12-18-2006, 06:30 AM
Late report.....
We also hit Mud Creek on Saturday. Widastick, my 11 yr old son and myself. We put in a long day. We got there a little before 7am and left at 9pm.[crazy] First ice trip to the Berry this year, so we thought we'd make it a full day. I'd agree 100% with Playas44 report. Slow fishing during daylight hours. Didn't keep real good track, but I'd say we caught maybe 5-6 fish while the sun was up. We marked fish throughout the day but it was spotty. Once the sun went down we hunkered down, turned on the lantern and heaters and set in for a little night fishing. We were the only ones on the ice after around 4:30-5:00pm when the last group on a snowmobile pulled out. The fish really started to come in..... I'd assume the light from the lantern was attracking them, but there was about an hour or so where we had 3-4 fish on the fish finder at a time and the action was intense! We again didn't keep real good track of how many we caught but I'd say that between 7 to 9pm we ended up with around 20-25 fish. All Cuts. Widastick and my son were efficient in hooking the majority of the fish..... I was swinging and missing [pirate] or hooking and long line releasing. Not the most productive day for the amount of time we spent up there but overall it was a good time! When we left, the ice was popping and it was COLD!
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We also hit Mud Creek on Saturday. Widastick, my 11 yr old son and myself. We put in a long day. We got there a little before 7am and left at 9pm.[crazy] First ice trip to the Berry this year, so we thought we'd make it a full day. I'd agree 100% with Playas44 report. Slow fishing during daylight hours. Didn't keep real good track, but I'd say we caught maybe 5-6 fish while the sun was up. We marked fish throughout the day but it was spotty. Once the sun went down we hunkered down, turned on the lantern and heaters and set in for a little night fishing. We were the only ones on the ice after around 4:30-5:00pm when the last group on a snowmobile pulled out. The fish really started to come in..... I'd assume the light from the lantern was attracking them, but there was about an hour or so where we had 3-4 fish on the fish finder at a time and the action was intense! We again didn't keep real good track of how many we caught but I'd say that between 7 to 9pm we ended up with around 20-25 fish. All Cuts. Widastick and my son were efficient in hooking the majority of the fish..... I was swinging and missing [pirate] or hooking and long line releasing. Not the most productive day for the amount of time we spent up there but overall it was a good time! When we left, the ice was popping and it was COLD!
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