02-24-2013, 08:44 AM
Well since I can't seem to sleep, why not share the experience? We only fished Huntington for about 30 minutes about 50 yards off the dam. We didn't get any bites, but we were only in one location. My buddy said he was more familiar with Cleveland so we went there. At Huntington there was about 2" of ice then 4" of slush then another foot (easily) of ice.
When we got to Cleveland we parked on I guess what you would consider to be the northwest turnout. There's an invasive muscle sign about 30 yards or so off the road down the hill towards the lake there. We walked out about 200 yards or so and drilled. It was slow at first, about 10:00 a.m., then things picked up and we averaged one or two rainbows about every 20-30 minutes for the rest if the day. Initially the bite was mainly on 1" white/glitter tube jigs and 1/16 oz. jig head tipped with a meal worm. Some hit the glow and some just regular. After that about 2-3 p.m. the trusty old worm and marshmallow was working best. The fish were at all levels in the column. There was about 6"-8" of slush under the snow and then about a foot of ice, give or take an inch or two. We were the only people out there most of the day, aside from the occasional snowmobile enthusiast. There was easily 3 ft of snow surrounding the lake. You'd be we'll suited to bring snowshoes or something. We did not and the hike out was damn near a death sentence.
Hope that helps, huntloco
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When we got to Cleveland we parked on I guess what you would consider to be the northwest turnout. There's an invasive muscle sign about 30 yards or so off the road down the hill towards the lake there. We walked out about 200 yards or so and drilled. It was slow at first, about 10:00 a.m., then things picked up and we averaged one or two rainbows about every 20-30 minutes for the rest if the day. Initially the bite was mainly on 1" white/glitter tube jigs and 1/16 oz. jig head tipped with a meal worm. Some hit the glow and some just regular. After that about 2-3 p.m. the trusty old worm and marshmallow was working best. The fish were at all levels in the column. There was about 6"-8" of slush under the snow and then about a foot of ice, give or take an inch or two. We were the only people out there most of the day, aside from the occasional snowmobile enthusiast. There was easily 3 ft of snow surrounding the lake. You'd be we'll suited to bring snowshoes or something. We did not and the hike out was damn near a death sentence.
Hope that helps, huntloco
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