03-08-2004, 03:47 PM
CRAZY DAY, WE BUST OUR HUMPS TO GET THERE.....LEAVE AT 6AM, GET BUDDY LOAD HIS GEAR UP LEAVE HIS HOUSE 630AM. GOTO PARK CITY, GET DAD LOAD HIM UP.....LEAVE PARK CITY 655AM....ARRIVE AT ROCK CLIFF DAY USE AREA GAT AT 730.....IT DOESNT GET OPEN TILL 8AM...BUMMER. HANDY RANGER SHOWS UP UNLOCKS GATE AT 740AM TWENTY MINUTES EARLY...DRANK COFFE HAD TO STOP AT PORTA JOHN. FIRST CAR THERE PULL DOWN TO END OF BOAT RAMP, UNLOAD CRAP. GET SLED OUT STACK CRAP, 755AM WE DROP LINE IN WATER AFTER WALKING 150 YARDS ACROSS LAKE TO HOPEFUL SPOT, START TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE HELL TO PUT THE DAM STRIKE INDICATORS I FOUND FINALLY AT FISH TECH ON DAM POLE.....FREEZIN OUT...DECIDE TO GET HAND WARMER PACKET OUT AND SHAKE IT UP A BIT....REST IN POCKET TO HEAT UP, CRACK PABST, GULP, AHHHH....NOW WHERES THAT STRIKE INDICATOR. GET INDICATORS ON POLE....DECIDE UPSIDE DOWN, FLIP IT OVER, START TO FISH....BOING BOING....FISH ON!!! 3 POUND BOW' 16 INCHES. NICE FISH....DECIDE THIS MAY BE WORTH IT , SO I REBAIT AND TRY AGAIN...IT IS NOW, 830. HOUR LATER, TWO GUYS SHOW UP WITH KID AND DOG ON LOOOONNNG ROPE. KEWL OTHERS WANT TO TRY OUR SPOT, HE HAS GPS MARKED WITH SPOT THAT OTHER GUY AND TWO KIDS ARE SITTING ON....HE DRILL HOLE TWEEN THE TWO OF OUR GROUPS....SEND DOWN CAMERA...NOTHING ON BOTTOM CEPT SILT. NO FISH SINCE BIG BOW' STILL NOTHING FOR MY COMPANIONS, OH WAIT...DAD HAS BITE.....NODAH. DAD GIVE ME LOOK LIKE WHAT DID YOU WAKE ME UP FOR?? HA HA. HALF 12 PACK GONE....NEED FISH WAS HOPING FOR PERCH TO FRY UP AT HOME LATER. GUY WITH GPS MOVES ON...NOTHING FOR HIM EITHER. SUN SHINES, GET HOT NOW. TAKE OFF COAT AND OTHER LAYERS, GREAT DAY!! THINK WIFE AND KID WOULD LOVE THIS....MENTAL NOTE PLAN FAMILY DAY NEXT WEEK, ICE FISHING. NOW GETTING BORED, GET OUT BB GUN START TO SHOOT EMPTY CANS OF BEER....DONT WORRY WE PICKED EM UP AFTER, HAVE FUN SHOOTING....GOOFING OFF....THAT IS REST OF DAY, WE LEAVE AT 1PM GO HOME. SEND DAD HOME WITH MY FISH, THEY SAY IT WAS GOOD. NOW HAVE MEMORY OF 3 POUND TROUT THAT WAS LIKE REELING IN A WET SOCK, AND A NICE RACOON FACE FROM SUNGLASSES AND BEANIE HAT. MENTAL NOTE NEXT TIME TAKE DOGS SO I CAN TOSS BALL FOR THEM, KEEP ME FROM GETTING BORED ENOUGH TO BUILD BEER CAN PAYRAMID TO SHOOT DOWN ONE CAN AT TIME.
TRIP SUMMARY: GREAT DAY ON ICE, AT LEAST 2 MORE WEEKS OF SAFE ICE, ONE NIIICE BOW' OUT OF DEAL, GOOD FREINDS FISHING HAD FUN WILL DO IT AGAIN. SUN SHINE GREAT TEMPS WAS LIKE 45 UP THERE MAYBE 50. AWSOME!!
LATERS,
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TRIP SUMMARY: GREAT DAY ON ICE, AT LEAST 2 MORE WEEKS OF SAFE ICE, ONE NIIICE BOW' OUT OF DEAL, GOOD FREINDS FISHING HAD FUN WILL DO IT AGAIN. SUN SHINE GREAT TEMPS WAS LIKE 45 UP THERE MAYBE 50. AWSOME!!
LATERS,
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