12-26-2008, 09:08 PM
Fished Pelican Lake this morning and it was on fire. We unloaded our ice gear on the East pulloff. The edge of the lake was soft, but we found good clear ice for 200 yards. We drilled to test holes to check for safety and found approx 5 inches on our first hole and a solid 7" on the last.
We fished roughly 200 yards from the truck and massacred the bluegill. We were using a jig with green tubes tipped with a worm. We found almost all the fish within 2-3 feet of the ice. As soon as we nailed the depth we reeled them in one after another. We started using different colors of tubes and the action halted, when back to green and we iced one after another.
All in all, the two of us caught about 50 each, and missed at least that many. I was able to bring in a couple 15" bass mixed in with the bluegill.
There were a few others out fishing as well, but we were the first on the water (about 8:30) and left when our wives called us at 11:30.
Pelican Lake is located 16 west of Vernal 8 miles south of Highway 40. It is a great fishery for bluegill, in fact many of the state records (if not all are held there). It is not uncommon to get 9"-10" blugill thru the ice (or in the boat)
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We fished roughly 200 yards from the truck and massacred the bluegill. We were using a jig with green tubes tipped with a worm. We found almost all the fish within 2-3 feet of the ice. As soon as we nailed the depth we reeled them in one after another. We started using different colors of tubes and the action halted, when back to green and we iced one after another.
All in all, the two of us caught about 50 each, and missed at least that many. I was able to bring in a couple 15" bass mixed in with the bluegill.
There were a few others out fishing as well, but we were the first on the water (about 8:30) and left when our wives called us at 11:30.
Pelican Lake is located 16 west of Vernal 8 miles south of Highway 40. It is a great fishery for bluegill, in fact many of the state records (if not all are held there). It is not uncommon to get 9"-10" blugill thru the ice (or in the boat)
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