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We left Spokane at 5:00am, the pass was snow packed but generally in really good shape, the sand trucks were out in force.
We arrived at the resort by 7:30, we tried to check-in at the store/office to let anyone know we were there. We drove around the loop once to see where we could get access to the ice, and found a trail at the launch. A grumpy old guy I know was there earlier in the week talked to the owner and had some luck. As we unpacked our shanties and made our way to the launch, we were sort of greeted by someone in his bathrobe "Your'e on private property!" (not the kind of greeting we usually get at other "resorts" but it's his sandbox) I apologized to the guy, and explained that we had tried to check in, that our friend was there a few days ago, had some luck fishing, and he was told by the owner "that parking was free, just DON'T PISS ON THE ICE! The neighbors are watching with binoculars, and we'll shut it down if people do." He said yeah, well it's now $20.00 to park, or you can park outside the fence and walk in on the county rail trail. My fishing buddy tells him "That price is ridiculous, we'll park outside and walk in" so we did.
It was 14 degrees when we got on the ice. The ice is a solid 12-13" thick, with the bottom 10" being solid clear ice. The weather was partly to mostly cloudy all day, and warmed clear up to about 24 degrees by mid afternoon. The fishing was good and we had consistent bites throughout the day. We moved around until we found some perch in 50-60 FOW and set up our shanties, the perch were hanging 4' off the bottom, and color didn't seem to matter, maggots and meal worms worked the best. All-in-all we had a good day, we packed up and got off the ice by 4:00 pm.
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