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Maryland => Ice Fishing Maryland and West Virginia => Topic started by: woody1313 on Jan 01, 2004, 08:41 PM
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I was out today. The ice ranges from 3 to 5 inches in spots. Green Glade has the most. It has 4 to 6 inches in the cove but no good ice really. It is all white ice anywhere u go. Lake Shore has about 3 inches of ice and its white also. Pardise Point has 3 to 4 inches of white ice. Turkey Neck has about 4 inches in the cove till it hits the main body. Pon Run has about 5 inches but it had a lot of slush on top of it. If u go after today u will probably need a plank to get on anywhere. I would say it might be slime after tomorrow it is rains. But we have good cold temps coming towards the end of next week. So anymore questons where the ice is good email me back.
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Took a look at the lake on the way home today, what ice we had before is entirely gone due to warm temps and heavy rain! However VERY cold temps is coming (already snowing here now, and temps dropping). The temp will not be past the freezing mark for at least next Monday according to NOAA (the forcast hasnt extended past Monday yet, so it may well be longer) Temps will hardly hit the 20's most of the week with single digits temps at night. Hopefully we can get some good ice out of this. Hard to believe I was on 5 inches of clear ice a few weeks ago, now its gone.
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Hey FDC, How did you make out on the ice so far. Have you caught alot of fish? I would like to venture out there this coming weekend if safe ice forms by then,keep us posted !
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Heres a couple pics from Dec21 outing, which I think was my first time out for the season.
(http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/1103/FishDeepCreek/SlobbogillDS.jpg)
Not a bad sized gill, when they are 2 hander sized ( that one measured 10 1/4 inches)
Also ice a few Yellow Perch in the 13 inch class like the like below:
(http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/1103/FishDeepCreek/RodperchDS.jpg)
The first few times out the lake was on fire, fish would show up on the Vexilar, and they hammered the jig. First time out I had a field day on gill, perch, and ice a few walleyes too. It seemed like the fish bite really slowed down as the temps warmed up. Id see fish come up to my bait on the Vexilar, but then just edge away. They seemed to be shut off as the ice was noisey (ice was making the groaning, bubbling raquet, like when it makes ice) Last week I was in the same cove the ice was cracking under my feet, but still 5 inches thick, and they fish seemed very turned off. Ideally id like to have ventured out of the spot and pop more holes, but when its not all the way froze, your limited on where to fish. Hopefully we will get ice soon again, its very cold outside now!
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Scrolling up threw the recents posts I saw those super yellow perch and new those were posted by FDC.
Nice.
-Scott
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If your coming up to ice fish, Id forget it! The lake is mostly open, the real cold temps didnt do too much, because of winds! Most of the areas that had decent ice got wiped out by last weekends rain. However hope is coming. The winds are dead tonight, so hopefully it will help start a skim, and get things in motion. Looked at NOAA weather report for this area- no temps above freezing! Marsh Run coves is icing up but lots of open water patches. Id give it more time!
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Yes, I checked. The entire lake is iced over, however, the newly formed ice is not that thick! The area I checked had about 4 inches in the back of the cove but a short distance out, were there was slick ice only 2- 2 1/2 inches! There were a few brave souls out on the clear stuff (other area of the lake), better them than me! As i checked the clear ice, i fired up the gas auger took a couple turns of the blade, a nice ice crack formed a long distance out, decided not a good idea to venture out further. I did ice fish the back of the cove, iced up 2 chain pikerels, and had one cut my jig off fighting him. The perch bite really seemed turned off. Just hard to move around when your limited in spots to fish. The area that was thick enough was not alot at all. I think things will change this week though with more cold temps coming. I really would like to hit main lake points, and drop offs, but cant at the moment.
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Careful on that thin ice man. Would not want you to fall thru before we are able to get out your way.!!! Save a couple of those walleye for us once you start getting into them. :'( :'( :'(
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new to fishing deep creek. here in harford county with nothing much to fish as of yet. will someone let me in on the best spots to try in deep creek and when is safe for a newbie like me
just got back from fishing northern maine with lots of ice so disappointed with the home front
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Kathleen, Deep Creek is a great lake and should be fished if you can get out there. But, there are lots of lakes in PA that are closer to you that you can hit right now. Bob's post above about Sheppard Meyer is one example and it's a nice little lake. It's near Hanover just on the PA side of the MD line (about 2 miles North of where MD rt. 30 becomes PA rt. 94). Also, Lake Redman near York should be fishable by the end of the week and is worth checking out. There are several lakes near in Central PA a little further North too. Purchase a PA Gazetteer and it will guide you to much fishing fun. Use that and the information that you can find here and you're in business (make sure to check the PA pages on this site).
Good luck and maybe we'll see you up there.
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Hope to have good ice this weekend. Taking off Friday to make a 3 day-er out of it. Will split time between Deep Creek and High Point. I checked Blair Valley and Greenbriar on Sunday and they were not ready yet. I know it's gonna be a long week!
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An ice fisher Woman WOW ;D I am probably going to Deep Creek this weekend, you could come along ! 8) I could show how to get the big ones !
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yes, an ice fisherwoman!, lol. my Dad taught me all he knew back in the old days fishing the creeks around Hart-Miller. i learned the old ways, so all these flags, augers, etc. are new to me. he chopped a hole in the ice with an axe and we jigged for awhile....no fish, new hole! he is gone now , but my love for him and what he taught me as a young one lives on. everytime i am on the ice i feel him standing next to me!
hope to meet some new ice fishing buddies and fish some new waters.
please keep me posted, thanks, kathy :)
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Guess I'd better take the dog if I want company ::)
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I will give you a little company ....I am thinking of comming down saturday morning .....see you there. Mark Sirko
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Ben, I'm hittin' your home lake on Saturday! Good luck in MD this weekend!
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Got to get through one more day of work. Any one out this mid week?
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had an early day at work so I went scouting. Went to the South end, cuts some holes to check, about 6-8 inches of clear ice! Also ventured out towards the main lake area in the South end, average was 6 inches of clear ice. I went to Marsh Run cove and fished for a few hours, marked lots of fish, but they were very tight lipped. Did hook 1 dink perch. The game warden was out there, I atalked with him for a bit, he said most people were experiencing a tough bite today.Things are looking good as temps are supposed to stay cold for a good while. Get those rods, and shanties time to ice some fish!
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Fished the 16th and 17th at Mchenry cove. 16th was cold but I managed 2 walleyes and one perch. Sat looked like a primo walleye day with good cloud cover but I could only manage 3 perch. Ice conditions were solid 5 or 6 inches. Got to use my vexilar for the first time and it actually got frustrating. Seams like a fish or two in every hole will come up to check out the lure then turn around and swim away. On Friday I had a school of fish checking out a castmaster tipped with a minnow head but would not hit. Out of frustation I dropped a jigging rap down and had one come up four feet to hit it. I lost this one on the way up so I dropped it back down and bam another walleye. By the time I unhooked him the school was gone. It was kinda cool because that's the first walleye I've caught jigging through the ice.
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mr freeze .....it feels good doesn't it ......soon you will be selling all your tip ups , and becomming a JIG HEAD ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Got to keep a few rap's on hand. Don't forget the red yarn trick as well! Keep jiggin' em
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Mr. Freeze,
Dont feel bad about the Vexilar, I experinced the same thing all weekend, as well as a few other people I chatted with out on the lake. Lots of fish going up to the bait/lure and turning away. The fish were probably in a negative mood, nothing you did wrong. But the Vexilar does let you know the fishes mood, plus you got to break it in as well. It was defintely a tough bite this weekend, glad to see im not the only one. I did manage a few perch, and walleye over the weekend, nothing spectacular though. Lets hope the bite turns around!
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One things for sure. There are alot more fish in that lake than I realized!
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How do I get my hands on a map of deep creek? I am in pa and planning a trip down. I have never been there so any pointers is appreciated also, names and locations of bait stores would also help. Thank you Bob G.
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I was out last sat. and there was about a foot of snow and it was a pain to pull your sled in. We just got another 12 inches yesterday and calling for 18 inches so it is gonna be a mess out there. If your coming bring a snow shovel or snow moble to get to your place. But the fishin was great sat I had my limit of big gills and pearch. Also got some big crappie and thats unusal for me. I will keep you guys up on the snow up here.
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I was out sat and the bite is good. I fished from about 9:30 till 4:00. I could not get out till then due to all the snow. When I got there didnt mark many fish but I moved to another hole and they where there. So I stayed there the rest of the day. Me and dad got 43 out of the same hole so can camplain. We had our limit of them big gils. We had 7 crappie and the rest pearch. We didnt get very man pearch that was different. I might go out tomorrow depends on the weather. Well if anyone esle goes out keep me posted on the bite.
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were you on deep creek?
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hey woody, where were you fishing?
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I was out both days this weekend didn't have a whole lot of luck where i was fishing. I did manage to pick up a walleye and bass though which isn't something you pick up everyday. I didn't mark any fish in schools which is why the catch was down i'm sure. I am sure that there is a pile of snow on the ice now! Which will make for tough times pullin the sled, but a good day on the lake would easily make it all worth it. If it ever stops snowing i'll go fishing again and keep ya posted. Jigmasta
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WTG Woody . Seems the ice is forming nicely for the tournament.Took a little longer this year but looks like it's paying off now. Hope those fish are still around for ya when the snow lets up.
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I was out all weekend, was a tough bite for the most part. Lots Of fish coming up the lure on the Vexilar, but turning away. The one that were hooked were dink perch. Havent tried all areas of the lake, Ill be out all weekend again back at em.
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I fished in around turkey neck. I plan on getting on tomorrow or friday. Yes I was on deep Creek Lake. Yea seems like the fish are in 22 feet of water now. But we have not had a lot of luck on pearch they might have went shallower. When is the tourney I might fish it. I am going to fish friday and sat foresure. I will keep u guys updated when I fish and what I catch. write me if any questions.
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How are they bitin' out there guys? I'd like to make a road trip and hit it Saturday. Depends on if I can get out of a family commitment, but my wife says that it's quite possible. If so, I wanna join y'all out there. Also, my buddy Genz man might want to come. I gotta consider what he wants to do tho, his my fishin partner, can't leave him behind. I'm gonna work on him and talk him into going. I don't think that it will be hard to twist his arm! ;D
Anyone fishing this Saturday at Deep Creek? Wanna hook up? IM me if so.
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Fatboy ......I have to work .....but .....I am calling in a replacement .....I had plans to go to Deep Creek ...then this work thing came up .........time for low man on the chain of command to take over ......I will be down , Friday night .....and will hit it Saturday .....keep me posted .....I will be leaving Friday night at around 6:00pm
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I've got all day Saturday so I will be out there with you. Let's team up and put a hurtin on those fishes lips.
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First of all, I fished with Icefishnfool yesterday. Let me tell you that Mark is one great guy and a great angler. If it wasn't for him, we would not have been able to make a day of this. Thanks again Mark for everything! It was a pleasure fishing with you and working together to find fish in the most brutal fishing conditions that I've ever fished in.
Brutal, absolutely brutal conditions yesterday. Snow showers were called for, more like a blizzard. Constant heavy snow and sleet with 20 to 40 mph winds and gusts that had to be over 50 mph.
Our game plan was to split the day in two, start at the hump out from the State Park and then hit a cove later in the day if that didn't pan out. We got on the ice, cut a few holes, found a stump field. As my brother and Mark checked for fish, I had to head back to my vehicle to get something. Upon my return on the ice, the wind blew my Sit-n-Fish bucket out of my Fish Trap and onto the ice. I immediately ran to cut off the wind possibly blowing it down the lake to no avail. It got by me by a matter of feet and I ran after it for about 1/4 mile to the State Park bridge where I found it pinned against the guardrail up the hill/snow bank! By the time that I got back, those guys wanted to leave and I was completely tired... So, we headed out in search of a protected cove. By now it was 11:30 and I haven't even wet a line. My brother caught a dink perch.
We didn't make it to a cove but instead found a little protection at the other end of the lake, but not much. The wind blew me, my Fish Trap, and my finder off a hole as I was setting the hook on a fish. Needless to say, I lost that hit. Condtions were so bad that we had trouble looking for a good spot. We'd cut holes and find what looked good, set up in our Traps and fish a bit but when we went out to look for the holes that we cut, we couldn't find them or wasted a lot of time finding them. So, moving was really difficult because we had to cut new holes each time. The area that we were in had been pounded judging by the number of holes in the ice, but we marked fish in every hole, getting them to hit was another story. I caught 3 dink perch and a jumbo perch, and a nice gill. Icefishnfool caught 3 dink perch too. It was hard to concentrate with the wind nearly blowing my Fish Trap around, having to keep a foot on it to keep it from rising up on my, wind getting under it, and the noise of it flapping all day. I will have ice anchors for such days in the future. Some guys were there in that spot for the morning bite and got into them pretty good. The bite was pretty much off when we arrived there. After much futility, we decided to move and headed up the lake on foot to a new spot where there had been absolutely no evidence of anyone fishing there. So, we cut some holes and marked a bunch of fish. They would follow and bite very lightly, so I thought that they were dink perch. It got dark and I fired up the lantern for one last ditch effort with no bites. Just as we were about to leave, we marked some fish suspended so I gave it one more try. These were probably the same fish that I marked earlier and they responded to my lures, but finicky. Managed to jig up 5 jumbo crappies, Mark got one, and my brother got one huge one and a huge gill, all after dark. Kinda wished we'd have tried there earlier in the day. Well, next time we have a good spot to try.
Considering the conditions, we had fun and caught a few nice fish, numbers not good but good quality all in all. Had conditions been better, I think that we would have done better also. The wind and snow seriously hindered our ability to stay mobile.
Mark, great fishing with you and look forward to working with you again under better circumstances!
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Wow, sounds like you guys had quite the
artic adventure. Are you sure this was Maryland? lol
Hmm..not sure if it sounded like fun or not, but definitely an adventure!
Kathy
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Great report Fat Boy, I could feel my fingers going numb just reading it. That wind was howling across the lowland pond that we fished Saturday, so it must have been wild up in Garrett territory.
Glad that you managed a few.
Bob
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well Kevin (Fat Boy ) .....you mias well let it rip .....tellem how I launched it down over the snow bank with the Dodge ......and you had to pull me out :( :( :( :( Mark Sirko
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LOL.
Yep, when we were lookin for some protected area to fish, we decided to pull over and check an area out. Mark went ahead while I turned around. When I got around the corner, there was his red ol' Dodge parked on the side but tilted a lot... :o The side of the road was actually a ditch and he found it and got stuck. We threatened to take pics but refrained, LOL. My trusty Ford pulled that Dodge out. 8) This really was an Arctic adventure, Kathy!
I really like this lake though. Can't wait to get back on it.
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had i pretty good day on DCL today.it was nice out there.no wind a little bit sun and did good on fish too.i fished i turkey neck cove for about 5h.caught 24 nice yellow perches and 4 smallmouths good size too.about 10 got away,and lost one pair of hooks.seen about 10 guys fishing by turkey neck all day.most perchies were 9-11inch,couple 13 inch real fat females.ice is about 15 inch i'd say.hope the nights gonna stay cold,might be able to get on ice next week ;D ;D ;D
how to attach the picture,to the message,anybody can tell me????
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What's the word on Deep Creek. Any good ice left? This warm weather stinks... :-[
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There is still some ice, but my advice is not to go out on it. Its very unsafe ice now, with cracks, holes, rotted shoreline, grey ice, and now open water in areas. If the temps & rains keep up, I think the lake will ice out soon. Then its time to get out the boats. Tight lines.......
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(http://www.sharemation.com/kliovas/DCL%20perch.JPG)
that's my last fishing trip pic.i didn't have a camera out on ice,so i took a picture at home
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(http://www.sharemation.com/kliovas/DCL%20perch2.jpg)
the first one was to big.I'll try to post another one :o