Author Topic: Blackstrap Lake 2016-2017 (Read 58780 times)

corney · « **on:** Oct 02, 2016, 09:05 AM »

Was out fishing on Friday night and helped my buddy pull in his dock and boat in on Saturday.

Fall is here and it won't be long and we will be back on hard water.

Caught pile of little Walters this summer so there is fish in Blackstrap!

Post your stories here this winter.

Good fishing!

gman51 · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 04, 2016, 09:10 AM »

ah yes finely fall is here... its a beautiful site watching all those wake boarding boats being put away.

now its time to get to some fall walleyes hopefully for another month and a half. no disrespect to all you boarders/DJ,s.

Whytie · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 04, 2016, 09:51 AM »

How long do they keep the launch docks in? I want to do a little mapping with my lowance before I have to slip on some waders to launch my boat.

corney · « **Reply #3 on:** Oct 05, 2016, 06:35 AM »

There was one at the provincial park last Saturday. Not sure how long they leave it in?

They have been letting water out big time because they are doing some work on the canals by Bradwell so the lake is down a fair bit.

saskbucks · « **Reply #4 on:** Oct 05, 2016, 08:33 AM »

Quote from: ripnflutter on Oct 04, 2016, 09:10 AM

ah yes finely fall is here... its a beautiful site watching all those huge wake boarding boats being put away. now its time to get to some fall walleyes hopefully for another month and a half. no disrespect to all you skiers.

This weather gets me jacked for hard water fishing. Rip, I'll be contacting you about getting out before the new year to hook onto to some Walters!

Whytie · « **Reply #5 on:** Oct 05, 2016, 02:52 PM »

Quote from: corney on Oct 05, 2016, 06:35 AM

There was one at the provincial park last Saturday. Not sure how long they leave it in?

They have been letting water out big time because they are doing some work on the canals by Bradwell so the lake is down a fair bit.

How much is a fair bit? 2 feet or a few inches lol. Hopefully is doesn't mess the fish up. I fish turtle on a regular basis, it see similar pressure like blackstrap. When the water levels were low it moved a lot of fish off there usual locations.

corney · « **Reply #6 on:** Oct 06, 2016, 06:53 AM »

I don't have any hard measurements but I would guess 8-12"?

They may fill up from Broderick as well? It is a reservoir so it's going to vary. I find that BS does not usually vary much.

gman51 · « **Reply #7 on:** Oct 30, 2016, 08:38 AM »

yes its down a bit maybe 6",nothing really to affect the lake or fish habitat.happens every year. on another note it does not appear there will be access at Evans road anymore.. walk on only.. as they have put some of those big cement barricades up top of the hill..and on the bottom. parking should be very congested lol. looks like park access and down the boat launches if your using a permy...kinda figured it was coming with all the garbage people leave behind. and i guess all the new housing....north end access will be next with all the crap left up on shore and on the lake every ice season.hopefully just a few weeks away now.

saskbucks · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 02, 2016, 08:34 AM »

I wonder how that get's decided? Putting the concrete barriers up so people cannot drive on the ice. Is it the community association? Or the provincial park? SERM? I'm not out there much in the early spring to see how much garbage is out on the ice.

corney · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 11, 2016, 07:39 AM »

It is a terrible mess with all those shacks at the North End.

Most of those shacks haven't moved for years, nothing a good fire wouldn't fix! Lol

corney · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 21, 2016, 06:01 AM »

If any of you left your shack at the north end they appear to all wrecked and ransacked!

Terrible mess up there. My neighbour was suggesting we should assemble a clean up party when it snows with the fire department. The garbage around there is terrible all the way along the dam as well. The garbage in the pit where people shoot is adding up.

They are going to put up gates people!

golf560 · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 21, 2016, 12:17 PM »

when could we have safe ice to walk on this season? maybe late December?

goldenrod · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 21, 2016, 08:02 PM »

I'd be up for a cleaning that mess at the north end .

ran7ger · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 21, 2016, 08:38 PM »

that's awful, a few idiots ruining it for the masses. burn em all!

...the shacks/garbage, not the idiots.

small-town-fisher · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 23, 2016, 09:53 AM »

Wondering if it would be ok if a person was to go out and collect some of the salvageable material from some of these ice shack that are destroyed.

Whytie · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 23, 2016, 10:24 AM »

ones mans trash is another mans treasure, I'd say go for it. Even bradwell has broken old shacks that have been sitting there for god knows how many years.

Sparetimeangler · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 24, 2016, 03:51 PM »

Is there any ice started at all on the lake? I like to kinda use blackstrap as a guage for other lakes, and i wanna get out early to try the new propane jiffy! I am way to excited for ice fishing for a 31 year old lol

Whytie · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 24, 2016, 04:50 PM »

drove by blackstrap coming back from Regina and it was still open on monday.

small-town-fisher · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 25, 2016, 08:53 AM »

I think I might go out and scrounge up some extra material also can't wait for the lake to freeze over bought a new Eskimo ice auger can't wait to try her out.

ToonFisher · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 28, 2016, 03:22 PM »

This weekend is possible, but next weekend is almost certain.

Sparetimeangler · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 28, 2016, 08:23 PM »

so cryptic... Does that mean maybe some walk on ice by next monday? Dont tease me lol

golf560 · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 29, 2016, 11:50 AM »

Anyone knows blackstrap ice covered or not？

ProV1X · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 29, 2016, 06:11 PM »

Drove by Blackstrap today. Not even a hint of ice.

corney · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 30, 2016, 11:32 PM »

The key to fishing is optimism toonfisher!

I look out my window and that lake ain't going to be froze over this weekend, next weekend and possibly the last weekend of December. Lol

Keep on dreaming though!

ToonFisher · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 01, 2016, 04:17 PM »

I'll try per-ice fishing for pike and whitefish. Maybe I should use two ice rods as they go for different bait.

gman51 · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 03, 2016, 09:04 AM »

drove by yesterday morning and from what i could see most of the lake was froze over. all be it very thin in most places.should be fishing somewhere on the lake for sure next weekend. with the colder temps starting on Monday.

tightline06 · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 03, 2016, 01:04 PM »

I saw a picture this morning on one of the facebook fishing groups that somebody was fishing on BS today. It was just a picture from somebody i didn't know, so take it for what its worth. But we are getting close! I'm hoping to get out myself next saturday, depending on ice conditions.

ToonFisher · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 09:30 AM »

I check the ice an hour ago at a few locations along the south dam. The thickness varies between 1 and 2 inches. It's so close. I guess the smaller bradwell reservoir should be good for walking on already.

The last 50 yards of Evans road is chained off with signage. From that vintage point, that section of lake is frozen over.

jiffy22 · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 01:08 PM »

Quote from: ToonFisher on Dec 04, 2016, 09:30 AM

I check the ice an hour ago at a few locations along the south dam. The thickness varies between 1 and 2 inches. It's so close. I guess the smaller bradwell reservoir should be good for walking on already.

The last 50 yards of Evans road is chained off with signage. From that vintage point, that section of lake is frozen over.

Is Evans road not a road allowance? And if so, it is public access so why can it be blocked?

gman51 · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 02:36 PM »

I'm almost sure it's the community there now that had something to do with it. They might have had to go through some other channels to get the signage and those cement barricades in place to stop all the traffic. As I said before all the activity and garbage laying around on the ice and on shore every spring probably not a hard decision to make for them. Whoever them are.

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