return to james lake

it was time to head back to james lake and try some ice more ice fishing. tom, mike julie and i headed up the freshly plowed road to the small sheltered lake. being small and sheltered, there was 3 inches of wet slush on top of the ice. it was wet.

plowed road up.  in the sun!

there was a lot of snow. our fire pit was dug down over 3 feet, leaving us with nice natural white cold seats.

the fire on the bank.  julie and tom got it ripping nicely.

it was warm and sunny, what else could we ask for, except maybe some fish.

we had the lake to oursleves all day.  pretty minty.

the lake is a reservoir, thats the dam

the fire after 4 hours of burning finally got to the grass

slush trail to the holes.

onyx collecting the firewood.

After a few hours of swimming back and forth between the holes and the fire, the sun was sinking and it was time to head down.  the road was pretty easy to drive and it was a successful day.  mostly because we don't measure success by the number of fish we catch.

the a-team stopped by.  mr. t didn't catch any fish either.

gonna try again next weekend.  try for fish, but having a blast doesn't require much effort.