You gotta love Ice fishing!

Moon Phase:

Fishing Time: 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Weather: partly cloudy, no wind

With Friday off and Hunt in town from Portland, ice fishing was a must! With our no ice experience 6 days ago I was a little worried about how much ice we would find on this trip. We arrived at Chicken Creek East at the Berry Before the sun even came up and the temp was below zero. We could tell that the lake was covered in ice but we didn't know how thick it would be. We slowly walked out a little ways and cut a test hole. It was about 5 inches! Now It was on! We walked out to the point where we have done well in the past and found water that was 25 to 30 feet deep. As soon as we got our poles in the water, we were catching fish. The morning was scorching hot! You couldn't even get your jig to the bottom before getting hit. Later into the morning it only cooled off slightly and we still continued to catch fish all day long! Luckily Hunt had his camera cause I forgot mine. I caught 53 fish and Hunt pulled in 38! 4 or 5 of them were over 22 inches long and one that I caught was 23 1/2 inches long and 4 1/2 pounds. Every fish we caught was a cutthroat. Almost all fish were caught using a white tube jig tipped with a minnow or meal worm. A few were caught on a white and chartreuse Marabou jig, and of course Hunt had to try his big fish special with a 5 inch green tube jig, it didn't last long til he switched back to white! Here are some pics of the 4 1/2 pound cutt!

Ice is on! Kinda!

Moon Phase:
Fishing Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Weather: clear, breezy,


Every year my friends and I are ice fishing the Berry the week before Christmas. This year it was open water. That didn't stop us though cause I knew that Mud Creek Bay at the Berry always froze earlier than the rest of the lake. I was right and it was frozen with about 4 inches of ice. The only problem is that I have never had much luck ice fishing in Mud Creek Bay. Well, today was no different! I put up the big number 0 and so did Newton! The only fish of the day went to Hunt with this good lookin Cutthroat. We threw a few different colors at them and I could see fish coming up to my jig on the fish finder but they never would hit! We had a good time though catching up with old friends and there will be plenty more good ice fishing trips to come in 2008!

A Day to Remember!

I bought a boat! I bought a boat! I bought a boat! I finally did it! After a long struggle of whether it was possible financially, Cari and I decided to go for it! Cari's dad helped to put a great deal together that we just couldn't resist! It was an absolute blizzard outside as we left the house to go buy it! We walked into Marine Max and there it was, the boat of my dreams! After all the boring and depressing financing talk was done it was time for me and Cari to throw on our new hats and take some pics by our new Tracker! Our first boat together is a 17.5 foot Tracker Targa. It has a 115 horsepower motor on the back and a Minn Kota 55 lb. thruster motor on the front. It comes with a fish finder and we got a sweet bimini top to escape the sun. I am excited for next year to spend as much time as possible utilizing our new toy!