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Annandale-Buffalo-Hutchinson fishing reports


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Drove around for a while today and looked at several lakes north of Hutch and they all look really grey with a few very dark spots. Not sure if the dark spots are just slush or very thin ice, it was hard to tell from the landing. I didn't see one person on any of the lakes i checked. No snow on any of the lakes either which is good, hopefully it stays cold now. We've been told that for 3 weeks now and then all of a sudden we get 30+ degree temps for a couple days, who knows anymore!

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Was out on a small lake in the Buffalo area today and had about 5" if ice, 1/2 and 1/2 white and clear. There was still some soft spots in the weeds near shore. The fish were hiding.

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I was out today, had a nice 4-5 inches. Pretty solid, not huge cracks or creaking. I didn't venture out to far(100-200 yds) from the landing. Hopefully it should continue to sure up this week!

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Was out on a small lake in the Buffalo area today and had about 5" if ice, 1/2 and 1/2 white and clear. There was still some soft spots in the weeds near shore. The fish were hiding.

The fish were hiding for me last Fri as well.........will try again tomorrow.

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I was out on a small lake in the Buffalo area yesterday. Had 6" of ice where I was fishing but was probably 50/50 of clear/white.

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Checked a couple more lakes today around Hutch and north of Hutch. The ice seems to be coming along pretty well now that we've had some below freezing temps for a few days and with the forecast as of now, we should keep making ice. From the handful of lakes i've checked 3"-5" inches seems to be the norm. I'm sure they're will be plenty of guys out this weekend in the area hitting it hard! Good Luck and Stay Safe.

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I was out there last week and someone had walked out a ways checking as they went. I didn't go too far but it looked like it had a good start.

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people have been all over on greenleaf. im spearing out there about 3-5 inches good ice with 5- 7 inches of refrozen on top.

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Was out by the fountain on Buff last night... 3 1/2-4" black ice w/ 3" of frozen slush on top of that. Wheelers out all over.

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This is my first year with a 3 wheeler. How do you guys judge if you can drive out there yet?

Also all I have is a Jiffy Pro auger and the thing is darn heavy. What do you guys use to get through the ice or should I just roll out with the auger?

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Spent some time on clearwater 12/19. Where I was straight out from bj's I would say there was 6" of ice, about 4" actual ice and 2" frozen slush. The good news as I saw it is that now that it is looks like it is going to cool down some there isn't really any snow to insulate the ice from freezing.

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awesome, i was waiting to hear a clearwater ice report! cant wait to make it out sunday if i can shake this cold. was anything biting? i will post my results if i make it out

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I was out on clearwater yesterday. About 6 inches of ice couple cracks that had a small area of open water between them they were ok to walk across. No luck on the fishing. Tried jigging for eyes and threw a tipup in shallower. Only one pike jigging in 17ft of water marked a few but not luck getting them to bite.

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Power auger all the way. Hand auger if your'e up to it. I am not. It is alright for 4-6", but after that....power all the way.

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Gonna have to go to the "private" half of clearwater and give it a check. Hope to find a good 6". lots of ice to cover to fish my spots. Won't be going there until after x-mas. Anyone else been out there?

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How is Pelican looking in terms of sled/wheeler access out of the 117 access? Should be plenty of ice for that after the last few cold days?

Is there much snow on the lake?

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Gonna have to go to the "private" half of clearwater and give it a check. Hope to find a good 6". lots of ice to cover to fish my spots. Won't be going there until after x-mas. Anyone else been out there?

Went out on Clearwater Thursday evening for two hours and had decent action right after sunset. 7 inches of ice.

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I couldn't believe what I saw yesterday on a lake north of Hutch. There were five to six vehicles parked on the ice along the shore! I don't want to name the lake because those people must be having some luck whether they are fishing or spearing, but I couldn't believe they pulled onto the lake with trucks, blazers, and trailers. I haven't been out yet, but I can't imagine that the ice is strong enough for me to do that yet.

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Yeah, it's too risky parking on the ice. Especially if it turns into a parking lot. That's a lot of weight in one area.

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I saw wheelers pulling wheelhouses around,yes there was 6-8 inches of ice,but the top 4 inches is that slush ice that does not have the strength of clear ice.

Workin'

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I've seen a few wheelers buzzing around also, with the cold temps this week I wouldn't be surprised to see some vehicles driving out next weekend.

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