Strawberry 2/22/16

[captainjac15]

My buddies and I hit Strawberry yesterday (Monday). I had read reports of slow fishing near the easier access points (wonder why? haha). So the guys and I decided to hike all the way across to Haws point from the marina. It paid off, as we got into numerous cutts, some pushing and probably surpassing the 22" mark but we did not keep any. No rainbows surprisingly, we were using bigger tubes though. White tubes in the 3"-4" size with a pink hue and black spots were the ticket (pink pearl pepper). We threaded half a crawler on the hook and slid it up into the tube so that the crawler was in line with the hook shank.
The ice is quite thick up there and there was no slush. The top 10-12" of ice is solid frozen slush ice and is cloudy, while the bottom 12-14" is solid clear ice. That is a lot to drill through with a hand auger, [pirate]

I'm including a few pics. Unfortunately we didn't get shots of a couple bigger fish, but we wanted to get them back in the hole asap and the camera was not on hand at those moments.
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[dubob]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]With 2 feet of ice, I'm sure we will be hitting it through the end of March with little or no problems. Good job by the way.[/#800000][/font]
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[twopoles]

like I said in my post fishing by the marina on sunday. We should have followed your advice and got away from the crowd. Glad you got into the fish . It looked like a great day. Still it was great to get out of the city and breathe some fresh air.
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[captainjac15]

There were only 4 groups fishing near the marina on Monday, but I knew that it had probably been fished hard over the weekend. Walking that far over to Haw's was a chore but worth it. Hoping to get a snowmobile for next year to get away from the crowds and get into the fish a little easier.
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[PACKFAN]

Thanks for the info Captainjack, the wife and I have a trip up there planned for the 11th-13th of March. This will be a first for us we have never fished the hard deck there. We bought a new snowmobile for our Christmas present and are looking forward to getting it out on the ice. We don't fish trout much mainly kokanee and pan fish. Good luck on your next trip and thanks again for the post & pictures.
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