LAKE CHAMPLAIN ICE CONDITIONS THREAD

[the_doctor]

Long live Ice Shanty! So much better than Facebook!

Feel free to share Lake Champlain conditions here.

I went for a drive this morning.
Swanton, Church Rd - 2". All of Missiquoi is frozen.
Highgate, Shipyard Rd - 2"
Carry Bay - 1-2" looks pretty sketchy
Dillenback /, Alburgh Passage - appeared to be barely skimmed over, did not check thickness
Pretty much anywhere else up north here - open water according to a friend

Hopefully I'll be fishing Champlain next weekend.

[TimW]

I went for a similar drive, but went south to north thru the islands. We probably passed each other!
Concur on Carry Bay and Dillenbeck.
Keeler is mostly open.
Sandbar has ice a ways out from the access, but didn’t look good enough for me to walk out on
I also checked Colchester Pond since it’s right by my house- completely frozen over, but only 2-1/2 inches where I checked a few yards off the boat launch.
This week’s weather is not looking good…

[shirefisher]

But the coming wind storm will throttle all current ice...

[woodyvt]

Yup…..another challenging start.

Saw a few folks out on church road yesterday. Was about 3-4” of ice with 3-4” of snow on top.

Careful out there!


If it helps……I fished Metcalf Pond Fri and Sat. Drilled over 40 holes from the access off to the right. Consistent 4” until you get closer to the middle (tree branch sticking out). Went to 2.5” pretty fast.  Spoke to a local and was told there are lots of springs!

Two very light bites is all. Range was 2-8’ of water.

Good luck!

Woodyvt

[aquarium234]

Thanks for posting the updates appreciate it :-)

[Yukon Cornelius]

With the colder weather this week, any of the bays locking up yet (Dillenbeck, Squires, Carry, Pelots, Missisquoi, Hog Island/Hog Point)?

[Tacoma Marty]

6” at the Sandy Point access on Missisquoi Bay, caught one small pike. Met someone from Chazy that was coming out and said there was 6” up around Sandy Point.

Tabor Point is frozen but only 2” at shore and the ice looks really sketchy.

5” at Dillenbeck 500’ from the launch and there were a couple of guys on quads well past where I checked.

Almost all open water driving route 2 through the islands.

Be safe everyone!

[sonny88]

Below zero and dead calm here this morning it had to have made ice last night. High today is supposed to be 12 degrees.

[Light liner]

There was a car 100 yards out on Keeler bay. Crazy

[the_doctor]

There was a car 100 yards out on Keeler bay. Crazy

Jeez, really?!?!? People need to use their heads...need I mention the tragic events that happened driving vehicles on Keeler's last year?

Today...6.5 inches at Dillenback. Surprisingly few people out but I guess with the cold it makes sense. Slow bite, few perch and a pike today.

[stick eyes]

 Went to georgia beach today and all frozen as far as you can see in any direction..2 days ago same area had ice but a lot of open water areas   

[Yukon Cornelius]

Coming up for a weekend trip on Feb 8th, staying near Maquam Bay.  Have been nervous as hell the past couple weeks with the less than ideal temps and rain.

Any recent info from either Dillenbeck, Maquam/Hog Point, or Missisquoi?  Forecast looks ok starting this coming weekend but wondering how much is up there now after all the crappy ish weather.

[Alien Legs]

Coming up for a weekend trip on Feb 8th, staying near Maquam Bay.  Have been nervous as hell the past couple weeks with the less than ideal temps and rain.

Any recent info from either Dillenbeck, Maquam/Hog Point, or Missisquoi?  Forecast looks ok starting this coming weekend but wondering how much is up there now after all the crappy ish weather.

Dillenbeck had 8 inches on monday a few hundred yards out. No open water visible. Guys had their atvs out. We caught 4 big northerns.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Thanks Alien that's great news. Appreciate the response!
Yukon

[BigG3206]

Heading up in a few weeks.  How much in Missisquoi?

[Tacoma Marty]

Maquam Bay was quiet yesterday but paid off in the end. That boy makes me so proud!

[Tacoma Marty]

Beautiful morning at Dillenbeck today with 10” of black ice but when we left at 11:00 a big pressure crack had formed near shore and we had to walk way north to get off. Tried waving down people on the ice to let them know but nobody noticed so I let the game warden know. Hopefully everyone gets off safe.

[Skorpion]

Nice fish!

[aquarium234]

How thick was the ice at maquam bay?nice fish. 

[Tacoma Marty]

How thick was the ice at maquam bay?nice fish. 

5" to 6" on the west side near Hog Island.

[danematth]

any info on carry bay?

[Champlain Islander]

It has been frozen all the way out to the opening for a couple weeks or more. I've seen a few people out on it.

[JRK22.250]

Any info on ice at st albans bay, was looking to walk out to ball island from hathaway pt. If enough ice. Thanks

[aquarium234]

Thanks to all that keep posting its appreciated. Trip my trip is the 17th hopefully it freezes back up by then.

[sonny88]

I was working in the area and crossed the Missisguoi bridge today. Not a single car in the parking lot or anyone on the ice as far as you could see. Also, fairly close to the boat ramp there was a 10'x10' area taped off where it looked like something went through the ice. Be safe, stay home!

[Tacoma Marty]

I was working in the area and crossed the Missisguoi bridge today. Not a single car in the parking lot or anyone on the ice as far as you could see. Also, fairly close to the boat ramp there was a 10'x10' area taped off where it looked like something went through the ice. Be safe, stay home!

Thanks for the update. That taped off area was used by SFD a couple weeks ago for water rescue training.

[s fontinalis]

Any idea if the ice held up around Hog Island/Swanton through the heatwave? Headed up this weekend and am hoping if it didn't break up there might be some fishable ice by Saturday 2/17?

[mookie]

We went to Miss Bay last weekend. Got there Fri morning and had about 9" of ice but the temps never got below freezing the whole weekend. A little bit of rain on Saturday and by Sunday there was maybe 6" left. A camper getting pulled by a quad started falling in across the bay. No one was hurt and they were able to get their gear out but were unable to get the camper out by the time we left around noon.

 

The fishing was pretty good all 3 days. Mostly yellow perch with some pike on Fri. Saturday was mostly pike with the biggest being over 9lb and a 6.4lb walleye after dark which was released. Sunday was a mixed bag of yellows and pike. Almost all the fish from our group were released. Some guys kept some perch and a few of the medium sized pike. We were fishing shallow from 3-5'. Edges were pretty shot by Sunday and flooded with water but we had 8 campers parked right on the edge of the water in about 18" of water under the ice right to land.

[s fontinalis]

We went to Miss Bay last weekend. Got there Fri morning and had about 9" of ice but the temps never got below freezing the whole weekend. A little bit of rain on Saturday and by Sunday there was maybe 6" left. A camper getting pulled by a quad started falling in across the bay. No one was hurt and they were able to get their gear out but were unable to get the camper out by the time we left around noon.

 

The fishing was pretty good all 3 days. Mostly yellow perch with some pike on Fri. Saturday was mostly pike with the biggest being over 9lb and a 6.4lb walleye after dark which was released. Sunday was a mixed bag of yellows and pike. Almost all the fish from our group were released. Some guys kept some perch and a few of the medium sized pike. We were fishing shallow from 3-5'. Edges were pretty shot by Sunday and flooded with water but we had 8 campers parked right on the edge of the water in about 18" of water under the ice right to land.

Thanks for the report!

[koissu]

Can I assume crown point is not fishable?