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Otter Creek Ice Fishing Update

Thu, January 19, 2012

Well, as you all already know, the ice just isnt safe yet.
I am going to have to postpone/cancel the big Ice Fishing Derby/Workshop scheduled for Otter Creek on Saturday the 21st. Also if the 10 day weather forecast is accurate we definitely wont be ice fishing by the 28th either and who knows what exactly will become of this ice fishing season altogether.

With the event being canceled we definitely will refund or credit everyone who signed up. I wont be in the office the rest of this week, but will get that done early next week. This week me and the guys are working on a very cool lake house renovation out at Oak Run. We have to get er done by May, pretty much tearing out most of the inside and putting in lots of very large wood beams, gonna be incredible.

Speaking of construction, this Saturday instead of fishing at Otter Creek I will be putting up walls at my house in Cobblestone Estates over near wildlife prairie park. Since there is nothing else going on outside, you might as well come on over and hang out for a bit to get some fresh air and get some exercise…......

I have heard of two people that made it out onto the ice last weekend. One group near Washburn caught a bunch of rainbow trout from a 1/2 acre pond and the other group near Victoria had one of their members fall through the ice and my cousin on the rescue dive team was called out Sunday to try and find his body…

Comments

How bout a blog on what fish are eating in winter time Nate? I saw an episode of In Fisherman and Doug Stange was talking about Chironomids, bloodworms and larvae, are they all they same? Also wanted to know how to go about catching Bluegill in pond without ice this time of year? Are they generally on the bottom? I was thinking slip bobber? I had luck with Float N Fly for Bass and Crappie, but no Gills.
Thanks
Frank

Posted by coinman66 on January 19

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