Deer Creek

[SkinnyLynnie]

So I went to Deer Creek on Saturday (Feb 9) morning. First I tried my favorite place, by Charleston, up at the north end, where the Provo River enters. The parking lot was totally empty, so I figured something was wrong. Sure enough, when I looked out at the lake where I thought there would be ice, I saw ducks swimming in mostly open water. There was a trail along the edge with tracks in the snow showing that some people had gone down to where they might find some ice, but I decided to try the Island instead. There were quite a few people fishing around the Island, so I went to the south side of that bay, opposite the Island. I've had good luck there in the past, but not this day. The temperature was 30 degrees, the ice was 10 inches thick with an inch or two of snow on top, and there was almost no wind. Perfect conditions! But I fished for four hours in various holes at various depths and never got a nibble. I finally decided to walk around and ask other people fishing in that area if they'd had better luck. Some had a couple of fish, and one guy had about 8 or 10 fat perch, but generally everyone said the fishing was slow. With the cold weather we've had and that is forecast, I'm hoping the Charleston end will freeze by next Saturday.
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