limeyangler

Excellent post Cliff...thanks for that. I watched that video a couple of years back...its at the forefront of my brain everytime i walk onto the ice, i ven think of it when i'm out on ice thats 2 feet thick. Its like the sargeant on Hill Street Blues always used to say, " and hey....hey.......let's be carefull out there"

AWESOME DIGS LEW, CONGRATS.....beautiful place to live.

good one

I've sent you a PM

I think i can see snowmobile tracks this morning out the front on the lake. Its been -30 C at night for the last 5 days at leaqst. yesterday the lake we were on was 'booming'...scares the cr@p outta ya...but its making ice. I'm actually surprised theree is not more ice thickness, but i'd say apart from the deeper trout lakes round here we are at an average of 5-6" evrywhere else. Still not comfortable just walking out without checking as i go....but will be able to do so by next weekend for sure...i'tll be good for snowmachines by midweek.

I'm not gonna sulk...i'm not gonna sulk.....lol

Hi all, got out yesterday again. apart from one bite....which i missed....SKUNKED! Did get to meet another member of a local fishing forum who is working in our area for the time being. He was there before me and had landed 2 pike. We chatted about this and that eagerly awaiting the evening bite which is usually pretty decent on this lake...it came and went......and so did we. we would have moved around a bit more if it wasn't for the temperatures. There was a 15kmh wind gusting to 25-30, with the thermometer hovering just above minus 30 by the evening, Windchill in the -40s.......BRRRRRRRRRRRRR. GOT TO MEET PAUL... BEAUTIFUL EVENING , JUST NO FISH AND FREEKIN FREEZING!

Great job as usual Jacques....i also wondered how you did the lettering....dont tell me you did that freehand!

Hey Ramble On.....love that banner pic with the perch! Go on Ron...ya know ya wanna....lol

congrats to those guys that were accepted! Guess i'll just sit tight and keep fishin'

Cheers Misfish, going out today hopefully....its a bit cold out there today.....will have to take the flip up shack i think. Normally i would be dissapointed with that...but for first time out i am pretty pleased actually. Yup Bruce, a start....its cold out today but i hope to get a few walleye today. LOL...i dont dare salivate today....it would be drool icicles inseconds..... MAYBE???? come on man....fire up an auger! LOL.....no pun intended right? Cheers man, by your name i guess you target perch, just wondering what you use mostly, cuz there are lots of perch here, they are just really fussy, they come up and look, then take off. Yeah it sucks waiting for the ice...i feel your pain....it was almost 4 weeks late here this year! darn near killed me! Thanks JDS, i added ya as a pal too by the way might get some better vids when i'm in the shack or fishing with a buddy...its difficult to get video when its so cold.

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone else heard of this. WFN was asking people to sign up to it a while ago. basically you write in to say why you think you would be a good 'Ambassador' for your region, and that they would look at all applications and respond in 30 days. I applied....got an email confirmation saying they would reply in 30 days ( on 25th october) 30 days came and went, I emailed them a week after politely asking if there was any news......another 2 weeks have gone by and no reply to that. I was really keen and understand fully that i might not make the grade, but the lack of response just made me wonder if anyone else had applied or heard back...lol...anyone?

Sure thing Glen....you live in Newfoundland right?...i could tell by your accent....

Hi All...finally got on the ice today after many false starts. Was meant to be going to the Red River in Manitoba for greenback walters...but it got cancelled. So decided last night to hit a local lake with my buddy...he could only go for an hour....in the morning...not the best time for the walleye on that lake, and so no surprise we skunked. SKUNKED AT THE FIRST LAKE WITH MY BUDDY LEW....GREAT TO GET OUT THOUGH! I was all fired up after getting on the ice so when i got home i went out the front of the house. Got out a good way for early on...but ice thickness started to change so was fairly close in , in around 9' FOW. NOT AS FAR OUT AS I'D HAVE LIKED....BUT A START Got 3 very small Jackfish...and missed 2 walleye bites, not bad for an hour in a spot i was kinda forced to accept given ice conditions. Great thing was i got my first fish of the season on a jigging rap. That is a season target already acomplished with the first fish. I have armed myself with a whole heap of different spoons , darters, jiggin raps....as i want to expand my horizons past the good 'ole ji and minnow......even though that works pretty darn good! 3 SMALL JACK TO GET ME OFF THE MARK Goin over to Lew's for supper tonite, i'm gonna work on getting him out tomorrow, but i'll go alone for sure anyway....hopefully a walleye full report tomorrow Tight lines all I IS ONE HAPPY CHAPPY TONIGHT!

I was gonna sneak it into my ice hut and hide it if anyone came knocking.....lol But in the end it all got cancelled, oh well....saved myself couple hundred bucks in gas etc..... shame though...would love to try for those big greenback walleye on the Red River one day. Had to settle for an hour in front of the house today.

i dont know anything much about cameras...but i broke an expensive (ish) point and shoot last year that was 7.2 Mp, i replaced it with a very cheap point and shoot that is 10Mp.....the loder 7.2 Mp camera took awesome ,crisp, fantasticly hidefinition pictures...the newer 10mp sucks to be quite honest....SO MP MEANS SQUAT!

You must have missed it Ryan, i did actually post on the 1st page of replies to the post that my buddy was not gonna make it so i decided against it. I'll have a report by Sunday though...my buddy me and have been invited by the Vexilar people to go fishing for greenbacks on the Red River (Manitoba)this saturday while they shoot an episode of Ice fishing Today....should be a blast...hopefully w'ell get some fish too. LOL...thats exactly what happened last year on my first venture out....but hey....at least i was out there

LIKE I"D DO THAT!!!

Hey All, interesting to see the range of opinion. seems like 3 main trends in the reply..... 1) What the hell ya waiting for! 2) Go....but with all the safety equipment and a buddy 3) your nuts....dont go! Well i was intending to go with number 2 option but my buddy could'nt make it....gawd knows he wanted to, so i decided not to go. Guess it all comes down to your own 'personal pucker factor'....lol....and i'd be a puckerin' for sure...not my idea of a relaxing time even if i avoid the icy plunge! Be safe everyone... Cheers Simon

I think what you are referring to is 'the personal pucker factor'

thought i'd try a poll...messed it up....lol Anyway...whadaya think...this is the thickness of ice i have out the front of the house....inched around 10 feet out checking as i went. I'm pretty confident it is pretty much the same thickness all over the bay as it froze all at once....depth of the bay pretty even, and no deeper than 15'. So....should i do it....get an evening icefishing session....lol...i think my mind is already made up actually...just thought i'd throw that out in the forum out of interest. ICE CHUNK I HACKED OUT WITH AN AXE 10 FEET FROM SHORE

Thanks Jedi...laughed so much it hurt!

I"LL DO IT!!!!

Thanks Matt, i'll will some of this cold your way! Thanks buddy, lol....this 'icehole' will post a report soon. Yeah...i bet your dying to be outfished by the one who goes by the name 'LJ' ....just kiddin buddy, glad its good news for you too....its made my life a whole lot more bareable....i'm enjoying the extra time with baby jack...but the fishing withdrawals are bad at the moment. I hope so Chris, not cuz i wanna beat anyone to it...i'm just desperate for some good (or bad) fishing goin nuts waiting! We aint had much snow at all...if it carries on like this i'll be wishin i had an ATV! Yes MPH...i'm on Wabigoon, winters are long and cold...jan /feb probably averages minus 25 C, so you better like icefishing if ya live up here....lol. Anything that wants to bite.....first trip will be walleye, just because trout doesn't open till Jan 1st, next trip out i'll try for whitefish and walleye, but as soon as trout season opens...thats my real icefishing passion. Yeah Ryan, the weather is crazy this year eh? I'll be safe too.....i'm keen....not suicical....lol, always go with a buddy first couple of times out. You taking Avery with ya icefishing again?....i cant wait till Jack is a bit older......god i hope he likes fishing as mmuch as your clan! Yeah, i'm blessed living here....and i get out as often as possible so i dont take it for granted ! Thanks Jacques...looking forward to your reports, you taking your daughter out again...that was an excellent report....i loved that post....you 2 have the exact same smile. LOL...i should steal (oooops...i meant borrow) the Zamboni from the Arena, drive it down Van Horne avenue to the ice road and across to my bay. My wife cleared a patch a couple of years ago....it was tough going to keep it good, flooded it with the auger...but its so freekin' cold the water turned to slush right away usually, not a very even surface,,,,then there's the snow....cant we just ice fish?....lol SHE DID A GOOD JOB, BUT A ZAMBONI WOULD HELP....LOL

Thats freekin' hilarious Mr. Mercer my wife is still laughing.