02-14-2015, 02:02 AM
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[font "Calibri"]Made a late decision to hit Strawberry on Friday to hopefully avoid some of the holiday weekend crowds. Arrived around 7 am – started fishing at about 730 – fished till 2. Fished the area between Badger Bay and Haws Point. Starting at Badger Bay in 24-26 FOW offered 4 different baits, 4 different depths and after an hour of seeing fish, only getting one nibble but with no takers decided it was time to move. Headed towards Haws Point, still in about 26 FOW, didn’t see very many fish, offered several menu options and finally two takers (16 in fat, healthy rainbows – neither of which had any eggs when cleaned) on the white gizillas tipped with waxies (both on a jaw-jacker). Switched the other offerings to what was working. The trusty Jaw-jacker fired once again – but missed. After some time and no more bites, we then moved back near where we had started. Had a jaw-jacker set up in 6ft of water, about 2ft off the bottom that took 2 hits – missed the first but not the second – a nice cutt that came off just as its head cleared the water and it was about to be iced – pretty sure it would have been in the upper end of the slot. Folks we talked with had caught couple slot cutts and one guy caught a nice bow – possibly ~18 in and it too was fat and healthy. It may have been slow catching – but the ice was 12 in thick, the pressure ridge we crossed was about 4 in wide but it had re-froze shut so no issues for the sleds that were crossing it. Not even the slightest of breeze, pretty nice fishing for Feb – starting the day in coats but shedding layers as the day warmed to 50[size 2]0 [/size]and soon everyone was coatless. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Made a late decision to hit Strawberry on Friday to hopefully avoid some of the holiday weekend crowds. Arrived around 7 am – started fishing at about 730 – fished till 2. Fished the area between Badger Bay and Haws Point. Starting at Badger Bay in 24-26 FOW offered 4 different baits, 4 different depths and after an hour of seeing fish, only getting one nibble but with no takers decided it was time to move. Headed towards Haws Point, still in about 26 FOW, didn’t see very many fish, offered several menu options and finally two takers (16 in fat, healthy rainbows – neither of which had any eggs when cleaned) on the white gizillas tipped with waxies (both on a jaw-jacker). Switched the other offerings to what was working. The trusty Jaw-jacker fired once again – but missed. After some time and no more bites, we then moved back near where we had started. Had a jaw-jacker set up in 6ft of water, about 2ft off the bottom that took 2 hits – missed the first but not the second – a nice cutt that came off just as its head cleared the water and it was about to be iced – pretty sure it would have been in the upper end of the slot. Folks we talked with had caught couple slot cutts and one guy caught a nice bow – possibly ~18 in and it too was fat and healthy. It may have been slow catching – but the ice was 12 in thick, the pressure ridge we crossed was about 4 in wide but it had re-froze shut so no issues for the sleds that were crossing it. Not even the slightest of breeze, pretty nice fishing for Feb – starting the day in coats but shedding layers as the day warmed to 50[size 2]0 [/size]and soon everyone was coatless. [/font]
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