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Im headed to strawberry bright and early this saturday and would like to know if anyone could put me on a good place. We will be shore fishing dont feel like taking the boat on a 2 hour road trip just for one day. If possible a map of strawberry would help a lot as well! thanks in advance!
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isnt it free fishing day id stay home its going to be a mess
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Yeah it is. We are still going to go one of my friends is in town visiting and wants to catch some trout so i thought strawbery would be a great place to go.
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If your familiar with the soldier creek side I fished just off the rocks right by the little marina store and killed it!! They weren't Interested in worms or minnows and i left my fly rod home so I had to resort to powerbait. We did the Carolina rig off the bottom with garlic powerbait and landed about 40 fish... It was awesome! I would reccomend using a size 12 treble hook ( I used a 14 and lost probably 15 fish or so) I would like to use a different hook so the fish don't swallow them ao easy but I don't know one that holds the dough as easy. Good luck and get there early! The best fishing is morning until about noon and then 5ish until dusk
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Im not very familiar with strawberry. I hope to have a great day ou there! We will more then likely be using powerbait. I know where the big marina is i think with the resturaunt. That is about it.
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When your on highway 40 you will pass the main entrance that takes you to the main marina and dock on your right... Go another ten minutes or so and look for the sign that says soldier creek and turn in there. If your passing through a bunch of cabins your in the right spot. Follow that down to the boat ramp and look for the little marina store. I just fished off the rocks to the left of the store. You can take chairs and go to the other side and be a little more comfy...

This is the rig I use and I kills it ...http://fishingmyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pb-rig-e1284053928138.png
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[quote TylerKunz]If your familiar with the soldier creek side I fished just off the rocks right by the little marina store and killed it!! They weren't Interested in worms or minnows and i left my fly rod home so I had to resort to powerbait. We did the Carolina rig off the bottom with garlic powerbait and landed about 40 fish... It was awesome! I would reccomend using a size 12 treble hook ( I used a 14 and lost probably 15 fish or so) I would like to use a different hook so the fish don't swallow them ao easy but I don't know one that holds the dough as easy. Good luck and get there early! The best fishing is morning until about noon and then 5ish until dusk[/quote]


Did you see us out in the pontoons? We noticed people on the shore you talk about, but no action like you speak of. Must have been a special spot...LOL I did well on shore there with flies with maybe 5 or 6 trout in an hour.
They were top feeding all over so dry fly fishing. That is always a blast on stillwater and kind of rare at times.
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I wouldn't call it a special spot more so people don't think to fish there. Neither did I until I saw them rising like crazy! But to be honest 5 or 6 fish on a fly rod is much more satisfying than 20 on powerbait! I noticed some tubes ou there... We're you in the soldier creek?
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Yup. Fished that bay all weekend from shore and pontoon.





The 5 or 6 was in an hour, we did much better out on the water. I just shore fished during the storms Sat. and Sunday for an hour here and there. That appears to be a very popular bay to me. There was always someone else there.
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Were you launching two blue Scadden pontoons from Soldier Creek Monday morning around 8 a.m.? I thought that could have been you. Should have said 'Hi', but my father-in-law was barking orders to his son backing us in next to you in the Tracker pontoon boat. He gets a little up tight and I didn't want to break his concentration. If it was you, you looked like you were just topping off your toons with a pump, ready to go out. We did ok. Caught about 25 between the three of us in about 4 hours. Mostly rainbows, and a few cuts. It was pretty nice on the Soldier Creek side, and not as crowded as I expected for the Holiday.

BTW, I stopped by Walton Marine just the other day and picked up some Stabond glue for my Scotty's mount. Thanks for the info.(Interesting folks at Walton)
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That was us. I was using my blue Renegade and hubby was using my blue Assault. Had our 14' Gregor boat we had planned on using, but the Honda motor wasn't working right.
We did pretty good back in that bay. Wanted to check other areas but no boat, I play it closer in pontoons.
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We fished it Monday I was surprised at how empty it was. Maybe 5 or 6 guy all day. Fine with me!
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Monday was the best of the four days for sure. Here is the fly that worked for us so well out on the water:



The fly is Burgundy bunny and about 4" long.
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nice toothy cutty, and i love the fly your using. ive used similar flys on little dell and the gorge and they are great, mine was an olive color though. nice fish
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Try using a size 18 treble. It holds the bait good and can be removed with the red hook remover with very little damage. The gap is so small it will not go through the gull it and can be cut off if needed. I have kept track three different yrs. And loose only three out of every 100 fish. True story. and you won't loose many to poor hook set. Just enough PB to float the hook and use one size 5 split shot 18to24 inches above the hook. You will be able to catch and release all day with very few causalities. We c/r 33 at the berry wed. All but 6 on pub. Did not loose a single fish. 21 were bows.
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Nice, I need to out thereby the tube again and practice more with the fy rod...
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We fished by the beaver damn in soldier creek. my friend and i caught 15. Our only problem is differnce between the cuts and rainbows. Anyone have a picture of both next to eachother? Im going with my whole family when they come to viit in july and i want to be able to tell the differnce a lot better by then. Thanks everyone for helping me and a friend have a great day!
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The cutthroats main characteristic is a red or orange "slash" on its throat (just below the gill plate) and the rainbow having a long red bar extending along its entire body. Glad you had a good time up there!
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Thanks...from about 8-10 we couldnt keep them off our lines. Once the wind picked up we had a hard time telling if it was a fish or the wind so we called it a day. Im excited for my 3 day camping trip out there this 4th of july! Hopefully i can get a nice big slot buster cut throat. Thanks again for all your help!
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Quote:• Any trout with cutthroat characteristics (not necessarily jaw slashing) is considered to be a cutthroat trout. Slash marks under the jaw should not be used to distinguish Bear Lake cutthroat trout from rainbow trout at Strawberry. Slashing is sometimes absent on Bear Lake cutthroats and sometimes visible on rainbows. Better characteristics are deep orange pelvic and anal fins on the cutthroats, and white-tipped pink to gray- green pelvic and anal fins on the rainbows. Rainbows also have the pinkish lateral stripe on the sides (see fish descriptions begin- ning on page 43 of this guide for more information).

Bear Lake cutthroat trout often lack the bright crimson jaw slash, which may at times be yellow, gray or non-existent. Deep orange pelvic and anal fins and the presence of few, if any, spots on the head readily distinguish Bear Lake cutthroat from rainbow trout (see rainbow trout description). Bear Lake cutthroat can exhibit a variety of spotting patterns, but spots are generally sparsely scattered, large and rounded in outline. Spotting is typically more concentrated near the tail. During the spawning season, Bear Lake cut- throat (particularly the males) take on a bronze color along the sides and lower body, and often develop rosy-colored gill plates.



A rainbow trout is dark green to bluish on the back with silvery sides. The pinkish to reddish horizontal band typifies the species. The belly may be white to silvery. Irregular and profuse black spots are usually present on the head, back and sides. The pelvic and anal fins are translucent pink to gray-green and tipped in white. The coloration of a river-dwelling rainbow trout is often more vibrant than that of a lake dweller. Rainbow trout also tend to have a fairly blunt snout.

Don't rely on the slash.
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