Deer Creek

[panfisher]

Thinking of going to the island Thursday, hows the ice any new reports with the warmer weather.

Thanks
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[macscabin]

I was there this morning from 7-10, North side of the island. Ice was plenty thick once I got on. Some of the edges were slushy but I was able to find access easily. Caught one nice 17" Bow. about 7:30. No other bites. Bow was caught in 30' water on the bottom.
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[Darkcloud]

Open water at the boat ramp now. They are cutting it open with chain saws rigt now
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[panfisher]

I believe they are having a polar plunge Saturday.
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[fish_fear_me2]

Hope the flag the area off so some unsuspecting guy doesnt step into it.
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[Darkcloud]

Now they are sending scuba divers in and out. Its on the web cam of deer creek. There is also another post about this
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[GottaBite]

Sheriff/UHP and scuba divers.....somebody fall in!!??? Drowning?? Or just training???
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[utwalleye]

I was up there yesterday (tuesday) and walked right on the ice in the morning, but getting off at 4 pm the edge first foot was water at the ramp but off to the sides were fine. the fishing sucked for just about all the 10 guys we seen out there. we fished out from the island in 45 feet of water looking for perch. I forgot my gps so I couldn't tell where the rr road was so I drill 32 holes all over. had about 5 bites, seen very few fish on sonar. fished with about 20 different lures.
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[macscabin]

They usually do a good job of putting caution tape and barriers up afterward. They do this every year.
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[panfisher]

Doesn"t sound like its worth the time to go up there.
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[duckdog1us]

i was at deer creek the las 3 days today was unreal 4 hour easly 150 fish 10 to 14 inches and 10 more fish 18 to 19 inches its been like this the last 3 days now the only way not to catch the planters is not get out of the car i guess they put 70,000 in there well they are all hungry and in the same 100 yards of the lake
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[Fishrmn]

Looks to me like they walked away and left it. I guess because it's right on the ramp and up against the shore that they're not worried about it. By the way, how do we get a little bit of Windex for the camera?
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[panfisher]

Would you want to PM me on where you were.
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[Darkcloud]

He's fishing the lake[] Its not where you fish its how you fish and what you use
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000FF]Nice response.

Deer Creek (and most other lakes) is not a big aquarium full of fish that are always ready to bite. The fish are often bunched up in one small area or another in search of food, oxygen, warmer/colder temps or whatever. And that can change from day to day...or even during the same day.

DD1us knows Deer Creek very well but still has to look for the fish on most trips. He DOES use some techniques that few other people know about...or could duplicate. So just knowing where to fish is not always the answer either.

Bad form to slam someone for politely asking for information that someone else might not want to post on an open forum.
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[panfisher]

Thanks TD sometimes you just have to bite your lip.
Some people just can't help the way they are.
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[flygoddess]

No humor allowed![laugh][laugh][laugh] Musta missed the .
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[Darkcloud]

Yes and if you give my comment any thought and understand what duckdog is doing and how hes doing it, anybody can catch fish. Maybe he will be willing to share some info for you, but you can bet it will be a pm if he does. Like I said before its not always where, its how and what.

Aint that right duckdog[]
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[duckdog1us]

well deer creek has been hard to get figured out this year it took me some time to do it and where i am at people are doin ok with about any thing they use i was catching them with a bare hook ill send ya a pm where to fish and i would use a night crawler right on the bottom in 8 to 12 feet of water
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[klam]

I visited the UHP at the ramp and watched them do their annual winter dive certification.
Fished the island and couldn't get the fish to bite. Last week I caught fish only 6 to 12 feet below the ice. Today the fish were coming through at all depths.

Getting on and off the ice was better than last week. Didn't break through the crust at the edges today.

The 3 inches of snow on the ice make walking very easy and provide sure footing.
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