Spring Medows Ranch - Pike Haven

Gordon Nebraska

The xtreme cold temperatures did't stop us from hammer-in 100 Northern Pike in 2 and a half days.
Sunday mornig we pulled out of Parker Colorado on snow packed roads with high winds it did not look good for our upcoming trip.
With Gordon Nebraska in our sites the 360 mile venture improved as we hit dry roads in Fort Morgan.
By the time we hit Spring Meadows Ranch we encountered some 20 mile an hour winds and we were excited to get started on our qwest for giant Northern Pike.
Justin Simmons greeted us and pointed us to the east end of the lake. We set our Automatic Fisherman and tips ups and played the wait game.
thirty minutes into the trip we had released two nice six pounders. Justin had mentioned that the jig bite was happening so we shifted over to the Lindy Darters and the game began. We ended up with fifteen fish before our first half day of fishing ended.

Day Two began with some calm over cast skies. We started fishing the north east side of the lake right along the rushes and pockets of open weeds. It didn't take long and the flags were flying. Bill Miller and Dale Hyiat had landed fifteen fish in the first hour. Most of the fish were very small. We changed our plan of attack and went with big spoons on our tip ups. The bigger the presentation we presented the larger fish we caught. Bill Miller did some shallow water jigging with the largest of the Perch Lindy Darters. By the end of the day he had landed 7 giant females.
The other thing we realized is none of us ever saw a Perch. Justin claims they are in there as there have been a few showing up in the bellies of the big females.
This is a great trip to do. The drive from Denver is worth it as we will be making another trip to our favortie Pike place at Spring Meadows.

A Great Colorado Adventure

Lake Ice USA recently had the privelidge to fish with Outdoor writer, Jaff Samsel and his son Nate.
The trip was a great adventure as we experienced a fathers son first ice fishing adventure. It was a great experience to see Jeff  Samsel work with his cameras and share some his great adventures he has taken.
Our first day was spent at Lower Lake Ranch where we caught some great fish and really worked the Lindy Tackle Products .
The following day we headed up to Antero Reservoir where we caught soem very nice fish. All in all, what a great experience for us. Here is a shot of the gang!

We can't wait to fish with Jeff and Nate again!!!!