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Hi folks, Guided yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours at the Shanty.  Nice blanket of snow on top of 12.5" of black ice.  I like the snow pack on the ice to quiet things down.  Big in coming weather front I think really turned the fish on.   The fishing yesterday afternoon was completely different than a week ago when I last guided.  A week a go with a north wind and a glare ice surface we could not buy a bite except for a few small yellow perch.  It makes wonder about the snow on the ice and the weather.  We landed 4 wild rainbows yesterday and a 1 16" brown trout.  We caught all of the rainbows on jig sticks right below the shanty in 35' of water.  Hali jigs in gold and green tipped with maggots were the ticket.  The brown trout took a fat head minnow on tip up that was set 15' below the ice.  We also landed one of the biggest yellow perch I have sever seen.  It took a small golden shiner right under the ice.  Perch fishing off the bottom was also pretty darn good.  Lots of action.  A few weeks left in trout season so hopefully we can maintain some momentum and tug on some more trout.  Have fun, Willy