Craig and I met up early in the canyon, loaded up went to Heber and stopped for last minute supplies...donuts, chocolate milk you know, oh ya and caffeine. We made it to Strawberry by 7:30 on the lake in his Rhino, yes I said Rhino it is the only way to go ice fishing!! It made life tons easier to move around and to get to areas others can't. That is precisely what we did, went to areas other's couldn't access. We got to our first area just North of Renegade and had holes cut and the first fish on the deck in 15 minutes, the second in 20 minutes. The 2nd fish was the beginning of the hog hunt it was nice male cutt with great colors about 18 inches and 3 lbs. We stayed and I got my first fish on the ice in about 30 minutes and it was a nice 2-3 lb bow. We stayed for another hour or so and left for new ice. We caught a good dozen at the spot and had a good start to the day. We headed out of the bay to the old dam, set up camp there for an hour or so. Within 10 minutes of cutting our first hole Craig landed the Hog of the day 20 inches of football size rainbow, it weighed in just under 4lbs but the scale was very sticky due to being cold ;) We stayed there and caught another half dozen or so nice fish. Loaded up and went back toward the marina on the way in we stopped to help out some other fishers and heard they were having a slow day, glad we were able to get away from the crowds in Craig's Rhino.
Great day on the hard deck! We caught 15 fish in the 3-4 lb range. Most were cuts so we returned them but Craig landed the Hog of the day. Rhino is definitley the way to travel on the ice. Thanks Craig for a great day on the ice!!
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