Petrolia

[adc1825]

What are the ice conditions at Petrolia?  And if anything has been biting.

First time on this board and things look pretty cool.   

[naschafe]

Any updates from Petrolia yet?  Is there enough ice to fish?  Anyone catching anything?  I'm thinking of running up this weekend if there was ice.

[fishyhands]

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[naschafe]

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what does that mean?

[rezeye]

hey  fellow icefishermen
never fished petrolia before. What kind of fish live under the ice there?

[naschafe]

I mostly know of pike and perch, but I've heard of a few walleye. 

Any info on the ice would be most appretiated, it is a long way for me to drive, but I would like to get there this weekend. 

[naschafe]

Went out saturday.  About 5-6 inches of ice near the shore.  Didn't venture out very far so I didn't check the thickness in the middle.  Quite a few people out.  Pretty slow day.  2 pike, nothing special. 

[adc1825]

Thanks for the update!!  Hopefully it stays cold and it gets better. 

[ranger]

I fish Petrolia quite a bit summer and winter, but only when I don't feel like driving 150+ miles to catch nice fish. All I catch there regularly is small pike under 5 pounds, most under 1 pound and small walleye around 14-15 inch. Get skunked more often than not. Tough fishing dam, but on the right day you can catch a few, its never very good, just fairly close.

[4cator]

Welcome to the shanty newbie.

[naschafe]

Any new reports from up there, I haven't been up since before Christmas.  Thanks.

[ranger]

Was there Friday ice was still about 10-11 inches but seemed to be getting soft. Auger
sort of just almost fell through the ice, chips seemed spongy. Had a couple hits on  tipups nothing jigging, about normal for Petrolia.

[roundup]

Can anyone comment on the potential for decent Petrolia pike, say 30 inches and up ? I know they seem to run small but has anyone seen or heard of any trophies ?

[ranger]

Heard of one caught there a while back. Personally haven't caught one over 10 pounds there. Saw a nice walleye caught there last year about this time, but they are few and far between, both nice pike and nice walleye, very few perch also.

[roundup]

Thank you ranger. I hope to get on there in the next week or so.

[naschafe]

Went out 2 days ago.  Wind was terrible for a while.  Caught no fish, talked to another group and they had the same report (they only caught a couple small fish).  Anyone else been out lately?

[roundup]

Does anyone have a report on recent ice conditions on the Petrolia reservoir ?

Thank you, Race