12-04-2011, 03:25 PM
Okay, so now I've had a chance to go up again, I can let the cat out of the bag. There is fishable ice in the narrow arm on the north east side of HT res. I believe it is called HorseThief creek. I caught 4 brookies there on Tuesday, and my buddy caught 2 more yesterday. In addition to that, I also caught upwards of 50 rainbows on Tuesday and around 40 yesterday. Puzzling, but not a single Brown.
Tuesday I looked over the whole lake and the thier was open water on the south end a ways beyond the dam. I didn't make it over there to look at it yesterday, but as cold as it was it probably has ice, but not safe. All the ice I tried yesterday was 4.5-5 inches thick or better. Plus is was really cold there last night (7 deg, I believe). Anyway, ice should be fishable, but exercise caution, please. Fishing is good for smaller rainbows up to about 13 inches. If you go over into the head waters of the HT creek arm, you can also pick up a brookie or 2.
Yes, they are brookies and not browns. I never knew there were brookies in there and it came as quite a surprise to me.
Sorry for the poor picture quality. When I took the picture of the brook all I had was my phone and on the rainbow I learned that I need to leave my shanty when taking pictures.
Incidentally, I drove past Cascade and much of the lake had a think crust of ice on it. Shouldn't be too much longer now, I'm thinking. Maybe the week before Christmas? If temps hold?
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Tuesday I looked over the whole lake and the thier was open water on the south end a ways beyond the dam. I didn't make it over there to look at it yesterday, but as cold as it was it probably has ice, but not safe. All the ice I tried yesterday was 4.5-5 inches thick or better. Plus is was really cold there last night (7 deg, I believe). Anyway, ice should be fishable, but exercise caution, please. Fishing is good for smaller rainbows up to about 13 inches. If you go over into the head waters of the HT creek arm, you can also pick up a brookie or 2.
Yes, they are brookies and not browns. I never knew there were brookies in there and it came as quite a surprise to me.
Sorry for the poor picture quality. When I took the picture of the brook all I had was my phone and on the rainbow I learned that I need to leave my shanty when taking pictures.
Incidentally, I drove past Cascade and much of the lake had a think crust of ice on it. Shouldn't be too much longer now, I'm thinking. Maybe the week before Christmas? If temps hold?
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