Catawba State Park

[wakina]

Here is a link and sounds like good news!

http://pibdaily.com/2014/01/19/hph-m...aking-on-hold/

[Xrapper]

This report is a little late but.. Went out of Catawba Saturday AM, fished near the big pack SSW of Green, marked one fish in two hours. Lots of current and Algae. Then moved away from the pack, closer to Green (maybe 2 miles south). Still lots of current but seemed more clean. Had to drill a second hole 6' down current for the flasher to pick up the jig. Marked a few more fish and picked up two - 1 @ 20" and 1 @ 28".
Sunday morning I went out a bit farther to the pack closest to green. Hooked up to a nice fish right away but couldnt land it. Fished a few hours (till the wind kicked up) but didnt mark anything more. Water was clean and calm sunday tho. Overall a slow weekend for me but hadn't ice fished Catawba before so might be a bit of a learning curve.

[half pole]

How thick was ice south of green or around the pack

[Xrapper]

How thick was ice south of green or around the pack

The thinnest I found was 6+". Most holes were closer to 9-10". There was a pressure ridge south of Green that I could punch a spud thru so stayed south of that. In general, it seemed to be thickest farther from Catawba IMO

[TROPHYTIME]

was there alot of snowmobiles and 4 wheelers going out?

[jiginitis69]

Yes. A lot of machines. & Xfactor! It wasn't you. It was everyone. We all struggled. Thanks for the report. Good job

[TROPHYTIME]

Thanks for the report. Trying to get my brother to go but he is afraid of going through ice. Hope to get out Sunday. Hard to go when you have to work on weekends. Been a long time sence we had enough ice to fish.