Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Ririe is iced over and fishing well

Today I fished Ririe Reservoir with about four to five inches of ice. I didn't get there until the afternoon, but at 3 the kokanee came through and I limited out quickly. One kokanee was 15 inches, but most are around 10 to 12 inches. The kokanee came through between 10 to 20 feet under the ice.

I also saw perch, trout and suckers caught near the rock pile.


Yesterday I traveled to Carey and fished Fish Creek Reservoir for two hours. I caught 11 brook trout between 10 and 14 inches and two rainbows about 17 inches.

But with Ririe Reservoir now frozen over, I will fish it about twice each week.

5 comments:

Alpicks Treasures said...

Nice Trout. Looks real cold but worth the shivers...

Boozy Tooth said...

Happy New Year Bill! You're such a sweetheart! Thank you so much for visiting Casa Hice and leaving such a cute little comment.

I'm all about that trout in your photo! I LOVE fish! Larry and his son went fishing Wednesday and brought home three trout and one red. Not the limit on either. As a birthday gratuity, Larry let Brian take all the fish home, so we had none. :(

You're a rock star for fishing in that cold. I'd die in five minutes.

Stay warm and keep those fish coming!

Margaret Gosden said...

I love trout, rainbow, book..sometimes here it is called blue trout for some reason. I like the photo below, just standing around in the snow - it is the kind of scene I like!

Melissa B. said...

Oh, my...I've never met a real ice fisherman before. Congrats on the catch, and Happy New Year!

Patti said...

Holy Mackerel! Or should it be, Holy Trout! I love to see photos of ice fishing. So. Cal, doesn't experience it ever. Interesting bio. You've done a lot of worthwhile jobs! (thanks for being a teacher) we love them.