hard water bets

[brookiebuster 117]

Fishin' time!

[Lyle Reiner 174]

Someone else tossed it out first lol

[pastor norm 125]

hillbilly

Glad you didn't go too far.

So, why didn't you punch a

hole and snag yer first brookie

for the winter?

My warmest regards to your angel.

[Guest buckcrazy25]

The forecast for this week doesnt look to good for all of us wanting to get on the ice

[Lyle Reiner 174]

I'm giving it till friday. I will be on the ice with a hole punched friday.. I've fished that lake from shore and I'm standing where I've done the best!

[Lyle Reiner 174]

November 21/ 2011. Mark it

[Guest mnaiman]

Solid hillbilly, any luck?

[pastor norm 125]

awesome!

[pastor norm 125]

Okay... Today I went to the public launch and walked onto

the ice. The lake looks completely frozen over with about

3" of solid ice. But that's just at the public launch.

Can't vouch for other places, especially because Whitefish

has springs in places.

I will be trying to fish on the 29th -- I'm gonna walk out,

of course! I figure it will have 4" by then.

I'll tell you how I do. If we get a ton of snow before then

that will spoil the icefishing with slush. But that means

snowmobiling time so I'm all torn inside.

Oh ye of little faith.

[pastor norm 125]

Think I'm gonna give it a few more days for two reasons..

1. The heavy snow is going to sag the thin ice and make it pool up

with water UNLESS we're careful not to start punching holes

and letting the water up. I don't want to be the cause of that

but I bet others will do it anyways.

2. I don't have a midweek fishing partner. I'm not going to venture

out unless I got a chum who is willing to toss me a rope.

If you did fish, how thick was the ice where you were?

[Lyle Reiner 174]

Norm if you can wait till friday ill gladly bring a 2x4 and toss ya a rope

[pastor norm 125]

hillbilly

I just might take you up on that offer

on Friday. Lets see what the temps do

in the next couple of nights.

Do you have a Warn winch with an

extra long cable?

[Guest TBaySmitty]

Norm, I might be up for fishing on Thursday if you want a partner.

[rodman 4]

Had to do some work at MNR fire base at Rinker lake last week,figured time to start putting auger in work truck just in case.Hee-hee.

Four inches of solid clear ice where there was no snow anyway's.Small lake a little up north enough I guess.Was suprised to see frozen already actually,considering it was 12 degrees that day!Not one to be too risky or early on the ice so early but the job was done and I let my partner go first!Ha-HA!

Going to be investigating some smaller lakes this year a little earlier I think,instaed of waiting for Lac.

May the ice be with you!

[Lyle Reiner 174]

well Norm, I have a quad with 50 feet of synthetic line attatched to a warn winch lol, we could always make an extension haha

Rodman, I fished Rinker a few times last winter and got skunked every time, Did some research into it and it turns out that lake suffers in the winter from a low 02 content. So its not really worth fishing in the winter.

[Guest mnaiman]

Wasn't the first time I have been out this year, first time I felt like busting out the camera though lol. Its always nice to ice some fish on a new lake too

[pastor norm 125]

Wasn't the first time I have been out this year, first time I felt like busting out the camera though lol. Its always nice to ice some fish on a new lake too

I am so jealous. Good on yah, mate!

[Mr. Canoehead 69]

Nice Max! I think youve already iced more specks this season than did all last year

[Guest Smack Um]

Wasn't the first time I have been out this year, first time I felt like busting out the camera though lol. Its always nice to ice some fish on a new lake too

Nice specks!

Pat

[Lyle Reiner 174]

yup, i need a hand auger haha, im not taking my 10" hand auger in yet lol

[AB 98]

Check out this address, Its updated daily and if you have a good idea which lake is which you can watch the water harden up.

/>http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.cgi/modis?region=s&page=1

Looks like whitefish has a nice blanket of snow, but Lac is still has quite a bit of dark stuff visible.

iceman

[Guest Smack Um]

Check out this address, Its updated daily and if you have a good idea which lake is which you can watch the water harden up.

/>http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.cgi/modis?region=s&page=1

Looks like whitefish has a nice blanket of snow, but Lac is still has quite a bit of dark stuff visible.

iceman

Deadly site with great detail nothing like a birds eye view it looks like lots of the shallower lakes already have a sheet of ice on them.

Pat

[pastor norm 125]

thanks, iceman!

[Guest mnaiman]

Check out this address, Its updated daily and if you have a good idea which lake is which you can watch the water harden up.

/>http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.cgi/modis?region=s&page=1

Looks like whitefish has a nice blanket of snow, but Lac is still has quite a bit of dark stuff visible.

iceman

LOVE this site! im on it daily, I find it most useful for figuring out when the big lake is frozen up. Plus, during ice out you can see some really cool ice formations and currents. I have yet to find a better site for sat imagery.

[WalleyeWayne 137]

I flew by Whitefish on my flight to Calgary yesterday and its frozen & snow covered completely. Lac had minimal snow near shorelines, but nothing on the main body of the lake. It actually looked like much of it was open, but we were flying much too high by then to tell for sure. I fly home tomorrow so it will be interesting to see what condition Lac is in. We should come across it at lower elevation to get a better look. I'm thinking Whitefish has to be a go for this weekend with at least 3-4" of ice. If my wife let's me out this weekend, I will be there.