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Illinois => Ice Fishing Illinois => Topic started by: 74redone on Jan 31, 2013, 03:47 PM
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Just wondering what the warm up did to the ice. I have the next three days off so I might head out to the lake and see whats up.
Matt
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We have had a few days of very cold temp but, had to run down to the QC and ran pass a guy's pond out on Int-80 there was open water on the west side of his pond. Everybody is going to have to be safe and go with a friend again for a while!! :tipup:
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a number of spaces that stayed capped and only had some edge softness seem fine again. anything 10 acres plus likely has open water and still does because of the wind. last night we got a reprieve from the gusty winds so hopefully they cappedd over again.
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There is a lot of open water this afternoon that didnt cap last night. We were out last weekend and found open water so there is bound to be a lot of skim ice this weekend. I know there is some fishable ice tho too.
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Heading out maybe toward quad or rock... toss up as of now.
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I'm on the lake right now in Orion and there's 6" of good ice all the way out.
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Canal by Geneseo has a foot.
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Did we talk today?
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I fished on pool 13 this morning and found 11" of ice. Fished a pond by sterling this afternoon and had 8" or so.
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Fished on measured 14.25" today in the QC. Boy do I need a power auger.
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What did the shore line look like? Just hopeing it will hold out thru the day and recap the slush at night.
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I left at 4:30 and it was snow all the way to the shore.
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was nearly 12" of ice on a spot i checked monday. but it will be slowly chipped away at this point.
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Cris were u out on karl the other day? I had just stopped home for the day to fish and saw a hut out where you normally go. Not sure if i will go tom after the rain. 1 hr drive to check kinda sucks lol
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yeah that was me. I thought that hut across the way looked familiar. wish this rain was snow ???
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Do any good? I had a Musky trying to tug my transducer down the hole lol, scared the S!@# outta me. Found one nice crappie radomly out in 30ft of water, otherwise on most of the spots you can sit and reel up dink gills till your tired. I have a pond pretty close to there that will def be safe this weekend, pm if interested.
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yeah gotta love dink gills i'll still take that action all day. Any body check there local water holes today? Whats this messy liquid falling from the sky doing to our ice? ???
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Lots of rain today. It looks like the lakes r starting to open up along the banks. I was hoping to get one more weekend. I have to work Saturday morning now but of by noon and praying the ice is still safe around the qc.
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I fish north of the QC's. Starting up at Fulton. Miss backwaters. My brother and I do average. My brother made several lymph flies. Put some Preparation H on. Did well. But a guide told me about Prep H. It contains shark liver oil. I watched the perch with a camera. A world of difference in the learning curve. Used 2 lb test. Going this Saturday. Could be the last hurrah. Caught a half dozen keepers between 8-10". Put the big girls back to spawn.
I would post the pics but I do not think it is possible on this site.
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How about here. Did anyone find a safe spot to fish lately. Hopeing there may be something close to fishable by the weekend??
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Fished yesterday on 10-11".
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Where r u fishing? I live in the qc and have not seen any ice even close to get those numbers all year. I fish a private 7 acre lake that sits down in a valley and its only had at most 8" on it.
Matt
Fished yesterday on 10-11".
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He fishes a Mississppi back water that builds ice nicely. I read your report BBK from the Iowa forum. I noticed at couple ponds today that were looking horribly then i checked another one that is fairly sheltered from the car and it looked so so with some shore ice still stable just trying to put a feeler out there. I would think the canal in Geneseo might be stable yet also that place holds ice like BBK's back water. :o
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The place I fish is shaded all day every day, makes a big difference. 11" on one side, 5-6" on the other that is in the sun. About a week ago we were fishing on 14". Its all hard clear ice too, yesterday I could see the fish below me as I was reeling them up. 13 feet of water and a good 10-11" of ice.
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Anyone on here know if the Hennipen Canal in Geneseo has safe ice yet? I was thinkin of headed that direction this weekend in hopes of drilling some holes???
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Supposed to be first and last ice in area so guessing it might. Not sure if rain had any effect there like east where water is up.
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everytime i'm certain we are done, mother nature hangs on to maybe give me an inkling of a chance. i will tool around this weekendd and see if there is any ice within a close proximity of me. not looking good but its worth a shot.
if nothing by this weekend, its all getting wrapped back up and going into storage.
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I feel the same way way hnd!
Matt
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Geneseo has zero to 8 inches maybe more as of yesterday. Some of the pads out by canal flow have opened up. Not sure how the deluge I drove back to Peoria in may have affected it.
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Same thing fellas. Headin towards the qc Friday hoping I can shimmy my way onto something safe
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:icefish: hope you find some ice so you can get out
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Well took tomorrow off to spend the day on the ice. I fished Sunday and caught some nice gills and catfish and were only out for a hour. Possibly could be the last outing for the year :'(
Matt
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hung up the gear last night. got out on the weekend and the ice was plentiful but you could see it was going to pot fast. close to me the ice was probably fishable monday but we decided to just set trees instead.
i've fallen through enough times.
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After yesterdays rain I think its safe to say good bye to the ice for this year.
Matt
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I was telling the wife that it is about time to put the ice fishing equipment away also. I'm at the age that I do not thinking it is wise to go out on the ice even if it has some depth to it. With all the rain I'm sure it has started the honey-coning procede. That is a very dangerous time. If you younger guys go out be safe!! :tipup: