pokeherman99 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 If anyone is interested in heading up to Callander Bay tomorrow (they have 5 plus in) and is willing to split gas, I'll drive cause I gotta go ice fishin or I'm gonna go nuts Later, Dave
drifter Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Four of us are heading up early saturday 3am.Maybe well see you there. I hear ya!!! I need to ice fish too!!!
Bernie Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Stay away from the Wasi outlet if you come up..The water flow is still high. And be careful. The Bay was still open in spots 2 days ago.
mattyk Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Becareful and good luck! Post some pics when you get back.
Brian Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hey there Pokeherman99, just wondering where you are located?? I have the ITCH too and it needs to be scratched. lol Thanks Brian
Brian Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 BITEME, I guess I should have specified what itch I had eh!!! Good one lol Brian ps the creams are to exspensive
pokeherman99 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Posted January 11, 2007 Brian, I am located in Mississauga, just say the word and off we go. PS I am NOT scratching anything ! Dave
Bernie Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hey guys....Hold off on your trip for a bit yet ...I will try and find out about Callander Bay and conditions. I dont think its safe to go yet..I will post later this evening.
Bernie Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 I just talked to the guys at Green Road Cottages on Callander Bay. He said Callander Bay only has 2 inches of ice and does not recommend anyone to go out yet....SORRY about the report...Give it one more week.
Northhunter Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 5+ inches? I find that hard to believe. I was up at home (west of Sudbury - we live on a lake) and there was no safe ice. Guys actually put an ice hut out near home with the last "cold snap" and I wouldn't be surprised if they lost it, as the ice went south after that. I drove south on 17 Sunday, everything was open. It's just gotten cold the last couple days, but not cold enough to make 5 inches (the first cold snap we had a while back put about 4" down where I was, and that was after 4 or 5 nights of freezing with temps down to -20). The low for sudbury tonight is 2 dregrees with a possibility of rain tomorrow. If we get the temps they're calling for, there might be 5" by the middle of next week?? Not now.
irishfield Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Like I posted in my Temagami area update..here's the satellite shot from the 5th. Nip would be that large Blue open water body in the bottom right!
pokeherman99 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hi guys, I'm getting this info from one of the hut operators on Callander Bay who is planning on putting his huts out(hopefully) on Monday. The bigger concern seems to be getting minnows?? Dave
irishfield Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Don't venture away from his spot then...I read that Hyatts been flooding the ice to build thickness! We may sound like old mother hens...but we have your best interests at heart. I remember this last year like dejavue....and some didn't listen. Thankfully they were able to get home and post their "I fell thru the ice, should have listened" report!
Bernie Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) Hi Irish. Its possible it still could be open water there. It was open the day before. The wind was still blowing hard today. 1 more week...Nobody wants to get out there more than me. You are right Irish, its not worth the risk. Confirmed---Open water at Deepwater point today. Edited January 11, 2007 by Nipissing
Northhunter Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 The bigger concern is finding bait? The bigger concern for me would be, well.. going through Screw minnows. I would take the operators info with a grain of salt. Sounds like he's betting on ice that isn't there yet. They're calling for warmer than normal temps up until March, and we've had two cold snaps already that produced fishable ice, only for it to go back to the springtime weather and soft ice/open water. Who's to say it won't happen again? I posted a while ago (maybe on another board) about guys getting gung-ho for "safe" ice. Don't risk it.
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