Fishing Forum

We, rustyhook and I, decided to fish Jordanelle with two goals in mind. We got a late start because of being in the barn half of the night. Yes, I am delivering lambs in this weather, but all is well, we got triplets last night.
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We have snowshoes so the snow isn't too much fo a problem. We were fishing by 8:00 am.. My guide, Rustyhook, isn't happy unless we walk atleast a mile to some spot that he has found on a map and is sure that it will be the magic place.
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Yes that is open water that you can see. We didn't walk that far. Ice was still 6 to 8 inches thick where we fished. After drilling 50 holes, I'm not kidding, and walking through most of them marking the depth, we were ready to fish. First fish on the ice was a chub. Not what we were looking for. Next fish was a keeper. A nice fat 12 1/2 inch perch
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We kept moving and catching small perch, good for bait but not big enough to fillet. Finally a good mark on the sonar. Set the hook and hoped for the best and the drag started screaming.
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The fish came to the ice five times and ran each time it got close to the hole. On the third run Rustyhook got a look and said it was a brown. Finally got it up into the hole and one the ice. It was 19 1/2 inches and quickly we took a picture and released it. The camera was acting up so only pic is with the tape measure (darn batteries). This was our second goal, get me a brown.
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There is a ton of small perch in the area and the occasional large one. We left about noon, both goals accomplished and we were ready for lunch. Good luck fishing.
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Nice fishing! or should I say catching? Was there anyone else out there? How were the edges. Might go up there just to catch some perchies.
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we were the only people on the ice that we could see, the edges were fine. the lake has alittle slush in some spots. might go back up this weekend.
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I really love that brown. I've been trying to get one lately but keep gettin' small ones.
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there have been some big one netted by the state fish game, look on the state page there is a article of some of the fish they have netted.
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Those are some nice fish. Especially the perch. After this last year I wondered if there were any like that left in there.
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that is rugged-cant wait to fish and camp. Snow and ice are for the birds.....
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Well done, nice trip and post. How much longer do you think the Nell will be safe? Were you on the Rock Cliff side?
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Where we were the ice was 6 to 8 inches thick with a little slush in places. We were not in the Rockcliff arm, but it looked like there was plenty of ice there also. We always drill lots of holes as we walk out if we are worried about ice thickness. We were at the Hailstone State park and walked out from the personal watercraft area.
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