04-13-2005, 10:58 AM
After a long winter of trying I finally made it up to Strawberry before the ice came off 4-12. With only finding a way to go late Monday night I had to go alone but was not going to be stopped. Reached the marina about 7:30 a.m. to find I had the whole lake to myself. With only a had auger I tried really hard to guess 30 ft. Nope 50 too deep. Marked fish but still moved closer to the ramp. 40 ft no fish and by now I was sick. Was going to have to fish 40 ft as I was not drilling any more holes for awhile. About 8 someone else arrived and came down pass me and headed out on the lake. Found he wasn't a BFT'er but had been there Thur, Sun and was back for more because of the fishing. He had a gas auger and offered let me fish with him so back to the 50 ft water I went. Turned out to be a great guy and a good day on the lake. We iced about 35 to 40 fish and I even hooked up with a 4 lb 22 inch cut. Couldn't believe my luck and that I had someone to help me take a picture and then send it back on its way. Would post pic but no digital camera here and it is a new roll of film so will be awhile before I can show anyone. Only other person on the lake showed up about 9:30 and we eventually invited him over and shared a great day on the lake. 50 Degrees by noon, no wind, no clouds lots of sunburn. A large chartreuse jig with a little of my worms and a half of his meal worm seemed to work the best. Caught fish from 35 to 50 ft all day just had to keep finding there depth at the time.
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