LAST ICE

[RIVERRAT2]

here in greene co ,some of the ponds are at the last ice stage,-note the ice will tell you
what stage it is at not the month
the places i look for fish at last ice are
-sharp drops between the deep winter basin and thespawning beds
-sandy or gravel bottoms with weeds
-spawning sites in 2 to 10ft with weeds,brush-note water color makes a difference as to depth
NOTE- each body of water is different--north/south lake is different then greens lake here
i like to fish later now,let the sun warm thing up--gills will move for a 1/2 degree warmer  difference
 
RAT
 

[Rugburn]

Good pointers Rat, thanks. We now have new snow on our old ice. Spud....

[big_guy_13021]

Howdy rat...its nice to habe someone like you around ..you have alot a knowledge and im sure its appriciated by alot a fellow fisherman my self included..

[perch chacer]

Bad ice can be identified by:

If you can scrape away a couple inches of ice surface with your boot.
Bad ice gets darker when it get water logged.
When you cut a hole you get slivers of ice instead of ice chips.

Beware we are very close on a lot of lakes now.

[hard4ice]

Bad ice can be identified by:

If you can scrape away a couple inches of ice surface with your boot.
Bad ice gets darker when it get water logged.
When you cut a hole you get slivers of ice instead of ice chips.

Beware we are very close on a lot of lakes now.

absolutely right... been on some ice like that a couple times. definitely not safe.. drill a hole in that and you'd think your auger is broken cause it aint drilling right.  another sign is the obvious number one--- honeycombing