Strawberry

[newfisherman14]

I would start off by trying to stay away from the crowds.. i think youve done your research ! Ive caught them even as shallow as 10 feet and i have caught them in 40 FOW suspended off the bottom or suspended 20 feet up from the bottom. i think the ladders have been hounded the past weekend or two since its iced up fish might be getting finicky at least thats what ive seen in the past a lake gets hounded and fish get weird about what they want.. as far as where to fish depends on how far you want to walk lol. my brother fished the ladders with a couple friends on sunday and they got a few nibbles but skunked all in all. they fished from 18-30 FOW. typically i go with 2 -2.5 inch tube jigs white or glow tipped with some minnow, chub meat, or wax worm. google rainbow forage minnow. that is one of my favorite jigs for trout. the marina usually has tons of people. its hard to say where to fish i've had success at the ladders before and almost been skunked the next week same spot!. your options are pretty much the marina and wherever you can walk to from there or chicken creek east or west or the ladders. i dont know if you can get a vehicle all the way down to mud creek or not i dont know if they plow all the way down to the ramp on mud creek maybe someone else can chime in on mud creek and if you can get a vehicle down there. ive had some decent fishing in mud creek in the past though. best of luck to ya love to hear how it goes. when are you going up?
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