Current Ice

[heartattack22]

got out this afternoon for a couple of hours with beegone...first fish through the hole was a 19 incher...pic will be posted in a little while...ended up missing one really nice fish and bringing two home...they were down there...sure nice to be back on the ice though!!!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Good to hear that they are biting!

How much ice on your end and how deep were the fish?

Cliff

[BEEGONE]

Here is Heartattack's 19

Here is one of the 2 snakes I brought up.....slimy buggers.

[BEEGONE]

About 3 inches of ice still....and no sleds yet. It looked like Frazer just closed up yesterday.

[yukon]

Easy sledneck, cold weather is here, just wait a little longer. We want you out riding all year

[SledNeck]

The smaller lakes have 6" plus. Lots of good icemaking weather is here.

[upnorth]

I will be hoofing it out there this Saturday. Hope the fish are hitting

[Cliff Wagenbach]

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I will be hoofing it out there this Saturday. Hope the fish are hitting

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They are biting if you can get out into 12 fow or more.

Early and late are the best times in the water under 17 feet deep.

Cliff

[upnorth]

Cliff are they hitting pretty much just straight from Mckinley, or more towards the narrows?

[Cliff Wagenbach]

I was straight out from the landing.

I have not been able to get to the narrows because of very thin ice there.

I think that by this weekend that area will probably be safe.

Cliff

[upnorth]

Thanks for the info Cliff

[dilleyo]

Hey Cliff (or anyone else who wants to respond)

I was thinking about heading up tomorrow night to make it up there in time for a morning bite and was wondering where would be the best place to park and walk out from. I was up last year with a friend and we walked to a spot out of Stuntz Bay and was wondering how the ice was around that area. Thanks in advance.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

I have not been to that area yet.

I would bring a chisel to check the ice every few steps just to be safe!

Cliff

[BEEGONE]

There should be plenty of ice in Stuntz. We are seeing about 4-5 inches in the middle of the lake...wheelers tomarrow if she makes enough ice tonight. Like Cliff siad bring the chisel and check the ice. It is the best assurance.

[dilleyo]

Thanks for the reply. We are going to try to get there right at sunrise, what time is that around? I was thinking around 7, or should we try to get there before that?

[Cliff Wagenbach]

7:00am should be early enough!

Cliff

[dilleyo]

I'm not so sure about going up this weekend the way the weather is looking, I might just wait until next weekend. Thanks for all the info.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

It sounds like a good storm will be moving in sometime Sat.

It may go mostly South of this area though.

Cliff

[heartattack22]

latest forecast...8 or more inches...come on cold weather...lets makes some ice before it gets here. Otherwise we may have bad ice for a while.

[Opie]

Hey Cliff,

Ready for next weekend?? Hope the wind doesn't mess things up for us before then. Looking forward to it, although it will be late Friday when we get there. Save us a couple of cold ones.

Dean Thorn

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Deanno,

I do not think that the wind will be to much of a factor now!

See ya at LOW on the 7th.!

Cliff

[caseymcq]

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latest forecast...8 or more inches...

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We really don't need that white garbage right now.

[upnorth]

I hope that this don't mess up the ice too bad.

[SledNeck]

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latest forecast...8 or more inches...

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We really don't need that white garbage right now.

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If you hate snow that much, Iowa is waiting!

[caseymcq]

It isn't that I hate snow, it is that I would like to see 10 inches of ice without a slush cap.

Iowa can keep waiting There are no lake trout there.

[SledNeck]

I never could make myself like ice fishing. I try for about 4 hours every year then I hear a snowmobile go by and its all over....have to leave.

[Steve Foss]

Should be OK, Casey. I don't think laker lakes like Burntside and Trout have frozen yet.

[upnorth]

About 5 inches out of Mckinley today and there is about 60 yards or so where things broke up pretty good but after that this looked pretty good. This snow is not gonna help the ice things were already getting slushy around where there was holes when we left this afternoon. Not gonna be good for the ice. Did manage to ice a few walleyes today, but they were sure biting tentative. Lost more than we got.

[JustinG]

Hey SledNeck,

Is that a picture of the Arrowhead Trail heading towards Cook? Sure looks like it!

Justin

[SledNeck]

Yeah its the arrowhead.

I heard we might get some snow tonite.