03-02-2007, 03:12 AM
Decided to fish Bear Lake this evening, despite the storm. I was glad I did. Hit the ice, along with my 9 year old at around 4:30.
There was a guy there who had a snowmobile and gave us ride out on the ice.
Immediately after we arrived, fish were hitting. I caught a few whitefish and told my son to get ready to reel in the next fish. I had a very light tap, hooked the fish, and gave my son the pole.
He finally got tired of trying to reel in the fish and gave me my pole back. After about a 10 minute fight, I finally got it in. It was about
23" long 4lb. cut. I had 4lb test (I was fishing for whitefish). That
is the hardest fight cut that I have ever caught.
It started to get dark and believe it or not, the guy came back and
gave us a ride in. I tried to pay him but he refused. There are some nice people out there!
I was catching the fish on my usual kure; 1/64 oz chartreuse jig. It
was tipped with a mealworm in about 40' of water. BTW, I was
fishing on the Rockpile.
Sorry, no pic's. You will have to take my word for it[unimpressed]
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There was a guy there who had a snowmobile and gave us ride out on the ice.
Immediately after we arrived, fish were hitting. I caught a few whitefish and told my son to get ready to reel in the next fish. I had a very light tap, hooked the fish, and gave my son the pole.
He finally got tired of trying to reel in the fish and gave me my pole back. After about a 10 minute fight, I finally got it in. It was about
23" long 4lb. cut. I had 4lb test (I was fishing for whitefish). That
is the hardest fight cut that I have ever caught.
It started to get dark and believe it or not, the guy came back and
gave us a ride in. I tried to pay him but he refused. There are some nice people out there!
I was catching the fish on my usual kure; 1/64 oz chartreuse jig. It
was tipped with a mealworm in about 40' of water. BTW, I was
fishing on the Rockpile.
Sorry, no pic's. You will have to take my word for it[unimpressed]
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