12-11-2005, 11:41 PM
Took the sons-in-law to Huntington Saturday, and we just pounded the tigers! Fishing was good until about 2:00, when things kind of shut down. There were 7 or 8 other groups out on the ice; 3 down by the dam, and the others scattered about mid-lake. I will say this: we had no one around us. But once we located fish, they were as aggressive as I remember them being last winter! You don't get a lot of "tick-tick" with those guys. It's just a good ol' John Madden BOOM!
Teasing fish off the bottom was consistant, but when schools came through mid-depths it was dynamite. White worked best for us, tipped with waxies.
We talked with a few folks as they came off, and they all had "a slow day" they said.
Snow is knee deep along the shoreline, with only about 2 inches on the ice. Cap is a good 12" - bottom 4" is hard and clear, with the top 8 or so being packed, frozen slush.
Should stay good until the snows get so deep you can't get out there too easily. And it's a long drive. As closer lakes freeze over, Huntington will probably be forgotten about.
But we had a blast! 60+ fish among the 3 of us!
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Teasing fish off the bottom was consistant, but when schools came through mid-depths it was dynamite. White worked best for us, tipped with waxies.
We talked with a few folks as they came off, and they all had "a slow day" they said.
Snow is knee deep along the shoreline, with only about 2 inches on the ice. Cap is a good 12" - bottom 4" is hard and clear, with the top 8 or so being packed, frozen slush.
Should stay good until the snows get so deep you can't get out there too easily. And it's a long drive. As closer lakes freeze over, Huntington will probably be forgotten about.
But we had a blast! 60+ fish among the 3 of us!
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