12-01-2003, 05:55 AM
Dave,
I do ice fish pretty regularly, not yet this year though. I am still clinging to the last days of open water. I have heard that most of the mountain lakes are iced up but I always wait until the lower elevation waters freeze before I head to the high country.
Aurora Reservoir is awfully hard to beat this time of year, the trout and walleye are trying to fatten up for winter. The walleye have gone deep already, last Wednesday I was catching them in 30-40 feet of water. No real big ones this year, most of them are in the 18-22 inch range.
My first ice trip this year will probably be to Granby, I love fishing for macks when I get the chance. Does anyone on this board fish for macks? I usually have no problem catching them, I just wish I could figure out how to catch some of those monsters. I usually catch the little ones, 16-22 inches. A guy sent me a picture of a 44 pounder he caught at Blue Mesa last year. What a fish!
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I do ice fish pretty regularly, not yet this year though. I am still clinging to the last days of open water. I have heard that most of the mountain lakes are iced up but I always wait until the lower elevation waters freeze before I head to the high country.
Aurora Reservoir is awfully hard to beat this time of year, the trout and walleye are trying to fatten up for winter. The walleye have gone deep already, last Wednesday I was catching them in 30-40 feet of water. No real big ones this year, most of them are in the 18-22 inch range.
My first ice trip this year will probably be to Granby, I love fishing for macks when I get the chance. Does anyone on this board fish for macks? I usually have no problem catching them, I just wish I could figure out how to catch some of those monsters. I usually catch the little ones, 16-22 inches. A guy sent me a picture of a 44 pounder he caught at Blue Mesa last year. What a fish!
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