Port austin report with pic. 1-31-2003, interesting report!!!

[jeremy L]

The two of us fished from 4.30 til 6.30 off the state ramp at port austin. Water was about 3 1/2 feet deep with about 16 inches of ice.

My dad got this nice brown on a chartruse teardrop/minnow about 5.30. It was 19 inches long and about 3 1/2 pounds.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/4057brown_ice-med.JPG

Then, about 6.00pm, my dad got another hit and pulled up this surprise. It is a king about 4 pounds. The white stuff on the bottom is not the white decay crap, but the milt(sp?). it was caught also on a chartruse teardrop/minnow.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/4057king_ice-med.JPG

I didn't get anything, but i did see one small perch. We were not looking too much down the holes though, so more fish could have been coming though. One guy in a shanty next to us said he seen a few browns too. Gonna try caseville in the morning and PA in the evening tomorrow, i hope we get some more!

[ih772]

Congrats....nice fish. I bet you guys were expecting to catch perch. :D

[jeremy L]

yes and no. PA doesn't get many perch, but its possible. One thing, my dad got both those on one of those perch rods which you rap the line around the side. It was 6 pound test.

[ih772]

oh man! That must have been one nerve racking battle...lol:)

[stelmon]

Hey Jeremy,
Leave those Kings's alone, geesssh, lol

Pretty cool seeing a king through the ice. Looks as if by spring, they will still be there.

Thanks for the report.

[jeremy L]

yeah, it was. The king wasn;t too bad, the brown was. This is without a gaff!:eek: Just had to be right there when the head came to the top of the hole and have a quick hand.;)

[stelmon]

Did they fight much? Was there a red under the hole:p

Let me know how that king taste!

[jeremy L]

It should taste pretty good. The meat was nice and pink like a fresh fall run king. It fought hard for a min then came up the hole and my dad got a hand on its head and out it came. It would have fought harder, but very cold water does that to fish. There seems to be alot of browns in there this year.

[jeremy L]

one more note, besides my dad and me and the one other guy spearing pike, if there was any, there was no one around and there usual isn't. Its a nice place to fish and catch fish in peace.

[jeremy L]

pictures for some reason are no longer coming up on the first post, let me try again. the reason they would come up is because the cat. under which the pic. was in was changed.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/523/4057brown_ice-med.JPG

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/531/4057king_ice-med.JPG