02-10-2004, 06:01 PM
I finally got around to getting some pictures downloaded from our ice fishing trip on Saturday. The best part of the day was the sun rise which was spectacular. We caught a good handful of fish which included 2 rainbows. One was 19 inches and just under three pounds and the other was 13 inches. We went to Chicken Creek East and when we left the vehicles for the trek through the waist deep snow the temperature was -6F. It got a little colder before it snowed and warmed up a little.
The high light of the day was putting plastic on the ice and watching fish down our holes. The guy in the brown overalls in the picture caught a 19 inch cut while he was looking down the hole and jigging the line with his hand. He watched as the cut took the bait and then he pulled up and set the hook. I heard some yelling and look over to see him trying to keep the slack off his line. I had to run over and start reeling his pole for him to get his line from tangling up before he could take the pole and finish bringing in his fish.
We were fishing in about 9 feet of water and when the bites slowed down, sunrise, we resorted to power bait and quick hook sets to keep from deep hooking. We caught three or four on power bait, all in the lips and easily released. I was lying down on the ice watching my jig and bait through my hole when I saw a nice cut, approx 20 inches, swim in and swim right up to my power bait. He did not even look at my jig and worm. He sawm up to within an inch of my bait and then swam off two feet before turning around and doing this again two more times. He then swam off just out of view for about ten seconds before coming back to look at my bait again. This time I barely wiggled my line which made my bait barely move. As soon as he saw it move he took it in his mouth and spit it out. I wiggled it again and he turned around and sucked it in again. This time I pulled on my line and started to pull him in hand over hand. I had him almost to the hole before he got off but what a learning experience to see how the fish reacted to my bait. The things we crazy fishermen will to do to try to catch more fish.
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The high light of the day was putting plastic on the ice and watching fish down our holes. The guy in the brown overalls in the picture caught a 19 inch cut while he was looking down the hole and jigging the line with his hand. He watched as the cut took the bait and then he pulled up and set the hook. I heard some yelling and look over to see him trying to keep the slack off his line. I had to run over and start reeling his pole for him to get his line from tangling up before he could take the pole and finish bringing in his fish.
We were fishing in about 9 feet of water and when the bites slowed down, sunrise, we resorted to power bait and quick hook sets to keep from deep hooking. We caught three or four on power bait, all in the lips and easily released. I was lying down on the ice watching my jig and bait through my hole when I saw a nice cut, approx 20 inches, swim in and swim right up to my power bait. He did not even look at my jig and worm. He sawm up to within an inch of my bait and then swam off two feet before turning around and doing this again two more times. He then swam off just out of view for about ten seconds before coming back to look at my bait again. This time I barely wiggled my line which made my bait barely move. As soon as he saw it move he took it in his mouth and spit it out. I wiggled it again and he turned around and sucked it in again. This time I pulled on my line and started to pull him in hand over hand. I had him almost to the hole before he got off but what a learning experience to see how the fish reacted to my bait. The things we crazy fishermen will to do to try to catch more fish.
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