Ice Camping Henry's 12-(10-12)

[SkunkedAgain]

I've got to work on that... I took a 5 gallon tote of tackle and didn't even open it up to try anything out of it... What a waste of space, most of it was lake fishing gear so I don't know why I took it, just in case i guess... I also took a 5 gallon water jug, which I didn't use a drop of the water... along with the box of hot chocolate mix that I never got around to fixing... Took a dozen ice rods and maybe used 7 of those... Fixed a yard light that I thought I'd need for night time to see outside... headlight worked fine and it was too much of a blizzard to set up and cook outside... Took a second set of ice clothes just in case... might be a good idea, but I think they would have been fine to stay in the truck and then go get them if needed... I haven't got my power needs figured out yet, I took a jump box to use for power and for some reason it ran out of power just changing my phone and headlamp... so I think I'll change over to a regular 12 V battery that I use for my pontoon... It should last the whole trip... That would eliminate the need for the generator... So if I keep it up maybe you'll let me reduce my hoarder status... I think after the first trip of knowing I don't need the kitchen sink, I should do better in the future... Too many what if this happens I might need this led to too much gear... but hey I had everything I needed... Later Jeff

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Hey Alan you know how the addicts don't think they have a problem... well maybe that fits me too well... was a great trip... did you get the second elk? Glad you made it out okay... We'll have to find a spot and go try a fish soon... I promise I'll cut down on gear so the ice don't break... Later Jeff

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What was the water depth where you were at?

I was there 2 weekends ago. fished 6-8 ft of water. you did better than I did.  My group caught mostly brookies.

We were fishing in 17 FOW and the fish came through about 5' off the bottom... The spot we were at was a mudflat in the middle of the weed forest so the fish just roamed through this area... The guys that were closer to the weedline had more fish going through, and I should have moved, but I didn't learn this until I had the palace all set up and I was too lazy to move after...  We had maybe 14 - 20 guys in the group and I only remember seeing like 3-5 brookies caught in the whole group, so you did well... They were really pretty, the ones caught in the group were all colored up this year...  We had a couple guys fishing shallow and they did really well early in the mornings, in fact it was dead in the middle and those at Stahles and Wild Rose were having the best fishing of the day.  So knowing what I know now, I'd fish shallow until about 10-11 and then move out to the middle if you wanted to be on fish all day...  Fishing was a lot better Thursday before more folks showed up, pressure really reduced the fishing productivity...

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Let’s see if I can get a few pictures. Later Jeff














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How do I post a video? It’s not very good and may make you seasick, but the timing was good. Later Jeff