Fishing Strawberry

[T-Boz]

Hit up strawberry today for the first time in my young ice fishing career. Arrived just after 7:30am after missing the turnoff to the marina with the first pass. Loaded two ice sleds and a passenger on the back of my snowmobile and headed south out from the marina. We went about halfway down the lake just south of haws and stopped there as quite frankly we were scared to proceed not having been there before. Fished with no luck for 30 minutes marking only 1 fish when 2 sleds ripped passed us and went clear out to renegade with ease. So we packed our gear back up and proceeded to renegade which was our original destination but now we knew we could make it safely. The fishing was really slow all day with the exception from 10:15-11:15 we pulled in 5-6 cutts within that hour with a slot buster lunker that set a personal record! (See utah contests) the weather couldn’t have been better and we ended a great day of fishing about 3:30pm. Also we ate great too see pic below. Ice thickness was 9” of solid clear with anywhere from 3”-8” of snow and or slush on top! Of note if you go out on the berry do not shovel the snow or slush off the ice or you will find yourself floating in 4”-5” of standing water!
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