Strawberry 03/22

[MWScott72]

I was going to post a separate thread, but since Icerman already started one, I’ll add on. Fished the Soldier Creek side. I’ll be honest…used Obi’s decription from earlier this week, and fished in the same general area. We were in 39 FOW. Fish were very active throughout with only a couple minor lulls of 10 minutes or so. Most caught within 5-8 feet of the bottom, but plenty suspended between 15-20 feet down too. Had numerous takes on the drop and many fish zooming up 10 feet or so to hit the presentations. Early on, if you could see them, you could catch them. Mostly dead sticking, but light jigging would re-ignite their interest at times. Fish got more picky as the morning wore on, but they were still biting well at 11am when we had to leave. Probably caught 25 or so from 7:15-11am. Missed another 15. All cutts, no bows and avg size of 17-18” with a few bigger and smaller. No slot busters. I caught min with either the white with red flake gazilla or the gazilla in crawdad color. White was king early, but crawdad started to outperform from 10-11. Also used a silver and silver blue kastmaster as an attractor about 8-10” above my jig. Tipped with mealworm. Condition report on ice same as Icerman’s. No slush, hard edges, blue sky, NO WIND, aggressive fish. Doesn’t get much better!