Today I was supposed to be on a coyote hunt with a couple of friends, but as usual here in Michigan, the weather changed for the worse yesterday. Making the tough decision to cancel our hunt, I decided that no matter what, I was going to get out today and do some ice fishing with the kids. They and I both had the day off, due to Presidents Day holiday. After getting up and around we got out the door by 9:30am and on the ice by 10:00am. On the drive to Seven Lakes State Park, I noticed that the wind was almost none existent, unlike last night when it was blowing at about 25mph. I told my oldest boy Mike that we messed up big time! We should be out coyote hunting instead of fishing. This whole weekend has been a bust! We checked the ice thickness and had about 8 – 9 inches of good ice on Little Seven Lake. It rained all day yesterday, so I had some reservations about venturing out too far. It was nice and smooth, which means really slick, and Michael found out the hard way! After a hard fall he put on his creepers to get around on the ice. After drilling 4 holes I got my youngest son and oldest daughter set up with their poles and bait. Michael can take care of himself (he’s 13). It wasn’t long and Jake my youngest boy (8yrs. old) was getting bored and wanted to take my pole. My daughter Mackenzie (10yrs. old) just loves to be out no matter what it is, she was doing fine and started to get a couple of bites. Michael finally got some action and after playing around with one nibbling at his bait he pulled one out on the ice. It was a nice little sun fish. About 20 seconds later Mackenzie pulled a smaller one out also. I thought finally we are going to get into them. That was it for the run. No more bites, we saw three more fisherman coming out and it was time for us to go. The kids had a McDonalds date with their friends, so we had to be home by noon. Personally I could have stayed out all day, but the important thing was that they did have fun. As they say a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work or school any day!
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