rbaquial Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Hey OFC'ers... This coming Friday is supposedly going to be excellent weather. Was just curious if anyone knew if THIS PART OF THE LAKE is frozen? CLICK THIS LINK to see what I'm talking about. Anyone from the area, or fish in that general area can help? It would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thanks! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brifishrgy Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) its part frozen part open water on the opposite side of the Hwy 403 ... would not trust it to be frozen solid enough to fish ( I need alot of ice to fish on .. I dont like swimming) ... better off going to the lift bridge or Bronte if you want to fish in the rain Edited March 4, 2009 by brifishrgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikehunter Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Haven't been to that part of the city for a couple of weeks, I can say that from the QEW I can see that most of the harbour is open water and where Cootes enters it is open. Pier 4 park boat ramp area may well be still iced in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 it's frozen but not safe in that area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaquial Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Is it good enough to fish from shore? (my buddy and I aren't much ice-fisherman)...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAC Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 totally wide open everywhere... just passed over the skyway an hour ago. All the ice has shifted to the south side of the lake from Stoney Creek to Niagara, for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Is it good enough to fish from shore? (my buddy and I aren't much ice-fisherman)...?? Drive 15 mins down the hwy and fish Port Dalhousie in St. Kitt's, that'd be your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfish Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Is it good enough to fish from shore? (my buddy and I aren't much ice-fisherman)...?? Well the site keeps cutting out on me but maybe I can finally make a post. The area where u have the marker on the map at Valley Inn rd would still be ice. I was at Cootes Bay last week which is ice and there was open water where it flows into the harbour but we had a bunch of cold nights and there is still lots of ice towards the Bayfront side. The piers under the Skyway bridge is open water and if u were going to Port Dalhousie from Hamilton, it's at least a 40 min drive and that's speeding, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 and if u were going to Port Dalhousie from Hamilton, it's at least a 40 min drive and that's speeding, lol. Speed limit, 15 mins, 20 max, no problem. (assuming no traffic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaquial Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Drive 15 mins down the hwy and fish Port Dalhousie in St. Kitt's, that'd be your best bet. Can you point me to an area on google? I'm not all that familiar with Hamilton area... Thanks Solopaddler! (or just PM me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfish Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) The Port Dalhousie harbour is in St. Catharines and I've been going there since the early 90's, if ya can drive 55 km which it would be from the Burlington Skyway in 20 mins without speeding, good luck. Edited March 5, 2009 by rockfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLofchik Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) The whole Bay is either still locked up or full of floating ice. No softwater fishing (well maybe one tiny spot but I want to fish it first) Bring lot's of lead if you go to Dalhousie, there's a ton of current and plan to get snagged up alot. And it's 50km from Hamilton, with lot's of enforcement. Longer than 15min. http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=...e=UTF8&z=13 Edited March 5, 2009 by CLofchik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakey420 Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 It looks Like I will be fishing under the skyway on eastport dr. tom. looks real good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaquial Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hey Guys/Gals, I'm planning to go fishing around the Hamilton Harbour area on Tuesday - was wondering if anyone's been around the area to see if it's been completely iced-out yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuNnYoOzE Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 still be shore ice close to that area! wait a few weeks until we get a good thaw Id say! Try it and see ...most often things can and might change over night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdox Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 The entire main bay is open, the channel at Bay Front was still half clogged with ice, but didn't look too thick. You can launch at LaSallle in Burlington right now, or try the Yacht Club (Follow Bay St. past Bay Front and it's on your left). The water was really muddy yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaquial Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thanks Guys... I really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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