Ice fishing in Utah. A travel log. Part four. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Ggiannig89 · 01-31-2018, 09:03 PM

Great read and cool Fishing report! Gets my itch going for adventure. I hope your friend stays healthy. How did you cook up the perch and how did they taste?

Cronus · 02-01-2018, 05:51 AM

Good stuff man, detailed report. I fell through the ice once fishing at Rock Creek Lake above Tom's Place. Takes a couple days for the bones to stop hurting from being so cold. The funny thing was that every movie scene I have ever seen with someone under ice or in the frozen water flashed though my mind in a split second(like Sylvester Stalone in Cliffhanger), I then used my movie knowledge of how long I had before my body would stop working and all that and broke a trail to a rock on the edge of the lake, about 20 ft. My family continued to fish for a few hours before coming back to the truck to leave, how nice of them....

Think it would be cool to be in one of those huts fishing on the ice. I had also got so much sun but everything was covered except part of my face. When I got back to work they called me Zoro cause it looked like I was wearing a mask, lol. Took over a month to fade.

Mahigeer · 02-01-2018, 07:21 AM

The best way to eat those tasty fish seems to be deep fried.

I watched some helpful videos about how to get out of the ice pool.

I felt confident.

At the Strawberry, the ice was thick enough. At Fish Lake (which I did not fish), there was a chance of thin ice, since the lake was partially frozen.

Baja_Traveler · 02-01-2018, 08:37 AM

Wow - first year in probably 12 that I haven't been up to Utah skiing. Looks like a crappy snow year - all those road scenes I recognize usually are white right to the freeway once you get past Beaver.

Sounds like you made a good trip of it though. I never had any desire to freeze out in the middle of a frozen lake...

Mahigeer · 02-01-2018, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Baja_Traveler

Wow - first year in probably 12 that I haven't been up to Utah skiing. Looks like a crappy snow year - all those road scenes I recognize usually are white right to the freeway once you get past Beaver.

Sounds like you made a good trip of it though. I never had any desire to freeze out in the middle of a frozen lake...

With proper gear, it could be fun.

It is for sure a different world.

alanw · 02-01-2018, 05:55 PM

Nice job with the pictures dude

Saba Slayer · 02-01-2018, 06:13 PM

Thanks for the report and all the photos...that looks like it was a COLD trip...

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02-01-2018, 06:13 PM	#7
Saba Slayer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palos Verdes Posts: 1,870	Thanks Thanks for the report and all the photos...that looks like it was a COLD trip... __________________ Jim / Saba Slayer

01-31-2018, 09:03 PM	#1
Ggiannig89 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: El Cajon Posts: 512	Great read and cool Fishing report! Gets my itch going for adventure. I hope your friend stays healthy. How did you cook up the perch and how did they taste?

02-01-2018, 05:51 AM	#2
Cronus Cheat to win Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Simi Valley Posts: 93	Good stuff man, detailed report. I fell through the ice once fishing at Rock Creek Lake above Tom's Place. Takes a couple days for the bones to stop hurting from being so cold. The funny thing was that every movie scene I have ever seen with someone under ice or in the frozen water flashed though my mind in a split second(like Sylvester Stalone in Cliffhanger), I then used my movie knowledge of how long I had before my body would stop working and all that and broke a trail to a rock on the edge of the lake, about 20 ft. My family continued to fish for a few hours before coming back to the truck to leave, how nice of them.... Think it would be cool to be in one of those huts fishing on the ice. I had also got so much sun but everything was covered except part of my face. When I got back to work they called me Zoro cause it looked like I was wearing a mask, lol. Took over a month to fade.

02-01-2018, 07:21 AM	#3
Mahigeer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,908	The best way to eat those tasty fish seems to be deep fried. I watched some helpful videos about how to get out of the ice pool. I felt confident. At the Strawberry, the ice was thick enough. At Fish Lake (which I did not fish), there was a chance of thin ice, since the lake was partially frozen.

02-01-2018, 08:37 AM	#4
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	Wow - first year in probably 12 that I haven't been up to Utah skiing. Looks like a crappy snow year - all those road scenes I recognize usually are white right to the freeway once you get past Beaver. Sounds like you made a good trip of it though. I never had any desire to freeze out in the middle of a frozen lake...