01-02-2005, 10:14 PM
I also braved the snowy roads yesterday to get to the Berry. We were going to leave at 5:30 but decided after the late New Years eve night to give the snow plows a chance to do their thing and left instead about 8:00. The plows still hadn't made a dent on the roads. Used 4 wheel drive from Orem to the lake. Arrived at the lake and was fishing by 9:45. Fished at the marina in about 18-22 feet of water. There is 18 inches of fresh powder and about 3 inches of water under the powder on the ice. When we drilled our holes the water comes rushing through the hole out on top of the ice. It makes it so you don't even have to clean out the hole. Good waterproof boots were essential yesterday. I wore snowshoes which helped to stay on top of the powder for easier walking until they got a little wet from the slush and then the powder just sticks to them and they end of weighing about 20 pounds a piece. However they do prevent you from stepping in someone elses hole by mistake which I saw several people do yesterday. Anyway I digress..... We landed 3 fish in the first 5 minutes and then spaced the rest out over the next few hours. There were 8 of us fishing (including new members and friends of mine cyclonejack and DMR) and we caught 25 fish total with 13 of the fish caught by 2 people. We used everything from paddlebugs, boogers, whattacrickets, foxee's, and curlytail jigs. We tipped with wax worms, meal worms, and minnows and sometimes used smelly jelly. No one thing seemed to work better than another. The fish seemed to come through in schools and we would get several bites and then nothing for a while. All of the fish were in the slot and most were 17-18 inches. I saw that big 27 1/2 incher that skipperthelurker turned loose trying to get my jig but I figured he was old and tired from the battle the day before so I pulled the jig away from him. Ya right! Another friend (also new member captainamerica) showed up at 12:30 with his dad and son. Nothing like 3 generation fishing trip. [
]. Fishing had all but died by that time. He brought his aquaview camera which was very interesting. For the next half hour we watch fish after fish cruise by and quickly examine our jig and bait (we tried lots of different things!) from about a foot away and then cruise out of the picture. It was like they were full and didn't want to have anything tasty to eat. The encouraging thing was that there were LOTS of fish swimming around. All very nice cutts. The discouraging thing was that they didn't want to play at all!!! It was a very fun day overall with decent fishing, louzy roads, good weather, and great company. Talked to crossineye on the radio and heard one other person on channel 12 but don't remember who it was. The roads were a lot better going home. Planning on going back again on tuesday but looks like more snow is expected and I sure hope that slush layer freezes!!!!!!
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]. Fishing had all but died by that time. He brought his aquaview camera which was very interesting. For the next half hour we watch fish after fish cruise by and quickly examine our jig and bait (we tried lots of different things!) from about a foot away and then cruise out of the picture. It was like they were full and didn't want to have anything tasty to eat. The encouraging thing was that there were LOTS of fish swimming around. All very nice cutts. The discouraging thing was that they didn't want to play at all!!! It was a very fun day overall with decent fishing, louzy roads, good weather, and great company. Talked to crossineye on the radio and heard one other person on channel 12 but don't remember who it was. The roads were a lot better going home. Planning on going back again on tuesday but looks like more snow is expected and I sure hope that slush layer freezes!!!!!![signature]