Tibble Fork Res. 12-24

[TyeDyeTwins]

Tibble Fork Res. After reading Starkinkade2's report yesterday my twin and I decided to hit Tibble Fork from 11am to 5:45pm. We drilled the 1st hole to find 9.5 inches of ice. There were a few open spots though. They were at the inlets and the dam had a small one. We tried the 1st location on the west inlet and picked up a lot of fish in 10 to 12 ft. of water. By 2pm the action slowed so we hit the southern cliffs. At the cliff the fish finder went blank in 27 feet of water so we got to shallower water (18ft.) and the action improved. Still within 30 minutes the bites shut down so we moved to the east end at the point and the action improved significantly in 15ft. of water.

My twin deceided to hit the open water at the east inlet with a silver and black roostertail spinner. He lost 3 trout and had plenty of bites. The trout were really close to shore (4 inches of water) and were spooked VERY easily!

My twin got 15 rainbows and 1 brown trout. I got 10 rainbows and 1 brown trout. We were using pumpkin pepper jigs in 1/32oz tipped with nightcrawlers. We tried a white tube jig with crawlers and got 2 bites but no fish. I also tried a silver kasmaster with a crawler with no bites. Near the end of the day a forest service officer checked our licenses, the same guy that did in spring actually. He said "you guys must be as crazy as that hair to be fishing through the ice!"




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[starkinkade2]

I'm glad to hear you did well there! I'm surprised the white tube jig didn't get much. I didn even have to use a meal worm for most of the fish they would just hit the jig by itself! Le me know next time you head up there. I'm 3 min from the mouth of the canyon so it's a quick drive. I'd like to try and find one of the few big fish in there just to see what all the debate on my post is about
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[starkinkade2]

im glad to hear you did well!! i fished it when the sun was completely off the lake and they really seemed to like it so maybe that makes a difference?

i like getting as close as i can to that clear ice from the inlet that flows in. but always am careful. my bro tried farther out from it and didnt seem to do as well. i was about in 8' of water.

let me know when ya head up next. im right next to the entrance of the canyon till college starts up again so its a quick drive. id like to really try and find one of the bigger fish in there.
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[starkinkade2]

sorry tried to post the first one from my phone and it wouldnt load so i switched to my computer and looks like it did anyways
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