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Wanting to bring my 8 year old up to chesterfield tomorrow, how thick is the ice? Any fishing reports? Thanks
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We fished last Friday for most of the day and it was one of the slowest days I've had at chesterfield. Moved a few times and found an area that produced some smaller fish. Caught 2 decent fish but overall very slow. Ice was 14 inches where we were. Hope this helps!

Cole
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Typical Chesterfield. The bite really drops off after the ice has been on a while. A few weeks back it was quite good, but lately it has been terrible. This is how Chesterfield plays out every year. The early bird gets the worm at that place.
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I fished it on 12-31-13. Caught about 10 fish all small, but one. Light bight missed alot more. Trick was to keep the bait moving when fish were on the screen.
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Fished it yesterday , very light bite and very slow fishing for us!
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Got skunked there on Thursday. Won't go ice fishing there again. At least not until early ice next year.
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[quote Liprippa]Got skunked there on Thursday. Won't go ice fishing there again. At least not until early ice next year.[/quote]


Well, look at it this way, it can't get worse...LOL
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I think there is reasonable cause to be a little concerned about Chesterfield. As low as it was this summer/fall I think the fish numbers suffered. There are still some good fish left but
I haven't seen the middle size footballs that are usually prevalent and easy to catch this time of year. The fish we caught were either 12 inchers or 20+ inchers. And with the winter we are having so far it doesn't look good for next year either. I hope I am wrong but just worried. Has anyone else caught many 14-18 inch healthy fish this winter?
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We pulled out 3 in that range this weekend. Most were right about 12"
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we fished it twice and a very good percentage of them were 12 to 16
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