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Pepper and rogerdodger with a nice fall coho

Topic: Lake trout fishing in a snowstorm  (Read 2022 times)

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pmmpete

  • Sturgeon
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  • Location: Missoula, Montana
  • Date Registered: Jul 2013
  • Posts: 1989
The weather on Flathead Lake in western Montana was predicted to be kind of calm and kind of sunny with no precipitation, so I headed over there to go kayak fishing.  The actual weather was kind of windy with kind of rowdy waves, and snowing hard.  I was warm and comfortable in my dry suit, but a lot of ice built up on my kayak and gear, and eventually my reels froze up solid, so I quit early.  Once I had all my gear on and in my car, it quit snowing, the wind calmed down, and the waves flattened out. Of course.
« Last Edit: April 16, 2022, 08:21:36 AM by pmmpete »


SD2OR

  • Salmon
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  • Location: Eugene, OR
  • Date Registered: Jul 2020
  • Posts: 659
Yeah, it gets frustrating real quick, when the line freezes to the guides every 20-30 seconds!
I've personally only fished in conditions that cols a couple times, and unlike you, didn't manage to catch anything. Way to persevere!
A day without fishing probably wouldn't kill me,
but why risk it?

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3rd Place AOTY 2023
3rd Place ORC 2023
1st Place Team Event BCS 2023
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Asully503

  • Perch
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  • Location: Beaverton, Oregon
  • Date Registered: Jun 2020
  • Posts: 95
Awesome pictures, congrats on the fish!


pmmpete

  • Sturgeon
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  • Location: Missoula, Montana
  • Date Registered: Jul 2013
  • Posts: 1989
Yeah, it gets frustrating real quick, when the line freezes to the guides every 20-30 seconds!
I've personally only fished in conditions that cols a couple times, and unlike you, didn't manage to catch anything. Way to persevere!
It's easy (although inconvenient) to clear ice off my line guides and the level wind device in my reel.  But when the line spool in my reel freezes up solid, I'm screwed. 


pmmpete

  • Sturgeon
  • *******
  • Location: Missoula, Montana
  • Date Registered: Jul 2013
  • Posts: 1989
Here's the fish in the post after I filleted and vacuum packed it.


YakHunter

  • Salmon
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  • Retired!
  • Location: Wyoming
  • Date Registered: Jun 2020
  • Posts: 529
I like to fly fish for Lakers below Jackson dam in Teton county during October when they cut the flow down and you can wade out.  Fighting ice buildup in the guides while stripping line is almost a full time job first thing in the morning when temperatures start out in the teens (along with trying to warm up my hands).  Never had a reel totally freeze though.  You are a tougher man than me.   
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