Birch Creek 1-13-13

[joshmobile]

Got skunked.
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[Laroo]

You'll have that, it can be tough fishin. Hell knows I've gone home empty lots of times!
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[wiperhunter2]

I have not heard any good reports from BC in quite a while, did you try Wooddrift(sp?) or Little creek while you were up there? Thanks for the report Josh.
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[joshmobile]

I didn't hit any other lakes because I'm unfamiliar with the area. I did see a ton of deer, some antelope, a coyote and a cotton tail rabbit. At least I think its called a cotton tail its the one that is all white. Also the walk up the damn to get into Birch Creek is very painful.
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[wiperhunter2]

Yea, that hike up and down the dam is a killer. Did that rabbit you saw have long ears or short ears? More than likely it is what we call a Mountain Jack rabbit, they turn white in the winter. If it had short ears, it was a Snowshoe hare. Woodruff Res is just across the road from BC. It has some nice Cutts in it but no Tigers. Depending on the snow you can drive right to the top of the lake.
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[slabslayer]

That's actually a white tailed jack rabbit in its winter coat.
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[wiperhunter2]

Yea, that is what the Small game guide book calls them but we have always called them Mountain jacks because we have never seen them in the low lands just the mountains[].
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[joshmobile]

The ears were smaller so I don't think it was a jack rabbit.
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[JesseGambling]

I was there on saturday and ended up with this! Plus a few rainbows and one other tiger
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[Beast84086]

The cotton tails stay grey around here, and the Jacks go white in the winter. If that helps.

Nice fish Jesse!

[joshmobile]

That things a beast how big was it?
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[fish_or_die]

Holy cow! how did you get that through the hole? Bet it made your heart skip a beat when you saw his ugly mug under the ice!

Come to think of it, that probably could be said the other way around as well....
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[flygoddess]

That's a keeper ! Very cool.


"Bet it made your heart skip a beat when you saw his ugly mug under the ice! "


Ugly? Are you crazy, that is a beautiful face...the person holding is okay[laugh][laugh]
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[JesseGambling]

Thanks guys. I was border line heart attack myself. Just had to wear him out. It was 26in. 7.5lbs
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