11 Mile only has 11 Fish

[Colorado-Ice-Man]

Rocky Mountain Ice'res,

Just spent the day at 11 Mile...it wasn't too good at all.

I was all over Howbert and saw ONE fish all day. Was at 5 ft. all the way up to 35 feet. Must have moved 6 times. I figged if I kept drilling, maybe I could get one with the auger. haha!

Talked to folks at Stoll, Rogers, and Witchers on the way out and there were no happy faces. Most got skunked, some got to witness a fish go by (like me) and no one had a good day.

Is there any place that they are slammin' without going on to 2 inches of ice?

Thanks in advance,

CI- Man
a.k.a. "Shoulda gone to Skaguay"

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Colorado Ice Man

[Eskimo]

Crud..... That is really disappointing! I don't understand it at all! How can it be so good one year, and so bad the next?? I was thinking about going on Sunday... Maybe I'll run up to Chatfield or Aurora or Boyd or something like that... Maybe I'll just go skiing and forget about it!!! Tim

[Colorado-Ice-Man]

I have been up there at LEAST 8 times this year.

Never had so many 1 fish days in my life!

I heard that over 60% of the teams in last weekend's contest got SKUNKED!

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Colorado Ice Man

[Fish Hook boy]

Well, if you like to catch lake trout head to Granby,we fished it this past thursday between 8:30 and 2:00 and caught 20 or 25 with the biggest at about 22in.Saw fish all day on the vex.

[Colorado-Ice-Man]

WOW! That's the way 11 Mile used to be.

All I have heard about Granby is that you have to have a snowmobile to get to the good spots, true or not?

Also, how deep are you fishing?

Thanks for the tip. This has been a rough year so far at 11 mile.

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Colorado Ice Man

[Guest]

Well I try to hit Granby at least once a year and I always huff it. You certainly don't need a snow mobile but if there is a lot of snow the hike can be a bit difficult. As far as depth, anywhere from 20 to 80 foot is ideal. The thing that I've noticed about granby is that there are so many 18 to 22 inch macs in there that just about anywhere you go your going to have some luck and you might evan find a honey hole, just move around if your not getting much action.

[Fish Hook boy]

Ice Man - You don't need a snowmobile to get to good fishing,we just got back today and caught about another 15 or so.We hike down the slope in Arapohoe bay and fish in about 45 to 60 feet.Sucker meat with 2in.tube jigs.The vexilar even make it more fun.