12-24-2004, 03:57 PM
I was at Chicken Creek East as well. I was fishing just north of fishin4fun's group. Saw them head out and leave. I landed a 20" cut in the first 10 minutes (about 9:00AM) and got 1 bite the rest of the day. The day was only about 2 hours total because of the freezing conditions. I've ice fished a lot over the years and have never seen this combination of cold and wind in my life. You almost had to have shelter yesterday to fish. We tracked several fish on the finder, but they wouldn't take anything. Tried red sided shiners, chartreuse tube jigs, rat finkies, and paddle bugs. Got the few hits all on the paddle bugs, but it was too cold to concentrate on fishing and couldn't take the gloves off for more than 10 seconds. All in all, a horrible day to be on the ice, 1st time in my life, I would rather be at work, at least I would have been warm.
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