12-27-2013, 10:50 PM
I went out with my brother and nephew this morning to strawberry marina. Both are ice fishing rookies. I usually fish soldier creek but the fishing has been slow there (great size but not much quantity) so wanted to try the marina for a change.
We were on the ice by 7:00 and left at 11:00. We caught 3 bows and 3 cutts so it was slow there for us as well. Everybody we spoke with mentioned it was slow. We didnt witness anybody catching a fish.
We did manage to catch some very nice cutts. Attached pics. One cutt was caught on chartreuse ratfinkee with the jaw jacker and the other on a pink and white radical glow. Both were tipped with meal worms.
It seems the fishing is best before 8:00. I'm tempted to get on the ice by 6:00 and see if we can land more. We were hooking up with fish before sunrise.
I will probably hit soldier creek tomorrow and will let everyone know how it goes.
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We were on the ice by 7:00 and left at 11:00. We caught 3 bows and 3 cutts so it was slow there for us as well. Everybody we spoke with mentioned it was slow. We didnt witness anybody catching a fish.
We did manage to catch some very nice cutts. Attached pics. One cutt was caught on chartreuse ratfinkee with the jaw jacker and the other on a pink and white radical glow. Both were tipped with meal worms.
It seems the fishing is best before 8:00. I'm tempted to get on the ice by 6:00 and see if we can land more. We were hooking up with fish before sunrise.
I will probably hit soldier creek tomorrow and will let everyone know how it goes.
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