Deer Creek prognosis for this year?

[BHuij]

Hey all--

Been a while since I was active in the community here. I've been focusing a lot on photography (my other great love besides fishing) this year, and haven't gotten out on the water much at all.

I'm feeling the ice fishing bug bite something fierce though, so I started doing some research. From what I'm reading, it looks like UL isn't going to be much good this winter. Since I'm in Provo, the next best spot for me from a geography point of view would probably be Deer Creek.

Anyone have any idea how things are looking up there for this winter? I haven't even seen it since like July, so I have no idea what the water levels are like. A quick forum search pulls up some reports of successful ice fishing at DC in past years, but nothing very recent.

I'm down to target any fish, but I'd really love to catch bluegill and/or perch this year. What do you guys think? DC worth my time or should I just suck it up and drive somewhere a bit further away?
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[03_to_5-0]

Not sure about perch or blue gill, but fishing from shore last week produced rainbow's. There were several boats on the reservoir then. Not sure if there is any ice since then but the only ice then was half inch thick chunks on the shore.
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[BHuij]

Cool, thanks for the info. I expect the ice will be thick enough to be safe sometime around New Years, as seems to be the pattern for most of the reservoirs and lakes around here.
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[kj]

Based upon my observation today when I drove by, it will be January. Not too unusual for that body of water. I would say it was unusual for DC to freeze prior to January.
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[Jedidiah]

Deer Creek is 15 minutes from my house and I ice fish all the time but since the dog always comes and apparently dogs are worse for water quality than boat exhaust and suntan lotion, I don't really fish it that often. I attempted it twice last year, but the weather made for unpredictable ice...the first time I didn't have a plank, the second time I went through the soft edge to my chest and went home. Typically I'm going to hedge my bets and catch a few fish at Jordanelle before trying to make a go at DC later in the day.
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