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Trial Lake Nov 10, 2019
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]Since duck hunting is a total bust right now, I started the ice fishing season a tad early this year. I went up to Trial Lake with some other ice fishing fans. Arrival temp at 8:30 was about 28*F. There were already at least 20 folks already on the ice. Our group headed up to the shallow end opposite the dam end.
We set up in 10 to 12 FOW and started catching rainbows almost immediately. I moved out deeper a couple of times and found fish in all locations. Most came off the bottom with a few coming on the JJ at about 7 feet down. I ended up in 14 FOW and caught several there.
The others were going shallower looking for the elusive grayling. Matt finally added 2 so he can take that species off his bucket list. All but one of my fish were rainbows; the lone other was a tiger trout. No size to any of them except the one that broke the line just as his head came out of the water. A very fat, football type of rainbow that had to have gone at least a pound and a half – huge for Trial Lake. Still crying over that one.
Now for the fish porn. [Wink]
Arial view of our party; me in the middle of the picture, Skyler & Nick to my left, and Matt to their left.
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My lone tiger trout
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A typical rainbow[/size][/#800000][/font]
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A few more rainbow pics
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The ice where I drilled holes was a tape measured 7" even. We called it a day at 2 PM and when I got back to the truck, the air temp was 46*F. Partly cloudy with variable breezes all day. It was a very pleasant and fun day for a first trip of the year.
Tight lines all.
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Bob Hicks, from Utah
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#2
Looks like a great day [cool] the Arial shot is great, didn’t realize the lake went back that far
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#3
Nice report. I'm still hoping to get my first grayling through the ice. It looks like fishing the inlet end may be good. Any other suggestions on targeting grayling or brooks?
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#4
Nice work! Glad you guys got out there!
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