Piute/Otter

[Nor-tah]

March 7th was the date decided on for the annual Piute ice out trip hosted by Orvis1!! Schudules were hard to coordinate and it Just ended up being the two of us.

We braved the snow packed roads in the dark and were happy to see see the open water at Piute just before sun up. We got everything ready and by the time we launched the w!%$ had come up. We battled it for most of the morning and I got a lesson from Orvis on boat control and trolling. He did a great job of driving the boat and catching fish on various spoons and lures. Here are some pics of some of his fish. They were all in good shape but not quite as big as last year.

I was having a hard time catching fish on the boat so I hit the shore line in the warmer bays and did well on Bows and few ugly Browns hucking swimbaits and working tube jigs accross the bottom.

All in all we ended with around 25 fish at Piute and headed to lunch. Epic burgers were had at hoovers and Orvis was sure we took some pictures.

After lunch we headed to Otter Creek and found wide open water! Wahoo!! The W!%$ was still blowing but we trolled anyway and ended up with a few there.

We also saw Matador and Thresher but didnt realize it was them till we were told by Brookieguy1 and Flyfshr who were also there fishing. Sorry about that guys, but good to see ya. It was a great day and I want to thanks Orvis1 again for a great trip. I'll let him post some of his own pics and say anything I left out. Tight Lines guys... Open water is here!!

[k2muskie]

Looks you fellas had an exceptional: time, company, day, fish'n....happy times all around...maybe someday we'll take up Trout fish'n...

[orvis1]

Looks you fellas had an exceptional: time, company, day, fish'n....happy times all around...maybe someday we'll take up Trout fish'n...

I need a muskie lesson possible trade a trip?


Thanks for braving the cold with me nortah the wind was a pain and fishing a lake like a river floating at an angle and letting the wind push us like a sailboat sure made speed control difficult. Nortah made up for it a otter and caught all his fish trolling even though at one point he was tempted to jump out and work the shorline. Good to see brookieguy and flyfisher sorry about the splash job hooking up with one right behind you pontoon thresershark had I known it was you guys would have stopped and chatted a bit, I am a big fan of your reports. Here are a couple of shots from my camera before the battery died.

[.45]

You guy's rule !!!

[bowgy]

Awesome report, thanks guys.

[Nueces]

Glad it was successful with the wind blowing. That is one thing frustrating in a boat with strong winds. Great pics.

[REPETER]

Glad it was successful with the wind blowing. That is one thing frustrating in a boat with strong winds. Great pics.

+1...looks coooold!

Those LC pointers are treating you right it looks like. Lunch looks good too.

[orvis1.2]

Nice trip guys. Wish I could have got an invite...

[Nor-tah]

I cant believe you have 38 posts! haha

[Greenguy88]

Ah yes another soft water report! Looks like fun guys, good fish! Hopefully next time ill be able to make it.