12-18-2005, 02:17 AM
I got on the ice about 9:30. Ice thickness was 12-14 inches of good hard ice. It was a nice day with little wind and there wasn't much snow on the ice either. Fishing was very good. I didn't get any monsters but had fast action for a mix of 14-15 1/2 inchers, lots of 8-12 inchers and many dinks. I was fishing in 26-28 ft of water. Early on, I was getting them all over the water column but as the day went on, they were closer to the bottom. It slowed after 1 PM, and I mainly caught smaller fish afterwards. I left at 3PM. I was using white tube jigs, rat finkies, and shrimpos tipped with crawler, below a flasher. I was near the dam. All bows, except for 1 13 inch cutt and one small 9 in. tiger trout. (It was good to see them there.) Crowds weren't bad at all. It was a good day on the water, and the area would be a good spot for kids.
Tight lines.
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Tight lines.
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