01-17-2003, 04:41 AM
Had a great day at Hyrum thanks to all who posted help.
I pulled some driftwood down to get across the soft edge like Jacobl did, the ice was 5-6 inches thick about 15 ' from shore, but I drilled a lot of holes as I moved around to make sure. I fished on the south west end of the lake in the mouth of that bay (is that what you call hell's half acre?) in about 20-30 ft of water. Caught a perch right off and then put an eye on a rat finkie with a cast master inline about a foot above the finkie. I lost count of the Rainbows I caught, many right off the bottom, but everytime I saw one come through higher on the fishfinder, I could reel up and catch one almost every time. I caught about 12 perch and one 2" LMbass. I switched back and forth from eyes to mealworms and it didn't seem to make a difference to the trout, but the perch definitely liked the eye best. The biggest trout was 17", and most were between 10" and 14".
Thanks for all of your help I had a great time today!
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I pulled some driftwood down to get across the soft edge like Jacobl did, the ice was 5-6 inches thick about 15 ' from shore, but I drilled a lot of holes as I moved around to make sure. I fished on the south west end of the lake in the mouth of that bay (is that what you call hell's half acre?) in about 20-30 ft of water. Caught a perch right off and then put an eye on a rat finkie with a cast master inline about a foot above the finkie. I lost count of the Rainbows I caught, many right off the bottom, but everytime I saw one come through higher on the fishfinder, I could reel up and catch one almost every time. I caught about 12 perch and one 2" LMbass. I switched back and forth from eyes to mealworms and it didn't seem to make a difference to the trout, but the perch definitely liked the eye best. The biggest trout was 17", and most were between 10" and 14".
Thanks for all of your help I had a great time today!
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