02-20-2019, 02:05 PM
Ok it’s not over yet, but just thought I’d say why I’ve liked this ice season so much.
I’ve always wondered how Tony Grove would be for ice fishing. So I started off this season driving my truck to Tony before the snows came. Ice was thin the first trip but it held and we found lots of willing bows. Ended up making three or four trips before the snow got too deep for the truck and side by side. Last trip we didn’t make it to the lake and got high centered at the campground turn off. Too bad that pond was on fire, you’d catch a fish on each drop and quick too.
Next pond was Henry’s Lake in Idaho, had a great trip with the Ice Shanty group. Got a bunch of nice fish including two at 23 1/2” (Cut and Hybrid). Always like this trip taking the snowmobile and tent and Smitty, it’s a fun venture out onto the ice.
When I got back Mantua had capped and we hit it with around 3” of ice and got a great mix of fish there and really enjoyed that trip. I never got back there this year and I feel sort of
about it but everything capped about then and hoping for big perch at Newton where the pressure would be less, so I hit it the next week. This is the trip that nearly ended badly. Ice was only 2 3/4” and I took too much gear and had two crack and ice drops. Fish were terribly small and so I never went back.
Next trip was Hyrum and it was really good to me this year, perch to 11” and bows to 18”. Think I hit it two or three times and had good action each trip. During this time I also took short trips on Cutler where I never got big numbers of fish but did find a couple crappie around 12” most trips including my best at 12 1/2”.
About then I got with the Shanty crew for a Gorge scouting trip and we found a good day fishing for pup Macs. I think I only got four but they were all around 21” so it was fun.
Next pond was Porcupine and it has been fun trips with fair numbers of fish and sizes to 18”. I really like this trip because of the snowmobile in with the gear. I really like the adventure of these trips.
Well it’s not over but been a blast. More later J
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I’ve always wondered how Tony Grove would be for ice fishing. So I started off this season driving my truck to Tony before the snows came. Ice was thin the first trip but it held and we found lots of willing bows. Ended up making three or four trips before the snow got too deep for the truck and side by side. Last trip we didn’t make it to the lake and got high centered at the campground turn off. Too bad that pond was on fire, you’d catch a fish on each drop and quick too.
Next pond was Henry’s Lake in Idaho, had a great trip with the Ice Shanty group. Got a bunch of nice fish including two at 23 1/2” (Cut and Hybrid). Always like this trip taking the snowmobile and tent and Smitty, it’s a fun venture out onto the ice.
When I got back Mantua had capped and we hit it with around 3” of ice and got a great mix of fish there and really enjoyed that trip. I never got back there this year and I feel sort of
about it but everything capped about then and hoping for big perch at Newton where the pressure would be less, so I hit it the next week. This is the trip that nearly ended badly. Ice was only 2 3/4” and I took too much gear and had two crack and ice drops. Fish were terribly small and so I never went back. Next trip was Hyrum and it was really good to me this year, perch to 11” and bows to 18”. Think I hit it two or three times and had good action each trip. During this time I also took short trips on Cutler where I never got big numbers of fish but did find a couple crappie around 12” most trips including my best at 12 1/2”.
About then I got with the Shanty crew for a Gorge scouting trip and we found a good day fishing for pup Macs. I think I only got four but they were all around 21” so it was fun.
Next pond was Porcupine and it has been fun trips with fair numbers of fish and sizes to 18”. I really like this trip because of the snowmobile in with the gear. I really like the adventure of these trips.
Well it’s not over but been a blast. More later J
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