Anyone in Eastern Ont fishing this weekend?

[JZ]

Last couple of cold nights have given me some hope of finding ice this weekend.  Anyone heading out on the ice?

[Gypsy3006]

I'll be out tomorrow night! Went out today with my girlfreind and set some minnow traps through the ice in the pond for bait tomorrow

[CDN ICE]

I hope to be out this weekend as well. Get home tomorrow from on the road for work and will check some ice. If all is good to go then I'll be out there!

[JZ]

I'll be out tomorrow night! Went out today with my girlfreind and set some minnow traps through the ice in the pond for bait tomorrow

Cool looking forward to your report on how you make out, what are you targeting? are you fishing Sharbot?

[Gypsy3006]

Cool looking forward to your report on how you make out, what are you targeting? are you fishing Sharbot?

Unfortunately my uncle shot a deer tonight with his bow, he's gettin up there so he called me to gut and drag it for him so we didn't make it out. But tomorrow night through to Sunday I will be out and will report back with pictures hopefully! I will be fishing a small lake across the road from my grandparents place called cox lake, I will be targeting pickeral or walleye for the proper term. Caught 4-5 dozen mix of pearl, finescale and red belly dace in my two traps overnight, took em to our big minnow tank for me and my family members to use! We have kind of a task force for minnow trapping, we all trap, share and keep the tank full for eachother to use all season!

Will report back monday If not sooner!

[Fish_tracker]

Dill: where the heck do you live? Sounds like paradise on earth to me.

[Gypsy3006]

Dill: where the heck do you live? Sounds like paradise on earth to me.

I live in Sharbot lake, my grandfolks live north of mountain grove 15 minutes away from me. I lived with them most my life, they raised me to live off the land...Self sustaining if you will, I started learning how to hunt, trap and fish when I was 4 years old. My grand daddy taught me everything I know, I've lived literally in the bush my whole life! This computer stuff is still pretty new to me

[JZ]

I live in Sharbot lake, my grandfolks live north of mountain grove 15 minutes away from me. I lived with them most my life, they raised me to live off the land...Self sustaining if you will, I started learning how to hunt, trap and fish when I was 4 years old. My grand daddy taught me everything I know, I've lived literally in the bush my whole life! This computer stuff is still pretty new to me

Welcome to the site, it will be nice to see some reports from this area this early in the season.  Good luck.  What about the other lakes in the region any of them have ice or is it jus the smaller lakes like cox?

[Fish_tracker]

That's awesome man. Sounds incredible.   

[Gypsy3006]

That's awesome man. Sounds incredible.   

Thank you Fish_tracker! It is incredible to me anyhow, I've been lucky to learn how to survive off the land from such a young age. Gramps learned me old school with a tough hand and a knowledge of the bush only he could provide!

Welcome to the site, it will be nice to see some reports from this area this early in the season.  Good luck.  What about the other lakes in the region any of them have ice or is it jus the smaller lakes like cox?

Right now only the smaller lakes are feezin up, parts of sharbot are froze but I reckon walkin on them would get you wet in a hurry. Cox only has about 3" of good black ice on it, but after last night I'd imagine gurgled a bit more up!

[JZ]

Right now only the smaller lakes are feezin up, parts of sharbot are froze but I reckon walkin on them would get you wet in a hurry. Cox only has about 3" of good black ice on it, but after last night I'd imagine gurgled a bit more up!

Ya there are a couple more cold nights forecasted between now and Sunday when I am planning on going so hopefully things tighten up a bit.

[JZ]

I am going to do a bit of a tour around on Sunday not sure if I will head up hwy 38 or go up by Frontenac park but either way I will report back on the lakes I hit and ice conditions (if I can find any ice at all) 

[tbfisherman]

 Hey....You guys and gals in South Eastern Ontario are jumping the gun way too early....IT IS TOO MILD FOR SAFE ICE....PLEASE BE CAREFUL....FROM AN OLD FART WHO IS AS OLD AS DIRT AND HAS GONE WINTER SWIMMING IN MY YOUNGER INDESTRUCTABLE DAYS..... IT ISN'T FUN.

Bob

[JZ]

Hey....You guys and gals in South Eastern Ontario are jumping the gun way too early....IT IS TOO MILD FOR SAFE ICE....PLEASE BE CAREFUL....FROM AN OLD FART WHO IS AS OLD AS DIRT AND HAS GONE WINTER SWIMMING IN MY YOUNGER INDESTRUCTABLE DAYS..... IT ISN'T FUN.

Bob

I hear ya but no worries, I am not planning on doing anything stupid.  I have no expectations of catching fish on this trip, if it happens great but I am also prepared to not step foot on the ice.  Strickly a recon mission.

[Gypsy3006]

Went out last night, it was warm and ice was bubblin quick so I waited till tonight. Bout 3-1/2" out there tonight, caught a little pickeral too! Ill try and get pictures or video tomorrows adventure! Oooooohh! just got my marcum shodown 5.6 today gonna test it out tomorrow! Gonna be my first time ever using a fish finder!

I tried to turn it on tonight but it didn't power up...I'm hopin the battery is just dead, should I have reason to worry at all?

[northern fisher]

Heading out this afternoon to check a couple smaller lakes.Sounds like I`m a lot furter north than you guys.We`ve had some pretty cold weather so I would not be suprised if people have not already been on at least one of them.If I do get to fish I`ll let you know

[JZ]

Heading out this afternoon to check a couple smaller lakes.Sounds like I`m a lot furter north than you guys.We`ve had some pretty cold weather so I would not be suprised if people have not already been on at least one of them.If I do get to fish I`ll let you know

Ya most of the guys in this thread are in south eastern ont, kingston ottawa etc.  I wish I was up in your area, let us know what you find.

[JZ]

So I made a little tour today, I wanted to get north of 7 but hit some freezing rain around sharbot which got me to turn around.  Still, spent a few hours driving and checked out about a dozen lakes.  Nothing I would deem safe, all the big lakes up the hwy 38 corridor Bobs, Eagle, Sharbot all have sections and bays that have a couple inches of ice but the main lakes are still wide open.  Eagle was probably the best example of this, the one arm of the lake you can see from the hwy looked completely locked up but at the boat launch there wasnt any ice at all.
 Dog, Loughborough east and west, Upper Rock and Sydenham are all 90% wide open or at the very best have a skim of ice.  Sydenham had a shallow bay that had 3 inches of ice, at wilmar rd launch, but that bay is only about 2 ft deep so not worth the time.  The most promising lake that I checked out was S Otter in frontenac park, it was completely frozen over but still a little thin for my liking, only about 2 inches.  I am sure if I wanted to hike an hour into the park some of the interior lakes would have been fishable but didnt feel like doing that today. Closest I came to icefishing today was spudding a hole off the dock on S Otter and playing around with the sonar trying to get it to pick up a 1/32oz jig.  On a positive note we are miles ahead of where we were last year. Here are some pics, first two are S Otter the last one is the from the Wilmer Rd launch on Sydenham...

[Wingthing]

Thanks JZ for posting the results of your recon mission some great details in it. I found a 2" on my spot on the St.Lawrence river.

[Gypsy3006]

So I made a little tour today, I wanted to get north of 7 but hit some freezing rain around sharbot which got me to turn around.  Still, spent a few hours driving and checked out about a dozen lakes.  Nothing I would deem safe, all the big lakes up the hwy 38 corridor Bobs, Eagle, Sharbot all have sections and bays that have a couple inches of ice but the main lakes are still wide open.  Eagle was probably the best example of this, the one arm of the lake you can see from the hwy looked completely locked up but at the boat launch there wasnt any ice at all.
 Dog, Loughborough east and west, Upper Rock and Sydenham are all 90% wide open or at the very best have a skim of ice.  Sydenham had a shallow bay that had 3 inches of ice, at wilmar rd launch, but that bay is only about 2 ft deep so not worth the time.  The most promising lake that I checked out was S Otter in frontenac park, it was completely frozen over but still a little thin for my liking, only about 2 inches.  I am sure if I wanted to hike an hour into the park some of the interior lakes would have been fishable but didnt feel like doing that today. Closest I came to icefishing today was spudding a hole off the dock on S Otter and playing around with the sonar trying to get it to pick up a 1/32oz jig.  On a positive note we are miles ahead of where we were last year. Here are some pics, first two are S Otter the last one is the from the Wilmer Rd launch on Sydenham...

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Hey JZ nice report! If you ever come round sharbot way again we should meet up and go fishin some place if you'd be up for it?

[JZ]

Hey JZ nice report! If you ever come round sharbot way again we should meet up and go fishin some place if you'd be up for it?

Sure sounds good, did you get your Shodown working?

[Gypsy3006]

Sure sounds good, did you get your Shodown working?

Negative on the showdown I gotta send it back to get fixed or replaced