Fishing Forum

I fished the Big Elk Arm of Palies on Saturday; the portion North of the highway. For everyones info there is no ice on main Big Elk Arm or near the dam at Palies; I too am looking forward to fishing these areas and would appreciate a report when the event of ice happens. As far as the ice fishing went it was slow and the bite soft. I had several small hits, but could only ice one small cutt. The most steady bite happened while jigging and I did have one set pole 15 feet from the rock bridge that did get hits on a glow in the dark white jig. Fishing between 15-28 feet was the best and thats where most fish were cruising. There is about 9-12 inches of famous Palies ice/snow crust to auger through. You will need a bord to get on or have one frozen leg in your attempt. I fished from 7:30-11:00 AM.

I wish you all better luck.

OvidCreek
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Thanks for the report. I need to get up there and fish Palies this winter. I would like to pull some browns and cutts through the ice as well has having a chance at catching my first lake trout while ice fishing.
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There's an area on Palies lake that holds some pretty decent fish, not too far off shore, past Big Elk. As you are heading towards Wyoming, past Big Elk, there is a curve in the lake that has some sloped bank to it, just before you hit the flats. Right on the seam of the flats and the sloped bank area there is some excellent fishing to be had. The lower the lake, the more you need to be on the slope water. The fish there don't hang too awfully far offshore, and are pretty good sized.

The macks I have caught are in the deeper water off the lake side rocky point of Big Elk.
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