01-03-2017, 05:08 PM
Fished porcupine Sunday up by the inlet and down along the cliffs. Got on the water at about noon and fished till 6:30. Only managed one brown about 16" on a fire tiger ice fly tipped with a meal worm and was the only fish I marked for the first few hours. Saw one school of kokes swim through but couldn't convince any of them to bite. Ice was about 6" with two of those inches being cloudy. Small patch of open water straight across the lake from the first boat ramp. Didn't check ice down by the dam but it was all freshly frozen but I'm guessing it was about 2-3". Heard from a friend that a guy fished the lower part of the lake earlier that day and caught one about mid 20's. I plan on going back out Saturday morning to see if I can get some kokes or one of the lunkers that hang around. On a side note, after not marking any fish all day on my finder, as soon as the sun went down at around 5 or 5:30, the screen was just chuck full of fish up until I left but I couldn't get anything to commit. I tried glow jigs, glow ice flies, and ratfinkees but couldn't get any bites.
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