12-07-2006, 01:36 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I think that fish just jumped up to laugh at me. He sure didn't munch what I was offering. In fact, I didn't get a bite in two hours of aggessively working that whole area around Hailstone. That was my "Plan C". [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I had worked Deer Creek around the island from 9-noon, with only a few hatchery pets (see separate report). Plan B was to run up to Rock Cliff to play with a few (maybe) larger fish. That plan "went south" when I found the upper end frozen clear to the first point (see pics). There were a couple of guys out on the ice...but they were walking like they had hemhorroids (?). I figured the ice must be pretty thin. When I met Cliff at Hailstone though, he said he had talked to them and they said they had 5" of ice...and he also said it was a good 2" right at the water's edge. Also said it was only about 10 feet at the edge of the ice so far.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BSed with Bassrods for a few minutes before launching at Hailstone. Took some pics of ramp conditions (see attaached). Temperature was 36 when I got there and 41 when I left at 3:30.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp was just over 42 in the main lake. Still a ways to hard deck. But, with some more cold nights, Rock Cliff ice cap will be growing out to the perch zone. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I had worked Deer Creek around the island from 9-noon, with only a few hatchery pets (see separate report). Plan B was to run up to Rock Cliff to play with a few (maybe) larger fish. That plan "went south" when I found the upper end frozen clear to the first point (see pics). There were a couple of guys out on the ice...but they were walking like they had hemhorroids (?). I figured the ice must be pretty thin. When I met Cliff at Hailstone though, he said he had talked to them and they said they had 5" of ice...and he also said it was a good 2" right at the water's edge. Also said it was only about 10 feet at the edge of the ice so far.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BSed with Bassrods for a few minutes before launching at Hailstone. Took some pics of ramp conditions (see attaached). Temperature was 36 when I got there and 41 when I left at 3:30.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp was just over 42 in the main lake. Still a ways to hard deck. But, with some more cold nights, Rock Cliff ice cap will be growing out to the perch zone. [/#0000ff]
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