01-04-2007, 07:30 PM
I haven't been to Daniels but I would put money on being able to ice fish it anytime during the next seven days. The temps haven't been too warm in SE Idaho lately but as always you should be careful when walking on the ice.
You can read my report for my opinion on Chesterfield. I'm surprised so many people are fishing it when the fishing has been so slow. Below is a picture of some jigs and ice flies I would use if I was to fish Chesterfield this week.
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When I fished Chesterfield a few days ago the ice fly in the bottom left corner worked best. It has a 1/16 oz orange head, fine white rubberlegs, white & Chartruese marabou, crystal flash and some pearl crystal wrap.(??some of the spelling of the materials?)
I would tip them with a 1"-2" piece of nightcrawler and smear a little powerbait on them. Wax worms or meal worms should also catch fish. I would also have at least one of my 5 poles trying something different. I would probably try some smaller spoons like kastermasters, larger tube jigs, smaller ice fly/jigging rapala combo or whatever looked good in my box at the moment.
Good luck if you get out to chesterfield but don't expect to catch many fish. I know several people who have been skunked trying to catch fish at Chesterfield the last couple weeks.
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You can read my report for my opinion on Chesterfield. I'm surprised so many people are fishing it when the fishing has been so slow. Below is a picture of some jigs and ice flies I would use if I was to fish Chesterfield this week.
When I fished Chesterfield a few days ago the ice fly in the bottom left corner worked best. It has a 1/16 oz orange head, fine white rubberlegs, white & Chartruese marabou, crystal flash and some pearl crystal wrap.(??some of the spelling of the materials?)
I would tip them with a 1"-2" piece of nightcrawler and smear a little powerbait on them. Wax worms or meal worms should also catch fish. I would also have at least one of my 5 poles trying something different. I would probably try some smaller spoons like kastermasters, larger tube jigs, smaller ice fly/jigging rapala combo or whatever looked good in my box at the moment.
Good luck if you get out to chesterfield but don't expect to catch many fish. I know several people who have been skunked trying to catch fish at Chesterfield the last couple weeks.
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