Zubris21 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Temperatures have been pretty mild up here lately and we were lucky enough to have clear skies and temperatures ranging from about -7 degrees C to +2 for the weekend. Saturday, Matt and I decided to head out for a ski. The goal was to reach the summit of Tanzilla Butte, a small mountain not to far out of town. The day was great and the skinning in was nice and relaxing. Unfortunately my legs were dead from a week full of hockey and skating so I only made it up about 300m vertical. Right to the base of the steep stuff. Matt kept going and made it to tree line but the snow was terrible so he also turned back. No picture from the ski, but it was still a great day to be out, and I even found a new lake that I want to try my luck at. Sunday was another gorgeous day. Kalvin and I had been planning on getting out ice fishing again for a couple weeks but things kept messing up our plans. Today was different, we were in no real hurry and I picked him up around 11am. Made a quick stop to pick up his rod and the auger and off we went. We decided to head South to Lower Gnat Lake and try our hand at some Rainbows. Got to the lake around noon and had a tough hike down to the ice through waist deep snow (I need snowshoes). We found about 18 inches of ice, which was great because last weekend there was some open water at some of the creek mouths. I made the mistake of not wearing my insulated rubber boots as there was a good 12 inches of slush to wade through. Some of the scenery Looking North Looking East Since we had never fished here we decided to begin at a couple different depths. Kalvin in about 7 fow and me in 15. Within 5 minutes Kalvin had his first, and the biggest of the day. Minutes later I landed a little dink, which went back into the depths without a picture, moments later I landed this guy . My first ever Rainbow Trout! and not long after that... The bite started off great. We landed 3 fish in the first 15 minutes of being there, and 6 fish in the first hour. Most of the fish were decent sized We ended up keeping 5 out of 9 fish and will definitely return to this lake again. -Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Those look tasty!!!!! hard to beat inland rainbows on the table!!! Thanks for the report! Sinker Edited February 9, 2009 by Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Great report and pics Andre Real nice bows you guys caught... congratulations Sweet reward for your efforts, good job and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeon Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nice work, those look like some real healthy fish too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimace Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nicely done. Those fish have wicked markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSTER Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 nice markings for sure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Those are some very purdy trout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nice looking lake and even better looking Rainbows ....thanks for sharing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wow. Awesome report! Rainbows through the ice would be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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