01-11-2012, 04:32 PM
to further update this post. I was the guy who left the tracks headed down to the water. I actually fished Hobbs on Saturday night. The ice was 8 inches thick very similar to holmes up the street. I got a wild hair at 10 pm and decided to go down since there was new snow on the ground to drag the sled. For access you can find a north parking lot that gives you trail access and public parking. The only hill is at the levee. The lack of snow probably keeps sleds out. I did have fun for the 2 hours I was there. I am sure the homes around were not to excited when I fired up the gas auger at 10:30 at night to drill my holes. I ended with two small rainbows under 8 inches. Lot of nibbles and misses.
When I got back home I checked the stock report and found out that they planted thousands of 5 inchers in August. The regs are anything over fifteen must be released (trout). I don't know if there are any other species in as this was my first ever trip. I am sure I will be back soon with the kids as they would love it and the fishing i think would be better during the day.
I hope they allow boats for fishing cuz i think that place will be a lot of fun in the summer with my fly rod and pontoon.
ALSO IT IS ARTIFICIAL FLY AND LURES ONLY. Ice fishing with no wax worms or earth worms was tough. I used glow jigs with lots of looks on the fish finder. I would have bet had I tipped my jigs with something I would have done much better.
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When I got back home I checked the stock report and found out that they planted thousands of 5 inchers in August. The regs are anything over fifteen must be released (trout). I don't know if there are any other species in as this was my first ever trip. I am sure I will be back soon with the kids as they would love it and the fishing i think would be better during the day.
I hope they allow boats for fishing cuz i think that place will be a lot of fun in the summer with my fly rod and pontoon.
ALSO IT IS ARTIFICIAL FLY AND LURES ONLY. Ice fishing with no wax worms or earth worms was tough. I used glow jigs with lots of looks on the fish finder. I would have bet had I tipped my jigs with something I would have done much better.
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