11 Mile

[John19]

Frostbite, What areas did you fish? I've been there twice this season and fished at rocking chair both times. Is Witchers cove frozen? I'm either going there or Lake John & Delaney Buttes on Sun and Monday

[Guest]

Hello John19,I was at the northshore at loop F parking lot.I was about 75 feet from shore and about 20 feet deep and a foot off the bottom. Lake john has been my favorite for many years,but lately the fishing has been very poor. Call Bill Wilcox@970-723-3226,he is the owner of lake john resort.
As for nite ice fishing I have good luck with glow jigs tiped mealworms.Take a disposable camera and use the flash on the jig. Fish can see it a very long way.
Frostbite

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[John19]

Thanks Frostbite for the tip! I've been hearing that people have been catching the little ones when they do hook into a fish anyways at John, so I'll probably hit 11-mile.

[Guest]

I was yesterday and cought 4 fish 15 to 17in.
I used #16 white and yellow jig tiped with a small mealworm. The fishing was slow.I was there from 6am to 2pm.Didn't have a bite until 11:30. The ice is about 6 To 8 in.thick and full of cracks and rotten spots(old mixed with new) and made alot of noise.

[John19]

Went to 11-mile on Monday, what a beautiful day. The weather was perfect, but the fishing was SLOW! Caught 3 bows and 1 koke before 9:00, then things just died. Fished till 2:30, only catching 2 more. The biggest was just under 18inches. No one was catching anything all day!!!!I guess it's been that way for a while. Fished in an area by the North boat ramp, and there were quite a few anglers, I guess I had the hot Jig, many people were skunked!

[Jim Bob]

Went there yesterday, caught 10 and lost 4 others. Only 1 under 16 inches! Fished from 6 till 12 over by Rocking Chair in 16 ft of water. 6 inches of fresh snow sure made dragging the hut a lot easier to the lake.

[John19]

Anyone hit 11-mile lately? Thinking about giving it a shot this weekend, but don't know with all the snow last week. If anyone has a recent report, would love to hear it!
Thanks, John