01-26-2015, 11:21 PM
So I know a lot of people have interest in Deadwood, but not many have the ability or time to get there and/or are willing to go through the effort.
A couple of friends and my brother and I headed up on Friday morning. We had several issues with sleds, hitches, and snowmobiles so it took us about 5.5-6 hours to travel the 35 miles into the lake. We lost the engine on one snowmobile which really set us back and is going to cause at least some of us to have to go back again to get it out.
The fishing was slow at best and might be considered terrible, but still, between 4 of us we managed to catch, rainbows, cutthroat, cutbows, a kokanee, a chinook, and few whitefish. One of the rainbows was a real TOAD. Wish it had been me that caught it. Sure would have helped with the 7 fish challenge.
On the way out, we towed the broken sled to the lodge at Deadwood outfitters and had lunch. The cheeseburger and carrot soup was as good as any I've ever had.
This trip was a real learning experience for us all, but we still had a good time, sleeping on the ice and all. Can't wait to do it again.
Ice was about 6-8 inches in most places, but was soft on the edges in a few places. If you go, be careful. Help is a long ways away. [fishon]
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A couple of friends and my brother and I headed up on Friday morning. We had several issues with sleds, hitches, and snowmobiles so it took us about 5.5-6 hours to travel the 35 miles into the lake. We lost the engine on one snowmobile which really set us back and is going to cause at least some of us to have to go back again to get it out.
The fishing was slow at best and might be considered terrible, but still, between 4 of us we managed to catch, rainbows, cutthroat, cutbows, a kokanee, a chinook, and few whitefish. One of the rainbows was a real TOAD. Wish it had been me that caught it. Sure would have helped with the 7 fish challenge.
On the way out, we towed the broken sled to the lodge at Deadwood outfitters and had lunch. The cheeseburger and carrot soup was as good as any I've ever had.
This trip was a real learning experience for us all, but we still had a good time, sleeping on the ice and all. Can't wait to do it again.
Ice was about 6-8 inches in most places, but was soft on the edges in a few places. If you go, be careful. Help is a long ways away. [fishon]
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