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Anyone fishing the bays yet?I live down in Rochester and am starting to freak out.I'm thinking of making a run on Sat.Any info appreciated.-Icemac

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Well the word is 5" in the bay's. I have not been up yet myself. I'm going up this weedend. I can't wait. I put the boat away a month ago and I'm having withdrawls!

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I fished Pike yesterday in the wind. Despite the clear ice the fishing was pretty good. The biggest fish went 36 inches, and I had 3 others over 25 inches. The ice is in pretty good shape in the bays, but I didn't have to venture out very far.

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Scott, I am assuming the 36" fish was a pike? Were the 25" ers walleyes? Mykal and I thought about Pike Bay as the walk out would be minimal but were unsure of ice conditions so we are pushing this trip out a week or tow...Weather pending of course.

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I didn't get the time to go out this weekend as I wanted to get my boat out. Is there ice up in garrison? Is the lake still fishable by boat?

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Mr Pike means Pike Point area. I was told from one of the baitshop owners that the NW side was wide open on Saturday. Lots of ice piling up with the winds around the lake. Scott, nice to see you got out.

[This message has been edited by Mykal (edited 12-01-2003).]

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We drove by the lake last Sunday Nov. 30 and it was quite a mess on the east side. Ice pushed here and there, piling up, and some open water yet.

A few hardy souls with portables out a short distance from shore.

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Fished on the SE side on Saturday and had a consistent 3-4 inches. Ice on top looks like crap but it's a prety solid cube.

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Has anybody been out on Wig-Wam I have a cabin on the north end of Wig-Wam and I want to know if I can ice fish it this weekend.

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They were all pike, I didn't stay late enough to get any walleye. The ice on the main lake appeared to be holding up pretty good where I was but I heard the East side was a mess too. I didn't go over that way at all.

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Rooster Slayer,
I was up over the weekend; Wig-Wam froze over Friday night with open water just past Browns Point.
I have friends that live on the bay and visit them quite often, how far down Earle Brown Drive are you?

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Im about half a mile down the road, the only mobile home on the bay, you cant miss it. I think we are just going to go late goose hunting/pheasant instead.

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Adam was out today looking for new pike spots to fish. He picked up a few nice Pike and a few jumbo perch. From the West side of the lake there is ice as far as you can see with most of the ice still about 4-5 inches.

In the South bays most of the ice is 8 inches and you are starting to see some houses out. Adam has guide trips the next couple days so look for an updated report tomorrow.

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Y.D.

Had spikes on which helped. We caught a few fish. Wasn't fast and furious but drilled lots of holes and was just good to be out. Throwing back a 17 1/8 incher really sucked.

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Is there ice on the northwest side of the lake...St. Albian's Bay and Garrison Bay? Is the Garrison bay ramp iced in?

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We are heading up sunday morning for a little fishing. I talked to my grandfather today and he was up yesterday fishing in Isle Bay he said ice was pretty bad for walking but there was about 7 inches of solid ice. How is the ice up the west side of the lake? We usually go out of Lybacks but I'm not sure how the ice is there. Anyone have been out in that area?

Matt

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