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no one wanted to go up with me to day so i slept in till about 10:30 and took my time getting to the lake got up there about noonish met jonnym on the ice he said it was slow and it was 2 hour i got 2 bites and one brown then i move out and the next 30 mins or so i caught 8 or 9 more all 17.5 inch rainbows now i know where i need to go to catch them all the ice i walked on was 6 inches and clear with less then a inch of snow on it
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Nice work, those big rainbows usually fight hard in deer creek, lots of fun. How was the rest of the lake, is there ice over near the dam yet?
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yes there is ice there but i wouldnt go on it and i broke off one nice fish and they was hitting so hard i about lost a pole twice
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That's good news though, several more nights with these kinds of temps & we ought to be able to fish some other spots. I know what you mean about loosing poles, lost several over the years, my brother lost one 2 years ago at deer creek. I've now installed eye screws on the bottom of my best rods and I attach a string to my buckets with small carabiner hook on the other end that I clamp through the loop whenever I'm stepping away from them. Just make sure the string is long enough to still set the hook. Ironically since I did that a few years ago I've never had one go down.
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Great to meet you Duckdog on the ice. Glad to see you found the fish.
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