Jordanelle 1/14

[Jig-fisher]

I received an invite to fish Jordanelle today with JArner.  We arrived as it was getting light to the Rock Creek side and were the 1st ones out on the ice.  Neither of us had fished that part of the reservoir so it was a blind go at it for us. Started in 28-30 ft of water and I caught 2 browns pretty quick, then it slowed.  We moved, I went one direction and he went the other.  I found some fish in 48 ft, bows and a couple of perch.  Bows were suspended about 10-20 ft down, perch of course on the bottom.  Made my last move and was in 44 ft.  Bows were really good in this area and I had 3 keepers over 16" on the ice.  We were getting ready to pull the lines up and head out and I got one last bite.  Turned out to be a cutt (a big surprise) and my biggest fish of the day at 18".  Ended up catching 10 bows, 4 browns, the cutt and 4 perch.  Perch were about 8".  Lots of open water in the main lake and up into the Rock Creek arm.  A good 7-8" of ice where we were at.  JArner also caught a splake! 

[wiperhunter2]

Sounds like a great day on the ice, too bad the perch catching was so slow. How late did you stay out there?

[doitall5000]

Thanks for the great lake pictures. There were 4 or 5 vehicles on the small craft launch shore fishing. Looked a little cold. Can't say anything about the fish catching.

[Jig-fisher]

Sounds like a great day on the ice, too bad the perch catching was so slow. How late did you stay out there?

We finished up at about 12:45 or so.  Yes the perch catching was slow.  You could see them come up and take a look, but just wouldn't commit.  Switched up offerings and the best I found was a hali.  Caught all of them on that.

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Thanks for the great lake pictures.  There were 4 or 5 vehicles on the small craft launch shore fishing. Looked a little cold. Can't say anything about the fish catching.

We saw them too on our way out.  There was also a small boat out there as well, looked like a small aluminum with 2 guys in it.

[JArner]

Great day to get out glad you were able to go with me.