Looking for some general help on the topic, I have fond memories of fishing pool 10 and 11 in college over a decade ago, I'd like to get back to ice fishing the river this winter.
But I also have some not so fond memories of crossing some sketchy sloughs and actually going in up to my waist (lucky) twice. So I'm a little hesitant about jumping into pools 3-5 without much information. In college it was easy to find local guys that knew the water but I'm a little on my own out here now so I thought I'd ask help from ice shanty on general locations, I don't need or want specifics I just need to know where in years past or this year (hopefully) guys have fished or have accessed pretty safe ice.
I've heard of lake Pepin but I don't know if this is just bays or if the whole lake would be safe in a normal year? This is what I'm getting at, I just don't trust river ice.
If anyone knows of some locations with good ice I would appreciate it a lot, if you want a fishing partner even better! I'm hoping to find some safe places around Bay City, Nelson, Pepin, Alma.
Personal Messages work too if you don't want to broadcast a general location. Thanks for the help! I'll try to go down there and just walk random sloughs if I have to but having a general location to start from would be great!
