Fishing Forum

A friend and I headed over to Mill Meadow this morning. We had to break through some minor snowdrifts across SR72 as we headed south of I-70. It turned out to be a very nice day on the ice. Ice fishing conditions are still good with only a little of a soft edge at the boat ramp late in the afternoon. We fished our normal area near the boat ramp and we were in 26 feet of water. The perch fishing was fast as usual with almost non-stop action all day from 0900 to 1600. We also caught 10 browns during the day. All of the fish were caught on small ice jigs tipped with perch meat about 8 inches below a small silver spoon used as an attractor. We were the only ones on the ice today and I didn't miss the crowd!
I would imagine the conditions will remain fishable for the time being pending any extended warm weather spell. I have included a couple of photos. The perch we kept for dinner were in the 8 to 9 inch range. The brown was about 19 inches. We didn't keep any of the trout.

Mike
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Thanks for the report. Sounds like it hasn't slowed down any. I got the wife talked into giving it a try this weekend. Any trouble getting to the ramp from the highway?
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The road into the ramp area has been plowed and there is no problem driving in. We were even able to back down the ramp and easily drive out in the afternoon with my friend's 4X4 truck. You might want to consider taking along a board or plank just in case the soft edges get any worse. It was a little soft right at the base of the boat ramp but it was fine a little distance either side of the ramp.
Mike
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Thanks for the info Mike.
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