Strawberry 3-26-25

[Kent]

I had a sturgeon trip planned for yesterday, but conditions changed, where we were headed, that necessitated cancelling that trip.  I decided to do a solo trip to Strawberry.  Because I made the final decision when I woke, I got to The Strawberry Marina later than usual.  I started fishing at 8:40 AM.  It was really slow at my first spot.  After only landing 6 fish, in ~3 hours I moved to my second GPS spot.  It wasn't red hot there, but it was better than my first location.  Strangely, the bite was on fire between ~noon and ~1:30.  The bite totally died, at 2:30 and I left at 3:45.  It seemed strange to be the only person fishing around The Strawberry Marina for the entire time that I was there.

[wiperhunter2]

Maybe everyone decided to not go fishing midweek. Anything special in your catch,  yesterday? All bows all cuts? What do they charge to park this time of the year?

[Kent]

All were slot cutts. They charge $12 to park, at The Strawberry Marina, during the winter months.

[kniephof]

It's a shame your sturgeon trip got messed up. But at least you had a good backup plan. That's wild that the fishing heated up at noon. It seems like I struggle to catch during those hours! It's awesome you had the place to yourself.

I thought with the crazy warm weather the edges might start getting too soft to access the ice. And I wondered if slush could be a problem. No issues with either of those?

[Kent]

It's a shame your sturgeon trip got messed up. But at least you had a good backup plan. That's wild that the fishing heated up at noon. It seems like I struggle to catch during those hours! It's awesome you had the place to yourself.

I thought with the crazy warm weather the edges might start getting too soft to access the ice. And I wondered if slush could be a problem. No issues with either of those?

Lots of soft snow (~2" thick), but no slush.  The ice on the shoreline broke, a little, when I got off.  Ice was 22" thick and solid.

[MWScott72]

I may have to come down with some sort of ailment and get out there one more time next week. I fished it twice last week (Friday with my wife and Saturday with a friend) and the “good times” were similar. 9am-11:30 was good, then slowed way down until 1pm. Then it was hot and heavy from 1-2pm then died off completely at 2:30.