Fishing Forum

[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]A couple of friends and myself fished East Portal Bay Sunday (1/18). –24 degrees coming over Daniels Summit and –16 in the parking lot. We got on the ice (16in thick) about 7:45, fishing in about 10 ft of water, and immediately started getting bites. The bite lasted about 30 min and in that time I landed 5 fish, the biggest being a 23 ¼” Cut. One of my friends pulled in 3 fish, and another landed 2 (one was a 22 ½” Cut) and had 1 to the hole that would have easily dwarfed my big fish. Just about anything in white was working, tipped with a meal worm or a nightcrawler. After that the bite slowed down to about 1 fish ea. every 45 min. We left @ 2:30 with myself landing 13 or 14 fish, 1 buddy landing 9 and another with 5 fish, all of which will be there for us to catch another time. On a side note: DON'T forget the sunscreen![/font][/size]
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Very nice report ram4x. Sound like it was a little chilly up there though. Hope you had a heater to keep you cosy.
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I've never fished East Portal Bay. Do you mind giving directions on how to get there and where to fish there?? I need to take a bunch of scouts fishing and want to catch some big fish that they can brag about. Any info would be much appreciated.
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And how is access?? Can I get there in a car or do I need 4 wheel drive??

thx
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Fishluvr , East portal bay is close to Bryants Fork , if you know where that is . If not it is about 2 miles west of the marina . I would suggest atv or snowmoblie to get there . There is a road over there but it is for the snowmobiles now . I have hooked some nice fish in that area . One of my favorites at ice out .
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