02-22-2016, 05:25 PM
I fished the Soldier Creek side of Strawberry on Sunday. I got kind of a late start (wasn't fishing until 8:30 or so), and the fishing was slow.
I started in 15 FOW and caught one small Rainbow and one medium slot Cutthroat and then the fish disappeared. I moved out to 35 FOW, caught another slot Cutt, and then it went dead. Not a single fish on the finder for 30 minutes.
I moved back to 12 FOW at about 11:00, and quickly had a double of 12" Rainbows. There were clearly more fish shallow, but most were small rainbows with an occasional Cutt moving by. By the time I left at 2 I had caught about 6-7 small Rainbows and 4 medium Cutts.
Most fish bit on a small glow ratfinkee tipped with shrimp. I also caught a couple on a 1.5" glow tube, but most wouldn't take it. The bite was light and it really helped to look down the hole and watch the fish take it to know when to set the hook.
The ice was surprisingly solid for how warm it was, no breaking through the crust into slush, and there was 10+" of good ice. But things are changing - there was lots cracking and shifting going on when it warmed up.
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I started in 15 FOW and caught one small Rainbow and one medium slot Cutthroat and then the fish disappeared. I moved out to 35 FOW, caught another slot Cutt, and then it went dead. Not a single fish on the finder for 30 minutes.
I moved back to 12 FOW at about 11:00, and quickly had a double of 12" Rainbows. There were clearly more fish shallow, but most were small rainbows with an occasional Cutt moving by. By the time I left at 2 I had caught about 6-7 small Rainbows and 4 medium Cutts.
Most fish bit on a small glow ratfinkee tipped with shrimp. I also caught a couple on a 1.5" glow tube, but most wouldn't take it. The bite was light and it really helped to look down the hole and watch the fish take it to know when to set the hook.
The ice was surprisingly solid for how warm it was, no breaking through the crust into slush, and there was 10+" of good ice. But things are changing - there was lots cracking and shifting going on when it warmed up.
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