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[cool][#0000ff]Man, you can just hear the silence on the tubing board. So, I thought I would copy and paste the ice fishing report I put up on the Utah board. I went to Pineview Reservoir with BFTer Flycasting last Tuesday.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]FC drilled first holes just before 8 AM, and I drilled my first two right after. Air temp 18. No W. Mo bettah. I rigged with a fire tiger glow 1/4 oz. jigging spoon on the bottom and a size 6 chartreuse glow werm about a foot above...dropshot style. Baited with perch meat on the spoon and waxies on the dropper. Ended up fishing mostly the same rig all day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It worked. Iced my first chunky crappie within minutes of my first drop and several more nice ones after that. Caught some on the spoon and others on the glow werm. FC was scoring a few too but wanted to get some perch for some chowder. We only caught a couple of keepable perch before the horde of "helpers" descended on us and took over our extra holes we had drilled to be able to move around and find fish. Once the pressure and noise increased the bite kinda shut down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PACKFAN and the other two in his party headed for the other side, where we had heard there were more perch. We weren't too much longer in finding our own spot on the south side of the channel. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The first hole I drilled was the only one I needed to drill. Got my first and only perch double while starting to drill another hole. FC pulled up close by so we could socialize and we proceeded to spank the perch. I suspect we both caught about 30 each, many of them in the chowder range of 9" to 10". No crappies on that side.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Both the crappies and the perch seemed to favor depths of 48 to 53 feet today. They moved through in singles and small groups. When we saw fish on sonar, we got bites. Most were near the bottom but a few we got by slowly "shivver lifting" the jigs up a few feet.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Caught fish on waxies, crawler bits and perch meat today. I got my most and biggest fish on perch strips I had cut the night before and sprinkled with salt and crawdad scent.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glow tiger and chartreuse worked best for both of us, although we both caught fish on my glow white werm with red eye. It glows green underwater.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some hits were whisper light. It helped to have a strike indicator. Others smacked it pretty good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No smallies or muskies witnessed today.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Ice was solid 6", with some cracks. No snow. Very slick. Glad we had good ice cleats.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There was some water around the edge as we were going in, but still thick ice right up to shore.[/#0000ff]
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Thanks for the pics. You have my address if you need to know where to send those slab filets []
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[cool][#0000ff]They have already been the main course in a most delectable crappie scampi dinner...with a side dish of fish in garlic noodles.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]YUM.[/#0000ff]
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[size 1][#0000ff]garlic noodles.[/#0000ff] [/size]
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sounds yummy tell me about that one with the fish, please?
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[cool][#0000ff]Here is my recipe for "Garlic Noodles...With Fish"[/#0000ff]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]14 oz. Package Chinese egg noodles (thin) (regular noodles okay)[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]½ cube butter and 3 tablespoons olive oil (preheated together to melt butter)[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]1-2 tablespoons minced garlic (to taste)[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Black pepper to taste (1-2 tsp)[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Shrimp bouillon…2 cubes (salty…no additional salt needed)[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]¼ cup dried onion flakes[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]1 lb. uncooked fish fillets[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]STEP BY STEP:[/font][/size] [ul] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Heat 2-3 quarts of water in a large soup pan.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Add shrimp bouillon, pepper and onion flakes.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Bring to a boil…allowing onions to hydrate and flavors to mix.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Add fish. Simmer until white and beginning to flake.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Remove fish to separate bowl. Keep covered and warm.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Add noodles to boiling water and reduce heat to a slow simmer.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Stir cooking noodles and test until they are “al dente”…softer if preferred.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Drain cooked noodles in strainer and quickly add back to pan.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Add cooked fish back into pan.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Pour butter/oil and garlic over noodles/fish and stir briskly.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Cover pan and allow to stand for a few minutes so flavors will blend.[/font][/size][/li] [li][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Add additional seasonings to taste after serving.[/font][/size][/li][/ul]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]TD, I know you have said before, but Alan wants yo know where to get shrimp boullion.[/size][/black][/font]
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[cool][#0000ff]Go to the soup section of a well-stocked store. There will be different soup bases and soup mixes. Knorr is the company that makes most of the bouillon...beef, chicken, tomato...AND SHRIMP. There are probably others ,but those are the only ones I use.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you have difficulty finding it in your neighborhood chain store, try some of the "specialty" or ethnic markets. Reams has it in the SL areas, in some of their stores. You can also find it in Mexican or oriental markets. I get it both in the little bouillon cubes and in a bottle of powdered mix. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That stuff is great in soups and for flavoring rice or noodles. You can just sprinkle the powder onto something, but the cubes are designed to be cooked into a soup. I like to add a bit of the powder to melted garlic butter for dipping steamed or poached fish. Makes it taste just like shrimp. Also good to sprinkle on oven broiled fish.[/#0000ff]
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I asked my wife the same thing and she said Shrimp? and I said yep Shrimp!
Went along with her food shopping and I did look for that around and found none. (I found Turkey and Fish stock and that was new to me!) I'm gonna see if the fish market has it that is right near us.
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I couldn't find shrimp bullion in any nearby establishments down here in "Happy Valley" so I ordered some on the internet. The place I purchased some originally isn't selling it online anymore, but here is another place selling it (Knorr shrimp bullion).

http://www.neptuneseafood.biz/shopping.htm
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