On my first visit to Spring Mill Pond, I had a huge brown on my line that must have been more than 25 inches long and weighed six to eight pounds. I think this fish might have been from one of the hatcheries. It was a great fight that lasted for about four minutes, with lots of heart-pounding, drag-peeling runs. After fighting the fish for a few minutes, I finally had the fish up to the hole, but then he swam back down and coughed out the hook, taking off under the ice. I was sad this great fish got away, but I enjoyed the fight!
On my most-recent trip, I had large fish on my tip ups three times, but they managed to get loose every time. After being discouraged three times, I focused on the area where I had been getting action, but I was only catching small bluegill. Still, bluegill are fun to catch.
Although I haven't landed that big trout, I know I will be back and I'll hopefully get my ice fishing trout of 2015!
