11 Mile

[metalhed]

Greetings New to this board, so hello to all!
Went to 11 mile on saturday, 1-3-04, and got skunked. Cold was the word of the day. Took awhile to get there from Golden, due to the snow. We fished from about 8 to 1pm with 2 bites ?? 1st hit the pole was half in the hole and the hook was gone and the 2nd hit... I went with my neighbor, a ice fishing newbie, and he heard the bell ring and rushed to the pole and lifted straight up and .... nothing... hook was gone due to old line. It pays to have new line on the reel as mine was over 2 years old. Bad bad bad I know better but just did not have time to change out. The action was slow and no one was catching anything. We fished at Suckers Cove with about 15 inches of ice. There is still alot of open water. The ice was very quiet and appeared stable. The wind was fierce and cold. It snowed about 1 inch in an hour. Watching people trying to set up huts was interesting. Well hope to read more good things as the ice fishing season progresses. Happy new year to all

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Rock on Dude!
Metalhed

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[Guest]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the report, its been like that all season.

[Eskimo]

Thanks for the report!! I was up there over the Holidays.. I think it was the 2nd... Fished in about 15 feet by the North Shore Boat Ramp. Caught 1 dink on 6 bites. 4pm till dark was the most active... I wanted to get past the pressure ridge there so I could fish in deeper water but I didn't trust the ice close to the ridge. Open water bubbling up.... Tim

[Colorado-Ice-Man]

Been there 10 times so far this year...I have been skunked more than I want to admit.

More than half the teams in the contest on Sunday, the 4th, were skunked.

I don't have a flasher or I would go deep. I have heard LOTS of guys say they only have luck at 40-50 feet of water (jigging at depths of 25-35)

Gotta love the water management around here!

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Colorado Ice Man