TRINITY'S 3rd annual 2012/2013 icing challenge

[Terry]

                Waconia was a good time yesterday, still had 22" of clear, with 3-5" of frost ice on top. Vis was dandy for an overcast day, during the day to the point where the snowdrifts on the surface darkened up the water coulomb, like swimming up to a shipwreck on Superior. Then tried to climb a steep tree and brush covered bank on Coney Is. as a test of (me  :-\) and the demo Viking suit I had on, suit did good. Then moved to the center lake to do some night icing. Ran a 2KW and 5KW genset to power lighting, consisting of a pair of 400watt lowbay metal-arcs, and a pair of 400watt construction lights and a 1000watt halogen light stand. The lowbay fixtures directed all the light down thru the ice above the weeds and sure brought out the fish. Had the younger crew build a fire with papers and some white oak (slightly too long for my fireplace), to stay occupied and warm,,, that worked good for both.
               The first anchor I ever found was on Waconia in Sept. of 1980 it was a red plastic 15# bell with the weight (all in the center shaft), with its snapped poly line sticking 3-4' out of the muck. I had it with the day the fisherman snagged me icing Waconia a couple years ago, as seed in the 1st icing challenge. It was cool to find the identical yellow anchor sitting upright on the sand bottom icing Waconia last night.