11-23-2022, 02:55 PM
I wanted to get on the ice at Twin Lakes. But with barely 2 inches I didn't dare. So I checked out Hawkins yesterday. Good ice, 5 inches all over. I met a guy at the boat ramp, and fished with him for a few hour's. He fishes it a lot with powers bait. One time a couple years ago I was on the ice there, and I didn't have power bait, and couldn't get a bite. I don't use power bait much. But this time his power bait wasn't working. He had one bite, and missed it. I got two fat rainbow on my white with red dot maniacs. But it was slow. And then I tried a minnow on a chartues jig. It was fish on. I only had five minnows with me, but got five more rainbows. And then I tried sucker meat, but the fish didn't want that, so I quit. There were about a dozen people fishing when I left. It wasn't until I was on the way home that I realized I didn't take a picture. The rainbow were all around 1 1/2 pounds. I know there are some good cutthroat at Hawkins but I never saw anyone get one.