Ice Fishing Is Over

[CatDaddy]

Who else got caught off guard by it being done? I got busy with kids stuff this past 3 weeks and suddenly realized my ice time is over when I went to the landing on Saturday! Time to get the boat ready I guess!

Got hunter's safety under our belt this weekend so that's a plus....I sat through the classes to make sure I knew what they were learning - killed me to know it was 60 degrees and I wasn't out Saturday!

 

[Rowdie]

I knew it the minute I seen 60 degrees in the forcast 2 weeks ago. I put all my stuff away last weekend.

 

[CatDaddy]

I knew it the minute I seen 60 degrees in the forcast 2 weeks ago. I put all my stuff away last weekend.

I was holdin' on to hope......should've known global warming would take over.

Then again, should I complain about open water?

 

[Bowhunter_24]

It ain't over

 

[CatDaddy]

It ain't over

Pray tell! I should've clarified...I'm not an extension ladder guy.....

 

[R@nger_BO@TS]

We just got off the ice at Douglas, shorelines were good still but ice was really honeycombing, the k-drill just ripped right through it now problem

 

[BX2]

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Went to ashtabula saturday .still a few guys ice fishing. We tried the open water under the bridges, no luck. Should of drilled a few holes and ice fished but it was getting late.I won't bring the ice stuff anymore

 

[riverview]

the ice on dvl this weekend is just not good, pretty much like drilling frozen slush and making all kinds of odd noises.

 

[dblkluk]

Plenty of guys still running around with four wheelers on Douglas yesterday.

 

[NDbowman]

I gave up a week ago. I didn't like watching the melt water run down through the cracks and seeing how the small sloughs are opening up made me nervous as to how long the lakes would be good. Fishing was also terrible in my area so that might have played into it as well.

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In my younger days I fished as late as I could and as early in the year as I could. Probably took more chances then, now I wait for it to get thick and I'm usually one of the first to quit going in the spring.

I remember ice fishing buffalo lodge a long time ago walking out on what my buddies said was 4 inches, it was more like two. Chopping holes with an ax. I remember a group of us standing together drinking beer and the ice started cracking and we all ran like hell but we kept fishing. Man that was stupid but sure seemed like fun back then.

 

[Rowdie]

There may be safe ice in the state, but OAHE is done, over finished!!

 

[sl1000794]

You want hardwater fishing, go to Metigoshe.

 

[buckhunter24_7]

Yay!!!

 

[NDSportsman]

Wrapped up my ice fishing Saturday. The last 3 weekends were awesome!

 

[Fly Carpin]

Still plenty good on Peck. Nobody else fishing. They must've all had to work or something

 

[westwolfone]

Anyone been to LOTW lately?

 

[MarbleEyez]

Still plenty good on Peck. Nobody else fishing. They must've all had to work or something

Yeah, I'll take a hard pass on this....

 

[Wirehair]

We were at Rivers Bend LOTW about a week ago. Ice was fine then but fishing for use (and everyone around us) was slow. Fished in 30 FOW and most of the eyes were on the small side.

 

[Captain Ahab]

I was out on Saturday with the Wilcraft. Ice was better than I thought it would be in the Jamestown/VC area. Shorelines weren't even that bad, but ice was honeycombed a bit.

 

[westwolfone]

We were at Rivers Bend LOTW about a week ago. Ice was fine then but fishing for use (and everyone around us) was slow. Fished in 30 FOW and most of the eyes were on the small side.

Thanks for the report

We are going for Northerns in the Springsteel area.