Somewhere Different

It was time to try somewhere new, so the place to be was Jordanelle Reservoir. We weren't the first to hit the ice as this scenic picture down the Rock Cliff Arm shows, but we were close. I hadn't ice fished Jordanelle for a long time so this was going to be an interesting trip to see if we could find the fish! We didn't! We fished everywhere and could not find the fish anywhere. Not even a bite! It was one of the most beautiful days we have had all year with good weather and no wind so we just fought through the no fish and decided to make our own fun. We created an ice sliding track that must have went 60 feet. We had contests for hours to see who could get a running start and slide the farthest. Corey ended with the longest slide going all the way to the end of the track. The two pictures below are of Dave attempting to beat Corey's record, but falling short by a few feet.

The picture below and to the left is of my attempt, and the one to the right looking like a cool cat sliding a rail is the winner himself, Corey Revill!

It was a lot of fun sliding, but not as much excitement as JJ's friend Jason gave us. Jason is a guy that JJ works with and he decided to come up for the day not to fish, but just to hang and enjoy a Saturday on the ice with his dog Sugar. Little did he know that his dog would decide to jump into a hole in the ice where the river meets the lake! Unfortunately for Sugar, she could not make it back onto the ice by herself and was starting to get weak, so Jason crawled out on his belly and retrieved Sugar. Everything went well until he turned to walk back and he ended up going straight through! Luckily we got him out and everything was fine. He even stuck around the rest of the day soaking wet. Now that's determination not to ruin a good day on the lake. This is a picture of Sugar soon after she fell in. She looks really concerned that she just about lost her life doesn't she?
Well the trip only got better from there, at about 5:00 the fish suddenly decided to turn on! We all caught fish after fish. They were all dinky rainbows but after all day with no bites we took what we could. We stayed into dark because the fish wouldn't stop biting and we couldn't pull ourselves away with the fast action. The picture below shows how small they were with Corey letting one go back down to grow and be caught another day! What a great day on the ice! And an adventurous one too!