Plan B - Huntington

[Kent]

Barry and I were planning to go to Bear Lake today to catch some whitefish (Barry hasn't caught any from Bear Lake.), but just like the last trip we had scheduled up there to catch some whitefish, the weather forecast scared us off. So, we grabbed our short rods and headed to Huntington.

When we reached the top of Fairview canyon we found a road that hadn't been plowed yet and it was snowing hard with fog. We cut our own path, at about 20 MPH, until we arrived at Huntington. Was worried that we would find a slush monster, but with the exception of some slush pockets on the ice (which were no big deal with the slush being only about 6 inches deep in those spots) we were pleasantly surprised. Ice is in multiple layers but appeared to be plenty safe.

It was a typical day on Huntington. We were marking lots of fish but we could get very few of them to bite. Barry was more successful than I was (Had I switched to glow lures sooner I probably would have done much better.) in figuring out the combination to get them to bite. I would give the catching a good, but not great score.

Used my new electric drill/Nils auger and I couldn't be happier. It cut through the ice with ease and we must have drilled 30 to 40 holes and didn't need to change batteries.

Another fun outing with Barry.
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[doggonefishin]

It was fun today. I had a great time and for all the fish that didn't hit, enough did that it was a good day.

One additional note if you are considering a trip there. As Kent mentioned, the conditions on the ice were not bad at all, for the most part, however it was a leg burner to get through the deep snow from the parking lot to the ice. Be ready for that coming and going.
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[Majja]

I am glad to hear you found a few and the good report on the Nils/Drill combo.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Ain'tcha glad you weren't pulling the boat on the road to Huntington?

This has been a nasty weather year for folks who like to fish for the whitefish.

Glad you guys at least scored a few tigers.
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[Kent]

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[#0000ff]Ain'tcha glad you weren't pulling the boat on the road to Huntington?

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Yep, and also glad I wasn't pulling the boat to or from Bear Lake.
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[dubob]

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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Is the ice thick enough yet (6" +) to support a snowmobile? Heading someplace Wednesday and Huntington is high on the list.[/#800000][/font]
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[Kent]

There are multiple layers of snow, frozen slush and ice. I believe you would be fine, but I am not certain that it will meet your criteria of 6 inches.
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[Jmorfish]

Hey Bob -- I'd make Huntington a plan 'C' for at least another week or more to let that slush layer really freeze up...I was there Mon. and there were 3 or 4 others out there already, and the slush layer was bad, about 6", and yes, it did have about 5" of ice underneath....However...about 100 yds out from the dam, where we were, someone was apparently drilling for lake trout, and had used a 10" drill in a bunch of places....and these were covered by the snow, ;and we found 2 of them...my buddy went in to his croch with one leg, and I went in about 2' before quickly withdrawing...so that wasn't so fun...He warmed up and dried off pretty good in my tent, so we were ok, and I did get some very nice tigers....but I wouldn't be going back 'til I knew there was at least4 or 5 days of Very Cold weather, day and night...Plan 'A' as well as Plan 'B' should be to go duck hunting...but I'll be interested again, as they are nice fish...Guluk...
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