03-15-2006, 02:37 AM
I also fished the Berry today and I will verify that -20 degree's report. It was plenty cold. Not a breath of wind until about 10:30 but by then it was +20 so still tolerable. We fished at the marina and started in the same place that we had good success last week. It was 24 feet deep. Caught 2 fish right away and then it died. Not even any on the sonar. I really didn't want to drill a new hole but it was so dead I decided to head a little deeper and drilled a hole in 31 feet. I started marking fish right away but couldn't get them to hit. When I finally took off the minnow and switched to a mealy they started hitting. The bite was the lightest I have ever seen it and I was missing hits left and right.....swinging and missing! By 11:00 I had landed 7 more for a total of 9 for the morning. My dad and a friend stayed at the 24 foot depth most the morning and only landed 4 between them. All were slot cutts. With the snow/ice as deep as it is its a lot of work to move but it payed off today. The auger handle is touching the snow by the time you finally break through into open water. The fishing seemed to be best from 10:30 to 11:00 when we had to leave to get home. That was my third day this year at strawberry when it has started off at -20 or less. I think the ice is gonna stay for a while!
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