05-04-2014, 04:18 AM
Ok the report title might be a little misleading, there IS quite a bit open water at the ladders as everyone knows and about 25 yards around chicken Creek East, enough that I saw tubers and kayakers and a guy trolling a motorized canoe along the ice edge right over the top of my line and everyone else's. I guess it didn't feel quite that open bc the crowds and expecting all the edges to be a little more open. Still just open "spots" . We started at chicken crk West at only and there was just a small a pot of open water with people there already. They were kind enough to let us share their hole but with just a few people there really wasn't room for anyone else. Thin sheet of ice cover for about 10 yards which I expected would melt away but by 9 the sun was up but behind clouds and it appeared as though more ice was forming. We decided to go to the east side of chicken crk after checking out the ladders where it seemed like there wasn't going to be room for us. I was looking for just enough open water to throw some Jigs which ended up being unproductive anyway.
By the end we each caught a handful of fish, not fast but not skunked either. All slots and one small planter sized bow. Didn't see anyone "killing" it, I bet some tubers by the ice edge did well.
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By the end we each caught a handful of fish, not fast but not skunked either. All slots and one small planter sized bow. Didn't see anyone "killing" it, I bet some tubers by the ice edge did well.
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