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Chesterfield help - Twag1234 - 01-21-2016
Wanted to know how the fishing/ice/roads were up to chesterfield. Me and some buddies were going to head up there from Utah. Wanted to know what the word is up there? Any help would be appreciated!!
Thanks!![fishon]
Re: [Twag1234] Chesterfield help - jaklakmak - 01-22-2016
As of this morning most the lake was not reachable since this last Tuesday/Weds snow and ground blizzard. Maybe by this weekend the county blades will have been out there but I wouldn't count on it.
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Re: [jaklakmak] Chesterfield help - Itwasthisbig - 01-22-2016
Can you get to the parking lot?
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Re: [jaklakmak] Chesterfield help - Twag1234 - 01-22-2016
yeah, hopefully by tomorrow around 5. We are heading up there tomorrow. So the parking lot would be a big win there. What other lakes are close? (Not from around that area)
Re: [Twag1234] Chesterfield help - Itwasthisbig - 01-22-2016
Just got a report that says you can't get to the lake.
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Re: [Itwasthisbig] Chesterfield help - Twag1234 - 01-22-2016
Wel, that's not good news. Too much snow and no plowing going on?
Re: [Itwasthisbig] Chesterfield help - Twag1234 - 01-22-2016
Any places worth going to that you think will be accessible? Blackfoot?
Re: [Twag1234] Chesterfield help - Steelie30 - 01-22-2016
Blackfoot Reservoir has pretty bad accessibility as well and the fishing is very slow. It has been a couple weeks since I was at Chesterfield but it is worth the walk in if you are willing to treck out there. We did really well in about 8FOW and action was very steady until about noon. The only drawback is that the fish are a lot smaller this year than in years past. I would say the average fish is 12-15 inches. The biggest we have caught this year was about 22" but everything else was in the smaller range. We were using very small slushbugs tipped with about 1" of nightcrawler. Pink seemed to work best and don't be afraid to suspend your depths a little bit.
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Re: [Steelie30] Chesterfield help - 300winnie - 01-22-2016
From Idaho Falls and I have a son that wants to go fishing for his Birthday tomorrow. Looking at different options, but haven't found anything really exciting. Out of curiosity how far is the walk in to get to the reservoir, and how thick is the ice?
Thanks for any help you can give.
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Re: [300winnie] Chesterfield help - Twag1234 - 01-22-2016
I have a friend who said they just plowed to the parking lot yesterday evening at chesterfield. So we are going to try that... Hopefully o can get back there with a trailer.
Re: [Twag1234] Chesterfield help - Steelie30 - 01-22-2016
The ice is plenty thick. You'd be fine. If they have it plowed, it won't be too bad of a walk to the lake.
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Re: [Steelie30] Chesterfield help - Itwasthisbig - 01-22-2016
Lots of water and slush on top of the ice. Don't attempt to take a 4 wheeler our side by side in. Snowmobiles are good. Fishing was slow.
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