Fishing Forum

Four of us fished Trial Lake today. Pleasantly surprised to find about 3 1/2 inches of solid ice. Got greeted by a stiff wind from the north, that blew steady nearly the entire day. Fortunately it wasn't bitter cold. It did stay cold enough that we were scooping our ice holes all day long. Catching was excellent for small fish. We caught regular and albino rainbows, brook trout, cutts, and tiger trout. We were hoping for a few grayling, but no such luck. The largest fish were about 14 inches long. Those brookies are sure purty. The fish would hit anything that wasn't too large. I had the most success on a non-weighted small yellow tube jig, fished above one of TubeDudes' custom lures. They would bite crawlers or meal worms equally and I caught at least ten fishing artifically.
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Great report kent i have never ice fished any of those lakes maybey ill have to give it a try
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Thanks for the report, Kent!!! I am really looking forward to this year's ice fishing season. Glad to hear you got off to a real good start.
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are the roads open year around up there?
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No they do not plow the Mirror Lake Highway. It is extremely unusual (and unfortunate because we need the snow) for it to be open this late in the year.
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Sounds like a lot of fun Kent. It would have been fun to nab a greyling through the ice....maybe next time.
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Excellent report! Makes me want to go see if I can find all my ice fishing junk! I haven't caught a Tiger Trout yet this year.
Randy
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