Author Topic: First Safe???Ice...UPDATE (Read 8833 times)

grumpymoe · « **on:** Nov 11, 2004, 02:14 PM »

just had to check another lake out about 7 miles from the house....unlike the other one i checked this morning, i expected just what i saw....frozen for the winter season.....

....beautiful clear ice about 2 1/2 inches and zinging and cracking like i have never heard before....music to my ears....i didnt venture too far from shore....left the spud at home...you can actually see the gravel bottom beneath my feet......guess what i will be doing this weekend???....enjoy...Grump

big walleye · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 02:22 PM »

Oh yeah man. It is that time. Grump now I have the fever. BW needs 4 inches of solid ice for his frame. Hopefully by the weekend. 8) 8) 8)

Bean · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 02:24 PM »

You lucky dog Grump! Catch a few for us Southerners this weekend. Enjoy and be safe.

The Rocket · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 02:34 PM »

Your a lucky man Grump!!! Best wishes for a splended weekend

Rocket>

billditrite · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 03:46 PM »

thats awesome grump congratulations and enjoy yourself buddy!!!dont forget your ice picks and flotation device ...safety first !!

fishercat · « **Reply #5 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 05:42 PM »

Go Grump more pictures when the weekend is done please.

Mongo · « **Reply #6 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 06:35 PM »

I am truly jealous, be safe out there

Chucker · « **Reply #7 on:** Nov 11, 2004, 06:44 PM »

OK, that's it. I need to move another 500 clicks north

crappie66 · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 10:24 AM »

2.5 inches of ice, why aren't you fishing?

?? You look like a skinny man, I am sure the ice will hold well enough.

grumpymoe · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 10:51 AM »

TOMORROW!!!!!

.....Grump

Fat Boy · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 10:54 AM »

I'm going to go sit in my Fish Trap in my living room and stare at Grumps pics... $:-\$

Good luck GM!

OTIS · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 11:11 AM »

I have a two man FB come on over.

vancouvercanuck · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 11:16 AM »

That's great Grump. We've been getting too warm of weather the past week now. The ice that was frozen over on the pond was wide open for the last few days, and just this morning is frozen over again. Calling for highs around 11 C this weekend.

Cheers,

MeadowPikeman · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 11:17 AM »

walked out on the ice this morning would go today but am quite sick so hopefully this weekend.

duck doctor · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 06:00 PM »

Pretty soon we will be fishing here too. Just got back from deer camp on the canadian boarder and the smalls ponds are iced over up there!

Fingerlakes Fisher · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 08:01 PM »

Where in the world are you? Don't need specifics but I need to move. Do I need to give up U.S. Citizenship to be there? Unreal. Wish I was you. (Really though, where are you?)

ChenBassHead · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 08:36 PM »

Let's just say that Grump lives next door to a Mr and Mrs S. Claus.

In fact, I think he may be one of his workers

-Zach

grumpymoe · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 08:45 PM »

thanks for all you help ZACH.......LOL......ju st click on the handle....if the member has location.....it will show....i am from manitoba....just 2 miles south of the southern most border of Riding Mountain National Park......Manitoba's only....national park.....BTW....Big Walleye and i are going to check out some early season toothy northerns tomorrow afternoon........pics to come.....Grump

Skiff · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 12, 2004, 09:04 PM »

FingerLakes Fisher - No, you don't have to give up U.S. citizenship to live in Canada or to become a Canadian citizen, but you do have to fill out a list of qualifications to enter as an immigrant, and then there's no guarantee you'll get immigrant status. In the last U.S. election there were about 300,000 Canadian Americans eligible to vote, and both the Reps. and the Dems. had people up here signing up eligible voters.

I don't think there's any questions about ice fishing on the list of qualifications though, so that may not be a valid reason to move to Canada. But you can come visit us anytime, and we'll treat you to some great fishing!

StrikeMaster · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 10:21 AM »

Grump you are a lucky man

...Just remember to be safe out there

Thriller · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 01:29 PM »

Quote from: grumpymoe on Nov 12, 2004, 08:45 PM

Riding Mountain National Park......Manitoba's only....national park.....

Hate to burst your bubble Moe, but you are forgetting Wapusk, although very few people ever get to see it....

Josephs Prairie · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 05:01 PM »

Ah yes! It's great to be Canadian, EH! WE HAVE ICE!!!

MeadowPikeman · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 06:03 PM »

went out today for a bit , caught nothing lake is shallow and partial winterkills sometimes, used to be a decent lake and only 15min from home oh well got the dust off the gear anyway, hopeful hit the trout soon, there must have been a good 5 inches of ice.

grumpymoe · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 07:00 PM »

MountainMama, Big Walleye and i head out in search of more ice....what a warm day!!!!....recheck Otter Lake...now about 3 1/2 to 4 inches of ice....Big Pelican walks the shoreline along with Grump...the ice holds....so we head down the road to Riding Mountain National Park.....temps in the mid 50's...yuk.....over to Clear Lake.....not even a hint of ice on shore!!!!...could be fishing lakers, northern and walleye from the boat in comfort...go figure.....up to Dauphin....out to the lake....pretty much as far as you can see...thin ice.....next weekend may be out....but the following for sure.......a couple beaver ponds frozen over as a throw in...enjoy....the first pic feels...looks...and reminds me of summer....Grump

Thriller · « **Reply #24 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 07:43 PM »

So you didn't crack out the gear on Otter Gmoe? I'm disappointed...I used to think you were hard core

Too much stuff going on this weekend to get out to check things out around here...drove along the Assiniboine today and there was lots of ice floes though.

Well, we'll see what the weather holds...probably be out in 2 weeks anyway, unless we get a bit of a cold snap and next weekend works out.

BTW, the Legend is getting the winterizing treatment this week...sigh.

camo_fish · « **Reply #25 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 07:48 PM »

Quote from: MeadowPikeman on Nov 13, 2004, 06:03 PM

went out today for a bit , caught nothing lake is shallow and partial winterkills sometimes, used to be a decent lake and only 15min from home oh well got the dust off the gear anyway, hopeful hit the trout soon, there must have been a good 5 inches of ice.
(Image removed from quote.)

Man,

I wish we had 5" of ice around here,

can't wait, but it will be a good month and a week before I see 5" of ice around here.
I see the ice, now time to see some awesome early ice fishies.

Keep'em comin, make me jones some more.

Trophy Hunter · « **Reply #26 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 08:09 PM »

I went out today too near where i live got to the spot and it was ice covered so i hit it with the spud ha ha right through 2''.I should have prolly left right $:-\$ well i didn't carefully slowly walked about 10 ft from shore chipped two holes and baited up and got my two lines down the holes and sat very still from 9:30 till noon by that time i had a puddle under me and it was warming up so i carefully made my way back to shore and went and casted into the open lake until 2 then i went back on to my first spot and fished again for a couple hours i did manage to catch a 7' pike

not a monster but my first fish through the ice this year i decided to leave after the ice started cracking when i set into the little pike.

MeadowPikeman · « **Reply #27 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 08:15 PM »

might check a different lake tommorow should be another decent freeze tonite was
-1 at 5:30pm, by todays indication should have a few different lakes to choose from by the end of next week

Out4Trout · « **Reply #28 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 08:17 PM »

Hey Grump, looking at your 2nd picture.....do you guys only have one-way roads up there?

MeadowPikeman · « **Reply #29 on:** Nov 13, 2004, 08:26 PM »

nah thats a super highway here in sask!!!!! actually that can't be here in SK cause there are no massize sink holes or chunks of broken pavement!!

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