03-01-2015, 01:23 AM
A friend and I took a trip Friday up to Strawberry to give the ice another go. Decided at the last minute to have my son "skip" school so he could go too. Sure glad I did! We arrived at our unloading spot at 4 am and promptly had 1 snowmobile breakdown. Yipee. So we all piled on 1 sled and snowmobile and headed out. Made it out to our favorite spot and set up our ice camp. Amazing how much fun Dalton had fishing! Even a 4 hour ride to get to the lake couldn't keep him from smiling ear to ear! We had a great day. Managed to land 49 fish with Dalton putting 25 on the ice alone. Mostly slot cuts but we did keep 7 rainbows and 1 lonely kokanee. Almost broke the slot with one pretty cut but the tape would only read 21 no matter how we stretched it.[
] Jack and Dalton both caught pretty 20 inch bows. It was a fine day on the ice. I am amazed at how little snow there was getting down to the ice. Once on the ice it was smooth sailing on 12-14 inches of good ice with 4 inches of fresh snow on it. But the rest of the snow has really melted. We fished over in the narrows country in 70-80 feet of water. The fish loved wax worms but a few did hit on little krill shrimp. Please see picts below. Have a good evening!
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] Jack and Dalton both caught pretty 20 inch bows. It was a fine day on the ice. I am amazed at how little snow there was getting down to the ice. Once on the ice it was smooth sailing on 12-14 inches of good ice with 4 inches of fresh snow on it. But the rest of the snow has really melted. We fished over in the narrows country in 70-80 feet of water. The fish loved wax worms but a few did hit on little krill shrimp. Please see picts below. Have a good evening![signature]
