04-03-2018, 10:53 PM
Fished Deer Creek from about 7a.m. to 2 p.m.
Trolled around for while with little luck until coming to the train side of the reservoir about 1/4 - 1/2 mile from the dam at about 9:30.
Started to get bit pretty regularly on a silver and green Criplure trolled at about 1.3-1.5 mph. I was out about 100 feet with a small 1/8 oz weight in front of the lure to get it down. I assume I was at about 8-12 feet.
The fish were hitting very hard, but they were just barely hooked. I had to really loosen up the drag a work them in slowly not to loose them.
Landed about 7 in total and lost about 7 more the 2 in the picture were about 17" and 18"
All fish were very thick and healthy.
I was originally planning to keep these fish but then realized I didn't have my knifes in my tackle box I left them with my ice fishing gear, so out of the live well and back to the lake they went.
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Trolled around for while with little luck until coming to the train side of the reservoir about 1/4 - 1/2 mile from the dam at about 9:30.
Started to get bit pretty regularly on a silver and green Criplure trolled at about 1.3-1.5 mph. I was out about 100 feet with a small 1/8 oz weight in front of the lure to get it down. I assume I was at about 8-12 feet.
The fish were hitting very hard, but they were just barely hooked. I had to really loosen up the drag a work them in slowly not to loose them.
Landed about 7 in total and lost about 7 more the 2 in the picture were about 17" and 18"
All fish were very thick and healthy.
I was originally planning to keep these fish but then realized I didn't have my knifes in my tackle box I left them with my ice fishing gear, so out of the live well and back to the lake they went.
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