12-23-2008, 05:06 PM
A couple friends and I made it into Chesterfield yesterday. The roads were pretty touch and go with the county snowplow tipped over in the bar ditch about half way between Bancroft and Chesterfield. We were pushing powder with the bumper of a half ton pickup.
The snow on the reservoir was about two feet deep and 3" of nice clear ice. We didn't get on the ice until 9:30 or so. The bite was fast and furious right from the getgo. It lasted until about 11:00 when the bite turned off. We stayed another 3 hours with only two more fish to show for it. The wind was blowing around 15mph so we decided we better hit the road. When we headed down the hill from the dam we could see that Nipper Rd. had been plowed and were able to take it all the way to the Highway and no white out like it was on the way in.
Big fat fish that really liked to fight.
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The snow on the reservoir was about two feet deep and 3" of nice clear ice. We didn't get on the ice until 9:30 or so. The bite was fast and furious right from the getgo. It lasted until about 11:00 when the bite turned off. We stayed another 3 hours with only two more fish to show for it. The wind was blowing around 15mph so we decided we better hit the road. When we headed down the hill from the dam we could see that Nipper Rd. had been plowed and were able to take it all the way to the Highway and no white out like it was on the way in.
Big fat fish that really liked to fight.
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