Lake Cenaiko Thread

[lispeej]

Planning on taking the kids out. Are we able to enter the park if it's not open yet?

[maxpower17]

Does anyone have details of what exactly was stocked this winter?

[reinhard1]

this is what they planted in 2009: brown trout 287, rainbow 75 adult and 2,445 yearling rainbows. no brook trout that year. i suspect a similiar stocking this year. the adult rainbow sometimes can be 5 pounds or more but usualy less. there are also crappie, sunfish, smallmouth, and some carp in there. my two cents worth is fish shallow with tear drop panfish jigs with euro larva. fish shallow enough so you can see the bottom. fun to see them swim by, and if they are not interested while you are jiggling the euro larva drop the bait on the bottom, for they will sometimes pick the bait off the bottom. good luck.

[Zenit]

Planning on taking the kids out. Are we able to enter the park if it's not open yet?

My guess is that they will open the gates around 5:30 or 6 AM. Ordinarily, they haven't been locking the gates, but this weekend is a big moneymaker for the park, and they want to collect all the permit fees they can. One can certainly walk onto the park before the gates are open, but it is a long walk to the lake, especially if you are hauling gear, and the DNR will be out there in force to make sure no one is fishing prior to 6:50 AM (of course, there always is a few...2 years ago, the COs set up in a pop up right in the middle of the lake, and wrote so many citations they actually ran out of paper citations by 8 AM.)

[maxpower17]

I was told by th fisheries dept that the quantities that they stock the lake with depends on the water level and quality. With the water level up I was hoping that they would stock the lake with levels closer to 2001 levels.

In 2001 they were closer to 5000 yearling rainbows, 500 adult brookies, and they even put in about a dozen lakers.

[lispeej]

Gotta go to bed so I can get up in the morning to meet you guys. Good luck folks.

[fishdreams]

I got out later than I wanted today about 7:15. Lots of guys already set up and catching fish. By the time we got set up after first light the bite really slowed down. We managed to get one rainbow and some small bass. How did everyone else do???

[iced]

I ended up with my limit by about 9:15. They were certainly coming in waves. It sure is funny how I didn't need my hip waders though!!

[monstermoose78]

My cousin and i did ok we got 7 rainbows. We had 3 more above the ice but they slipped back into the hole about as fast as they came up. It sure was fun to take my cousin who had never ice fished before. I think he is hooked for good.

[TroutYammer]

Went with my buddies. Got there at 7AM and two of our guys had their limits by 10:00. We got some Brookies too! First brookie for me ever!

[strait-meat]

We got 5 between the 2 of us--missed another 3-4. all rainbows. We fished til 10am--they seemed to have shut off by then.

Where did you guys fished that got their limits?

We stuck to the north center part of the lake in about 12 feet then we moved closer to the edge but by that time I think the bite was over. Went back in hopes of an evening bite and only got one off the NW edge in about 10ft.

[lispeej]

I certainly had serveral bite, but only landed one 13" rainbow. After about 10am, we headed home because the bite had died. We were at about 13 FOW. This was my first time out at cenaiko ice fishing. There were a lot people out on openner. Way more than what I expected. I wonder what was the earliest folks got out there. I got there around 6am and tons folks were already set up. Next years openner, I'm going to be there over night....lol.

X2 on where folks were at that limited out?

[Zenit]

Shallow, shallow, shallow. I went right to a spot on the north end that I've fished the last couple of seasons, got a few fish at 10 feet but getting to 6 feet or less (I ended up right next to the north beach, and I was still in 5 + feet of water) was where most of the action seemed to be.

Nice to see brookies back in the lake...

[Zenit]

Couple of pictures from yesterday:

First time I tried out one of those little Reef Runner Cicada blades for ice fishing, the little 1/16th oz. gold & green one...worked great with eurolarvae, gonna have to pick me up some more of those.

[strait-meat]

Shallow, shallow, shallow. I went right to a spot on the north end that I've fished the last couple of seasons, got a few fish at 10 feet but getting to 6 feet or less (I ended up right next to the north beach, and I was still in 5 + feet of water) was where most of the action seemed to be.

Nice to see brookies back in the lake...

The first spot we were in 12 feet of water and catching fish between 6-10ft. What was really fun was "sight fishing" for them--the spot we where at you could see 10-15ft down and you could see the trout come up and bite the bait. Alot of the trout had a very light bite and if I wasn't watching I wouldn't have known they took the bait.

Just curious when you were in that depth 5-10ft were you fishing just above the weeds if any or just below the ice a few feet? I saw you close to the North spot too--didn't know it was you but saw some people right there. It was a fun time. In that first picture you took we would have been just to the left of the picture frame.

[lispeej]

Not as many ice houses as openner. It was crazy Saturday morning.

[FishermanD]

Got back out after a few years of taking a break from fishing there. We did great, caught mostly Brook Trout and 2 nice sized Rainbows, most were keepers. We were in about 6 ft of water. Had a 5 person group. What's the limit per person? Neighboor said 2.

[reinhard1]

limit is 5 with not more than 3 over 16in. good luck.

[TroutYammer]

Went on Monday morning (1/17/2011) and got 6 trout between two guys. Nice rainbows and one Brookie. Should of had another 3 or 4 more but but messed up on setting the hook!!

[Trues]

That's me sitting on the bucket in that second picture. It was my first year out there. Fished for about 3 hours. I only caught one 11" rainbow at sunup.

Me and my buddy are thinking about going out on Friday around 12:30.

[leech~~]

Never been there. What's the program? Pay for parking, walk in only? How much to park? Are there park hours? Thanks.

[lispeej]

What are you guys using for bait? Single hooks with larvaes? Or treble hooked jigs with a waxie? I might go out again this weekend with the kids. It was fun and it would've been better if we were able to catch more. Pics would be nice of your jigs/bait.

[TravP]

Heres a few

[Trues]

5 dollar car pass for a day or 25 for a year. It is walk on only. The park is open from 5 AM to 1/2 hour after sunset.

[leech~~]

5 dollar car pass for a day or 25 for a year. It is walk on only. The park is open from 5 AM to 1/2 hour after sunset.

How far do you have to drag you house from the parking lot if you bring one? Thanks for the info.