Got to Blue lake at 07:00 on Saturday Jan 19. Not knowing the lake or where to go, we looked for shore line drop - offs and fallen trees.
We crossed the lake and headed for a steep point. Luckily we had a Gas auger that made drilling through 11" of hard ice easier.
Water was EXTREMELY clear ... we could see bottom easily in 50 feet water!
what we didnt see was any SPLAKE
We then noticed a few people fishing across the lake near where we had entered the lake. A chat with these locals put us back into another spot where we were told to fish in 30 to 60 feet water .... we left the lake at 12:00 without any fish caught or seen.
The locals however had caught two splake in the 2 - 3 pound range and claimed that they lost one due to line breakage.... and hence must have been a bruiser!
Its a long difficult hike into this lake ... I was lucky enough to have some buddies that were in much better physical condition than myself, otherwise I would still be there trying to haul my stuff out
