After watching my all-too-rare day off become snowed out, and doing the requisite chores for a kitchen pass, I saw on the news that “they” expected the storm to lessen up. Off I went to check out Huntington. Well, it never did stop snowing, but I got on the water at about 2:10 PM. The fishing until 3 PM was fast and I caught several, albeit for a little smaller fish on average. I was using a combo rig of a small flasher spoon on top and a small white tube jig on the bottom. Both were tipped with crawler pieces. I caught equal numbers on each. At 3PM, the fishing shut off and I only had a few hits until 3:45, when I left due to the deteriorating weather. Not bad though for a short trip. I was fishing in 8-10 ft. of water. These were my first Tigers, so I was excited.
If you go tomorrow, be prepared to deal with the conditions. The slush was bad. There seemed to be two layers. The top layer was only about 2-3 inches and not bad, but you would often break through and hit the 2nd pocket. This was about 6 inches deep. Below that was about 4 inches of ice. I was prepared for it with my neoprene waders, but often, I had slush well past my boots. The second problem is that the area got quite a bit of snow. It was a chore to hoof it from the parking lot to the water, and back. Also, 4 wheel drive is a must at the moment. There wasn’t anyone there when I was fishing, but there was evidence that someone was fishing there this morning.
Tight lines.