01-27-2014, 01:57 AM
Hit scofield Satuday morning with my bro in law and 2 nephews. It was a balmy -1 degree when we got out of the car at around 8am and plenty of people on the lake as expected. I got some advice from fellow BFTer 1WolfPack which paid off. The one take away I learned from this ice season is to go shallow, if that doesn't work, go shallower late in the season.
Set up shop in 8ft of water in the dam arm. Probably could have had success even shallower but after hand drilling 5 holes through 12"+ of ice, we were having enough action to just stay put.
Pretty steady bite throughout the day. We ended up with about 30 fish iced, mostly 12-14 inch "torpedo" cutts, 2 tigers (biggest was 16") and some smaller rainbows. Overall a fun day for the kiddos. Could have had more numbers but better to let the youngsters lean how to set the hook and land fish themselves rather than hook and pass the rod. Would have had some pictures but the 18 yo nephew (who is inseparable from his smart phone like most teenagers are) dropped his phone down the ice hole!! HAHA! it's probably good for him in the end.
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Set up shop in 8ft of water in the dam arm. Probably could have had success even shallower but after hand drilling 5 holes through 12"+ of ice, we were having enough action to just stay put.
Pretty steady bite throughout the day. We ended up with about 30 fish iced, mostly 12-14 inch "torpedo" cutts, 2 tigers (biggest was 16") and some smaller rainbows. Overall a fun day for the kiddos. Could have had more numbers but better to let the youngsters lean how to set the hook and land fish themselves rather than hook and pass the rod. Would have had some pictures but the 18 yo nephew (who is inseparable from his smart phone like most teenagers are) dropped his phone down the ice hole!! HAHA! it's probably good for him in the end.
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