04-06-2024, 07:27 PM
Made my final voyage to strawberry to ice fish this season. Had great plans, mother nature had other ideas! Left my house at 4:30 a.m. with the intent of being at the berry at 6 a.m., make the mile walk to my fishing spot and be fishing when it was just light enough to detect a bite, catch my 50 fish, and wrap it up at 9:30 to head back and listen to Conference on the way home. Well, the roads from Parley's to Heber were terrible, took an hour longer, got to the parking area at 7 a.m. The walk was easy to my location. Started fishing at 7:50, first fish in 5 min, 14 in first hour, 21 by hour #2, left at 10, caught 25 total, lost another 8 on the way up! Didn't reach my goal, but my hands were so cold and numb from not being able to put on my gloves due to catching so quickly, that it was a good thing! Pretty darn difficult to put on bait or tie your line when you can't feel your fingers! Weather at Strawberry was good until the wind kicked up at 10 a.m. The bite just shuts off around then, or slows way down at least, It was time to go! Hate to put the ice gear away because it means work, work, work at home! Signing off until the ice is back on!
Icerman!
Icerman!