Lake Ashtabula - Thursday, January 13, 2011

My buddy went out last weekend. He parked off of the highway and attempted to pull 2 houses and 3 other people (Not at the same time) 1 mile to our usual fishing spot. The first trip took him 45 minutes. When complete the fourwheeler and him were covered in snow, slush and frozen slush. It took him about 2.5 hours to get all people and gear to our spot. They fished all day, caught 2 pike and 1 perch and then went through the same crap to get off the lake. Then he called me and had to leave his wheeler and trailer at the lake because he counldn't get them back to the highway through the snow. So I we went back the next day and used a walk behind snowblower and some tire chains to get the stuff out of the snow bank. Ice thickness was 19 inches, snow/slush depth was over 20 inches. The story might change with the upcoming cold weather. It may not be bad out there if we can get the slush to freeze with minimal amounts of new snow. Needless to say that I will be fishing in the Twin cities this weekend where there is 20 inches of ice and 0 snow on the lake. It will be my first time on the lake with a vehicle this whole year!

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Region: Lake Ashtabula

Categories: Fishing