LC 12/18 - Thin ice and fish

[JArner]

I needed to get out of the house after a long week of work. I decided to check out Lost Creek and see how the ice was forming. I was perfectly prepared to see open water and not fish at all. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was capped as far as I could see from the dam. 

I drove over to the restroom just past the dam and took the dog, auger, spud bar, and a rod down to the ice. It took 3 strikes to punch through but I couldn’t get a good measurement so I drilled a hole. I’d wager it was 1.5” at most. Dropped a line in but didn’t venture any further out. I was hugging the shoreline. And no fish. 

Drove further on to the boat ramp and found 4-5” of ice and evidence that others had fished it earlier that day. I didn’t make it to the ramp until about 3:00pm. I fished until 4 and landed one scrawny bow on a small green tube jig. I didn’t have anything to tip with since I didn’t think it would be ready to fish. 

I kept hoping whoever got on before me would have posted a report… mostly so I wouldn’t need to display how crazy I was for being on LC so early