Author Topic: North Idaho Ice (Read 545057 times)

croghmag · « **Reply #1260 on:** Feb 15, 2013, 08:57 PM »

Hi up north ice fisherman .I live in Mccall area going to winchester lake this weekend .Anyone have a report? Thank you

stjoemitch · « **Reply #1261 on:** Feb 16, 2013, 08:54 PM »

Fished Fernan yesterday. A little shaky around the edges ,but 4" of good ice in the morning. Wondering what might happen after this rain. How much longer will Fernan ice last?

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1262 on:** Feb 16, 2013, 11:09 PM »

Fished lower twin today. The ice is good but fishing was slow. I bought the marcum lx-5. It work better than my vx-1. I love the zoom feature. I haven't played with it much yet but it caught me a few fish today.

icefire2012 · « **Reply #1263 on:** Feb 16, 2013, 11:14 PM »

Not sure about Fernan, stjoemitch, but Lower and Upper Twin Lakes ice is holding firm

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1264 on:** Feb 16, 2013, 11:18 PM »

Icefire, I wonder if those eagles was bothering that deer that jumped off the cliff on to ice today on lower twin.

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1265 on:** Feb 16, 2013, 11:24 PM »

Anybody been on granite lake lately? I want to try my new lx-5 in the real deep water.

stjoemitch · « **Reply #1266 on:** Feb 18, 2013, 11:11 PM »

Nice day at Fernan. Caught some nice perch. Bought my nephew a license and got him out on the ice. He liked fishing with my Marcum. Fun Day followed by a fish fry back in St. Maries.

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1267 on:** Feb 18, 2013, 11:34 PM »

stjoemitch. What marcum do you have? I have a vx-1p. I just bought the marcum lx-5. I love the zoom on it awesome. My son and I went night ice fishing and caught some crappie. I caught 2 and he caught 6. He has never out fished me ice fishing and he had a blast. He doesn't like ice fishing that much but it is nice with the fish finder

stjoemitch · « **Reply #1268 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 07:57 AM »

I have the VX-1P and it has changed how I fish for perch. I use the zoom feature and have a pretty good picture of how "interested" fish interact with the jig. I haven't targeted crappie especially at night. Where did you fish and what time of night was the best?

Idahogator · « **Reply #1269 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 06:32 PM »

This was expected with the weather we've had.

Hauser Lake Ice Fishing Event Canceled !

http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/media/viewNewsRelease.cfm?newsID=6566

DR0CK · « **Reply #1270 on:** Feb 22, 2013, 10:13 PM »

Anyone been out on twin in the last few days. If so how's the ice?

bullpine · « **Reply #1271 on:** Feb 22, 2013, 10:34 PM »

I fished Hauser yesterday and ice was fine -- which means I did not fall in. Although there were lots of cracking noises and the ice seemed to drop under foot a time or two. Noise usually means it is tighting up but we've had a dicey ice making season and I think it is the different layers sinking here and there under foot. Fished Eloika near Elk, WA the day before and it was still good. We won't be fishing into March much and with this wind any open water will expand and might end things sooner than later.

stjoemitch · « **Reply #1272 on:** Feb 24, 2013, 06:04 AM »

Digger and I fished Fernan on Friday. 32 degrees and snowing. Slight wind. Brought a board and got on the ice. Sides were getting soft, but 4-6" of good ice all the way across. Starting to open up at the east end. Fishing was very good. Nice perch 2/1 (males /females). Must be getting ready to spawn. Ratio before was 10/1 females/ males. Doubt if I make another trip on the ice. Short year, but I did find some nice fish this year.

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1273 on:** Feb 24, 2013, 08:39 PM »

I have been fishing lower twin. Still good ice.

stjoemitch · « **Reply #1274 on:** Feb 25, 2013, 08:14 AM »

Are you fishing the north end , across and near the rock cliffs. How big are the perch? Are you targeting blueback?

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1275 on:** Feb 25, 2013, 10:43 PM »

Perch on lower have been about 6 to 9 inches. I have only caught a few kokanee. I just use my fish finder. I am going to try it tomorrow after\noon. The other day there was four inches of snow. I bet there is almost a foot of snow on it now. Hope that there isn't a lot of slush under.

icefire2012 · « **Reply #1276 on:** Feb 27, 2013, 12:58 AM »

Thanks for sharing your Crappie and Perch with me sihlms391. Very tasty

DR0CK · « **Reply #1277 on:** Mar 01, 2013, 06:23 PM »

Anyone been out on twin the last couple days? How's the ice?

Idahogator · « **Reply #1278 on:** Oct 12, 2013, 10:00 PM »

Are you ready ? Good time to check equipment.

bullpine · « **Reply #1279 on:** Oct 13, 2013, 09:30 AM »

Just ordered some tackle. Probably because I got my Ice mag from In-Fisherman. Should look the ice gear over some.

bullpine · « **Reply #1280 on:** Nov 16, 2013, 08:18 PM »

Got my deer so now I am really ready to ice fish. Need some ice!

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1281 on:** Nov 16, 2013, 09:26 PM »

Did you get your deer today. Congrats. I am ready to start ice fishing

bullpine · « **Reply #1282 on:** Nov 20, 2013, 10:42 PM »

Got it on the 12th of Nov., and it had an inch of fat on it. It was the fattest deer I've seen in awhile so we should have a cold winter!

Idahogator · « **Reply #1283 on:** Nov 20, 2013, 11:42 PM »

That's good news Bullpine ! Last time I saw an inch of fat was on a buck in the late '70's That year we saw wicked cold maxed at 42 below. Lake Pend O'reille froze completely over. Seems we saw below zero for about 6 weeks. Bring it on !

Bearsfan · « **Reply #1284 on:** Nov 21, 2013, 09:32 AM »

They had a pretty good fat layer down in this neck of the woods too. I hope the Pend freezes over as well as Preist Lake, planning a trip to Preist in February. Sure would be fun to get some walleyes at Lake Pend O'reille.

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1285 on:** Nov 21, 2013, 08:50 PM »

Got my hopes up last year. Haven't even got the gear out yet. Hope the ice comes faster this year.

BlueDuck · « **Reply #1286 on:** Nov 22, 2013, 10:38 AM »

10 degrees here this morning. Its a good start!

Idahogator · « **Reply #1287 on:** Nov 22, 2013, 11:13 AM »

Yup, same here fer two mornings. Won't be long now.

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1288 on:** Nov 23, 2013, 07:24 PM »

Just left fernan Lake and it is frozen to the dock. Lakes up north probably have a good start.

sihlms391 · « **Reply #1289 on:** Nov 25, 2013, 10:35 PM »

Upper twin has a skim of ice on far side already. Not ice on lower twin yet. Friend of mine said chain lakes are starting to freeze up. Any one went up to gamble or shepard yet?

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