booked a camp today for Jan 4th to the 8th

[jfisherman]

Just hoping for ice...they r predicting a warm winter. Has anyone ever booked a camp for early January an not had ice? I'm definitely ready to get out on the ice!

[bucks-n-ducks]

I was wondering this too. I rented a camp jan 3-10

[9huskies]

There's a chance the bigger lakes won't have safe ice. That's not good if you want to catch togue. By January most of the smaller ponds should have enough ice to safely support a person on foot.

[MAINETROUTWHISPERER]

The past few years I have fished on a togue lake on opening day. Last year I only dared to fish along the cove for brookies since the lake completely froze only a few days before Jan 1st. There was 4 inches but it was like glass and that always freaks me out. Id like to think you would atleast be able to fish in she shallow by then. Depends on the lake, temps, wind and rain we get. What lake you looking at?

[icefisha22]

I book a camp the first week in january each year, and have had unsafe (towards the middle) ice more than once or twice.  We always manage to fish closer to shore at least.

[jfisherman]

Yea I'm thinking this year could be a fish close to shore type of year on alot of lakes an ponds until maybe the middle of January. The lake I rented a camp on is up north probably around a 500 acre lake so not huge. I rented the camp in hopes of targeting salmon.

[troutmster]

Like icefisha,My group have stayed at same camp for almost 20 years the first week and we've never had a season that we couldn't fish.. A couple of years fishing close to shore lines but still catch fish..Just be smart ..The further north the better!