11-27-2003, 02:28 AM
All,
Here are some things that worked for me, hope they help. If you come in off Rt.6 and go ESE on 97, go past the Dam. About 300 yds past the dam you'll see a pull off on the right. Everyone will be fishing no more than 100 yds from the "beach", go about 100 yards past them. If you have a fish finder find 22 ft of water (depending on water level). This is an old river channel that sits just off the weed line. It's about 1/3 of the way to the island. Rig up with a Chartruse head 3/8 oz. with a white Grub (I use What-A-Crickets) or a white head with a Chartruse grub. Tip with a meal-worm. 12" below that on a blood knot dropper loop use a #20 pink Rat Finkie tipped with a very small piece of crawfish tail, or a very small piece of a red grub tail, cover with Crawfish scent. Suspend the bait mid range, I like 14 ft. You'll get the big ones coming off the weed beds on the feed. The trick is to find the exact edge between the flat and the channel, it's only a drop of about 4 ft, but, makes all the difference. Watch the fish finder and adjust accoringly. If the fish are close to the bottom you're too far out. Come in a couple of feet and cut another hole. Look for the mid range fish and you'll be at the edge. You'll get about 1 football sized Bow for every 2 little stockies. You might even get a Cutt, but, please let them go, they're not stocked. Good Luck and good fishing.
Here are some things that worked for me, hope they help. If you come in off Rt.6 and go ESE on 97, go past the Dam. About 300 yds past the dam you'll see a pull off on the right. Everyone will be fishing no more than 100 yds from the "beach", go about 100 yards past them. If you have a fish finder find 22 ft of water (depending on water level). This is an old river channel that sits just off the weed line. It's about 1/3 of the way to the island. Rig up with a Chartruse head 3/8 oz. with a white Grub (I use What-A-Crickets) or a white head with a Chartruse grub. Tip with a meal-worm. 12" below that on a blood knot dropper loop use a #20 pink Rat Finkie tipped with a very small piece of crawfish tail, or a very small piece of a red grub tail, cover with Crawfish scent. Suspend the bait mid range, I like 14 ft. You'll get the big ones coming off the weed beds on the feed. The trick is to find the exact edge between the flat and the channel, it's only a drop of about 4 ft, but, makes all the difference. Watch the fish finder and adjust accoringly. If the fish are close to the bottom you're too far out. Come in a couple of feet and cut another hole. Look for the mid range fish and you'll be at the edge. You'll get about 1 football sized Bow for every 2 little stockies. You might even get a Cutt, but, please let them go, they're not stocked. Good Luck and good fishing.
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] I wanted to go tomorrow, but this damn cold is still kicking my butt. I'll be there next Saturday. Hope the fishing will be as good as it was for you guys today. What color of ice flies were working well for ya? I'm assuming you were probably using little ratfinkees, but what colors? Oh yeah, what side of the lake was the ice that thick-over by the damn, or by the island?[:/]