tb4me Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Ok i used to have web sites that I could get ice reports on but none of the links work anymore..Can anyone help me out here? I want to go ice fishing this Friday am..Was thinking of going through an outfitter.. do they exist anymore on Erie? Was looking for around the the st Williams area..or LPB Help? anyone have info on ice or if the outfitters are operation out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Grangers and Bayside have their huts out in St. Williams. They are 50 bucks per person. A few good catches have been reported. They are right at the bottom of the hill strait out of the town of St. Williams. Good luck. See Stomps 6-8 website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adempsey Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I've never been out there, but is it primarily a perch fishery? I moved to London a few years ago, but I still travel up to Simcoe and beyond. Would be nice to try somewhere closer to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broker Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Went today through R&R outdoors (jimmy rigging) got a few nice perch. Heard we missed the bite by one day. Pike and perch are the main targets in the bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Went today through R&R outdoors (jimmy rigging) got a few nice perch. Heard we missed the bite by one day. Pike and perch are the main targets in the bay ahh the old shoulda been here yesterday...Id like to use that line one day myself....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broker Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 ahh the old shoulda been here yesterday...Id like to use that line one day myself....lol Loll, the guide said that the people in our hut got a 36 inch pike too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ok i used to have web sites that I could get ice reports on but none of the links work anymore..Can anyone help me out here? I want to go ice fishing this Friday am..Was thinking of going through an outfitter.. do they exist anymore on Erie? Was looking for around the the st Williams area..or LPB Help? anyone have info on ice or if the outfitters are operation out there? Are you trying to use environment marine canada's ice reports? Ive found a way around the glitch because I was having the same problem. use this link http://iceweb1.cis.ec.gc.ca/Archive20/?lang=en it will take you to the historical ice reports. Make you selection of where you want to see, select todays date as the one that you want. Click download...then choose "download to compressed zip file" and you will get a zip folder containing the reports. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I can see open water about spots 5 miles out here, be careful. This lake rises and lowers it's levels constantly. Also NG spewing out of the lake bottom will make the ice very unstable or melt it. I have cut a hole in the ice and found the water level 6" below the ice. We high tailed it out of there tout suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Are you trying to use environment marine canada's ice reports? Ive found a way around the glitch because I was having the same problem. use this link http://iceweb1.cis.ec.gc.ca/Archive20/?lang=en it will take you to the historical ice reports. Make you selection of where you want to see, select todays date as the one that you want. Click download...then choose "download to compressed zip file" and you will get a zip folder containing the reports. Hope this helps! Sweet! Thanks for the link..Just what I was looking for.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch312 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 There's a good 10-12" of clear ice in shallower water near shore and the big groups of huts. Out at EC10 and just past towards the main lake a bit there is a minimum 8" of clear ice. The first pressure crack was easily crossed on Monday just before EC10. There's quite the wall formed by the pressure crack running from the Pottohawk area over towards TP that looks to be 5-10 ft high in places. I was going to venture over that way for some pics, testing ice on the way, but it was already leery enough being alone and far from anyone at EC10. Need a buddy when venturing that far off shore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Heres todays ice, finally a clear sky for the satellite lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I posted elsewhere - can't remember where?? I went on a scouting mission this past Sunday. I went to Port Colborne first. There were several guys fishing in the marina at Sugarloaf. So I feel the ice is good to fish. From there I headed East (toward Fort Erie). I checked near Pleasant Beach. Ice as far as I could see but, extremely rough. Small broken chunks that had re froze (is that a word?) making travel by foot, sled or atv impossible in my eyes. I saw 2 groups fishing about 2 km off Pleasant beach. I think a helicopter musta dropped them off! I continued east to Crystal Beach. Same thing lottsa ice but very rough! I know I wouldn't be able to hike it! While at Crystal Beach a lone walker was packing up his gear on shore. I spoke to him ( a much younger fella than myself) - he stated the walk was brutal! I think the east end of Erie is a bust unless we get a thaw to knock down some of the chunks to hopefully level it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I also posted somewhere that I would take a drive to check out some spots where a machine could make it out. At the end of Stoney Creek at the south end of the Selkirk Townline is about the only spot I saw today that didn't have mountain ranges along the shore. As far as fish there???????? I will report back if I see a few good travelable spots. There are plenty of spots travelable out of St. Williams as the operators huts are out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlybri Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 here is a site i found a few years ago about the ice conditions for all the great lakes http://www.ec.gc.ca/glaces-ice/ hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) We should start a new dictionary for OFC members only. LOL! Sorry Ironmaker I couldn't resist. OK I was trying to be funny by highlighting the word "travelable" in your last post, then "quote", then add it to my response. Does this explain? Maybe I should go to bed - it's late!! Edited January 30, 2015 by wormdunker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 these guys have a pretty active page with regular updates. https://www.facebook.com/oldcutmarina?fref=nf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I know that's a word wormdunker because I used it. Sometimes when I come up with these I ask myself " is that really a word?" if spellcheck doesn't highlight it I figure it must be OK. travelable , see no spellcheck highlight, try it. Sometimes I just leave it in to see if you will catch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pics Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 From the top of the lake erie coke ovens I see open water where there was ice a week ago.. of course there was an ice breaker out there 2 weeks ago to keep it from getting too solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) these guys have a pretty active page with regular updates. https://www.facebook.com/oldcutmarina?fref=nf You follow ice fishing reports and tips Edited January 31, 2015 by Brian B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) yeah, B, I wait till the say they ice fishing is done, and I start to do my spring prep Edited January 31, 2015 by spincast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Ironmaker - OK! Me bad! My humble apologies. When I typed "ironmaker" spellcheck highlighted it. What's with that?? Oh forget it, I'm goin to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) I guess if Microsoft spellcheck doesn't recognize Ironmaker I don't exist. Is spellcheck a real word? Now as far as ice here goes it's only a few miles to open water now behind our place, pic is right. Oh yea he is working at the Coke Ovens in the USSC Ironmaking division at the Lake Erie Works. I missed the ice breaker, cool to watch with a telescope. I have not seen a single hut out on the lake here between Dunnville and Port Dover. There are a few huts out on The Grand River in front of Fishmasters. Steve isn't there because he is busting his butt off in Costa Rica chartering for Billfish, the poor guy. Edited February 1, 2015 by Old Ironmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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