02-05-2006, 05:10 AM
Today was a pretty 
day out on the ice. A couple of guys that I know heard that I go ice fishing and they had never been and wanted me to take them. I decided that there would be no better place to go than to teach them at Mud Lake. I have been doing great there for the past month and I was 100% sure that we would be able to catch some fish. We we got there an older man told us that no one is catching any fish. I couldn't believe that. So we went out and drilled some holes pretty much in the same area that I went a couple of weeks ago. I took a look down the first hole that we drilled and I saw dead fish all over the lake bottom. We drilled about 5 other holes all going about 15 feet towards the middle of the lake. All those holes were also filled with dead fish laying on the bottom. I couldn't believe it. It seems to me that there is not enough oxygen in the lake to support life. I didn't see one fish alive. I talked to a couple of other people out there and they hadn't even had a bite in four hours. This was really disappointing. I believe that mud lake will die this winter and probably won't be any good for the next 3 to 4 years.
We were able to fish roberts ponds after the heartbreak at mud lake. We caught about 30 in 2.5 hours. All about 5 inches. Nothing great but at least they were alive.
It looks like I'll have to find some other hot spot to fish for the rest of the winter.
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day out on the ice. A couple of guys that I know heard that I go ice fishing and they had never been and wanted me to take them. I decided that there would be no better place to go than to teach them at Mud Lake. I have been doing great there for the past month and I was 100% sure that we would be able to catch some fish. We we got there an older man told us that no one is catching any fish. I couldn't believe that. So we went out and drilled some holes pretty much in the same area that I went a couple of weeks ago. I took a look down the first hole that we drilled and I saw dead fish all over the lake bottom. We drilled about 5 other holes all going about 15 feet towards the middle of the lake. All those holes were also filled with dead fish laying on the bottom. I couldn't believe it. It seems to me that there is not enough oxygen in the lake to support life. I didn't see one fish alive. I talked to a couple of other people out there and they hadn't even had a bite in four hours. This was really disappointing. I believe that mud lake will die this winter and probably won't be any good for the next 3 to 4 years. We were able to fish roberts ponds after the heartbreak at mud lake. We caught about 30 in 2.5 hours. All about 5 inches. Nothing great but at least they were alive.
It looks like I'll have to find some other hot spot to fish for the rest of the winter.
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