AROD ICE

[gone_fishin]

Thinkin bout headin up to the arod lakes this weekend but never been there. Just wonderin if anyone has any info or advice

[JayHelfrich]

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=93640.0

[gone_fishin]

Thanks for the link Jay

[strgon84]

Hey gone-fishin sunday is going to be a high of 3 with 15 mph wind out of the northwest. weve been in worse, so I think im goin to find an old tent or something to shelter up in whereever we go.

[gone_fishin]

i got a couple tents we could use. one of em is dectent sized and has more than enough room. i really do wanna check out those lakes soon though

[snorty]

I used to go fishing on Arod when I was a kid.  Our farm was only 5 miles from the lakes.  We used to call the Crop lakes since the Crop's owned the land around these lakes before they became Arod.  We used to catch Pike.  Always fun getting blown around the ice since the wind would blow all of the time!

[gone_fishin]

yeah. the wind is the thing I'm least looking forward to. but as long as I'm catchin fish, I don't care about the weather

[strgon84]

Your gonna think wind! Lets just hope that tent of yours holds up!! Naw it don't sound that bad for sunday but it is Montana. to bad you have to work tomorrow. just head to leonards on your lunch and get some maggots or something, I'll ask around about what to use up there for bait.

[Strippnthedream]

Buddy n I went up 2day from Helena. Got up their right at day light wind was blowing about Mach 3 with snow blowing sideways. Needles 2 say it was a nice drive up. i didnt feel like breaking the shack n chasing tip ups arcoss the ice. there is water on the edge but this cold snap should seal that up. we went back through great falls for some minnows n jiggs so it wasn't a total loss.

Ps I know the wind always blows up there in thoughs parts but today was rediculuos!

[strgon84]

Thanks for the info strippnthedream. goin up on sunday to see whats up, like everyone tells me Bynum is the place to go. but wind is wind, I guess we'll find out. all the way up there from Helena? must have heard some good reports or done good yourself, guess I shouldn't say much as I always fished up at the fresno tailwater. which is quite the drive from GF.

[thorstk]

ice was great 2 weeks ago, 20 or so inches shore was soft but hard black ice

[gone_fishin]

Sounds like its gonna be interesting but i guess we'll give it a whirl. Thanks for the info Strippn and Thor. I'll get a report back on here to let you guys know how we did

[strgon84]

im hoping to find some older holes to use cause 20 or so inches with a hand auger is goin to be fun. what time are you off tonight gone-fishin?

[gone_fishin]

I'm outta here at 4 then i gotta go get bait then head i'll head over to talk about tomorrow

[strgon84]

we should be home. heading to thadds for a few minutes but that's about it. see ya then. Oh yeah, got the tipups out and ready and the truck actually started up!!

[gone_fishin]

Well guys, we did pretty good for our first time up there. Nothin on the tip ups but we got a few perch. Not much for numbers but they were decent sized.

[icefisher74]

Where were you on the lake if you don't mind me asking?

[strgon84]

We were the guys with a hand auger on the main lake. Thank goodness there were three kind guys out before us and let us use their jiffy. WOW. What a lifesaver. spent all day asking and online trying to find a used one for this coming weekend. Thanks to the guys who let us use there auger!