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Was able to make it up to Lost Creek with a friend today. He had never really been ice fishing before, so I was hoping for a good time. We hit the ice about 7:30, punched a few holes and proceeded to try to find the fish. It took us a little bit, but we finally found them. We put quite a few on the ice. Small cutts, no bigger than 11", with most of them being 8-9". The bows we caught were a little bigger, and plump. We didn't catch many of them, but they were better fighters than the cutts. Nothing big today, but it was a great day to get someone new out on the ice. The weather was absolutely beautiful, it was 40 degrees when we left around noon, plus no wind! That is alwasy a bonus up there. We had a couple times where we caught doubles, here's a pic of one set. We also talked to Mateo on the radio, he hadn't been there long when we left, so hopefully he'll ring in on how he did.
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Sounds like you had fun. I might have to call in sick tomorrow and go hit the ice of the rivers. Heck I'll just do both
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Wounldn't that just be horrible...cough, cough....
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You and I weren't that far apart. I tried the radio when I got there, but nobody answered. Later on, TKB called out, and I answered him.
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How thick was the ice? Overall conditions of it?
Thanks.
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Sounds like you had a really good time up there. It sure is amazing how the fish can hang out in one spot, an not be in another. Glad you guys could get into them. I thought I heard someone on the radio in the morning, but it was very broken up. I called out early in the AM and nobody replied, then later when I called out, mateo responded. It sure was a fun day to be at Lost Creek.
The ice was good where we were fishing, not much white ice, and 5 inches of good clear ice. It looked like the middle had only recently frozen over, I wasn't willing to venture out that far anyways. I don't think this warm spell will really effect the overall condition of the ice, it just won't get much thicker for a few days.
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