12-24-2018, 01:43 PM
Went up to Mammoth and made the trek down the hill further down the lake instead of joining the crowd by the damn. Was set-up and fishing by around 8:15-8:30, I left my phone in my truck and wasn’t going to make that journey back up the hill for it, was only in 12’ of water. I’m guessing about 9:00’sh, the bite turned hot. Used a gizzy tipped with mealworm and a Swedish pimple tipped with a worm. Would miss a hook, drop back down and they would smack it again, unless it was a hook-up and get off. Iced 3 fish, one being an awesome big fatty, I would guess 3 1/2 to 4 lber, missed about 7. All fish went back down the hole. I would say about 11 o’clock and it all was done. I was still marking a few fish, it seemed like they just came up and looked at the bait and would take off, threw different jigs/lures and same result, come up and look and take off. I did start marking more fish with power bait, but same result, window shoppers. I did not mark one fish below 10 feet, they were all from right under the ice to 9’-9 1/2’. I packed up made the hike back up the hill to my truck and seen it was 12:40. A good day early in the morning. A product review, I purchased a 8” Trophy Strike 40 volt battery auger.. Love it, it only did a few holes, but it was awesome especially the reverse feature to push the slush back down the hole.
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