Friday, December 28, 2007

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!

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