Author Topic: Ice updates (Read 165006 times)

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #540 on:** Dec 26, 2017, 05:11 PM »

Quote from: captainslug on Dec 25, 2017, 02:56 PM

Any updates for Edmonton area lakes?

How about Cold Lake? Is it froze over yet?

Edmonton area is great ice. I've heard 14-16 inches on most lakes.

Cold just froze over...mostly. The guess is some will be walking out in a few days. Maybe a quad or two towards the end of the week. Certainly in the bays.

perch_herder · « **Reply #541 on:** Jan 02, 2018, 12:41 PM »

18-20" at Manatokan Lake, solid black ice all the way through

Icenflies · « **Reply #542 on:** Jan 02, 2018, 01:18 PM »

Any updates on Cold now?

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #543 on:** Jan 03, 2018, 10:12 AM »

Quote from: Icenflies on Jan 02, 2018, 01:18 PM

Any updates on Cold now?

From AO site:

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Friend of mine just came off the lake. 9-10 inches of good ice out from French Bay.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=335645

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #544 on:** Jan 03, 2018, 04:43 PM »

It looks like someone else found 17 inches on French Bay - see same AO post. I think it is safe to say that both are probably correct so there is a lot of variation in Cold Lake ice depth which should come as no surprise to anyone.

jpohlic · « **Reply #545 on:** Jan 04, 2018, 09:12 AM »

Anyone been to Sylvan recently? Looking for info at Sunbreaker Cove and hoping there's enough ice for an empty one ton hauling a shack on a utility trailer. Want to get it on the ice this weekend!!!

Homewrecker · « **Reply #546 on:** Jan 13, 2018, 11:30 PM »

Over 2 ft of ice at lac la nonne on Jan 13 . I had a 1 tone truck and 25 trucks decided to park around me by noon

walleyes · « **Reply #547 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 02:40 PM »

Lots of people out on Cold Lake today. Few tents out from the marina a good half mile and a couple vehicles out that far. Looks like quite a few out from government launch quite a ways as well.

Looks like the slaughter is on full bore. Should be a pretty high mortality rate in this cold weather 😐😐

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #548 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 04:03 PM »

Quote from: walleyes on Jan 14, 2018, 02:40 PM

Lots of people out on Cold Lake today. Few tents out from the marina a good half mile and a couple vehicles out that far. Looks like quite a few out from government launch quite a ways as well.

Looks like the slaughter is on full bore. Should be a pretty high mortality rate in this cold weather 😐😐

"Game on", as they say.

jpohlic · « **Reply #549 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 10:37 PM »

Put my shack out on Pigeon on Saturday, probably around 24" of ice at the point just south of the Mulhurst boat launch. Went back today and there was a new, huge ice heave running east/west, maybe 1/2 km south of the boat launch, starting a couple hundred yards from shore and heading to the middle of the lake.

We caught a couple walleye and saw a few others on the camera, as well as a few pike.

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #550 on:** Jan 15, 2018, 09:35 AM »

Quote from: jpohlic on Jan 14, 2018, 10:37 PM

Put my shack out on Pigeon on Saturday, probably around 24" of ice at the point just south of the Mulhurst boat launch. Went back today and there was a new, huge ice heave running east/west, maybe 1/2 km south of the boat launch, starting a couple hundred yards from shore and heading to the middle of the lake.

We caught a couple walleye and saw a few others on the camera, as well as a few pike.

That heave crosses the entire lake to Grandview. Showed up before last weekend. Also a big one out in front of Grandview as well now. Different heave. Blocks you from getting anywhere. This year it is really bad and I think it is lack of snow and huge temp swings.

jpohlic · « **Reply #551 on:** Jan 18, 2018, 04:30 PM »

Quote from: SNAPFisher on Jan 15, 2018, 09:35 AM

That heave crosses the entire lake to Grandview. Showed up before last weekend. Also a big one out in front of Grandview as well now. Different heave. Blocks you from getting anywhere. This year it is really bad and I think it is lack of snow and huge temp swings.

Hmmm, I wonder how I could have missed it when I hauled my shack out. I was probably staring at the cabins on shore trying to figure out which one belonged to an old buddy of mine. Good thing I was close to shore and didn't drive into it!!!

AdverseCity · « **Reply #552 on:** Dec 02, 2018, 09:14 AM »

Any ice updates for this year? I just checked the north end of Newell yesterday and it has 6" so I'll be out there later today.

Zip-in-Z · « **Reply #553 on:** Dec 02, 2018, 12:11 PM »

Haven't posted much on this site for a while, lets see if this works ......

Sylvan Lake - Nov 28th - Sunbreaker boat launch 50 paces out.

Z-z

AdverseCity · « **Reply #554 on:** Dec 02, 2018, 01:10 PM »

Lake Newell at the north end has 5.5" which is enough for my quad and flip over shack.

EDIT: Caught 5 so far with the biggest at 38"

Saw a monster down the hole that watched my jig for a couple minutes, it might've beat my PB at 44"

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #555 on:** Dec 02, 2018, 02:13 PM »

Thanks for updates guys, keep em coming.

Nice pike Adverse! Congrats.

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #556 on:** Dec 08, 2018, 04:02 PM »

Pigeon North side had 4.5 inches of good ice and 1.5 inches of white ice. Some small heaves that do not bad, look again. I've seen a couple that separated by 2 feet and the ice in between was paper thin. So not really ready for travel though there where idiots with a truck parked near shore and then quaded out. They were nowhere near me - down the way about .5 km. If you don't see those splits in the ice, drive quad over, bye bye. Not exactly a good ice year so far. I'll probably skidoo it in about 2 weeks. Looks it should be good for that kind of travel by then.

sns2 · « **Reply #557 on:** Dec 09, 2018, 08:29 AM »

Thanks, Snap. I'm itching to get out to Pigeon with my new fishfinder:)

koho9 · « **Reply #558 on:** Dec 11, 2018, 11:08 PM »

Anyone looked at ghost lately? Is it even frozen over yet?

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #559 on:** Dec 17, 2018, 07:26 PM »

Gull Lake at Sandy Point. 9 inches of ice near shore. Maybe 6 tops out further. Tons of flood water now that it has been swiss cheesed a bit. Poorest ice quality I can ever remember for this time of year. The ice chips out when cut.

Now with the bad news out of the way. The temps are going to take a dive starting this weekend. At least for a few days.

FURBALL · « **Reply #560 on:** Dec 18, 2018, 09:54 PM »

Anybody been out on Crawling Valley lately? Might head out there Sunday

Fishkeeper · « **Reply #561 on:** Dec 25, 2018, 01:20 PM »

Adversecity I like your idea for loading your well-made shack . I think that I might borrow the idea to load my latest ...which is two 4-foot by 8 foot shacks bolted together on the ice to form a 8 by 8 shanty .

gooner · « **Reply #562 on:** Dec 26, 2018, 11:28 AM »

Sylvan lake has about 13"

walleyes · « **Reply #563 on:** Dec 26, 2018, 06:56 PM »

Cold Lake iced over a couple days ago I would imagine French bay won't be long it will be ready for foot or quad access.

SNAPFisher · « **Reply #564 on:** Dec 27, 2018, 08:26 AM »

Quote from: walleyes on Dec 26, 2018, 06:56 PM

Cold Lake iced over a couple days ago I would imagine French bay won't be long it will be ready for foot or quad access.

Nice! Sure a late year. Good luck when you get out.

walleyes · « **Reply #565 on:** Dec 27, 2018, 06:51 PM »

Quote from: SNAPFisher on Dec 27, 2018, 08:26 AM

Nice! Sure a late year. Good luck when you get out.

Thx snap.

I actually don't ice fish for lakers, they don't seem to be a particularly strong fish when it comes to releases. I do fish them extensively in the summer with lighter gear and I enjoy them purely as a game fish not a eating fish. But I find they have to be treated very gingerly in order to get a good live release on them and I just don't know if this is happening in the winter through the ice. I go for drives out on the ice now and again after a weekend and by the looks of the blood bath that's on the ice I'm inclined to think it's a slaughter out there at times. I've been chasing them for about 15 years now and have lived out here for 6 and have been on them steady for that period and I've sure noticed a decline in the quality of fish over that period. Still lots there but the quality is gone down hill big time.

But that's just me, many enjoy it, I can tell by all the blood on the ice.

shackless · « **Reply #566 on:** Dec 30, 2018, 02:25 PM »

any Ice updates on McGregor lake?
With the wind and warmer temps this year , im just not sure what it might be like yet.
-Shackless

ote.fly · « **Reply #567 on:** Jan 01, 2019, 08:03 PM »

Spent the day on Gull today. People driving on the lake with trucks. Brownlows Landing was well over 14” a couple hundred yards from shore. Moved to east side off Wilson’s Beach campground and ice was substantially thinner. 8-10” 100 yards form shore. We walked out another 50 yards and there was water on the surface under the snow and only 6-8”. People were driving on but only closer to shore. West side by RV Heaven was 8-10 as well. Saw a couple uninterested whites, caught a small perch, and hooked on a couple of jack but that was it for New Year’s Day.

ote.fly · « **Reply #568 on:** Jan 03, 2019, 08:03 PM »

Lac La Nonne had 16” of good ice. Didn’t see much but pike today though.

mapleleafman3 · « **Reply #569 on:** Jan 06, 2019, 02:37 PM »

McGregor was 10 plus on Jan 2 and almost got blown across the lake. Warm and wind don't seem to be affecting the ice thickness. I was at the North end just south of the boat launch.

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