We rolled up to a windy scene, but almost 100% ice free. There was just a small area of ice left, crumpling into the dam. I'm sure it's gone now. The wind was a bother, so we drove around to the inlets and noted that the roads were just fine, although some fallen rocks were in the usual spots.
The beaver dams on Low Pass Creek are always a treat and I had to run down and drag a jig through those holes for short while as my family waited in the car.
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The north end of the lake seemed barren though. We saw no signs of fish anywhere up there after trying for over an hour, so we went back to the dam, where I was sure we'd do better.
Throwing a Gulp! minnow, I started hooking fish right away, but I was having a serious problem with break-offs! I never have that issue with my standard Cabela's Pro 4lb mono, but I recently tried some Fluorocarbon hybrid crap that I won't buy again. I hated it the last time I got it, but so many people have since told me it's great, so I tried again when it was on sale and I'm still not impressed.
I tried palomar knots, improved clinch, and some others that I'm not sure about the name. I broke off on each type, right at the knot, and probably lost 4 fish over 20" in the process. Very disappointed.
So aside from that, I was still able to pull in quite a few smaller rainbows and a decent tiger.
I didn't take many pictures since I was kind of grumpy with losing the beefers. On the bright side though, my wife, who had 6lb mono on her line, actually caught some fish today and that makes me very happy. She did pretty well and ended up bringing in the biggest fish landed for the day. Way to go for her!
And the big one at 19":
It was pretty fun and I'm kicking myself for using that crap line again. Oh well. Tomorrow should be a little bit better. Maybe I'll respool.
Happy Fishing, Humans!