Lake where they're biting 😅

Decided to go fishing on a whim 😅 Left at 06:00 since the drive is only 10 mins! Had all the tip-ups set by 07:10! First strike at 07:50, caught one weighing 1.5 kg! Bites were either paired or every 15 mins, I'd say about 15-20 were blanks.. Almost always the live bait stayed in place! Don't really understand why, since the tip-ups are made the old-school way like grandpa used to make them😅 No action at all after lunch, only managed 1 pike around 15:00 and headed home! Used small crucian carp as bait. Leaders made from fluoro 0.6 and 30-40 cm long! 5 gram sinker) One more thing I wanted to say, don't cheap out on treble hooks, today I landed a pike around 2 kg (3rd pic) with a broken hook and when I was getting it out of its mouth another one snapped🤷‍♂️ good thing it wasn't a trophy or I might've lost it) Froze our butts off… thin ice… but had a great time! NHNL🤝

Ukraine, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Medzhybizh, Novostavtsi Lake

14.01.2025

Bottom fishing

Pike

Free