Blue Mesa Res. 

 

Blue Mesa has safe ice east of the Hwy 149 bridge and this ice is 10-12 inches thick. We have had some new ice form the last two days west of the bridge. This has happened two other times over the past few weeks but keeps getting beat back to the bridge with high winds. We just need some calm weather and we should get some more ice working into the Iola Basin soon. The fishing has been great catching good numbers of trout and a  few in the 18+ inch range each day. We have had good success with a wide range of colors and patterns, just keep changing up until you find something they are keying in on that day.  We are also still doing some open water boat fishing and will continue until the docks ice up (a unique time of year that you can ice fish and boat fish all in the same day on the same lake).