I haven't been able to get out fishing this month but wanted to get out for my first ice fishing trip before years end. First stop was Heritage park, it did not look like anyone had fished it because the catching was on fire, used the normal trout jigs, tipped with wax worms, we only fished it for a little over an hour because we wanted to hit two other ponds. Ice was 3 to 4". Next stop was a pond right out side of Lake town, stayed about 1.5 hours there, ice was about the same as the first place, did not do as good as the first pond but still very good for my first ice outing of the season. Last pond was Little creek[:/], right out side of Randolph. Fishing was good there as well but a little slower than the last two ponds, ice was about 8". All fish caught were either bows or cutts, took a few pics of the biggest, a little over 20", the two with the most color, the second one had a yellowish tint on the belly. You know the catching is good when you are counting the fish by how many dozen you caught at each location[
]. Thanks Ira for getting me out for a great day of fishing, good times for sure my friend.
WH2
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Very nice Curtis. Wish I had been with you. Domestic chores all day yesterday and most of today already. Well, there's always next week.[/#800000][/font]
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Sounds like a lot of fun, but I got ta ask, Why didn't you fish big blue???? I wanted a fresh white fish report..... Did you just take your ice gear? I've been wanting to get back to Bear Lake so bad, I'm sure if I went that far I would have been on the big pond, unless it was too rough.... But it did sound like you had lots of action so can't complain about that... Thanks for the pix's I've heard of a couple of those spots and never seen what they actually look like... Nice to see a picture... Thanks and Later J
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Too much hassle hauling the boat up with poor road conditions and I don't fish from that rocky shore much. We were just hoping to hit a few places where we could ice some fish and we did not bring any other gear. That was the first time I've fished either pond there at Bear lake. Neither lake was deeper than 6 or 7 ft at the most but we did not move much because we did so good at the first spots we drilled. Can't really remember when the catching was that fast for trout.
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Your pics look cold.[
] looks like a fun day Curt.
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Hey, your in my spot![
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My daughters have been nagging me to take them over to the park to ice fish for the first time this winter. Last year sucked there (too much moss and the water was off colored), but year before last was fast and easy on the ice.
I fished it the last day that it had open water enough to cast from shore and just pounded them.
How close to the big, open water hole were you able to get?
Anyway, good job, it looks like you had a fun time.
Mike
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Hey Mike, were you there yesterday, saw a guy drive up in a fire truck while we were there?
It is open water where that pipe brings it in and open at the aerator. We walked up the little trail and straight out onto the ice and drilled a test hole, it was only two ft deep there, so we moved about 10 yds toward the pipe and it was 5 or 6 ft there and the fish were biting constantly while were were there. We were about 30 yds from the open water. Water is very clear, you can easily see to the bottom.
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Nice pics. I really like the scenery in some of those shots. Fish ain't too bad either [cool]
thanks for the report!
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[cool]What an awesome day on the ice! Best part about the report and pics is that there were NO crowds at all. What a great day to be out icefishing with a close friend. Thanks for the report, wiperhunter2.
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Looks like a fun trip! Thanks for sharing.
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Ya, that was me. I saw you guys ,but because of that open hole by the aerator I didn't think you were on the ice. I thought you were just casting out to it. Silly me!
There is a trench that runs roughly north to south from one side to the other and it goes just to the east of the aerator bouy. It's about 5 feet deeper than the rest of the pond on that end. The fish end up there as the water gets lower. It can be fun when they are in that trench.
Mike
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Curt that sounds like a lot of fun and a good start to the ice season. Glad it was a great day for you guys. Later J
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