Dief

[ybone]

Just wondering if anyone has been out to dief lately particularly Coteau bay and if you can drive out on the ice.

[MeadowPikeman]

there is a ton of open water by riverhurst so i kinda doubt if you can drive on anywhere

[ybone]

Thanks probably will change my plan for tomorrow. Wanted to go somewhere to try for some eyes . Was out at Hanley last week and did o.k. on some pike. Landed 2 and had 6 more on for the afternoon. Might try Zelma instead of dief.

[MeadowPikeman]

heard the pike are hitting at broderick

[ybone]

I get to answer my own question . Took the family out fishing today and started out going to Dief. There is still open water in front of the turbines along the dam  (not a surprise this time of the year) and the ice looked very inconsistent except for the east pump house. Went over to Coteau bay and drilled a few holes just out from the boat launch. The ice was 12" where i drilled the first hole but only about 7" in the second which was drilled about 10' away. We wanted to make a good day of this so it was off to Broderick where I knew we could drive on safely and set up the shack. This turned out to be a good decision. The fishing was fairly steady for the afternoon,nothing big but the fishing was fast enough to keep a person sharp. We had our best luck using jigs with green rubber tails tipped with a minnow . The people about 50 yards from us were  using 6" or7" anchovies on tipups. They caught a few very nice size pike and did see more action than we did. All in all a great day to be out.