frying up too crappy and some olive oil with some fish fry Dust on them. This is gonna be pretty good dinner tonight Well recapping the day All in all hopefully it's a good night sleeping and I'll see you guys in the morning. Thanks for tuning in It's up guys. Whoo. What a night that was That's what the trip's all about right there get big old crappy and a little tiny pond