Where to camp and ice fish

[bowdude]

Lots of scouts go to Strawberry and dig snow caves in the snow banks at the marina and then fish in the bay in the morning. The snow banks are made from the marina parking lot being plowed. Or, you could go to Strawberry, make a trail over to one of the day use shelters at the marina, shovel out the snow, put up tarps around the enclosure, put in a heater and lantern and sleep on the picnic tables in the shelter. I wanted to do this with my scouts (Ventures) but was released from that job before I could make it happen. We went to Rockport one year and rented a yurt. That was a fun fishing outing. Had another group that actually setup camp at Strawberry at Chicken Creek. Lots of room in that parking lot, or for that matter, Mud Creek parking lot or even the Ladders parking lot. As you can tell, I am a fan of Strawberry. Those kids get pretty excited when they catch a slot cut, but get pretty bummed when they have to turn it loose but love to take pictures of the whoppers they caught. I went with our scouts two weeks ago and we fished Soldier Creek. The sun comes up pretty late there, so it is cold a long time in the morning, but when it finally shows it's face, can be nice temps. We went to Current Creek one year and had to rescue a scout troop that was stranded due to vehicle trouble.
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