Went out on Friday (yesterday). Long and short of it is that I didn't boat any.101thumbsdown101 I had a few on that may have been Kokes....They fought hard....but who knows. I did boat several large trout, the biggest being 17 inches. I think that I may switch to a larger size hook, maybe that will help them stay on longer. Any suggestions on hook size?? I know I haven't been using the largest ones that comes with either the Hoochies or Wedding Rings, so I think I will step up the size. Not sure what the size numbers are..... the packages they come in doesn't say. Got the most hits on a Green Wedding Ring with a pink blade, and an Orange Hoochie at about 10 feet. Water temp at the dam was 35.6. Didn't really mark all that many fish, and those that showed up on the FF were at about 40 feet or so. I chased them down there with the down rigger....but no takers.
I launched at Spring Shores and headed to the dam. There was a large ice flow near the silver pipe, but plenty of room to pass through on the west side near the shore. HOWEVER..... on the way back, the flow had completely blocked the way back to Spring Shores. I ended having to break through about 2 inches of ice....for about 100 feet. Slow going for a while. Kind of unnerving for a glass boat with a jet drive. But, thankfully, everything worked out. Just took my time and kept moving forward. I won't launch at Spring Shores till all of the ice is gone.
