Where's Everyone Fishing?

[SkunkedAgain]

So last night and throughout the day we have been getting a lot of rain/sleet, so I hit Cutler to check conditions and that storm really made the slush a lot worse than last night... Has anyone been on Strawberry today? If so did it make that pond even worse for slush? I expect even if they got fluffy snow, the extra weight will push more water out on the surface and make the slush even deeper... The 10 day forecast doesn't show much chance for improvement either with lots of additional storms on the way... Conditions are setting up for really thick ice once the cold temps return, if they do.... That is assuming that the slush layer all freezes, which is probably not going to happen, instead we'll probably get sandwich ice with a slush layer in the middle.. We seen this same condition one year on a lake in the Uinta's (Whitney Res.) where the slush sandwich was so thick I had to put my hand auger attachment on my Nils and crank it down in the slush to finish getting through the ice.. I might need to get that extension if things keep going this year... Hand auger in ice water was no good... Later J

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So I know I don't know where there is any good ice fishing this year, but I can't believe the low numbers of ice fishermen out this year... I've been watching Hyrum on the dam cam and I have only seen a couple folks on the lake in the last two weeks (week days).  I mean I know I didn't do very well over there, but I'd still expect it to be fished even if it is tough pickings..  Newton is down to a few groups at most, Mantua probably has the most folks on it of anywhere I've seen and last Saturday I don't think there were ten groups out there... So where am I missing that I should be fishing?  Or is it simply a matter of terrible conditions that is keeping folks away this year?  Just curious and I'm not saying I want to have crowds, actually I like the opposite, but I'm just surprised by it... Is it the fall out from low water last year, so most of the ponds are really low quantity and quality this year?  I was afraid last years low water concentrating the fish would make for a tough year this year, and it really seems like it has.. Anyway just wondering what your thoughts are... J

Get on up to Bear Lake in your boat.  The fishing has been really good and willl only get better as the cisco run gets closer.  Oh, Cisco Disco will be on Saturday 1/28.  Stop on by and say hello.

Hey Scott, I think you might be talking me into a trip... It's getting to be easier to take the boat over than try to gear up for slush... Thanks for the suggestion.. Jeff  ps... I can't catch many less fish even if I get skunked..