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Are people driving on the Horseshoe Chain yet?

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drove past the chain on christmas eve, noone even parking on the ice on cedar island side. one on horseshoe side and i did see 1 truck with a big castle type house in Mertens bay but nowhere else. none out on long on the south end either. on a personal note i would absolutely NOT drive on any lakes yet. 99% of the the vehicles i seen where parked on dry land!!!

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3 hours ago, smurfy said:

drove past the chain on christmas eve, noone even parking on the ice on cedar island side. one on horseshoe side and i did see 1 truck with a big castle type house in Mertens bay but nowhere else. none out on long on the south end either. on a personal note i would absolutely NOT drive on any lakes yet. 99% of the the vehicles i seen where parked on dry land!!!

Yeah, I saw the same thing along 22.  I did see some trucks parked on either side of 22, Mud and Horseshoe, but they were right on the banks.  I fished the main drop on Horseshoe, and found 12-13" of ice.  

 

With that in mind, I would not be driving on the chain yet.  Heck, there was still a lot of open water last weekend.  

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Dont do it......  would guess a few good cold nights there will, but not right now. Ice has been inconsistent this winter

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Saw a half ton pull an ice Castle out this morning.  been seeing 13+ in most places but, like Rick said ice froze up pretty strange this year so not real confident its 13 everywhere.  

 

after this weekend it should be safe i would guess, but im not going first

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that's plain crazy.

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just got back from a cruise around the chain. not much activity on the south end of long. lot more activity on browns then I've seen in a while and 5 vehicles on the ice there. when I drove by xmas eve there was no traffic going on cedar island but looks busy now. houses and vehicles scattered all over horseshoe. doesn't appear anyone is taking vehicles across the river yet to becker, lot of ATV traffic the way it looks.

 

anyone with ice thickness reports??????????

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14+ in Horseshoe as of Monday. Trucks going from the winter access around the point past the meth hole and beyond it seems the no problems.

 

Lots of cars getting stuck at the point though (large drift there) so if you don't have 4wheel or all wheel drive I wouldn't try driving on the ice.

 

Small fishing update as well, evening walleye bite has been fairly consistent from 330-5, but not much the rest if the day.  Seems to be slowing down though, haven't heard much about the Crappie bite but think that should be starting to get good here soon.

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Made it out last night to Horseshoe. 16-18 inches was what I was seeing out there. Was getting around with no issues. 

As far as fishing goes, set up in the 30-35 ft range. It was my first time out on the Chain. I went with buddies who had been there before. We caught a total of 6 catfish between the 3 of us. All were caught on jigging lines with spoons and a minnow head. I can see now why people enjoy fishing cats through the ice. :) 

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Just wondering if anybody knows if trucks are out on becker yet and how much ice? Thinking about heading up on saturday. Thanks for any info

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8 hours ago, EaglesEdgeDeer said:

Just wondering if anybody knows if trucks are out on becker yet and how much ice? Thinking about heading up on saturday. Thanks for any info

Becker is the only one I havent seen anybody driving on yet. I know the main lake has a bunch of ice, just not sure about those cat tails...

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scary!   may have to do the dreaded walk next week. 

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I was out on Horseshoe w/ the kids last Thurs/Fri. Drove out to the MethHole. I had about 18" of ice. Didn't see much for fish though. Hoping to head out this weekend.

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Will be on horsehoe  tomorrow first time for the yr If see my little camper/fish house and a white chev 2500 with topper stop by for a pop or beer its nice to meet new people from the forums Thanks Randy

 

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Heard you on Horseshoe and then a bit further south.   Hope you had some luck and stayed warm. 

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nice job!

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Nice kitties guys,  I have been laid up knee replacement in Dec. finally got the OK from Doc to go fishing anyone driving out to becker lake ?

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yep,  lotta smalls. eaters there but a lot of weeding. 

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Heading out there tomorrow to see if i can find any cats. 

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Hope you found a few Pete!

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I was out on Horseshoe the last two Saturdays.  I've had pretty good luck "near" the meth hole in about 23-24'.  I've caught all cats on a dead stick, so bites have been so lite that the bobber is just moving ever so slightly.  Also, been using half a minnow with a glow jig.  The bite has been pretty slow both days until dark.  Then it seems the bite continues as long as you want to fish.  It does come and go though.  I would have times with bites on both rods, and then maybe 25 minute of dead time.  Then 3-4 fish as fast as I can reel them in.  

 

One thing to note, it's getting pretty darn close to needing an extension on the main lake, just a FYI.  

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    • Wanderer
      Walleyes are mainly a night bite every time we’re here.  First flash bite is 5-6pm then a lull until 9 or 10pm.  Sometimes quiet and sometimes busy all night to the point of pulling lines in the wee hours of the morning so you can sleep a little.  Then, 95% done by 9am.  You hope to get some perch later morning and early afternoon.  That’s WITHOUT moving.  A person can improve by getting more mobile of course.   We don’t spend much time at the lodge but my wife will have a drink while I clean fish.  I think the bloodies are still a thing for most from how many get ordered.  She said she’s not a fan but she’s particular about her bloodies.   It gets to be a busy place!  Seems like it would fun to hang out if fishing wasn’t staring me in the face!   We usually don’t have an issue getting our walleye limit with bonus jumbos, pout and pike.  We’ve seen all that so far in 24 hours but slower than we’re used to and most of our walleyes are either too small to keep or in the 18-23 protected slot.  About equal numbers that way.  But we can’t get to our best spot due to a crack so I don’t know if we could be doing better or not.  Marking fish but today they seemed spooky.  I’m not the only one who commented on that either.  Turn off the lights, and keep your noise down.
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      Hopefully everyone is doing well.  I haven't had a whole lot of free time this winter... Between house projects and work projects I have been plenty busy.  Have managed to get out a few times this winter now. Ice conditions are definitely better than last winter.  Finding 12-15 on the lakes I have been on around home.   Fishing has been very good on some local lakes and pretty quiet on others.  The body of water I was on yesterday, we found fish hanging on a deep portion of a back bay.  
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      👍 i knew that..just razzin him!!!!   thanks for the update. 
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    • leech~~
      Think it was work today, off tomorrow.  Still has to load up and drive up after work?
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