Happy March! What the heck happened? Did I sleep through the ice-fishing season?
It was the absolute shortest hard-water season I can ever remember. It’s a tough break for those guides and tackle and bait dealers who were counting on a much longer season. That said, we all need to get our open water gear ready much faster than we may have been planning.

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