slightlyhuman Posted January 2, 2013 Report Posted January 2, 2013 couldn't find one so I thought it might be a good idea to have a central thread everyone can go to find ice reports for places they might be looking to fish. I haven't heard much, I know the kawarthas have been getting populated with huts lately, haven't heard anything about Simcoe where I am now. I've heard the Huntsville area is pretty thick, up to 6-7 inches in spots. Friend in Haliburton dropped his hut thru the ice today, so that doesn't sound promising there. personally I'm looking to find out about Lake Rosseau right now if anyone has information, I have some friends on small lakes that say they're ok, but no reports on the bigger lakes. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON THE CONDITION OF YOUR LAKE, POST HERE! Happy new year and happy fishing everyone!
misfish Posted January 2, 2013 Report Posted January 2, 2013 Welcome to Barrie. Been finding small lakes with 2.5-4 inches of ice. Havent hit anything past Huntsville yet. Waiting to hear about a lake near my pops, for pike and pickeral. Safe fishing to you.
Acountdeleted Posted January 2, 2013 Report Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Small Lakes in Huntsville are totally locked up I'd say 5-6 inches of ice. I haven't tried Lake Vernon nor do I know the area well enough to do so. The only lake in my area is Island Lake and I'm not even going to bother making the drive for another week or so. Edited January 2, 2013 by jeremy84
DRIFTER_016 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Posted January 2, 2013 Crap loads of ice way up in the North country.
Andrew Grant Posted January 2, 2013 Report Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) . Edited January 30, 2014 by XxX
camillj Posted January 3, 2013 Report Posted January 3, 2013 Gonna head up to Lake Rosseau next weekend (near PortCarling) ... will let ya know ... but I am betting its still a little dicey ... be careful out there
Christopheraaron Posted January 3, 2013 Report Posted January 3, 2013 I'm going tomorrow, just checked out my local crappie/pike lake and it's got a good 4" of ice and someones already been out there drilling holes!
misfish Posted January 3, 2013 Report Posted January 3, 2013 Did your mom get a suit already,or are you going solo? If solo,not good.
Broker Posted January 3, 2013 Report Posted January 3, 2013 Anyone heard how far along lake niapenco is ? Heard they dont let anyone on till its 6" thick.
Christopheraaron Posted January 3, 2013 Report Posted January 3, 2013 Did your mom get a suit already,or are you going solo? If solo,not good. It's a pond, no current, and I'll be about 10ft out from shore, still too risky you think? (she'll be on the bank with a rope and life jacket)
pics Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 Anyone heard how far along lake niapenco is ? Heard they dont let anyone on till its 6" thick. It just iced over completely so it will be a bit....
adempsey Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 Anyone have information on ice conditions on Lake Bernard? Might head up, but it's always nice to have first hand reports. Thanks.
Broker Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 It just iced over completely so it will be a bit.... oh darn, was hoping to get out in the upcoming week, guess not!
GBW Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 It's a pond, no current, and I'll be about 10ft out from shore, still too risky you think? (she'll be on the bank with a rope and life jacket) a rope is never a bad idea. 4 mile lkae just skimed over between Christmas and New Years as there was a 1' high waves just before that so BE SAFE!
Christopheraaron Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 a rope is never a bad idea. 4 mile lkae just skimed over between Christmas and New Years as there was a 1' high waves just before that so BE SAFE! Taking it at a snails pace, I'll let you guys know how I do
whiskywizard Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 I augered a dozen test holes in Sturgeon Lake today. All were in one general area, extreme south end of the lake, east side. I started right near shore and stopped about 700M out. Ice thickness ranged from a low of 4-5" to a high of 6-7". The ice sheet is sitting fully on the water surface, no air gaps in my 12 holes. None of it was really good ice all the way through, so I stopped about 200M from the main bouyed channel. I'd feel fine ice fishing on foot, no more than 2 guys together. I would not park a sled or quad for an extended period and I would not park 2 together at all. I wouldn't go anywhere there was measurable flow.
Christopheraaron Posted January 4, 2013 Report Posted January 4, 2013 Skunked today, ice was 4-5" around the shore, out in the middle you could see that it was thin, still nice to get out.
Rich Posted January 5, 2013 Report Posted January 5, 2013 People skating on hamilton harbour !? Fished a small (less than one acre) pond close to home today for an hour after work.. 3-4" of ice to deal with. Makes for easy drilling ... Provided you're not too afraid to keep drilling
Fish Farmer Posted January 5, 2013 Report Posted January 5, 2013 Hope to have a Simcoe report tomorrow.
mikdor Posted January 5, 2013 Report Posted January 5, 2013 Anyone have information on ice conditions on Lake Bernard? Might head up, but it's always nice to have first hand reports. Thanks. The deepest part of lake Bernard froze over a week ago so be very careful I see a couple of shacks off of union street but the guy at Lake Bernard Outfitters doesn't have huts out yet. Hope this helps Mike
Christopheraaron Posted January 6, 2013 Report Posted January 6, 2013 Got out on wilcox today with redpearl, good ice (4-5") over most of the lake, a couple spots 3". Not too eventful, redpearl managed one hammer handle but that was it.
manitoubass2 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Posted January 6, 2013 Lotsa ice on my end of Rainy River. About 14" in the non current areas, 8-10 inches in lighter current areas, back eddies are full of smash ice. Still need to be careful on where your going. Water levels are the lowest I've ever seen in the winter months, and I thought that would mean quicker/thicker ice, but not really the case. Still lotsa open water. Tons of smaller lakes in Sunset Country ready to go, just look at Limeys reports
captpierre Posted January 6, 2013 Report Posted January 6, 2013 Gannon Narrows wide open near the bridge and to the east. North end of Pigeon greeny/gey ice -nobody on it
Jer Posted January 6, 2013 Report Posted January 6, 2013 Gannon Narrows wide open near the bridge and to the east. North end of Pigeon greeny/gey ice -nobody on it You'll find that the narrows is open water all winter long, no matter how cold.
Jer Posted January 6, 2013 Report Posted January 6, 2013 We were surprised to find 8" of clear, black ice on Upper Buckhorn a couple hundred yards off my shoreline yesterday. Of course the fish were nowhere to be found for the few hours we tried, but that seems to be the norm for our first outing of the season. The ice on this lake is historically very inconsistent, with very limited safe ice at the best of times. Where we were on the lake has been ice-covered for the better part of a month now, other parts of the lake only froze over recently, if at all. Chemong had a few anglers just south of the causeway yesterday, and more have been fishing around Fife's Bay for a week or more. The ice around the causeway didn't seem to freeze very evenly this year, with large open areas still visible as late as Christmas. As always, be safe!
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