Author Topic: crystal lake 12/ 26 (Read 3153 times)

jss111678 · « **on:** Dec 26, 2010, 05:04 PM »

me and 2 buddies went to crystal today setting up at 7 am . at around 745 my buddy dustin yells " **** just lost a huge one, snapped my leader" while i was trying to start the heater in the shanty. 10 inutes later we get a flag slime dart . while walking back for the pliers the one next to it goes up, running fast pull it out after 15 minute fight and about 6 runs we pull out a 30 inch salmon 8.5 pounds then while fighting that one another flag is up 10 minutes later 30.5 inch 10 pound salmon . great day 2 salmon 3 pickrels . i will post pics after. now that my first salmon is off my list for ice fishing now onto walleye.

spanky1 · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 26, 2010, 05:09 PM »

Congrats on the salmon!

BASSMAN STANN · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 26, 2010, 05:54 PM »

Great job, and good eats !

minger1 · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 26, 2010, 06:35 PM »

nice salmon guys way to go

metalfish · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 26, 2010, 08:01 PM »

Congrats, nice fish.

miked · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 26, 2010, 09:41 PM »

those are some beauties,nice job fella's

hawk01 · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 07:16 AM »

Great Day, Congrats. How much Ice?
Hawk

eiderz · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 07:36 AM »

That's the first picture I've seen with two salmon. Nice.

calicohunter · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 07:39 AM »

Awesome catch! Congrats

schaffman · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 08:27 AM »

Nice fish

bugchazer · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 09:43 AM »

very nice. Have driven by there many times, will have to try it.

waltsfishing · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 09:49 AM »

nice dinner , what size shiners were they eating, thinking about going tues or wed

jss111678 · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 11:40 AM »

the ice was about 4 inchs a few spots had alittle more than 3 but was all black ice. the guy put a bigger bubbler out this year and its keepin the water open by the beach more than ever best bet is coming on by the launch. looked like the middle might have been open, but we didnt go out to it to find out. we fished water no deeper than 8 feet. the shiners veried in size, i trapped my own a few weeks back they ranged from 2 to 4 inchs long so i guess they could have been mediums. we didn't get alot of snow here but becareful out there as the ice may change thicknesses.i think we got about 6-7 inchs in our area

earlyrise · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 11:43 AM »

NICE FISH

Yukon Roz · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 02:52 PM »

Nice fish thats a great day on the ice!!

waltsfishing · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 03:17 PM »

thanks for the info , leaning towards wed am, 12 inches here took a ride checked out a couple local spots blowing off nice

woodstock60 · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 09:53 PM »

Nice Salmon, but time to fix the time stamp on the camera, its well past june 08.

jss111678 · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 27, 2010, 09:55 PM »

sorry i cant figure it out i have to have my wife do it or show me but the batteries died and i had to use back ups

lives2fish · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 11:32 AM »

Happiness is blood on the ice

. I love getting to a flag and seeing the spool burning

Tom_in_CT · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 01:36 PM »

awesome job! the only thing I catch there is short trout! hopefully the ice will stay

jss111678 · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 03:17 PM »

all i ever caught there was slot trout too, a few bass and this trip we got a few pickrel(witch i never had got there)it was a good day for our first trip out. now foo to cali thursday and be back on wednesday. back on the ice thursday nite for some walleye, not sure where yet.

waltsfishing · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:12 PM »

hoping to get on wed am , how far off launch do i need to go

hawk01 · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:18 PM »

Ya, the trophy trout status has not really worked out well there. Fish it a lot. Pressure is heavy in the softwater. 16"+ Holdover trout are very rare, most often the larger trout caught there are broodstock. Icefishing there for me seems to produce mostly trout in the slot.

Those Salmon are a blast to catch. I would rather they would put more large fish like the salmon and less of those little trout. I'd rather catch one Salmon than 30 of those little trout.

Hawk

hawk01 · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:22 PM »

Quote from: waltsfishing on Dec 28, 2010, 04:12 PM

hoping to get on wed am , how far off launch do i need to go

Not far, guys are pretty successful right off the launch.

waltsfishing · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:24 PM »

thanks, how thick is ice

WILLYTROUT · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:38 PM »

Was at crystal today. 4 to5 inches off launch. Long channel open water way out near other side. Dead slow one guy caught a big brown just before I got there. So I'm told. Had I flag and one big hit early on dead stick. Almost took pole in water. Guess what it was on hawk. That was it. Off the ice by one. Ice was getting real slushy. Took header into the slush com in off. Guys on shore saw the splash and thought I went thru. Plenty of solid ice underneath.
Looking at bigelow or black in am

Wt

waltsfishing · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:41 PM »

thanks for info going in am

thndrvlly · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 28, 2010, 04:57 PM »

nice fish, how often does that ever happen!! congrats.

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