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Spirit was solid. 3-4" of milky over 2-3" of clear ice. Bite was slow tho. Caught a few small perch in 4 hours of fishing.
Rose Lake has open water and skim ice. Hauser has good ice and people are fishing. Upper and Lower Twin have good ice and people are fishing both. Fernan has thin ice at pull outs, but people are fishing inside the power line on the West end.
Did you go to the main launch where you go through town and down to the lake? Or did you go on Nautical Loop Rd to the Maiden Rock access? This time I went by the main launch. There were plenty of tracks on both ends however. I normally go to nautical loop if I'm targeting Kokes, but this time I was going for trout/perch.
Can I ask what setup you were trying for the kokanee?
Fernan is up and running finally. 4 inches of ice throughout. Parked and walked acrossed the middle yesterday. Bite was slow but was able to snag a dozen or so nice sized perch by the end of the day. Perch wouldn't touch anything besides a pheasant tail bead headed nymph with a single maggot.
S.moyer, were you on the west end near the boat launch? What depth were the perch?
Went to Thompson 1 1/2 inches of ice got wet feet. Checked medicine stomped through the ice. Got wetter feet
Rose Lake has open water and skim ice. Hauser has good ice and people are fishing. Upper and Lower Twin have good ice and people are fishing both. Fernan has thin ice at pull outs, but people are fishing inside the power line on the West end.This is what I wrote about Rose which is the upper most lake on the chains on Jan 31st. Too bad you did not see it and I did not see you post. How is the southern end of the Coeur d'alene or Benewah?