First Ice: Map and Reports 08-09 Season

[walleygod]

You northern guys are lucky.We are still deer hunting here in central new york but have snow on the ground. There has been some slush on ponds near my house.I heard a rumor that they are getting out on some bays way up near the border.

went past lake delta today backsets r froze if cold stays be fishin soon

[IceholeFisherman]

Local ponds 1/2 inch, no open water on most. Larger reservoirs, open water. Can't believe Its happening this early, in NW ohio.
Keep my fingers crossed it stays. Three years ago it started like this and then was 60 deg in January.

[frenchguyfry]

4-5 inches up in northern MN. Upper Red Lake has about 5"s on it so its ready for me to go chase some walleyes. Bemidji area 4-5"s right over to Duluth and Ely close to the same.. Big lakes still aren't totally frozen in the metro area but I am going to go check a few smaller ones tomorrow morning.. I will try to report back in the evening.. Headed up nort on Monday early AM!

Ryan

[TGF]

I'm happy to report we are on small lakes here in BC http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=87865.msg863337#new

[DanAKAL]

Was out yesterday on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.  I found 12 to 14 inches of ice in most places.  Caught a few Rainbows on jigs.  Not sure how much the fish were moving around but I expect they would still be pretty active.

Dan

[Fishgill]

Some small shallow ponds are safe to fish in N. Central MA. but we will probably be loosing it all next week. Last year we fished more times in Dec. than any other year I can remember. And it looks like this year may top that.

[frenchguyfry]

2-3 inches in the Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota. Went out on a lake today but had no luck in the hour we were out there.. It is spooky when you are walking around by a hole and the water is bobbing up and down in the hole though! Should be some good solid ice in the cities by Turkey Day. Headin north in 9 hours!

Ryan

[CrappieBuster]

2.5-3 Inches Sunday in North Central Iowa.  Got out for a bit.  No keepers




Nice sunset leaving.

[fishingonly2002]

Jericho Lake. Berlin, NH. 5 inches of ice, fished it last saturday, produced 2 flags and lost both of the fish.

ice fishing time!!

~Neal

[johnnywalleye]

2.5-3 Inches Sunday in North Central Iowa.  Got out for a bit.  No keepers
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Nice sunset leaving.

what kind of beer where you usin for anti freeze??

[liprippinWI]

Barron County, NW Wisconsin.  The Packers were whooped today but not all is lost.  4-6 inches on most lakes, excluding the larger bodies of water.  Got out on Poskin Lake for a short time and pulled up a beautiful large mouth, about 4 pounds.  Gave him a kiss and let him swim.  Couldn't locate the panfish, couple of small crappies is all.  Let the games begin!

[WPT]

Basically every lake in Saskatchewan has enough ice to fish now.  Some main lake basins aren't frozen solid yet, but bays and coulees are good.

[Fishin With Phil]

Nice pictures

[miket.]

i haven"t fished yet but was on ice in the middle of november and even seen some pics with fellow shanty members out a few times already.

[The Slabnator]

I'm seeing lots of guys pulling out houses with 4 wheelers in the metro. Won't be long till the first cars and small truck show up.

[rambo9109]

hey u got any close up maps of wyoming?

[pletch]

I should have posted earlier, ice fishing here in somerset county,PA since november 29TH. That's early for us by about three weeks. Lovin' every minute of it!

[Zorros shack]

Hey I'm so happy for the snow, cold weather and ice around here. I'll be ice fishing on Lake Winni real soon!! Great thing we have the snow & ice map!  See you guys on the lake soon!

[icefisher-45]

Anybody been on the Quaboug? 

[freeway55]

Very cool map...

[clambaker89]

haha

[jcpeters46]

Anyone out there form the lower 48?  Namely southern NY Westchester, Putnam area?  This is the earliest I remember safe ice in a long time.  Fished behind King Lumber on Muscoot 1st weekend in Jan. Had constant action with bass, pickeral and crappies.  The guys jigging were taken mostly blue gills.  Fished it a week later couldn't catch a cold.  Anybody got any reports? - I hear their getting some trout on Titicus, White Pond is slow as usual, Boyds?, Some fish at Diverting and I hear a few walleyes being taken at Sodom. 

[eyepod.barnes]

weve go plenty of ice now  we,ll be out on the big in a few days

[SkeeterJeff]

We were on the ice on December 6th in northern Indiana.  From what I've been told that is very rare.

Jeff

[FishinHardWater]

i was out january 6.  another guy told me that he was out december 23rd here in nj

[Brok]

Since I can't find a channel to make a post (only mods and the admin can start such?) I figure here is good enough. I am wondering if any of you here are familiar with whitefish, aka ciscos? Well If any of you are familiar to those fish and know the best way to catch them, I sure would appreciate such knowledge.

I've been fishing on the Fox River in Green Bay here and been getting some decent walleyes. Four and five pounders. But they are inedible. They taste metallic as if a dog pissed on it. But anyways you can get some big walleyes in the Fox River here. Trophies. Though they suck to eat...

Well I was out with my brother and he caught a nice-sized whitefish on the jig. I was out checking tip-ups and when back... what the hell is that?! LOL, a cisco.

My bro ate it and said it was tasty. I looked at the advisory against eating whitefish from the Fox or any waters of Wisconsin and found that they are with a few fish species that you can gobble right up without worry of PCBs and other BS contaminants. The walleyes that come in to feed in the Fox from Lake Michigan are OK. The ones that hang around there taste like crap. You can tell by the colors. The bad ones have an actual darker tint to them than the tasty walleyes which come in from the bay.

Well anyways, I was wondering if any of you are familiar with whitefish and the best way to catch them?

[secret shanty lady]

Getting to be that time to watch the ice plunge south again. Looks like its started making ice instead of losing a big chunk in sept at the pole and snow is showing up in canada and alaska. Shout out on this thread when you get ice in your area.


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[JDiPerrio]

I was on the ice in MA the sunday before thanksgiving but that week it melted