hit up the blue yesterday since van-halentine was no good anymore, and the void of the north was still premature for open water.
skunked bad, but the views were pretty! went to black canyon, hung out in meth-trose for lunch and drove back to the lake to try our hand at some kokes, perch and lakers. fished from 8-140 feet of water. saw a few blips and had one on by some jagged cliffs at elk creek... but no dice. fished lake city bridge and found what I thought were the perch but none would commit. it was cool ice fishing at night though, loved seeing the milky way.
ice at elk creek marina 10-14 inches, with it getting sketchy and mushy the further west you went. lake was open water at bay of chickens with a few skim ice sheets floating around sapinero and dillon pinnacles. saw some heads in kayaks fishing and a few people fishing under the bridge on the west end. ice was 15 inches around the cliffs with it getting thinner by the rocks. lake city was 18-20 inches as well. saw nothing with the jigging machine. we were gonna fish today out there, but literally every hotel within sight of the mountains was booked out for the weekend, so I drove home last night. shoulda stayed in granby.
