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Canada => Ice Fishing Saskatchewan => Topic started by: burbotmachine on Nov 28, 2023, 02:03 PM
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Sask Landing got white snow and frozed up. How is the bays and coulees looking? Thanks
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Went out today. Main lake is still wide open. Danielson on the east side of the lake had 2-3" of ice at the launch. Walked on and fished by sandy shores in coteau bay just off the launch. Good 4-5" in 15 fow. Looked like I was the first one on. Didn't go more than 40' off shore. Jumbo perch was the only thing biting.
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Any ice reports in the bays? I heard tuffts bay was wide open but I can see how there’s not even a little icep
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Today the main lake at the dam is wide open with water fowls. Pumphouse bay is mostly open. Coteau Bay is partially frozen with 6 inch of ice off the boat launch.
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Toonfisher, I went and observed your waterfowl this morning at Danielson and then Coteau. The ice towards the mouth of the Danielson Harbour is very thin; no more than 1.5 inches right by the shore. I did pop a hole in 3 ft of water and got a fairly aggressive series of strikes from the same fish, but that was all.
Coteau ice was far safer, and I drilled among old holes out to 20 ft. A few big marks put in an appearance and closed on the bait, but none would commit. A handful of perch prevented a total skunking, but even the 9 inch "jumbo" got to swim free.
As the Canadas streamed overhead, I was thinking I should have grabbed the Beretta instead of the Fenwick this morning.
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Is Coteau the big bay on the North End where the visitors center is.. I sometimes mix this up with Danielson
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The Danielson launch is on the Northeast side of the lake. From Saskatoon you turn south before crossing the dam and go through the Provincial Park entrance.
Coteau Bay is the body of water that defines the Northwest tip of Lake Diefenbaker. Cross the dam, go past the Visitor Centre and look for the Provincial boat launch on your left.
Bring your ice gear for the bay. Bring your open water tackle to fish in front of the Visitor Centre.
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Thanks Speck 😅
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Coteau Bay, water on top of ice
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Cool photo! How thick was the ice there?
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Very nice photo, brother in law and his friend were out in the boat yesterday at diefenbaker he said they only caught one walleye
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Cool photo! How thick was the ice there?
6 inch, but open water at the exit channel, so be careful. Caught 20ish perch up to 12 inch and 5 small walleyes.
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No more standing water yesterday. Burbots came as late as expected.
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Nice one ToonFisher.
Burbots in the moon light. ;D
WW
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Is there any more open water that would be accessible from shore, other than in the river? Like, that you could go for a swim in?
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The main lake around the dam is wide open bar some drifting ice pile. The mouth of pumphouse Bay and the exit channel of coteau Bay are open.
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Nice one ToonFisher.
Burbots in the moon light. ;D
WW
we are still waiting for your reports.
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Hi ToonFisher,
Yeah, you are correct. I am still working on the open water reports and will start the ice fishing report for Dec. ASAP. ;D
WW
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Was out in Birsay last weekend. It was neat to see the ice being broken up and washed in by the waves. Sounded like glass breaking.
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I tried for a while at Coteau Bay yesterday fishing in different spots between 15 - 20 FOW. Ice was about 9 inches deep, unfortunately we did not catch anything, I do not have a camera and did not bring the flasher so not sure if there was anything down there that just would not commit or if there was nothing there at all.
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Nice weather is back. Drove on but didn't venture far into the mainlake. Found whitefish.
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Any idea how the ice around elbow is?
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One shack outside Tufts Bay. People have been fishing in Elbow Harbour, but I haven't seen any tracks heading out onto the main lake yet. I wouldn't be surprised if someone gives it a try today with the better temps. Always check for yourself and don't rely on others.
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Anyone been out to Danielson campground way. Just wondering how thick the ice is. Thanks.
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I fished Coteau the other day and there was 22" of ice. My buddy took a swing through Danielson on the way home and said there was an Ice Castle out from the boat launch and someone was fishing outside the mouth of the boat launch bay.
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wet ice, 15 inchish
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Good work Toonfisher. Good to see you found Walter as well as Whitey.
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wet ice, 15 inchish
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What area were you at?
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I was at Danielson park east and went 1000 yards into the main lake. Another group was 800 yards out from the boat launch. More at the bay mouth.
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I was very disappointed with the low water level this ice fishing season so made up this little chart to see how bad it is compared to other years.
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Anyone know ice conditions at elbow? Im assuming lots of people driving to the mouth?
Also snow coverage decent on the main lake? Might bring a couple sleds to explore further out.
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People are fishing outside of the Harbour and there are tracks heading right across the lake.
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Thanks!
Probably wont be trying to drive across myself. But means spreading out shouldnt be tough. I expect it to be pretty busy with free fishing weekend.
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Ice is still 15 inch. A few inch of loose snow on top. Found a bunch of walleyes.
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So it is March and that means fat burbs. Anyone seen any moving in and having their orgies yet?
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I tried for burbs outside tuffs near a 100' drop off,,, we fiahed in 35' of water. Burbs were slow ended up catching more on jaw jackers in 22' of water. I think because that's the largest sand flat area. Still slower then other years it seems.
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Has any one been out to coteau bay this week curious how the access is?
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I'm wondering too, hoping to go out camping next weekend if the snow isn't too bad on the lake. Is driving on with AWD possible still?
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Was wondering if guys are driving onto the main lake from the Danielson boat launch..
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Terrific day on the west end of the lake yesterday. The first drop was hammered by an aggressive keeper walleye and we never had to leave where we parked to get marks and bites. We iced 30 sauger and walleye, with our friendly competition ending at 15 apiece. Our neighbours on the ice; and grandad and his grandson, kept pace as well. Mooneye, burbot, and a jumbo perch showed up to add variety. With the light winds, gorgeous temperatures plus a tailgate barbecue dinner, it was pretty much a perfect outing.
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Great to hear u we're on them and u had a wonderful day there spec and your fellow anglers .
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Anyone know the ice conditions at elbow? Hoping to drive to the mouth of the marina and do some ice camping if it sounds like the ice is still save enough to go check
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I would check for yourself, but I know a couple of shacks were taken off today and they crossed the mouth of the marina had used the launch.
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Thanks for the info. Any idea what the ice thickness was like there recently? I always check for myself when I get there but if it sounds less than I'd like it would save me a few hours drive before I try
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Snow has melted. Driving on is easy at Danielson park. Ice is thicker than in February. Found plenty of whitefish in shallow water.
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Same report. Ice was 2'+ all over, but some places have water pooling.
The perch were out and some uninterested Whitefish. The Burbot didn't show up until we went to bed and the jaw jackers started going off.
Never camped out before but boy it's hard to sleep when the ice sounds like it's collapsing and exploding around us, we didn't sleep well. The Burbot made it worth it.
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Full marks for perseverance and dedication H and B. Just out of curiosity, what was bedtime when the burbs showed up?
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Great perseverance! Never brave enough to stay overnight. Burbots usually come 1 hour after sunset just when it's hard to see the gears.
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Whitefish we caught on Sunday in 5 feet of water.
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Nice haul ToonFisher!
I too am curious speckspotter as to when the bite for the Burbs got going. It seems to be pretty slow for them this year. Not too much be mentioned across all threads. Hopefully they will pick up soon...as the season is almost over.
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That's a great pile of whities Toonfisher. Now you have me thinking about smoked whitefish......
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That's a great pile of whities Toonfisher. Now you have me thinking about smoked whitefish......
A delicacy for any pallet.
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I just bought a smoker this winter for that. Most weekends the two of us caught 0 or just a few.
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Very nice catch. They're tasty baked in a dill cream sauce too!
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Wish I had the action you guys are having with the Walters but Burbs are good too!
I don't know the exact time but I'm pretty sure it wasn't until after midnight. Maybe they come up on main Lake earlier. We were near the dam.
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Wish I had the action you guys are having with the Walters but Burbs are good too!
I don't know the exact time but I'm pretty sure it wasn't until after midnight. Maybe they come up on main Lake earlier. We were near the dam.
Thanks for the info....that is a late bite.
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I was swimming in the water with the burbot downstream of the Coteau Creek Power Station on March 15th...We definitely found some but it felt like we missed the serious mating season, it seems to happen more at the beginning of March.
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Awesome photos Paraaronoid!
I was out at Pelican Pointe recently at LML and I would agree. Traditionally, this is pretty good spot to come across burbot in March. I only saw two…and they had zero interest in my hook. I can only assume the spawn must have been earlier this winter.
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Well I was south of Etter's on LML today after pike. I got one incidental burbot in about 5 fow. There were some guys out a bit further on a big flat 8-9 feet deep and they had a PILE of burbot that they were cleaning. I'm not sure if they had a fabulous morning bite or if they had spent the night, but they had gotten into the lawyers big time.
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Thanks to the stranger if your on here for the advice on ice conditions In coteau near the narrow
Would have been a sketchy situation had I driven on
Looked like it had opened and refroze and 4” of ice , few weeks ago there was 20” +
Also looks like possible gas well or just something strange .. on the north side of that narrow as well to watch for