03-24-2008, 02:40 PM
We took the boat down Sunday morning to give it a whirl. Was suprised to see the ice. Launched and trolled for a couple of hours with n o success. Decided to work the north shoreline tight for walleye and northern. Wind came up from the southeastt and moved the whole ice sheet into where we were fishing cutting us off from returning to the launch ramp.
Finally we broke throught it and got back to the ramp, but it to was iced in. Fortunately the ice there was only about 1 to 2 inches thick and rotten so we got off the water with no damage to boat or motors.
After we got off the water the DWR guy came down to interview us. He told us that everyone else was doing about like we were...no fish no strikes. He also stated that during last sumer when the reservoir was very low the water got exceedingly warm and it might have killed the remaining rainbow. Who knows?
We were a little suprised we didn't mark more fish on the sonar. We did see what we thought were schools of perch but little more.
The ice will be totally gone, I believe, in a day or two and as the water warms the fishing should pick up. Even without a fish it was nice to have the boat on the water and enjoy the sunshine. Keep the wind to your back.
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Finally we broke throught it and got back to the ramp, but it to was iced in. Fortunately the ice there was only about 1 to 2 inches thick and rotten so we got off the water with no damage to boat or motors.
After we got off the water the DWR guy came down to interview us. He told us that everyone else was doing about like we were...no fish no strikes. He also stated that during last sumer when the reservoir was very low the water got exceedingly warm and it might have killed the remaining rainbow. Who knows?
We were a little suprised we didn't mark more fish on the sonar. We did see what we thought were schools of perch but little more.
The ice will be totally gone, I believe, in a day or two and as the water warms the fishing should pick up. Even without a fish it was nice to have the boat on the water and enjoy the sunshine. Keep the wind to your back.
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