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Hey everyone.
Ill be heading to the gorge this weekend and i have never fished there before. I was wondering if anyone had some advice for me..i am not asking anyone to give up there secret spot...but since i have never even been there before i would like to know some spots that usually produce. i would be more than happy catching any of the species on the lake so info on any of the fish would be nice. also a current ice report would be helpful..[:/] once again any info about ice fishing flaming gorge would be very helpful and much appreciated.
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I can't help much, I haven't been there this month. Try posting on the Wyo board.
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Ok i posted on the WY board...but even if u havent been there in a month what are normally some good producing spots for u? like i mentioned i havent even been to flaming gorge before let alone fished it
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I can tell you from friend's experience, that it is one place you need to be very careful. Pressure cracks, weak spots, moving ice. And it can apparently change very quickly. I am not one to speak from experience. I am only repeating what some of my friends have experienced there. One of them is very ice savy, and he has fallen through there, and was lucky to get out alive. Go where there are other people. That usually is a good indicator of it being safe.
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The first time you go to the Gorge will likely be a learning experience because you don't know the area. One of the first things you should do is get a good map of the area, one of the best is called the Fish-n-Map, you can buy them at a lot of the sporting goods stores but you can also buy them at the Utah/Idaho school/map
supply store. You need some cut bait so buy some chub or sucker meat. If you fish close to shore then you can use normal smaller ice fishing gear and baits but if you are fishing out there a ways you will need the cut bait. I can't really say any exact spot where you can fish and do good,except for saying that the rainbows are close to shore during the day and burbot are close to shore during the night. Good luck if you get up there, hope this helps.
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I fish north end by Fire Hole . If you are a resident of Utah you will need to buy a Wyoming Reciprical license $10 for 2014. I catch lakers, rainbows, burbot and kokes. The ice should still be good up there. Go catch those burbot. They are destroying the fishery. I caught burbot full of small lakers and kokes. Google flaming gorge burbot fishing YouTube . Plenty of information on how it is done .
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[crazy] Was at the gorge on 2-11-14 on the wyo side. could see some open water on north anvil and out in front of the ranch house at squaw hollow. The rest of what I seen was capped with about 2 in of snow on it fished 3 different spots between anvil and squaw and all had good solid clear ice about 8in thick. fishing was slow, lots of fish on the graph but very skiddish . only caught 4 pups 3 six pounders and one 3 pounder. hope this helps, it has been warm and windy sense then so be careful !
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Take yer .22 so you can shoot rabbits if the fish won't bite.
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Be very careful out there. I was out last Sunday and it was already starting to degrade in areas and it's been warm enough that it can only be getting worse. It's 54 up here today and blowing 20-30 mph, not good for ice. Many of the roads are also "greasy" with as fast as the snow is melting, so be prepared for that too.
It's tough to even recommend an area considering all the above, but I suspect Lost Dog up to Firehole would have better ice conditions with as thick as it was. Not sure how good the fishing will be right now though. Try targeting rainbows near shallow rocky shorelines (10-20 ft) with small 2-inch tubes or curly tails tipped in meal or wax worms. Orange colors have worked well for me. Try for lake trout over main channel areas of breaks using 3/8 oz Buckshot spoons and/or 3-inch tube jigs, tipped with sucker or chub meat. Whites and chartreuses have been good.
Hope that helps some, good luck, Ryno
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thanks for the info hopefully the ice holds out....fingers crossed
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