11-30-2004, 01:58 PM
Ron it was great fishing with you again and without question we share braggin' rights of the first to ice fishing Scofield this season. We'll mark a few more hot spots on the hard deck I'm sure, lol. I have to admit you iced more fishies, but I marked more hot spots, HA!
And wow what a nice sunny day huh? And the W wasnt much to deal with either.
I actually got there 30 minutes sooner than I expected and will report that the reservoir is completely covered with ice. As I passed the state park I could see that someone had wandered down the boat ramp to the boat docks then walked back up but I didnt seen one step of track leading onto the ice. After driving the length of the res. and not finding Ron I wandered down to the ice at the spot were we'd agreed to meet. First step was as expected, a tad soft at the shoreline (and you know that makes your butt pucker) but it held my 260lb. frame so I snuck a second step. The ice was ferm so knowing I was in shallow water I baby stepped it out about 20 feet and scuffed the skiff of snow off the ice to check the depth of the ice. Looked to be a couple inches, good enough! After wandering back up to the road I drove back to the north end of the pond to make sure Ron hadnt sneak in from the north then I drove back to the spot and got ready to pull my sled and gear to the ice. Just as I was about to start down to the ice Ron pulled up.
I wouldnt say Ron or myself were overly agressive work our way out. We stopped and made a couple test holes before finally dropping the ropes to our sleds.
I had lots on bites on several different setups but No doubt about it, paddle bugs and minnow was the hot ticket. although, I did twisted the heads of three using a roadrunnner tipped with crawler or minnow. I also took home 3 mid sized bows to chewing on just fer the fun of it.
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And wow what a nice sunny day huh? And the W wasnt much to deal with either.
I actually got there 30 minutes sooner than I expected and will report that the reservoir is completely covered with ice. As I passed the state park I could see that someone had wandered down the boat ramp to the boat docks then walked back up but I didnt seen one step of track leading onto the ice. After driving the length of the res. and not finding Ron I wandered down to the ice at the spot were we'd agreed to meet. First step was as expected, a tad soft at the shoreline (and you know that makes your butt pucker) but it held my 260lb. frame so I snuck a second step. The ice was ferm so knowing I was in shallow water I baby stepped it out about 20 feet and scuffed the skiff of snow off the ice to check the depth of the ice. Looked to be a couple inches, good enough! After wandering back up to the road I drove back to the north end of the pond to make sure Ron hadnt sneak in from the north then I drove back to the spot and got ready to pull my sled and gear to the ice. Just as I was about to start down to the ice Ron pulled up.
I wouldnt say Ron or myself were overly agressive work our way out. We stopped and made a couple test holes before finally dropping the ropes to our sleds.
I had lots on bites on several different setups but No doubt about it, paddle bugs and minnow was the hot ticket. although, I did twisted the heads of three using a roadrunnner tipped with crawler or minnow. I also took home 3 mid sized bows to chewing on just fer the fun of it.
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