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		i went up to strawberry yesterday and the ice conditions were perfect.  in jake's bay there was about 20 ft of open water but over night it refroze over with a very thin layer of ice.  so i went over to the ladders and caught a couple of nice cutthroats and then i went to the soldier creek side and found a ton of open water.  i fished and caught one in aspen bay.  and in the afternoon i went back to Jake's bay and caught one.  i cuaght 4 in total.  the water is really cold and the fish are not tooactive.  by this weekend with some warm weather the fish should be pretty active. i caught three on tube jigs and one really nice one on a red sided shiner.  it was a 21 and 1/2 inch cut that was fat and pretty. 
Good day but i have seen better.  i also ran into a couple of guys from cabelas that werent having any luck either.
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		Was this your first trip out since returning home?  Welcome Back!
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		that's what i been needing too hear. 
looks like the berry on sunday.
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		You mentioned a ton of open water on the soldier creek side, is it suitable yet for launching a boat and running toward the bay?
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		Jr8fish, 
Welcome home!!!!!  Two years is a long time to wait to fish!  Glad you were able to get into a few and become reaquainted with those nice Berry cutts.  Its nice to have another Strawberry fanatic back on the board!  Thanks for the report!
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		Thank you for the report and welcome back.  How was your mission?  I am thinking of doing a float up there on Friday AM.  There will be room for 1 more if any Utah county tubers want to car pool.
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		yea thanks for the info ,but do you think we can launch boats out at the boat ramps in soldier creek side
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		I was at the Aspen Marina this afternoon (Thursday) and it's all clear, no ice, no snow. Good to go.
 
 
 
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