Pages: [1] |   Go Down

Author Topic: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.  (Read 1936 times)

Offline matt_aid

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 246
Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« on: Nov 29, 2009, 08:55 AM »
My Clam 2000 is packed away in the car, along with my jiggin' rods and 6 inch hand auger.

I've got my Garmin GPS set up and i'm going to look for ice.

As of now Lesser Slave Lake is not frozen, but the smaller lakes should be.  I was ice fishing in the Swan Hills last weekend. I'm going to check out Swan Lake today. Maybe even Sturgeon Lake.


I'll report when i get back into town.
Logged

Offline SNAPFisher

  • Team IceShanty Addict
  • *
  • Posts: 773
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #1 on: Nov 29, 2009, 08:59 AM »
Good luck man.  Should be enough ice already.  Hope everything goes extemely well and safe.  Good luck!!
Logged

Offline BigJay

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 252
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #2 on: Nov 30, 2009, 12:59 AM »
Chain Lakes - north of Athabasca - is frozen over and sporting a solid 7 inches of ice a hundred yards from shore.
Logged

Offline swampy45

  • Team IceShanty Addict
  • *
  • Posts: 893
  • going for the record books
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #3 on: Nov 30, 2009, 10:53 AM »
Fawcett Lake is still wide open out from shore. another few weeks before the bigger lakes are a go.   >:(  I wanna get out on the big lakes already!!!
Logged
coffee- do stupid things faster, with more energy.

Offline matt_aid

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 246
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #4 on: Nov 30, 2009, 07:15 PM »
Well I made it out and found ice again.


Been ice fishing now for the past 2 weeks.  Man I love being north!


here's a couple from Sunday.



Lesser Slave is starting to form ice on the edges...soon, hopefully!!
Logged

Offline albertabigfishhunter

  • IceShanty Rookie
  • **
  • Posts: 11
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #5 on: Dec 09, 2009, 08:22 PM »
Quote from: matt_aid on Nov 30, 2009, 07:15 PM
Well I made it out and found ice again.


Been ice fishing now for the past 2 weeks.  Man I love being north!


here's a couple from Sunday.

(Image removed from quote.)

Lesser Slave is starting to form ice on the edges...soon, hopefully!!



nice brookies meng, is that a stocked lake?
Logged

Offline matt_aid

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 246
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #6 on: Dec 22, 2009, 11:04 PM »
sorry about the late reply, yes it is a stocked lake.
Logged

Offline Albertan

  • IceShanty Rookie
  • **
  • Posts: 55
  • I need more days on the water....
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #7 on: Dec 23, 2009, 01:00 AM »
Hmmmm.....fishing around Swan Hills.....stocked lake......brook trout....

Don't eat too many of them fish from Chrystina Lake.  Nice fish in there though.  More memories...
Logged
    

Offline tip-uptwo

  • Team IceShanty Maniac
  • **
  • Posts: 1,934
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #8 on: Dec 23, 2009, 07:17 AM »
Wicked brookies Matt...That first ones a chunk  :)
Logged
Andrew

Offline matt_aid

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 246
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #9 on: Dec 23, 2009, 08:15 AM »
Quote from: Albertan on Dec 23, 2009, 01:00 AM
Hmmmm.....fishing around Swan Hills.....stocked lake......brook trout....

Don't eat too many of them fish from Chrystina Lake.  Nice fish in there though.  More memories...

you're right about the swan hills, 


but i've only caught one brook trout out of christina lake.

Nice lake, but noisy ;)
Logged

Offline Albertan

  • IceShanty Rookie
  • **
  • Posts: 55
  • I need more days on the water....
Re: Checking the ice today! Northern Alberta.
« Reply #10 on: Dec 23, 2009, 11:22 AM »
Ahh, I know there are a couple of other lakes around there that were stocked with brookies too.  Good fish.  Enjoy your honey hole. :)
Logged
    
Pages: [1] |   Go Up
 


Iceshanty | MyFishFinder | MyHuntingForum
Contact | Disclaimer | Privacypolicy | Sponsor
© 1996- Iceshanty.com
All Rights Reserved.