04-02-2018, 11:02 PM
Glad to hear you used that open water!
I fished it the last 2 Saturdays.
Last week, by the springs, there was a big of open water that my buddy and I waded out into and started casting. The bite was on and we each had quite a few fish in a relatively short amount of time. We originally went a little farther south than Forsyth and got skunked on the ice at a small lake we expected to float.
Mostly 14-16" tigers with the occasional 18" or 19". Several splake were also enjoying our jigs and they were about the same size as the tigers, if not a little rounder in shape.
This past Saturday, the springs were loaded with people, so we didn't last long there. We relocated to the dam and did fairly well, although not as well as the previous week in activity. All the same, fish were biting jigs and worms.
It was actually my first ever "family trip" where every one of us caught fish.
Fish were biting Gulp minnows (smelt 3" and leech 3") on 1/16oz heads and nightcrawlers with no weights or bubbles. Most bites were within 20ft of shore, near the bottom, but only after making it move, then leaving it alone for a few seconds.
Again, mixed bag of tigers and splake. No cutthroat seen.
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I fished it the last 2 Saturdays.
Last week, by the springs, there was a big of open water that my buddy and I waded out into and started casting. The bite was on and we each had quite a few fish in a relatively short amount of time. We originally went a little farther south than Forsyth and got skunked on the ice at a small lake we expected to float.
Mostly 14-16" tigers with the occasional 18" or 19". Several splake were also enjoying our jigs and they were about the same size as the tigers, if not a little rounder in shape.
This past Saturday, the springs were loaded with people, so we didn't last long there. We relocated to the dam and did fairly well, although not as well as the previous week in activity. All the same, fish were biting jigs and worms.
It was actually my first ever "family trip" where every one of us caught fish.
Fish were biting Gulp minnows (smelt 3" and leech 3") on 1/16oz heads and nightcrawlers with no weights or bubbles. Most bites were within 20ft of shore, near the bottom, but only after making it move, then leaving it alone for a few seconds.
Again, mixed bag of tigers and splake. No cutthroat seen.
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