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Strawberry on 1/30 - bwhit175 - 02-01-2015
Hi all,
New to posting on here!
We hit up Strawberry the other day on the Soldier Creek side just off the boat ramp. We got in around 9:00 am and only caught 2 fish in the first 6 hours or so, but then the action picked up a bit.
From about 2:30 - 5:00 we caught 11 fish with a couple being the 15" variety. Most of the fish we caught were in 8' of water on either small ice flies or white and yellow hair jigs tipped with chub.
While at 8' the water was crystal clear and you could watch the fish come up and play with your bait the entire time. They were definitely running around in schools. We would go 10 minutes without seeing a fish and then all of the sudden a blip on the fish finder and it was on. Most were fairly small, but there were some monster cuts swimming around down at the bottom checking things out.
All in all we pulled up 13 fish between the 3 of us. While it wasn't a banner day, it was still a blast!
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Re: [bwhit175] Strawberry on 1/30 - TyeDyeTwins - 02-01-2015
Welcome to BFT! Got to love "sight fishing" under the ice! Then again when the bruisers swim by and pass you up it makes you feel like maybe your doing something wrong.
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Re: [bwhit175] Strawberry on 1/30 - whipper-snapper - 02-01-2015
Thanks for sharing and welcome to BFT! Sight fishing is insanely fun to watch, but I have to remind myself to feel the tug before I set the hook...I've lost a few that way.
How was the access? Did you drive machines to get by the marina?
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Re: [whipper-snapper] Strawberry on 1/30 - bwhit175 - 02-01-2015
We actually just walked around by the marina, not too far from the ramp. Access was good, a little soft right at the ramp, but plenty of good ice to get on and off.
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