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Iowa => Ice Fishing Iowa => Topic started by: Santa on Dec 13, 2013, 05:54 PM
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Have not seen much info on Brushy lately, does anyone know how the ice is there ?
And without giving away too many secrets how is the fishing?
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Have heard reports that the fishin has been good...
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Fished off the north end straight out tonight. There was about five inches of ice and we picked up 7 keeper crappie. We went out from 6pm till around 9. Didn't mark a whole lot while trying to locate them.
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Went up this am for a few hours. Fishing was ok. Crappie n bluegill. Shut off around 1 so we packed up and headed back home. Fished off north end on 5 inches of ice. Some crazy *****s had ATVs and a side by side out. Not sure how thick the ice was where they were but seems a lil early for them... Especially only a hundred or so yards off the ramp.
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Was out sunday am till three pm and did alright moved a lot but that's brushy got some nice perch and crappies.. lots of friendly people out and had fun also saw the quads and side by side unreal especially w that many moe houses and people out ther....had fun though will be back southside next ... was in jason Mitchell thremal stop by and visit if ya want
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I think the majority of people have been on the North end. I fished yesterday afternoon north of the fishing pier, was 7-8". Didn't catch a lot or even mark much but was great to get out for the 1st time this year. I didn't move around so can't report any other ice thickness.
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Brushy updates? Headed there tomorrow AM
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Fishing has been slow after dark. Mornings may be different tho. Picked up a few crappies the other night.
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Ive been hitting it late mornings and afternoons......usuall y pull up 10-15 crappies and 20-25 gills. Crappies have been in the 9-13 inch range with dinks here and there. Using mostly jigs and red spikes.
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Out here now, slow! Got here at 730 maybe too late for am bite? Gonna stick it out till dark. 6-8 everywhere
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Good luck. , post how you end up
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Good luck. , post how you end up
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hey guys looking to do a brushy trip. some info on the area lodging food any info would help. thanks! hey cotacather call me if you can get away tommorow.
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Pub info would be helpful too !
Ranger It ll be later in day before I get out.
I'm going for a nite bite tomorrow , got a line on some Omaha eyes ... 4-5 pm before I get out ( 1st of many Xmas )
Good news is I have two+ weeks off and lots and lots of ice. I will call you ...
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hey guys looking to do a brushy trip. some info on the area lodging food any info would help. thanks! hey cotacather call me if you can get away tommorow.
duncombe is just a couple miles north of it. Has minnows, waxies, spikes, food, drinks and a bit of tackle. Most guys I talk to stay in either fort dodge or webster city.
any questions just PM me, I'm in the area.
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Night bite was much better caught 10 decent Crappie and a handful of gills, Ended up with 2/3 of a 5gal bucket of fish between the two of us. Advice from my first trip of the year....get there early 530/6A and fish till 9A or evening bite 2pm to 6. We didnt get much from 9a untill about 4pm.
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thanks waldo look ya for sure!
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During the day it usually pays to drill then drill some more. ;D
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During the day it usually pays to drill then drill some more. ;D
That will fall perfectly into my style as I tend to go through a tank a day drilling holes ,,, Swiss cheese ,,move a lot! Thanks for the info
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Tank a day??? Not sure I could do that even not taking time to fish....I dont even use a gallon a season and drill alot of holes
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Found ice fishing poles off north boat ramp! PM to to describe them and will work out a way to meet up!
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Owner found
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It's great to have nice honest people out there . Great Job Ice Ninja :thumbsup: :clap:
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Big time x2. !!!!!
That's awesome. Not a lot of people with that character
Nice job Ninja
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Where's the "Like" button for ice ninja
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I went out today.. only idiot without a shack. Didn't last long and no bites
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Anyone else make it out yesterday. Was wondering if anyone had made it south at all or if north was the place to be. Taking the wife out tomorrow so any advice would be great. More fish I put her on the more I get to fish tomorrow. Haha.
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Returning the poles and finding the owner says a lot about Ninja's character. Very Nice! @)
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Thumbs up to ninja for the true sportsmanship of you sir... any update on south side??? Going over in am tomorrow
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duncombe is just a couple miles north of it. Has minnows, waxies, spikes, food, drinks and a bit of tackle. Most guys I talk to stay in either fort dodge or webster city.
any questions just PM me, I'm in the area.
Do you charge for guide services?
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Do you charge for guide services?
lol. I already posted all the information I have. I can draw a map and bring it to work tonight if you need more.
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Do you charge for guide services?
is this a serious question?
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X2 ?
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is this a serious question?
Negative. @) GPS coordinates would be better than a map if wald0 was not too cheep to buy navonics....
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Anyone interested in doing some evening fishing for eyes on Brushy on Sunday- Tuesday evenings hit me up. My ex partner changed days off and can't swim anyways. ;D
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Anyone interested in doing some evening fishing for eyes on Brushy on Sunday- Tuesday evenings hit me up. My ex partner changed days off and can't swim anyways. ;D
thats why I ordered a striker ;D
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Went out Friday around 1:00 in the afternoon, caught some really nice gills and a couple of crappie..... Heard about people catching some walleye in about 20 to 25 feet range with a jigging spoon tipped with a wax worm or minnow head, ice is about 5 to 9 inches thick
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How much snow is on the ice?
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Hardly any; none on most of it, after yesterday's weather.
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Sitting on the ice wondering why I didn't leave an hour ago. One crappie one gill. Anyone doin better?
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We didn't do much better. Found fish all day but getting them to bite seemed like mission impossible. Everyone else that I talked too gave the same report. Lots of lookers
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Same story today... sssslllloooowwww
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just got off brushy, marked lots of fish but nothing was biting, a guy came up to and talked for a bit, turned out he was driving around seeing if anybody was having any luck, he'd talked to two guys who were using a camera, they told him they could see fish but couldn't get a thing to bite, I guess they'd even bopped a walleye on the nose with a minnow but it wouldn't bat an eye at it
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Super slow for us today, and if we didnt have two cameras between us both, we wouldn't have caught the ones we did. Moved out to the channel in 42 fow, since other guys were, but couldn't mark a fish out there. We should have just stayed in the 27', where we were at least seeing and catching a few. Cold front prob has them shut down.
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Found 15 hungry gills near the South boat ramp in 15-18 FOW. That's the best day I've had this season. Luckily I was shielded from most of the wind
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How's is the ice on south end?? And is vehicle traffic picking up out there???
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Wondering if and where truck traffic has been...really don't want to haul quad if I don't need it
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north ramp is fine to drive off
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anyone happen to find a small metal stand for a heater at the north ramp?
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Little scouting found the mass of crappies tonight. Not out there but that's the word I got. Guy caught his limit I guess
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Have decided to head down to brushy creek today I have never fished it and this year being extremely tough bite just wondering north or south, back in finger or out in channel wondering where to start
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Most of my luck has been at the south end, East of the island
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Not catching much so far today. Probably would make a difference if we had a vexilar. Oh well still having a blast on a great weather day.
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Was out for 3 hours sunday and moved several times.....got skunked
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Started on the north end yesterday about 6:30am and caught a dink walleye and nice crappie. Moved to the south end and caught pry 50 gills, a perch and a crappie. Only a couple keeper gills tho. Some people pry woulda kept them but I don't keep anything small. Was a great day, just gotta find the size now.
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Finally made it down to brushy fished over by south east boat ramp by the jetty marked a few but no takers got there very late 4pm should have stayed home next time will be there early in the morning and fish it hard I don't like driving that far and getting skunked.
As I have never fished brushy before just wondering what a few good lures are for this lake or is it a bait lake? I don't want to know top secret lures just some that are productive so I know what they prefer
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1/16 ounce forage minnows, small moon jigs with green dots, Lindy frostees.. Need waxies. Minnows for crappies. Usually do good.
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I caught around 50 last weekend with a teardrop jig and small plastic worm hooked wacky.
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Any new reports on how the fishing has been? Going to make the annual trip on Sunday and looking to see if they are hungry. We will be going out from the north ramp.
Any help is appreciated. Anybody use the Dingledrop jig out there yet and have any luck with it. The guide up here on a Clear lake uses it and loves it for the yellow bass, bluegills, and crappies.
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Can't stress enough to find unfished water... From 24-30 foot deep. Go a little further south than the majority, I found numbers of perch doing that the other day. Good luck.
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That whole lake is pretty well unfished this year in comparison to the last 2 years. 35fow has been A pretty good number lately cant say the fishing been real fantastic maybe adequate but you can still find A limit with some work.
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How far south did ya do to find perch like that?????
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far enough ;) I went straight out from where I was catching them in the summer, found em. Lol I'm not telling where exactly! Probably the middle most part of the lake. I'll be out on Saturday tryin to slay em.
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There have been alot of perch this year only probably is 1 in every so many will b almost a keeper but otherwise they are dinks. Gotta keep them to since they come out of deep water they dont handle it very well at all.
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There have been alot of perch this year only probably is 1 in every so many will b almost a keeper but otherwise they are dinks. Gotta keep them to since they come out of deep water they dont handle it very well at all.
I haven't caught a perch smaller than 9 inches this year.
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I'd rather catch dink perch than dink gills/crappies.
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These all came out of the same hole this year. That was it tho. No crappie or bluegill.
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Keepers? (http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag158/Jesse_Jondal/null_zps0e9c32fa.jpg)
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Anyone brave the wind today? Decided to save it for tomorrow, didn't catch nothing on my couch. Been a boring day. I'm ready for the am.
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Redshack, was rather slow and gale force winds. Didn't stay out long. Got those three perch while I was out there though, that was kinda fun!
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Those are nice fu. I hope I can get into some of those tomorrow. No perch through the ice for me yet this year.
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Look like nice perch, congrats.
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I strictly fished for walleyes yesterday, but all I caught was these two.
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That makes me think of those shirts... "I went to Brushy Creek and all I got were these two lousy panfish". Hehe
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That makes me think of those shirts... "I went to Brushy Creek and all I got were these two lousy panfish". Hehe
Its all fun and games; until someone catches more fish, or loses their wiener.
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Take your problems with someone to private, these hoards are for information and chat not for a measuring match. All unrelated posts have been removed, next step is moderation. We're all adults here, grow up.
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Sorry for the late update on how we did. We started out west of the north ramp in our usual location amd didn't even get a bite. When I put the camera down I found out why. A musky was lurking on our area. We did also see a northern and a perch. W moved around noon to a location over the creek channel an immediately seen fish on the camera, crappies and gills. We did get 4 crappies and 3 gills but that was all that we got whe we left around 4. It was beautiful out there as it was 54 degrees according to the truck. There was a lot of water on he thrice go go into the hole which clouded the water up quickly so don't know if that had something to do with the bite being slow. We also did see another musky in this location as well so he probably scared off a bunch of the fish. Most of these fish were in 24 feet of water and about 1 foot off the bottom.
Wish they would have bit better with it being as nice of a day as it was.
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Headed up tomorrow. Anyone have any hints? Planning on hitting a bend in the channel over deeper water. Also I'm assuming the ice is OK to drive staying out of the trees?
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ice is just thicker then it was a week ago when everyone was driving on it. I havent been on it for 8 days, so no fishing report for u
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I never got into anymore perch lol. Weather probably had took some part in that. Try somewhere around 20-25 foot. That's what I've been hearing.
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I went out last night for A bit, the ice was 15" here and 20" there so it varies A bit but nothing less than 15" anywhere I drilled.
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Well, we fished from 5-1:30 yesterday and only had a total of 3 fish come topside. One was an about 13 inch perch but that was the only thing keeper sized. Probably drilled 200-250 holes all up and down the east side of the lake and could not buy a bite. Will say this though, the ice is plenty thick lol. Anywho, slow fishing is an understatement.
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Wow, that's a lot of holes :o Way to be persistent! Too bad the fish didn't cooperate.
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Dude you have no idea lol. My arms felt like jello when we left. And that was even using the new Honda four stroke from strikemaster. I could not imagine what it would have been like with my old 2 stroke as its about 8 lbs heavier.
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Sounds like you had some bad luck.. Unfortunate
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Anyone been out the last couple days?
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Either Brushy is on fire or the dead sea cause NOBODY has been reporting much from there. Trying to decide where to go this weekend any suggestions?
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Had a buddy fish it last weekend for 6 hrs and caught 3 gils. Been slow from what I hear. I'd go here:)
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=276955.0
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It was a tough bite for me Saturday. Drilled probably 35-40 holes and all I was able to pull up was a 13" crappie. I could find fish here and there, but they weren't hungry for what I had.
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I was there on Sunday from 6am to noon and caught a ton of 8" gills and kept 5- 9" gills and 2-12" crappies and a perch. Between my brother and I, we could have kept both our limits of gills but I'm pretty picky about what I keep. Woulda stayed later but I had my little girl at home I wanted to spend time with in the afternoon.
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Is everyone still up north or have they moved down to the south end? I was up 3 weeks ago and caught a few nice crappie and a 14" walleye. Its been slowin down every time I go. Wife n I caught at least 40 crappie on Xmas day with only a few small ones and maybe 4 gills, all out of the first 2 holes I drilled. Would love to have another day like that up there. It was a blast
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Few people at the very north end but most are mid lake and farther south. I've had luck in the south end, just not the size of fish I'd like. But as they say, just cuz I ain't catching em doesn't mean others aren't! I caught a 16" walleye a few weeks ago and it came between 1-2pm in the afternoon. So bite varies.
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Thanks fella's i'm gonna give it a all day go saturday
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I might have to get up there this weekend and see what I can find. That's a good midday catch. Usually seems to slow down to about nothing by noon.
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Fished brushy all day Saturday moved along creek channels in 35-20 fow moved 4 times. It was a fun day on the ice we ended up with 1 walleye 15" 8 crappie only 5 keepers over 11" a 10" perch and 1 bull gill. Trucks driving everywhere ice is 18+ inches. I caught all my fish on dingle drops n red spikes/ waxies
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I had a great day of fishing today there. Caught a bunch of really nice gils, a few crappies, and a decent perch. Had the lake to our selves pretty well. Best bite I had was from 11 am to 1 pm.
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Lots of nice walleyes on camera today...they cruise and completely ignore my presentations. Huge musky too. No crappies seen. Can't see your jig over 18" from hole at 23 ft on a sunny day today. By 4:30 I needed my lights on to see the jig. Caught 6 nice gils and a 12" perch. Fished from 1:15 to 5:30. Never moved. Caught a cigar eye too. I was the only one on the entire lake when I drove on. At 4:30 two trucks drove out to the channel. Leaving, one more truck was by north ramp.
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According to the old man crappies are consistent. He brings home a dozen plus every evening. 20 fow I guess! They're still biting!
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On the lakes in south central Iowa where I go the crappies have been scattered out until dark and then they really turn on and school up its really crazy I only managed to catch 13 decent keepers today until it was dark and then I caught 9 more in 30 mins or less and also hooked a big cat that I lost because of a bad hook set then I caught a 2.5l lb cat right before I packed up probably only caught 75 fish today but only had 43 total keepers that I just got done cleaning . So I'm loading up for another day tomorrow
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Hows the snow cover on brushy? Getting around?
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Hows the snow cover on brushy? Getting around?
I would suggest four wheel drive only because of the many drifts. Lots of bare ice and lots of areas with little snow but also many drifts. sometimes it is hard to judge the snow depth and you end up driving thru a drift that it deeper than you thought.
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hole in middle of north boat ramp. be careful. bring your cleats. unless we get this snow on top again.
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Grizz could you elaborate on this hole? are people still driving around it?
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Hows the fishing been lately plan on possibly heading that way in the morning
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What toofuss said... Was going to head up that way Saturday. Was really hoping to be able to drive out. Be interesting with this storm.
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one tire track right in the middle of the ramp. maybe 3 feet long. that was 2/20/14. i came off about 9AM and hit it. no telling how many others have since then. we just drove to the sides last year. when in doubt check it out.
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Most definitely. Thanks
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I35 is closed from Ames north this am....has me holding off till the sun comes up, so I can see better driving the back roads. Hopefully be on the ice by 9 am.
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Wouldn't be too hard to get stuck out here w a pickup; 6-8" of snow and slush. I'm on my four wheeler and it rides on top
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Well hopefully the fishing is good for ya I was gonna head that way this morning but I am 2hrs away and with the weather i decided to pass let me know how you do/all the action I missed out on
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Any new info? We are really getting close to the big trip and things are looking to be a good turn out. Im gonna put in a call to mike @ duncombe for a little more info tomorrow morning.
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I had the entire lake to myself Friday, until 3 when two trucks came out. I caught 20 crappies, and went thru 3/4 tank of gas, drilling and fishing. Fished outdoors on my knees. Caught them in 23-41 ft. Sat on my butt in my shelter on Saturday, relaxed using my camera, and caught two nice perch, one nice lm bass that hooked itself deep, one keeper Gil, and 7-8 dink gils. Ice was 20-23" and 3"-2' drifts, depending on where I went. I took four wheeler, and kept my truck out of stuck issues. There was lots of slushy wet snow. Been bitterly cold up there, so that should be history.
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One of those trucks was an old single cab blue s10 wasn't it? ;)
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They still make single cabs? Lol. ;D
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lol, honestly I couldnt tell u. I recognized neither, so I didnt pay attention. I fished today from 12:45 to 3:30. Caught 2 crappie. Id mark them, but they wouldnt eat. 42 fow
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My dad's been doing exceptionally well in 20-24 fow. Bro worms. The red worms work best he said! All after dark.
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I did great last saturday but not so hot on sunday. Crappie gills and a nice fat perch. Hooked into something big for 5 minutes or so. Was fishing with the bro in law, very inexperienced, line wrapped and he thought he had something so he was pulling. Got him to put it down and then his pole moved a minute or so longer. Needless to say, he ripped up on his pole again and I could feel it and then my pole went straight. Want to talk about wanting to strangle someone and throw em down a hole... anyways I'll be back for more this weekend. Hopefully its like last Saturday again only with the wife or normal fishing buddy.
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Okay so -20 tomorrow am. Who alls gonna be out keepin me company?
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I would, but I was there all day Friday, and half a day Saturday. Fishings hard work, and I need a day of rest lol.
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Later this week i might. Depends on my work schedule. Good luck!
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I might try to make another run later in the week or first part of next week. Gotta see what the funding situation is like.
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4X4 required? If so, you need to go big with a 4x4? How about a 4x4 dodge dakota?
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you should be fine with the dakota. There was a durango puling a wheelhouse out there sat. Just pick your routes.
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My buddy had his 2wd s10 out there this past weekend. He ain't the smartest feller out there though.
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Anyone been out this weekend?
Wondering if it has held up or getting soft out there...
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Ice hasn't changed; prob still drive a semi on it. 3-6" of wet snow on top. I'm here now:)
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Fish were biting on Saturday. Got into crappie gill and a couple perch. Hope that ice will hold one for one more go this weekend
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I experienced a good night bite last night. Really got wet from dusk till I got off. I'm done driving trucks on it. I used atv yesterday, and my travel cover had 4" of slush on it, and 4" of water in the tub, just driving off of the lake. Had no water in tub, till I drove off, and I was from one end to the next yesterday before I setup for my night fishing.
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Ya its gonna suck pulling the shack again... if I get the chance. It is crazy nice out today. Most of the snow in Ames is melted off. Hoping for no rain
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I'm planning on going tonight, but putting my clam scout on the rack on rear of atv, no more pulling my stuff in this mess.
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work call came in; anybody looking for me...I wont make it tonight. Prob for sure tomorrow night
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I would like to head up there Wednesday and thursday but need to know if the ice will be good enough. Its a 2.5 hour drive for me soany info on ice conditions would be appreciated
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Cowboy same here wanting to head the Thursday, its about an hour drive for me
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No driving out but walking should be ok. I'm planning on being up there Saturday if anyone wants to tag along.
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I'm too busy again tonight. Buddy was there last night, ice was 27" and lots of trucks on the ice. Tonight at 10 pm it will be below freezing, and not get back above freezing till Thursday am at 9, according to hr by hr forecast on weatherbug. I'm sure guys will be driving trucks this weekend. 23 mph winds blowing today too, so I'm sure one should be careful around trees. I'm using four wheeler, no walking for me yet
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Well I'm not gonna take the truck so I guess I'm hoffing it lol
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:tipup: :tipup: :tipup: don't blame ya, $7000 to get one out doesn't fit into my budget. If my four wheeler goes in, I'm hoping my camera, u in a dive suit, a cable, and we can get it out on our own:)
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I have fished sleds out before lol. Get me the dive gear and I would give it a shot.
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Lol, I hope I never need your offer ;D
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Me too lol
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How's the ice out there!? I want to hit it one last time this weekend. Any updates would be great!!
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I'm too busy again tonight. Buddy was there last night, ice was 27" and lots of trucks on the ice. Tonight at 10 pm it will be below freezing, and not get back above freezing till Thursday am at 9, according to hr by hr forecast on weatherbug. I'm sure guys will be driving trucks this weekend. 23 mph winds blowing today too, so I'm sure one should be careful around trees. I'm using four wheeler, no walking for me yet
Did you take the time to read recent posts such as this above?? ::)
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Checked Tuesday night. 1 quad no trucks. 6 huts. Runoff water on top of ice about 25 feet out from north ramp. Lots water standing around some trees. I'll fish Thursday morning. And report then. Definitely not driving the truck out.
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I heard there's open spots off the north ramp... I haven't seen it though.
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Ive seen pic two hrs ago from a friend, of what looked like some open water around some trees on north end. He said it was mainly water on top of ice. West ramp as of an hr ago was still fine, he said. No one but an atv was out as far as motorized traffic. He was on foot. Said ice was 17-23" where he was. Wind blew only 8 mph today up there, so at least the wind isnt a factor. Be safe and good luck guys
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In my neck of the woods its suppose to be 60 tomorrow then 54 and 40's the rest of the week. You all know how the winds likes to blow so be extremely careful out there boys & girls.
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better get out soon might be too late by the weekend
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Yea, thinking about rescheduling clients and hitting it up early tomorrow am? Anybody else game?
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Well sundays event is cancelled. Im still checkin out the lake tonight after four. Will rep ort back with conditions
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Waiting anxiously for saturday lol.
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20-23" everywhere I was on it yesterday. Rode my atv from west ramp, all the way to north ramp...and fished all over in between. Westramp had about a ft of open when I drove off at 9 last night, front tires had to drop off in about 8-10" of water. Ice was in good shape imo and the guys I was with. Use your own discretion.
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How was it gettin the atv off last night don? I popped thru and almost filled my boots at the edge haha. I'll probably be out tonight of early Saturday am then im done with good ole bushy crack til next season
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Front Wheels dropped in about a foot from shore or so, water was less then a foot deep. Front wheels were on solid ground before rear wheels dropped...no biggie. Prob heading up soon, and going to bring some 2x6's to ramp my atv on. Lots of false reports of huge open areas around trees up there the last two days...its water on ice around the trees...I didnt see any open water, and those areas are few and far between. I fished right against trees yesterday on dry ice....use your own discretion people!!!!
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the north ramp is 20' or so of open water! can someone post the report from mike at duncombe. i didn't check the other ramps.
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Water is deeper then boots at south ramp, and up and down both sides, at 3:45 pm 3/14/14. This lake is done for me.
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Ok guys take it easy. None of us are ready for the season to end and what may be safe for some doesn't mean all will think it so. Just like there are some who will fish 2" early season. Stay safe and use your heads. No fish is worth the cold plunge, been there done that. Let's be civil guys and gals.
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3:45 pm today. Water looked too deep for this guy to venture out. This is South Ramp, it was the last to go from reports, so I didnt bother driving to any other ramp.. I could see tire tracks under the water, so it's water on ice. Wind blew 20 mph plus up there today. There was a SUV parked at the ramp, and they were in for a wet walk to get back on land.
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Pics from yesterday. I didnt go out and take pics of the few areas that had water on the ice. They were few, and we chose to fish areas that were dry
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Nice meeting several ice shanty members....and thanks for the fish u guys added to my pile. Went home w 21 and was up late cleaning them!!!
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We were able to access Brushy yesterday from the west boat ramp. However, after a 10 hour day of fishing the shoreline had deteriorated further making it a knee high wet return off the ice. Most of the areas that we fished on the west end held 18-28+ inches. However with the recent warm temps the ice integrity is much softer then we've seen all season. Some anglers were also getting on from the east ramp and the west jetti. Shorelines possess skim ice around the entire lake, so use extreme caution if you do decide to access. Also be cautious around large tree lines. There is open water in these areas as the ice has deteriorated greatly. However, many of the smaller sections of trees are still fishable. Remember to use good judgment and to bring your safety equipment with you if you do decide to venture out.
Between 3 anglers we covered quite a bit of area yielding a fair amount of pearch, crappie, bluegills and walleye. Maki plastics as well as a combination of smaller jigs tipped with wax worms produced. As the warmer temps continue to approach, Brushy will soon be finished for this season. Be safe on late ice.
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I noticed Friday there looked to be a white permy on the South end yet. Anyone else see it there still this weekend?
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I have some buddies there tonight and they said it is still there. I thought permies had to be off by a certain date. I'm not sure they will be getting it off, as it was setting in the water that is on top of the ice. By the way, a buddy and I got two limits of crappies on Friday night from 7:30 until midnight. It was a blast fishing under the full moon and listening to the coyotes howl!
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Glad to hear you guys have been doing good!! I don't feel like putting hip boots on and carrying my gear to dry ice, or I'd get back out there.
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I went out Saturday with two friends from Waterloo and the lake wasn't nearly as bad as people made it out to seem, more than likely for safety reasons which is fine with me.
We went out friday from west boat ramp and it was only pulled back from shore three feet and easily accessible with a plank or rubber boots. All the ice was very thick and the only bad spots were around large trees. Small trees were fine to walk around. Obviously caution needs to be considered because you can't just walk wherever but I never once felt like I was in danger.
Fished all day bite was good until weather shifted and it shut the bite off pretty much the rest of the day until near dark and then the bite took off again.
I did manage a 25 inch walleye in the middle of the day which is my personal best under the ice. I saw something red on my flasher when I was fishing 35 ft and it was only 10 foot below the hole so figured i didn't have anything to lose even though i though it might be intereference or something. Well ended up being a big eye!
Getting off the ice that night we broke the edge a good 2 foot more so was a little toughter to get off. I would say that my last go at fishing in Iowa this year and since my wife is expecting in two weeks I think I should probably not travel to far from home :P
It was a good long season so I'm not complaining.
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I thought permies had to be off by a certain date.
Feb 20th was the last date ANY shelter could be on the ice unoccupied. As long as the shelter is occupied, it can be there. I highly doubt that is the case but if there is somebody in it all the time it is still legal to be out there. As far as the law is concerned there is no difference between portable and permanent. The difference is occupied or unoccupied.
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I went out Saturday with two friends from Waterloo and the lake wasn't nearly as bad as people made it out to seem, more than likely for safety reasons which is fine with me.
We went out friday from west boat ramp and it was only pulled back from shore three feet and easily accessible with a plank or rubber boots. All the ice was very thick and the only bad spots were around large trees. Small trees were fine to walk around. Obviously caution needs to be considered because you can't just walk wherever but I never once felt like I was in danger.
Fished all day bite was good until weather shifted and it shut the bite off pretty much the rest of the day until near dark and then the bite took off again.
I did manage a 25 inch walleye in the middle of the day which is my personal best under the ice. I saw something red on my flasher when I was fishing 35 ft and it was only 10 foot below the hole so figured i didn't have anything to lose even though i though it might be intereference or something. Well ended up being a big eye!
Getting off the ice that night we broke the edge a good 2 foot more so was a little toughter to get off. I would say that my last go at fishing in Iowa this year and since my wife is expecting in two weeks I think I should probably not travel to far from home :P
It was a good long season so I'm not complaining.
Congrats on that eye and congrats on that upcoming new ice fisher-person!!