12-26-2007, 05:38 PM
Fished Devil Creek and Deep Creek for about 3 hours each the morning/early afternoon of Christmas Eve. At Devil Creek I measured 3 1/2 inches of clear solid ice with about 4" of wet slush on top of it. Deep Creek had 4" of clear solid ice with about 3-4" of frozen slush on top of it. Some areas of Deep Creek also had wet slush like Devil Creek. Both had good edges. The edge within a foot of the shore could get you a little wet if you weren't paying attention. I would not want to fish either without water proof boots.
Fishing was steady at each reservoir. Fishing seemed to slow down a little when the snow storm moved it but I never went more than 10 minutes without at least one bite. Caught a couple suspended fish but most of the fish were close to the bottom. I caught fish in as deep as 30 feet of water and as shallow as 3 feet of water. I caught most in 9-18 feet of water but also spent most of my time fishing holes in those depths. Meal worms and night crawlers seemed to work equally as well. Caught a few without any bait on the hook but I would try to keep bait on the hook because I didn't think it hurt and probably helped most of the time. I caught fish on every jig/ice fly I tried. A pink marabou jig with rubber legs and glow white head caught me a couple kokanee and several nice rainbows at Devil Creek. Many of the bites were light so a spring bobber helped. I left my camera at my inlaws on Christmas Eve so I'll post pictures in a few days.
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Fishing was steady at each reservoir. Fishing seemed to slow down a little when the snow storm moved it but I never went more than 10 minutes without at least one bite. Caught a couple suspended fish but most of the fish were close to the bottom. I caught fish in as deep as 30 feet of water and as shallow as 3 feet of water. I caught most in 9-18 feet of water but also spent most of my time fishing holes in those depths. Meal worms and night crawlers seemed to work equally as well. Caught a few without any bait on the hook but I would try to keep bait on the hook because I didn't think it hurt and probably helped most of the time. I caught fish on every jig/ice fly I tried. A pink marabou jig with rubber legs and glow white head caught me a couple kokanee and several nice rainbows at Devil Creek. Many of the bites were light so a spring bobber helped. I left my camera at my inlaws on Christmas Eve so I'll post pictures in a few days.
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