OFFICIAL-Hoosier Hunting Ice Fishing Get Together

Greetings all! After my post yesterday, i think we can generate enough folks to make this work! So since the weather is looking frigid for next week, lets make this official!!!

Summit Lake State Park-Just north of HWY 36 in Henry County
Main Boat Ramp
8:00 am (or whenever you can make it)
Saturday, February 7th
Quikfire is offering to bring Chili for lunch!!! I will bring some soft drinks! Feel free to bring anything else!

Bring your buddies and your ice fishing gadgets! If you don't ice fish and want to come, come on over, i bet we can find you a rod somehow. Just make sure you have a valid fishing license!!!

I plan to wear an orange hunting vest and my BOILER stocking cap just to help signify our group out on the ice! Looking forward to meeting others!!!

Please drop a quick note on this post to signify you are coming so we have enough drinks and chili! Thanks

The wife and I fully intend to be there. But, we will be drinking coffee so no need for extra soft drinks for us. We will figure out something to bring as a "food extra" also. We will be there around the 8am time frame. I'm hoping the bait shop there will be open by 8, but I'll look for bait here in Indianapolis as well during the week next week.

I fully plan on being there. Looking forward to meeting new faces!

I will be there as long as its not snowing, with some kind of goodies to eat as well. If anyone needs me to pick up bait for them just let me know I have a bait shop here in town and can pick up anything for you. Floyd Bennett 317-710-6079 see you guys there.

Sounds fun fellas, I can't make it due to my son's 8th b day party but good luck. Go Hoosiers right bucksnducks!!! Big game tonight you guys are BIG in the paint and we'll we simply are not. Should be a good game.

Luke and I will be there. There is a bait shop also on the other side of 36 as well.

I may even try a tip up or two. I catch walleye there in the Summer near Big Island. Need to look at my map to see if there are any eye spot close.

Be fun.

Would it be possible to fly a bike flag or something to ID where the group is I might show up I used to fish it every night when I lived UpNorth might show up

Should have read the whole thread LOL

If I go will Luke drill my holes? h.h.

Im in!

Good luck with that!!!!! He weighs as much as the auger. He did mention something about Arby's coupons if you came down.

Try to make it Mike!

Uh oh..... :p

:p

A lil pre game workout this am

Looks like some bait flopped out of your bucket...

That PERFECT size bait for what I fish for!!!!

I see a scoop, boots, and a potato chip. Am I missing something?

Isn't your daughter suppose to be in school??

Potato chip!!! This weeks pizzin' post…….DAWN PATROL!!!!! At least its not me again this week!!!! :rolleyes:

:p

Bean owes me a keyboard....LMAO!!

Not bad for size 14s

The bait store Gittin Jiggy with it on the southeast corner of 36 and Messick road ( road to summit state park) will be open at 6 am the morning of the 7th and he told me he would be stocked up on bait and tackle for us.

He's a good guy to do business with too! Thanks for the info, bro!

Yes it he weedy, he even offered his store to us if we wanted a warm place to have our chili.

Would love to be there, but going to be in Fla.

That's a pretty weak excuse, "G"...

But I'd rather be heading south also...

Hopefully we can turn this event into an annual gig! Thanks to "Bucks n Ducks" for getting it started!

I am excited just to meet others! Hopefully it will become an annual deal!

I'm going to check to see about one of the shelters by the main boat ramp and see if we can use it to have lunch there, it's got some picnic tables that I think would be nice to use if they don't charge us to use them.

Fishing has been hard the last time I was they, you can catch them but they are on the small side. Luke may be happy but I want some of the nice one the lake has in it. Sorry Luke, Weedy but me up to it LOL

Looks like we will have some nice weather for this little get together, just hope the fish are biting good.

Should make some good ice between now and then too. Looking forward to this Saturday!

Awww yeah!!!

Man I will be out of town otherwise I would come but good luck and have fun guys

Cant make it now......son has a b ball game:) have fun and post pics!!!

Whats the prediction on ice depth?

Quickfire was there yesterday...said plenty of ice. He should be on here in a little while with a report.

Ice is fine, I drilled anywhere form 7" to 10" yesterday. You can go anywhere you want to on the lake if your willing to walk.

Fishing was slow yesterday in the 2 area's I fished, but they are there getting them to bite is another story.

We kinda need a "head-count" for those who plan to be there Saturday. Quickfire is making chili for lunch (his chili is awesome), and I'm gonna get the bowls, condiments, utensils,,etc. Bring yer own drinks, but I plan on bringing plenty of bottled water also.

Im in and will bring cookies for dessert! I'm willing to walk anywhere to get them to bite. I will also throw in some refreshments in my cooler.

Luke, Evan, and myself will be there until after lunch. Hate to "eat and run" but my daughter will be in from college so I need to get back and see her a little bit.

Me and my oldest son with be there, plan on being at the bait store at 7am. The one on the corner of 36 and messick rd. the road that heads to the state park. Owner has at the bait and tackle you will need and will hopefully tell us where the fish are at.

Can not wait for Weedy to pull me around the lake on my sled.

Yer gonna have a loooooong wait, bro!

That's BS, now your not being nice OLD MAN. LOL

I'll be there and maybe 1 buddy around lunch. I was planning to bring a cooler with some pop.

8 at main ramp. My cell is 7654907654 and I'll have it that morning.

PM sent...

Of course!!!! You have one of those easy ones to drill with :p

Hey Luke....can you pull an old fat guy around in a sled??

Ummmmm let me think about that....... NOPE lol

Not sure if I can make it but if I do Im counting on Luke for hole drilling and guiding. Is there an Arby's close by? h.h.

There is actually

But you don't need to go there because I will loan you fish

How does one "loan fish"???....

I'll be in a gold Purdue pullover, boiler boggan and camo bibs. Can't find my orange vest (not a good thing)!

See you all at 8 at the ramp!!!

See ya then!

We should be at the Gettin Jiggy around 7:30am. Need to get some bait. I may try for some walleyes with a tipup.

Will be at the bait store around 7am to get some info as to where the fish are biting than head to the ramp after that. Black bibs with a red jacket with my 2 man clam (blue) flip over shanty. See you all in the morning.

Im not going to be there. I just got home from Maxi and never got a bite. I walked 1.6 miles threw 6" of slush that was froze hard on top but you broke threw with every step. Im so worn out I can hardly move. That had to be one of the most stupid things Ive done in a long while. Good luck to all you guys! h.h.

It was fun to hang out for a while. Luke kept saying how much fun it was and that we need to do it again - I agree.

Here are a few pics:



Evan and his 1st ever fish through the ice:







Who could forget.......



Thanks to Quickfire's wifey for the chili. I see a yearly thing happening.

I agree! It was nice to put some faces to names! It was fun just watching Luke and Evan! Thanks to Steve for the chili! It hit the spot buddy..

OH!!.....and you nailed that last pic, Bean!! He was a great example for the boys on what to not do!!!!

Very cool. Deaf starter this morning, crappy day. Glad everyone had a good time.

We all wondered what happened to you!

Haha couldn't help it.

It was a great time other then the AZZ that want to sit on the lap of whoever was catching fish, and he did it even after you all left.

Can't wait to get out and do it again, I'm game whenever you guys want to do it again.

We ended up with 34 fish, all cleaned and in the freezer, ready for a fish fry soon.

Looks like a good time guys hopefully I can make the next one.

Thanks Garman - Parmesan baked bluegills.

Awsome! I'm glad you liked it. I'm headed back this morning if anyone wants to join.

Looks like you all had a great time! Wonder who the hole poacher was.... Wish I could have attend to show you all up but seems old age and winter flu has caught up with me. I sure would have liked to show a certain young man just how it is really done...... :p h.h.

Had a great time even with only catching five fish. That's fishing! Hopefully we get cold again and can get back out there!

Thanks all for coming and thank you quikfire for the chili!

Hopefully next time that guys not out there to steal our hole. LOL

Brought home 14 today, no hole poacher today. Ice had about an inch of water on top and it was running in all the holes. Brought home some good ones but it was a very slow bite.

Same area?

Way to go garman6, all that water should freeze back up this week and be real slick by the weekend.

Ya we caught them all in the same spot

Thanks!

Hey garman....could ya put that recipe down in the "recipe forum"? You were killing me when you rattled it off on the lake!... My belly started growling!!

Yep no problem.

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I believe the right side of this picture captured the ICEHOLE poacher. Just past bucksNDucks! Now we have a picture of him to haunt our memories forever.

I think you're right...

Yep! We were trying to guess how many holes he drilled while we were there. It seemed like it was a hole per fish caught.

Next time when he does that, we are going to drill holes all a round him and see how he likes it. LOL

I like the baseball bat remedy, myself.

We could drill a really big hole and baptize him.

I'm game for that too...

The way some of you were thinking I might just have baptize a few more ha ha

Hey bean, I was being really nice. The other guy in my shanty was the trouble maker.

No....the other guy in your shanty showed enormous restraint,,and left!!

Good deal.....Nice job putting it together:)

Lol, weedhopper!

Any of you use a pop up blind to ice fish in.

You left because you muscle man Luke left and you didn't want to get beat up by the hole poacher. LOL

Where were you Delaney? You missed the fun!!!

Well, the day started off with a vehicle that wouldn't start. Ended up being a dead starter. The rest of the day basically went to heck. I was all packed and looking forward to it. I think I'm going to get lucky with the cold weather coming back this week so I just might get to go yet.

Also, I ran into a young man who was in Missouri snow goose hunting that was from the New Castle area. I asked him if he knew you and your dad and sure enough he did.

Yes, James is a former 4-H Shooting Sports student of mine. He now is one of our volunteers on the local Summit Lake DU chapter and the local Heartland QDMA chapter. He is a good young man who has quite an interest in the outdoors. Two hours after he got back from snow goose hunting I saw him at one of our DU committee meetings. Said he had ran into you.

Small world...or we are popular...I'll stick with small world!

Anybody want to set a date for the next get together? should have even more ice after this week. I'm free on any weekend but March 7th.

Heck, let me know when you are heading over again and I'll for sure try to make it. Got the SUV back with a new starter so I'm hoping for no more trouble. I thought about this weekend but it's going to be awful dang cold. Actually may be heading to Gettin JIggy tomorrow if he gets in new 5" augers tomorrow. My auger is old as heck and I need one that will work with a drill. Already got the devise to use for the drill.

Delany, you may want to call Scott at the bait store to see if he has any augers. I know the new ones he got in went fast, hate to see you drive over for nothing. Here is the number 765-524-6484

I talked with him on Tuesday and he is out but he thought he was getting a few in today. I'm supposed to call him around 1 pm. Thanks for the number because it'll keep me from looking it up again.

Gotta work Saturday, but could be there late Sunday morning. Next weekend looks better for me, anyways.

Saturday looks bitter cold to me, Sunday not much better admittedly, but I'm thinking that there isn't much else to do.

Saturday is Valentine's Day, although my wife said i could fish, she secretly said, "I'll kill you if you go fishing", LOLOLOLOL

You guys want to set something up for the 21th. of February?

I get off at 0700 that day. That's do-able,,but prolly be 9 before I get there.

Ill check into it

I'll put that on the calendar.

Possible - need to check into it.

Got my adaptor today I'm thinking Sunday no matter what I'm out on the 21st. She wrangled me into some wedding in Louisville, but I'm the driver for 3 very lovely ladies. It's not all bad.

Catch ya on the next "go-around" garman! Sacrifices sometimes have to be made! Let us know if ya get out Sunday, and how ya do! Good luck!

Im in! Dad has to work. You in gpd005?

So how many are going to make it to summit Saturday? Me and my son with be there around 7am.

Plan on me for sure. May have a buddy join me later in the morning.

I bought bait today and have the stuff ready. You guys meet at the boat ramp?

Yes at the main boat ramp around 7am, or whenever you get there.

Logistics not working in my favor with currently having one vehicle. Looks like I'm out for Saturday. Have fun guys!

I'm still planning on it. Wish it was going to be a little warmer at daybreak but so be it.

Saturday will seem like a heat wave, Dave. It's the snow and rain forecast that has me concerned.

Agree. They seem to now be calling for freezing rain possibly in the mid morning. I had just told the wife that I am certainly getting old because these "little things" now concern me when years ago I never even thought about weather issues.

You and me both! I'm not driving an hour and a half in that crap. We'll see what they say tomorrow. It may change between now and then.

I am monitoring the weather. We plan on trying it Saturday, but the weather will determine what we do.

Same here, Brian. I work the firehouse tomorrow, but planned on taking off early Saturday morning. We'll see....

Delaney, I believe we are of similar age, and I too, have the same concerns now. Weird, isn't it! Wiser? Maybe. More scared? You bet!

Going to see what the weather is going to be like for Saturday, if its going to snow 3" to 6" like they are saying we can't do it some other weekend. You guys have to drive a lot farther then I do and I know I wouldn't want to drive far if it snows that much.

Not looking good for me.

Dang aggravating.

We are going to skip this one. Time to hibernate and work on beekeeping stuff in the garage. Good luck to those who may go.

Going to wait til daybreak to see what it looks like travel wise.

It's a mess....

Well, maybe tomorrow.

Well, you guys didn't much as far as catching fish. Son and I fished from 7 am till 1:30 and only came home with 14 fish, all gills but one and it was a nice 10" perch my son caught. I did catch a walleye but it was only about 10" long.

Glad you got out there and caught some. How thick was the ice today.

12" to 14" of ice and its still slick as he!! even with the snow on top, if you go be careful. My son hit the ice hard 2 times today and seen a few other people bust their backside to.

They just don't have my cat-like reflexes....

Quickfire, garman6, and myself met up at Summit this morning to try our luck. The bite was sloooow, but we caught a few. Garmin6 lost a nice walleye at the hole, but managed to bring in a nice bass just a little while later. All in all, it was a nice day to be on the ice, and spend some time with friends, which is always a good time.

Good going guys!
Bet there were some good laughs out there.

I thought about you guys today while at the show. Nice going.

Very good time listening to quick fire and weed banter back and fourth. I was outside the shanty cracking up. Thanks for the invite guys.

Garman, next time you can be in the shanty and weedy's outside. I'm to old to babysit his old butt. LOL

They are like two old women, aren't they??? Thats the reason I bring earplugs when I'm around those two. I would have moved to the other side of the lake…..fish or no fish!!! :p

It feels like I'm raising another kid....

It king of reminded me of the movie "Grumpy Old Men" Just missing the hot chick!

That's the truth!!!!!

It would of been "Grumpy Old Men" of it would of been Yaz with weedy, I'm not nearly as old as them 2.