Scofield Report 12-4-04

[Bigcat]

Yes I will attest to Tomeguns story about -6 degrees this morning at 7:30 which was about the time we arrived (all 10 of us...5 scouts, 5 leaders). We parked on the beach on the south east side and headed for the island. About 1/3 of the way to the island drilled some holes and found 7 feet so headed a little north and found 9.5 feet deep. While I was drilling 15 holes (power auger of course cause if not drill your own dang hole) one of the leaders landed 3 fish. He continued on his hot streak all day and schooled us all landing about 20 fish. Between 10 of us we landed over 50 fish however 3 people didn't catch any fish and 3 people combined for over 40 of the fish. So lots of catching by some and none by others. We missed a lot of hits but didn't loose many fish. No fish were under 12 inches and we caught plenty in the 16-18 inch range including a few cuts. We started off using foxeys, paddlebugs, gitzits, and small grub looking jigs in mostly white and chartruse. I caught fish on white foxey (2), white paddlebug (1), missed two hits with a chartruse booger (thanks HFT!), and then landed 9 fish on a white whatta cricket (thanks again HFT!... Need to order some more!) The best action was before 9:00AM and was good again from 11-12:30 once we started bathing our jigs in smelly jelly. It really made the difference. I didn't realize Tomegun was there or else I would have gone over and harrassed him a little. I met Chester and got to see how his Vexilar works. Very cool and a lot more instantanious feedback then my slow fishin buddy. I talked to Coldfooter and stinkfish on the radio but couldn't reach any of the others that said they might be there. Once the sun came over the hill at 9:00 it was almost time for short sleeves (well maybe a long sleeve flannel). Before the sun it was nice to have an "artificial sun" which I acquired yesterday since they have then on sale at Cal ranch stores. NOrmally $45 on sale for $22! It was a really fun day on the ice with lots of fish and beautiful weather with no W...! Now I need a nap too!
Bigcat
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