2007 Scugog Ice Fishing (w Pics)

[Entropy]

Dec 12 (evening) Checked the ice, there is still 2 inches but with a driveway ice scraper it only took four hits to break through. Very soft ice. When I stepped out on to the ice it definitely cracked under me. Stay off. Danger.

 

It was so warm last night I was only wearing a t-shirt when chopping fire wood.

 

The driveway was more than a little mushy, it has defrosted!

 

I asked my neighbor 2 questions.

 

#1 Do you think this ice will melt?

Answer –> No, not completely.

 

#2 When do you think it will be safe to venture out onto the lake?

Answer –> Sometime during the first 2 weeks of January.

 

At lest we are not complaining about shoveling the snow.

 

I actually thought about throwing some grass seed down, with the next 5 days being warm and wet, it would likely sprout.

 

18 Days 13.5 Hours

 

Entropy

 

Waiting for the ice this year is like watching grass grow ..... Pass the Fertilizer !

Edited January 19, 2007 by Entropy

[MuskyBill]

I'm hoping to try The Bog during Hard Water season this year, but out of fear of breaking off on Muskies, I'll spend most of my ice time on Cooks Bay.

 

Thanks for the updates, Entropy.....

[misfish]

but out of fear of breaking off on Muskies

 

Bill,what do you mean? Since there is a chance of an accidental hook up with a musky you would not fish the BOG?

 

We up here have the same chance of doing this on Couch,but still fish it.Hooks are too small to even worry about hurting the big guys.

 

Just my 2 cents.

 

 

I,ll be out on the bog once this year.Friendly meet up with some of the byes.

[MuskyBill]

I've only broken off on one Musky in my life, & I was sick for days about it, so no, I don't feel very comfortable fishing The Bog through the ice with light line.

[cplummer]

I love the bog icefishing and i have had my share of HUGE musky come out of a hole... thanks fo the report.. things are behind this yea 4 sure... i remember years ago i was icefishing there by the first week of dec when it was allowed,,,last year i found was slow in my fav spot but in previous years limits of 1-6 lb eyes were quite common

cliff...

[fishindevil]

what the??????? thats like saying i dont want to go ice fishing on simcoe in case i might hook a smallie, i dont understand that musky bill,your chances are all the same no matter where you go,in over 20 years of fishing the bog,i have only caught maybe 5 musky while ice fishing and none came to any harm,you just have to relese them IMEDIATELY,so there eyes dont freeze or the stree level kept down....i think you would be ok to fish the bog,we do quite well there sometimes in the first few weeks of jan,if we have ice...lol

[MuskyBill]

The chances of hooking Smallies on Cook's Bay through the ice just doesn't compare to the chances of hooking a Musky on Scugog through the ice.

 

I know of LOTS of Muskies that were caught or broken off ice fishing Scugog, BUT I can only think of ONE report where someone actually caught a Smallie, & it was on Simcoe, not Cook's.

 

For me, it's not worth the aggravation, so I'll avoid it.

 

Personally, I don't think Scugog should have an ice season, but that's another topic, & MY opinion.

[Sinker]

I've only broken off on one Musky in my life, & I was sick for days about it, so no, I don't feel very comfortable fishing The Bog through the ice with light line.

 

 

 

OK then .....whatever.......a bit anal about the muskies or what?

 

Is it just muskies your like that with, or all fish?

 

Sinker

[jediangler]

Hey Bill, I agree with you about stopping the ice season a Scugog, but this year mother nature may take care of that for you. If guys go out this year, there will definately be stories in the paper about guys going swimming in the Bog.

[Entropy]

Dec 11

(evening) There is still 2 inches of ice, still have not broken through, it is a bit slushy on top ... It might hold up till warmer temps.

 

 

17 Days 15.5 Hours

 

Entropy

[linweir]

If weather is warm enough, can we fish on open water on bog from Jan?

[Terry]

funny, before they changed the regs. we fished the bog's first ice for walleye and never saw a ski hooked

but went looking for ice crappie on cooks bay and found small mouth in all the textbook spots for winter crappie....didn't find the crappie though

so we quit looking for crappie cause we didn't want to hurt the bass

......weird how that works......

 

I think the simcoe crappie for to florida for the winter

[fishdawg]

If weather is warm enough, can we fish on open water on bog from Jan?

 

sure can they do @ Quinte, why not the Bog? excpet your back to one rod a person

geez I am hoping Nipp has a foot of ice come early Jan, let alongeScugog

[Chuck Best]

Way back when,we used to go to the bog to hone our skills between x-mas and new years and that's when I got my fisrt 'ski on ice.....thought I hooked a lightning bolt till it jumped straight out of the hole and landed at my feet......AAAHHH THE GOOD OL' DAYS..........take care all..........

[Entropy]

Dec 14 (evening)

 

Was able to walk on the ice, it is getting thinner and softer. I’d say there is only 1.5 inches of ice on it now. I’m sure the ice thickness, or presence f ice for that matter across the different parts of the lake. Honestly I’m surprised it held me, and I did not get wet....

 

It only took 3 hits with the driveway scraper (3-4 inch blade) before I broke through.

 

No canoeing tonight, well, not at least in front of my house. I would think local creeks would be flowing (haven’t checked though).

 

16 Days 14.75 Hours

 

Entropy

[Entropy]

This unseasonably warm weather has created a new opportunity for this time of

year.

 

A week ago Sunday there was a snowmobile zipping down the lake, this weekend

that was not possible, but this was ....

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000528.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000529.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000530.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000531.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000532.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000533.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000535.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000537.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000538.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pa...en/P1000539.jpg

[urbanangler1990]

o man that sux! thnx for update tho...

[ccmtcanada]

Wow...this was a great shot!!!!

 

[Entropy]

Thanks, setting those up are always fun,.... and easy too.

 

Just point into the sun a bit and do a little this and a little that...

 

Here are a couple other nice ones from last summer.

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pattonglen/pat54.jpg

 

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p304/pattonglen/pat53.jpg

 

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[fishindevil]

wow...bet you never thought this late in the season you would be out in a canoe for a little paddling on the bog,really cool pics thanks for the report

[Entropy]

Dec 18 (late evening)

 

No Ice in sight, not even on shore.

 

 

12 Days 14 Hours

 

Entropy

[Entropy]

Dec 19 (evening)

 

Still no ice.

 

11 Days 10 hours

 

Do you think there will be ice, come Jan 1 ?

 

Entropy

[ccmtcanada]

Dec 19 (evening)

 

Still no ice.

 

11 Days 10 hours

 

Do you think there will be ice, come Jan 1 ?

 

Entropy

 

Daytime highs for Peterborough will be around 0 to 6C from now until the end of the year. Night lows will be below freezing. Jan 2nd...back up to double digits!

 

Not looking good for ice.

 

Here's the 14 day outlook for the area...

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/1...36.htm?CAON0536

[Disspatcher]

Someone better take Entropy's shoe laces and belt away from him immediatly!!!!!

[Entropy]

Dec 21 –> No Ice

 

9 Days 14 Hours

 

Happy Holidays, see you on the flip side.

 

Entropy