03-31-2008, 01:22 AM
Like most of you, I've been waiting and waiting for some open water to fish. I got a new float tube right at the beginning of winter and Pat set me up real nice with some rod holders so I would be ready to go come spring.
Well I heard (thanks waljustia) Deer Creek had some open water so I decided to give it a go. I also heard there was a winter storm warning for Sunday [
]. Oh well, my heart was set on going out so I did. It was a little on the choppy side and the snow came down all morning long. I ended up with three trout and at least that many other bites (Bites came on tube jigs and I also was using a worm without a weight) ![[Image: fish-on.gif]](http://www.bigfishtackle.com/images/gforum/fish-on.gif)
. Not the perfect day to be on the water, but everything went well for my first trip out. Like Tubedude suggested, I mainly was looking to get use to the new tube before planning a big trip. I had float tubed before for bass in small ponds when I was a teenager. Float tubing in a large body of ice water was a little different.
I tried out a water proof box I got at Walmart. It is blue and you can see it in one of my pictures. I attached a clip so that I could have it right next to me while tubing. I used it for my camera and it worked out great. There are bigger ones than the one I have. Might be worth getting.
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Well I heard (thanks waljustia) Deer Creek had some open water so I decided to give it a go. I also heard there was a winter storm warning for Sunday [
]. Oh well, my heart was set on going out so I did. It was a little on the choppy side and the snow came down all morning long. I ended up with three trout and at least that many other bites (Bites came on tube jigs and I also was using a worm without a weight) . Not the perfect day to be on the water, but everything went well for my first trip out. Like Tubedude suggested, I mainly was looking to get use to the new tube before planning a big trip. I had float tubed before for bass in small ponds when I was a teenager. Float tubing in a large body of ice water was a little different. I tried out a water proof box I got at Walmart. It is blue and you can see it in one of my pictures. I attached a clip so that I could have it right next to me while tubing. I used it for my camera and it worked out great. There are bigger ones than the one I have. Might be worth getting.
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