03-02-2008, 05:16 AM
Picked up clarkgriswald911 at 5:00am and headed for Scofield. Arrived about 6:20 to a crisp 4 degrees. Parked on the east side across from the island, unloaded and followed a snowmobile track out toward the island. At the end of the track a bunch of boy scouts had stayed the night just south of the island. They spent most of the morning crawling around the island, fishing, and sleigh riding.
Drilled a couple of holes in 9ft of water just east of the island. Started out slow. For 30 minutes just a few fish swimming by. Then things heated up a little. Iced a two tigers 17 & 19 inches. Then a bow and a cutt. It was nice to finally get into the larger tigers I have been hearing about.
Things slowed down so we moved. This time we set up about half way between the island and the east shore in 12 ft of water. Fishing was steady for the next hour and a half for cutts and bows. It slowed about noon so we left. Fun day, but not as fast as the last two weeks.
The snow was better this week. Some of the slush has frozen to the point you can walk on it and not sink. Some places are still mushy and will be hard to get through without snowshoes. Quite a few new snowmobile trails to follow. making it much easier to get around. Lots more people fishing this week.
Chester
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Drilled a couple of holes in 9ft of water just east of the island. Started out slow. For 30 minutes just a few fish swimming by. Then things heated up a little. Iced a two tigers 17 & 19 inches. Then a bow and a cutt. It was nice to finally get into the larger tigers I have been hearing about.
Things slowed down so we moved. This time we set up about half way between the island and the east shore in 12 ft of water. Fishing was steady for the next hour and a half for cutts and bows. It slowed about noon so we left. Fun day, but not as fast as the last two weeks.
The snow was better this week. Some of the slush has frozen to the point you can walk on it and not sink. Some places are still mushy and will be hard to get through without snowshoes. Quite a few new snowmobile trails to follow. making it much easier to get around. Lots more people fishing this week.
Chester
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