Ice fishing on the St. Croix

Last weekend Saturday I went fishing with Andy, Al, Caleb and Sam Craig on the St. Croix river in Bayport. It was a beautiful day and many people were out. This was my first opportunity to use my new Eskimo fish house. The ice was great at about 30" and about 5" of snow on the ice.

I was very impressed with the fish house. It setup and came down very easy. Also the quilted insulated cover was quite warm. Most of the day I did't even turn the Buddy heater on and the sun was enough to warm it up nicely. After I did turn the heater on the house was quite cozy.

Fishing was slow. Caleb started the day with a crappie. We all continued to see fish on the finders and an occasional bite but we weren't getting any hook ups. About an hour before sunset the bites started being more consistent. We all fished until about 5:45pm and I ended up with 2 crappies. It was a great day on the river.