12-10-2006, 02:36 AM
Fished Soldier Creek this morning (the bay close to highway 40) with smittyts, his daughter and my grandson. We were on the ice at first light, but might as well slept in. Tony caught one cutt, I missed one bite, and between Tony and his daughter they missed two other bites. We saw a few fish, on our fish finders, cruise but not many. Fished in water from about 12' to 25 feet deep, and moved around and tried several areas. Called it a day at Soldier Creek at about 10:00 AM. The ice was about 6 inches thick, and there was about 1 inch of snow on the ice, so the conditions were ideal. The ice only extends to the first large point on the east side of the bay. Chicken Creek and around The Ladders there was only a little ice on the shore, or in the protected areas it looked like it was maybe 1/2 inch thick.
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