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Now THAT'S an interesting username.[sly]
Congrats on the trip,
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Hey pipe how are the edges? Is there still some thin ice at the edges?
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I picked up some nice trout on a green Whatta-Cricket tipped with wax worm in 11' of water. I fished it like I would at Strawberry ,with no other jig or spinner and watched for the line to go limp as the fish picked the jig up from underneath it. Most fish were close to the bottom with some smaller ones caught up higher in the water.
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Welcome to the site . Thanks for the report . You will do better for trout in closer to shore . Did you know that most of your perch if not all , you let go will die . Getting to be a problem up there with everyone doing it . Seen lots of perch dead floating under the ice this year . But I bet it has been a problem for a quite while but most of the time snow covers the ice good so you don't see it . It is good to just quit when you get your limit .
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Edges are still good where I was at, and the ice is still about 6 inches,get there while the fishing is hot.PEACE!!!!
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Thanks for the greeting and for the tip on letting them go,I didnt realize the fish died after release.There are just so many to catch,and the action is so good you hate to stop fishing,but always better to stop than to waste. PEACE!!!!!
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Thanks for the tip Renegade,Planning on Stawberry this weekend but I will need my walking shoes to get away from the crowds.In the past I have done extremlly well using a Red Ant,tipped with wax or meal worm and Kastmaster as an attractent. Thanks everyone and PEACE!!!!!
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YEAH WHEN YOU BRING MOST FISH FROM 40 FT OR EVEN 20FT TO THE TOP THE SWIM BLADDER SWELLS UP (IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG TONGUE) AND THEY CAN'T GET BACK DOWN TO 40 FT QUICK ENOUGH. THEN THEY DIE. NOW IF YOU TOKE 10 MIN BRINGING THEM UP THEY WOULD BE FINE BUT NO ONE DOES THAT.
THERE IS A HUGE CHANGE IN PRESSURE FROM 30FT TO THE TOP.
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Thanks bro that means this has been a good day because I have learned somethin new about fishing,although I have been fishing for almost 20 years its never too late to learn somethin new and I thank you. PEACE!!!!!
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I KNOW WERE YOU ARE COMING FROM I HAVE BEEN FISHING FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I STILL NEED TO LEARN ALOT I TRUELY WISH I COULD JUST TAP INTO LETS SAY TUBEDUDE'S BRAIN AND DOWNLOAD ALL HIS INFO HE HAS IN THERE.
HEY HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT ON THE LAKE SOMETIME I WILL BE FISHING ROCKPORT SAT AND SUNDAY
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My dad and I went up today. The trout seemed to be cruising at about 12', regardless of the depth of water. They were taking both worms and perch meat on the usual jigs/spoons. We caught a few, including a nice 17 incher. Not quite as fat as at the Berry or Scofield, though.
The perch were a lot of fun. It took us a while to find them, being my first time fishing for them. It was also only my second time with the fishfinder, and It took me a while to realize that the fish just looked like the bottom of the lake for the most part. It also doesn't help that one of my auger blades broke, so I was trying to drill with the thing wobbling all over the place and couldn't move around much. [crazy]
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]Took boys up to Rockport today, got there at 7:30 and fished between damn and 1st outhouse, in about 40 feet of water using cast master attractor with white curly tail jig. Caught 48 perch by 12:45 and let go another 20! Caught 1 Rainbow that measured 8. Anybody know what the trout are biting?