01-26-2010, 04:48 AM
Well-I don't post every trip out on here...debated as wether or not to do so again but I'm tired of all of the whining[laugh]! Seems like all the posts in the last week or so (at least local SE Idaho guys) fishing has been slow![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.bigfishtackle.com/images/gforum/sad.gif)
...so -after reading where NOT to go we headed out around 9am. All the way there wind was blowing around 20-30mph and drifting snow....that was actually a good thing since it usually means opposite at our destination. Sure enough-when we arrived-NO WIND. It was snowing hard but you gotta love that....it's so peaceful out on the hard deck...NO one had been out on the ice-at least since the last storm. There was 2ft of water with NO ICE around the edge...but this was under 8 inches of snow[
]. Threw a couple of logs across and slowly made my way out 2-4 ft from the edge...started the auger and there was 5 inches of ice. First-8-10 inches of snow followed by 3 inches of slush then the 5 " of clear ice. Decided to head out further and ice was between 6-8 inches. Still lots of snow and slush. My buddy caught 4 fish before I even had a chance to get all my poles out [crazy][crazy][crazy]!! I then managed to land a couple. Most came on a glow tube with piece of nightcrawler...the browns were spitting up minnows. We fished in 18 ft of water. Ended up with some nice fish and wow were they good!! See if you can tell where we were....I'll attach a few pics. Fishing really slowed around 1...started to pick up as we left..that was 4pm.
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...so -after reading where NOT to go we headed out around 9am. All the way there wind was blowing around 20-30mph and drifting snow....that was actually a good thing since it usually means opposite at our destination. Sure enough-when we arrived-NO WIND. It was snowing hard but you gotta love that....it's so peaceful out on the hard deck...NO one had been out on the ice-at least since the last storm. There was 2ft of water with NO ICE around the edge...but this was under 8 inches of snow[]. Threw a couple of logs across and slowly made my way out 2-4 ft from the edge...started the auger and there was 5 inches of ice. First-8-10 inches of snow followed by 3 inches of slush then the 5 " of clear ice. Decided to head out further and ice was between 6-8 inches. Still lots of snow and slush. My buddy caught 4 fish before I even had a chance to get all my poles out [crazy][crazy][crazy]!! I then managed to land a couple. Most came on a glow tube with piece of nightcrawler...the browns were spitting up minnows. We fished in 18 ft of water. Ended up with some nice fish and wow were they good!! See if you can tell where we were....I'll attach a few pics. Fishing really slowed around 1...started to pick up as we left..that was 4pm.[signature]