11-27-2006, 03:43 PM
This was my 6th time ice fishing. First time was last January with Kent at Strawberry. This was my personal best day for number of fish caught and a tie with my largest trout caught (21 inch cutthroat at Strawberry is tied for first). I love ice fishing! Thanks to Kent and Billy for the invitation. It was a beautiful day! look forward to hitting Strawberry again as well as some new spots this season.
My only dissapointment was that when I caught the 21 incher I already had 3 large fish on the ice. It was still around noon, or 11 so I returned the large beauty back under teh ice so I could keep fishing, instead of limiting out. Probably a good thing too since a young surveyer with DWR stopped by later to measure and weigh the fish. I wish I would have kept the fish, but the other part of me says it was good to put it back and let someone else have a go at him. Probably would have sat in my freezer for months anyway.
Thanks again Kent! A GREAT DAY ON THE ICE!
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My only dissapointment was that when I caught the 21 incher I already had 3 large fish on the ice. It was still around noon, or 11 so I returned the large beauty back under teh ice so I could keep fishing, instead of limiting out. Probably a good thing too since a young surveyer with DWR stopped by later to measure and weigh the fish. I wish I would have kept the fish, but the other part of me says it was good to put it back and let someone else have a go at him. Probably would have sat in my freezer for months anyway.
Thanks again Kent! A GREAT DAY ON THE ICE!
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