buffalo or birch point lake of the wds

[walleye28]

any reports of ice conditions from the lake of the woods area,

[yvespicyk]

wondering the same thing, but in the Kenora region, has anyone heard about the ice conditions up there? ready for sleds yet ?

[walleye28]

the report I got from the "town of Kenora" is no atv or snowmobile action yet, but should be soon if stays cold.

[yvespicyk]

yea i called the Smith Camp (east of kenora, on bigstone bay) and ive been told that there's still open water (that was last thursday).

[Dr.Funk]

any reports of ice conditions from the lake of the woods area,

Saw a post on facebook that said 17" at birch.


EDIT: Just noticed that it was on the Buffalo point side that was 17" not Birch

[Snakehunter]

There is an ice road from Rat Portage and one from town over Treaty. No road through Holmstroms Marsh yet.
To get to 12 Mile you have to go through Rocky Narrows, over Strawberry Island and then across by Scotty's.
South of 12 Mile there is reports of 24" of ice but lots of snow cover which equals possibility of slush.
With the big dump of snow 2 days ago I would say slush is a big threat. Tons of ice for sledding though.

[walleye28]

any tips on where to find some crappie ?

[walleye28]

we were at moose on Saturday and guys were passing by pulling shacks out to L. of the woods.

[pansycity limit]

a co-worker was out last weekend to birch. 16" ice, but they caught only 1 small jack at the sand bar.

[walleye28]

over the last couple of years with my experience anyway, the fishing has seemed to have slowed out there a bit (sandbar ), need to find where they have move to, maybe closer to the boat launch, remember going with my grandfather many years ago and he would just drive a couple hundred yards out and that where we fished, with good results too.

[walleye28]

oops, update, people catching wallys, limiting out, just heard from a friend....live bait being used