12-13-2022, 04:24 AM
Thought I’d test my skills today during the worst fishing hours (11:30-3:00). Smacked a bomber right out of the gate which gave me a false sense of confidence. Ended up catching half dozen or so cutts and bows mixed. Missed several others. The fish were suspended up in the first 10 ft pretty much the whole time. Ice was about 3-3.5 inches, slim enough that I didn’t wander a ton. They liked tube jigs with meal worm or chub meat. The roads to strawberry, the soldier creek boat ramp, and soldier creek dam were all crap, about 10 inches of snow unplowed, almost got stuck on my way into the soldier boat ramp. Hopefully they clear it after these storms. Take home: it’s Fishable, the roads sucked, and fish before 11:30 or after 3:00 and you will do better than me but still a nice afternoon.