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Willard report from saturday 02-02-08 - wiperhunter2 - 02-06-2008
Reelfast and I decided to try Willard last Saturday. I didn’t think this was worth posting because no fish were caught[unsure] but thought some of you might be interested. The ice in the channel was 6 inches thick and the depth was 7ft where we fished.
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After an hour or so we headed out into the bay, we went out about 100yds, the depth was 9ft, we then went another 100yds, depth was 13ft.
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I'm not sure how the ice was beyond that but it was over 12 inches at the two spots we fished in the bay. We marked a lot of fish in the channel when we first punched our holes but the fish disappeared after a while. We seemed to be getting a few light bites in the channel using pink rat finkies, then in the bay we got a couple of bites using night crawlers and meal worms. I was using 2" curly tail jigs and a bucktail jig in the bay. We also marked fish on the bottom and about three feet under the ice. We fished about three hours and called it quits, I guess we should have stayed longer but the wind started to pick up and I did not bring my ice tent. We got there about 8:30 and left around noon. There was another guy fishing closer to shore but he hadn't caught any fish when we left. He said he knew Brody(lunkerhunter2), I think he said his name was Matt, but he said he wasn't a member of BFT. I called the Willard state park phone number and found that each park makes their own rules about allowing ATVs or snowmobiles on the ice. It looks like it would be a good way to get around and a better way to find some active fish but I guess that isn’t happening at Willard. I think that deep area along the West dike could be a better place to fish but it could be tough access with all this snow. The snow was only a few inches deep on the ice, with some drifted snow in places that was 8 inches or so. Oh, one last thing, there was a little slush at the edge of the ice in the channel but none on top of the ice. If we got a few folks together and fished the bay maybe we could find some active fish, there is good access and a lot of open space to fish and the parks department has plowed the parking lot so there is plenty of parking. What do you guys think? WH2
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Re: [wiperhunter2] Willard report from saturday 02-02-08 - lunkerhunter2 - 02-06-2008
What did this "Matt" look like? I don't recall knowing a "Matt" that is not on BFT. Did he say where he knew me from?
Too bad you didn't catch any fish. I have been seriously kicking the idea around. I may take my wheeler around to the light pole and "walk" up over the dike and fish.[cool]
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Re: [lunkerhunter2] Willard report from saturday 02-02-08 - wiperhunter2 - 02-06-2008
Dark hair about your age, maybe a little older, drives a red Toyota pickup. He said something about talking to you when fishing and you told him about the ice fishing contest.
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Re: [wiperhunter2] Willard report from saturday 02-02-08 - FishNCoach - 02-06-2008
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] Thanks for the report,I have thought about going to willard but always woundered how it would be, []Glad some one had the gutts to try willard in the winter.[signature]
Re: [wiperhunter2] Willard report from saturday 02-02-08 - lunkerhunter2 - 02-06-2008
I see. I have told ALOT of people about BFT and the contest this season. About 8 people i can recognize have become members in the last month just by telling them about the site.
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