Zumbro ice, ATV

[SlavetodaBox]

I haven't been out to the Zumbro in a week, has anyone been out there? If so how is the ice, and are they using ATV's on the ice at all?

[Chad Holst]

Was out 6AM to 7 PM yesterday. we fished 2nd bay. the ice was good. thinnest i found was 8 inches. we drilled from the "bay" side all the way to 8 feet deep on the other side..ice was good all the way across.

Many people are using wheelers and snowmobiles, there was a wheel house out also.

I would guess that we will have vehicle traffic by next weekend if the weather holds below freezing. I would be comfortable with driving from fishermans to 2nd bay with LIGHT vehicles now.

[SlavetodaBox]

Thanks sirlips, was out on Zumbro today and while the ice was plenty the fishing was meh. Put in at Fisherman's Inn and went to second bay where we were skunked. Drove around the lake caught a few strippers but nothing to write home about. I believe your right, by next weekend we should be able to drive the length of the lake. I did see someone at the end of the day by second bay with a jeep. Thanks for the reply.

[Chad Holst]

Yah, we didnt "crush" them either. Was out with Aaron from Stevens Outdoors, another guide from SO and a friend that had never ice fished. Between the 4 of us we took home a limit of nice crappies. Aaron ended up icing 7 species of fish including white and black crappie, small mouth bass, perch, cat fish, walleye and a gill.basically we through the kitchen sink at them and only ended up with one limit of good sized crappies.

The rookie got his first Crappie, bass and perch through the ice. Was a good day for teaching, was a poor day for action.

We fished as deep as we could right in the channel. Early morning had MUCH more action than any other time of day.The pressure was 30.2 to 30.4 by 9AM, and that seems to turn them off quick on the zumbro, marked many fish but few takers.