Conditions Can Spoil Best-Laid Plans

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by Bob Gwizdz

"Weather, they say, trumps all. You can be perfectly prepared with the proper gear, the right bait, good lures and be located squarely on the X, but when the weather goes south, well, good luck.

That's the way we found it last weekend when I joined Mark Martin for a planned couple of days on the ice. There had been a good bite going for several days, but the weather was warm enough that we waited until good light to go out of the marina. There were enough cracks and open water around that you don't want to be scooting across the ice on a quad only to find yourself swimming.... "

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