02-25-2008, 06:45 PM
Well we made it up there about 7am, the roads were icey due to the fog i think, so the driving was slow but not to bad. The road to chesterfield was good, it had been plowed along with 3 or 4 pullout areas along the lake. The ice was plenty thick, around 18inches with 6 more on top of snow. We took the 4wheeler out and fished about 100yds out from the little shack on the dam. We were only in 22ft of water and it looked like we were in the middle of the lake from what i could tell. the bite was very active in the morning, all fish suspended at 9-10ft. small ones all of them, for chesterfield anyway. We iced about 20 fish and kept our limits to take home for dinner. The keepers were not big but healthy round ones, probably only 16-17 inches. The edges were fine also. We left about noon and headed to deep creek to check it out. The access road was blocked by cars but the road was not plowed anyway. We drove around the other side and checked to see if we could get our 4wheeler down there for future trips but my buddy said there was no way he was attempting it. So looks like deep creek has to wait til ice off. We talked to another group that was in closer to the dam and they were doing the same as we were, no real bigguns to brag about. Anyway it was a great day fishin with a good friend. Cant ask for anymore than that.
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