03-13-2015, 09:45 PM
[quote brookieguy1][quote richyd4u]The ice usually doesn't come off OC until early March, but with the unusually warm weather this year, it came off a month earlier.[/quote]I know, I was just hoping that O.C. would still experience a normal "ice-off" hot fishing period like it normally does. I have had some phenomenal days at O.C. in early March. Not really a numbers guy, but just to show realization of how good it can be I kept count. 86 rainbows and 2 browns in about 7 hours of fishing. I was kind of cheating though. I throw marabou jigs.
I will readily admit though, I didn't catch an oinker like the one you did!![/quote]
Me too...early March is usually right when the ice has come off, so it is usually the best. We hit it just right this year in mid February when the ice had JUST come off...man was it good. Our last trip didn't show any signs that the big ones were still around though. We still managed a few nice fish, but not the numbers or hawgs that we usually catch closer to ice-off. I might venture back over there sometime soon and bring my pontoon to try stripping some bugger and leeches...but if the bass get going on SH this next week, I may not! LOL [
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I will readily admit though, I didn't catch an oinker like the one you did!![/quote]
Me too...early March is usually right when the ice has come off, so it is usually the best. We hit it just right this year in mid February when the ice had JUST come off...man was it good. Our last trip didn't show any signs that the big ones were still around though. We still managed a few nice fish, but not the numbers or hawgs that we usually catch closer to ice-off. I might venture back over there sometime soon and bring my pontoon to try stripping some bugger and leeches...but if the bass get going on SH this next week, I may not! LOL [
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