weather at the berry

[jr8fish]

man alive i just checked the weather for strawberry and they are forecasting a possible accumulation of 2 and a half feet through friday. man this storm is a dandy. man walkin up at the lake the next couple of weeks is goning to be very difficult. time to pull out the snow shoes.

jr8fish
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[BEARCLAW]

Don't forget the auger extension[laugh].. Just kiddin'. I heard the same things about the snow 2-3 feet. Maybe I'll go skiing instead. Wait! Never mind, fishing sounds more fun... You headin' up tomorrow? Good luck buddy..
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[fishluvr]

I told my inlaws that I would rather go ice fishing when they come down than skiing and they thought I was crazy. I'm just glad that somebody else agrees with me. Maybe I should get some cross country skis to get to the ice and then I can do both and it would be a blast.
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[MRJ]

I am debating whether or not to go Saturday. I just don't want to get caught up their in a snow storm. I have snow shoes and a shovel, but not the fortitude to fight a blizzard, except at Dairy Queen.
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[kj]

Friday is my birthday, so I'm taking the day off and heading out. Thinking about the berry. Will leave at 5 in the a.m. Will let you all know if we make it. May have to settle for somewhere else if it gets too bad.
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[IceFanatic3]

So did you make it to the Berry???
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[kj]

Yea, we made it. The weather was good with a very light snow off and on most of the day. We arrived at 7 am and stayed until 2. Fished at Mud Creek. We were the only ones there. Someone had left a tent. Looks like it has been there for a few days. The snow was about 16 inches deep. The ice was close to 30 inches. The farther you got out onto the lake, the more slush showed up under the snow. I'd guess around 6 inches of slush where we were. We set the tent up on the ice and packed it down inside so we were on good solid ground. You better have a good ice auger or a gas one. I wouldn't bother taking one of those blue hand held jobs. You'd be all day getting thru the ice. I have an 8 inch Lazer hand drill which cuts real fast. We had fish show up on the vexilars almost all day. They just weren't hungry. We tried water crickets, wax worms, minnows, meal worms, salmon eggs and power bait. They would look it over real well, even stay around for several minutes, but wouldn't bite. Even put some crayfish smelly jelly on various things. We had one take a minnow as soon as it got down to him. It was a nice fish, but couldn't get it thru the hole. It got off at the bottom of the ice. I caught one on a wax worm. Took a lot of coaxing. Had a bite on a wax worm. Then I tried power bait (rainbow) and had two hit as soon as it got to them, and finally caught two others, all in about 10 minutes. Then they quit biting power bait. We ended up landing 3. One 17 inch rainbow and two cuts 18 and 19 inches. The DWR officers came by to check licenses. Said they had ticketed 2 guys over at the marina because they had kept two 17 inch cuts. Claimed they looked big enough, didn't have a tape to measure. Mentioned that a young boy caught a 26 inch cut a few days ago. They watched him land it while they were writing out a ticket to his father for using two poles. I think they were disappointed they couldn't catch us for anything. They even searched thru my sled and gear. All and all, we had a good time. Good company, warm and dry, and okay fishing. Not a bad way to spend your 50th birthday.

I would not recommend snow mobiles or ATV's. I think you'd spend most of your time trying to get them out of the slush. Forgot, we were fishing in 12 feet of water for about 3 hours and then moved to 17 feet for the remainder of the time. The DWR officers said it was slow all over.
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[tomegun]

[#800080][size 2]Say it ain't so, I got shutout. Oh well, I guess thats called living the high life. I get to the marina about noon. I go into the store to check out the stuff. Come back to my truck and unload everything. Then I proceed to lock my keys in the cab. I call home, and everyone heading for work. So, I go back in the store and explain my predictment. They call the county Sherriff's off out of Heber(a conservation officer said his Glock could open it. I took a dim view on that). I waited a half hour and Wasatch County's finest roll up(I LOVE YOU GUYS) and promply open my truck. Again, Thanks a bunch. I take my hat off to you [/size][/#800080]

[#800080][size 2]Now, its 1:00pm and I don't feel like walking very far. I see some used holes and go give it a try. On my first drop WHAM! And I miss! Thats it folks, nada the next four hours. Well, I did fight some Scandavian terrorists on the backs of camels....I talk about that another time. [/size][/#800080]
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[Hellsangler69]

Did you go today to the Berry ? How was the drive up there ? I usually carry a slim jim with me , but it is usually locked up in my cab when I need it .LOL Never seen a Glock unlock a door . That could of been a reel treat to see . [] LOL
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[tomegun]

dry roads,dude
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[Shrimpboy]

OK...I'm dying to know how his Glock was able to unlock the door.
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[aquaman]

by shooting out the window ? would be my guess
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[MRJ]

Hey, I celebrated my 50th birthday early in January at the Berry also. I just had to do it a couple days after on Saturday however. At least when fishing the hard water nobody gives you a lot of static about being old, senior, ready for the grave, over the hill, 50 down, less than fifty to go, etc.
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[kj]

I could spend every birthday fishing the hard water and never get tired of it. I had all of my ribbing a few days earlier.

I keep a spare key in a key case under the truck. I got tired of trying to break in after locking my keys in. Done it so much over the years that I finally learned. With the new fords, you need a special key which gives out an electronic signal to start the truck. The regular key will unlock the doors, but will not start the engine. So, I keep one of the keys for the doors hidden. Has saved me once since I did it. The last time was a fishing trip to the berry. Locked them in at the Sinclare station at the junction. A friend happened to have a slim jim that he made from a piece of sheet metal which worked real good. Then I made the extra key. Think I'll make one more trip to the berry next weekend and then call it quits after that unless it gets really cold again. The DWR officers said it has been warm up there last week. Scoefield should be good for a few weeks yet.
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[MRJ]

My 2000 Ford Explorer has the outside keypad which has saved me a couple of times. Punch in the code and the doors unlock. Nice feature and you don't have to subscribe to "OnStar to get your vehicle unlocked. Some people I know that have the keypad regularly lock their keys inside so they don't take the chance of losing them when they are out in the field or on the ice.
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[Bigcat]

kj-
Are you standing in the slush or you just hit it when you are drilling through????? Probably heading up on tuesday and want to know. Sometimes when it is bad I just wear my waders to keep dry.
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[kj]

Bigcat,
I stomp the snow down into the slush which makes a base to stand on. I have a flip III tent which has a built in bench to sit on. I keep a shovel in my gear and if the slush gets too thick, I shovel more show into the area to build it up. If you shovel the snow out, the water runs in and you can count on sitting in water.
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[Bigcat]

KJ

Thanks for the info. It really stinks to have wet feet!

Bigcat
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[Kent]

[size 1]"If you shovel the snow out, the water runs in and you can count on sitting in water." Sure learned my lesson last Friday at Jordanelle. I had a miniature lake inside of my ice shack because I shoveled the snow off of the ice![/size]
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