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Get out your long poles put the ice fishing gear away !
I have been fishing McBride. Ice is so so. My guide is when I walk up to an open hole and the water does not move fair ice. All the areas I have been at the water moves with every step regardless of the thickness!!! Some rather large weep holes 2' diameter. Ice still comes up as shavings and not miniature ice cubes. With cooler temps the weep holes will crust over. Hopefully there wont be snow to hide them. ALL THE WEEP HOLES ARE FROM 10" AUGERS. I don't go till it gets light. Stay safe.
I will be out tomorrow and single digit lows this weekend just makes more ice. I counting on at least another month.
Iceman, were you out on the ice yesterday? If so, where at and how was the ice? I could've done without this little snowfall we had.
Just out of curiosity. how did the Striker ice suit perform? Ralphy suit worked amazingly.
Yeah I was ice was fine went out again today and got on the ice fine but when I left I went at the ramp I recommend staying away, thank God I had my Striker Ice float suit on.
Gotta avoid those ramps! Glad you are okay, hope you didn't lose any of your gear! Boat ramps are the deepest spot along shore since they usually dig them out with a backhoe when constructing the ramps. Also boats power loading make a washout just behind them, and often times they hit a shallow spring as well when dredging around them as well. And we all know that concrete absorbs heat, so around the ramp is usually thinner ice late in the year. On early/late ice, its best to go about 10 foot on either side of the ramp, that is usually where the backhoe dumps its bucket when constructing the ramp to make it easier to put in the docks. Often times it is 2' deep where it is 6' on the ramp. Just one more precaution in case someone ever breaks through like that without a suit, you may be able to touch.