02-02-2019, 08:52 PM
Where: Willard Bay
Willard has been on my 'to fish on the ice' list this year and seeing the warm temperatures coming made me realize that it was now or never. We accessed the ice at Eagle Beach and walked easily over to the North Marina inlet channel.
When: 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Fish Caught: 0
I had a BIG catfish on from a deadstick on the bottom, but it came up the hole tail first which means it may have been foul hooked. I tried to grab the tail with my hand to land it, but it slipped off my hand and then my line broke. [crazy] We did see a lot of fish on the finders, but other than the one fish we had NO bites. We were fishing in 10-15 FOW.
Baits/Lures: Kastmaster jig, floating jig, jig heads with green glow tube jigs and gizzilla crazy glow bugs.
Ice Condition: solid 5" all the way out. The channel is open water, but I was able to walk within 10' of it. There was about 1/4" - 1/2" of water on top of the ice. There was a lot of melting as the weather was warm.
Weather: 40F and windy! The wind was about 8 MPH and made it hard to stay long.
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Willard has been on my 'to fish on the ice' list this year and seeing the warm temperatures coming made me realize that it was now or never. We accessed the ice at Eagle Beach and walked easily over to the North Marina inlet channel.
When: 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Fish Caught: 0
I had a BIG catfish on from a deadstick on the bottom, but it came up the hole tail first which means it may have been foul hooked. I tried to grab the tail with my hand to land it, but it slipped off my hand and then my line broke. [crazy] We did see a lot of fish on the finders, but other than the one fish we had NO bites. We were fishing in 10-15 FOW.
Baits/Lures: Kastmaster jig, floating jig, jig heads with green glow tube jigs and gizzilla crazy glow bugs.
Ice Condition: solid 5" all the way out. The channel is open water, but I was able to walk within 10' of it. There was about 1/4" - 1/2" of water on top of the ice. There was a lot of melting as the weather was warm.
Weather: 40F and windy! The wind was about 8 MPH and made it hard to stay long.
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