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Our family is staying at a cabin on the lake starting Monday the 22nd through the following Sunday the 28th.

Just looking for ice reports and what if anything I can expect to catch for fish on the lake.

Wondering if I have to bring the wheeler to get around on the lake, snow depths and truck travel possible?

Thanks all, Merry Christmas

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We just got back from there on the 16th.We have a place on the SE arm or Lakewood Bay.We just made the place were you can stay in it in the winter so we're just getting back into icefishing.That is the only part of the lake we tried but we found 14-16' inches everywhere we drilled.We did talk to a neighbor who came by on his ATV which he had just used to move his skidhouse.He said there was some trucks on the main lake the weekend of the 13-14 but sounded like he didn't think it was wise then.The warm weekend melted all the snow but I'm sure it has all frozen again.For a up to the minute look go to Lakewood Lodge HSOforum as they have a webcam.It is a pretty good walleye(it's stocked) & crappie lake in the open water season.Sorry for the book,I hope this helps & good luck.Check with Fred's Bait just west of DR for the latest on the bite in the area.

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Just a couple of things to add to my post.First is we never measured the ice that 14-16 was just a guess.Second I had the wrong weekend when talking about the neighbor,it would have been the weekend of the 6-7.Finally all we got was a few small perch but that was OK with us as we were just glad to be out.On a side note I don't believe Sand sees much pressure in the hardwater season.It can be difficult to fish unless you have a good GPS & know the lake as there's a lot of bars & humps.Bowstring which is just a few miles down Co 35 sees a lot more action.

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Thanks for al the info,

We have 2 wheelers and portables packed to up to go.

Hope there isn't too much snow to deal with.

I do have a Lowrance GPS and I am hoping the lake master chip in it does the lake well.

My son in law and I are not afraid to punch holes to find fish, but I also want to make this enjoyable for the family and not work.

we are going to be staying I believe in the SE arm of the lake.

Looking forward to the week of vacation.

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If it's the bay we're on it's like a little lake of its own.Plenty of places to try & I am sure there are fish using it now.The lakemaster chip we have is pretty accurate,so good luck & above all have fun along with a MERRY CHRISTMAS

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  • 2 weeks later...

Gunner, thanks for the advice, our family did extremely well fishing.

The bite was hot and heavy almost everyday, we ate a few meals of fish and brought a few bags home of fish.

Caught Sunnies, Crappies, Perch, Walleyes and Northerns.

Most of success came form the time of 3:30 - 4:30 in the afternoon.

We caught them on mainly wax worms, with a variety of jigs, I personally used the jigging spoons tipped with a waxie. Wife, daughters and other family members liked the bobber set-up which was just as good.

Minnows worked, but just not as fast, but bigger fish came on them.

We targeted 32-34 feet of water, but caught them up to 26' on a flat we found just off the deep hole.

Thanks again, good fishing to you.

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Awesome!Did you stay at Lakewood Lodge?If so,our place is just a couple of places to the north,the 1 with the "Black Pearl" down by shore.It sounds like you were fishing the spot we were.Good to hear the kids had a good time.

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There were Mayfly carcasses everywhere yesterday early. I had been finding some eyes during the day from 14-22 fow rigging leeches & crawlers.A little wind is a bonus.The last few days have been slower with the bug hatch & storms rolling thru almost daily.

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    • Brianf.
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