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Geezle
11-10-2011, 06:55 AM
3 days between when I last fished open water and when I got on the ice...not too shabby :)

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Flyfisher87
11-10-2011, 07:05 AM
Right on!! I take it you were somewhere around Edmonton??
Mr.twister
11-10-2011, 07:13 AM
How much ice, 4"??

nice fish.
Geezle
11-10-2011, 07:14 AM
Right on!! I take it you were somewhere around Edmonton??

Yup :)
How much ice, 4"??

nice fish.

Closer to 2" than 4" I suspect :o

Not sure what to expect with the warm weather today and tomorrow though.
Lefty-Canuck
11-10-2011, 07:19 AM
Not sure what to expect with the warm weather today and tomorrow though.

..Wet boots? :)

LC
Geezle
11-10-2011, 07:20 AM
..Wet boots? :)

LC

Haha yeah, that's about right :p
tara_13
11-10-2011, 07:34 AM
Nice !
mooseknuckle
11-10-2011, 07:40 AM
Yeah was a good time jay. Thanks again for letting me tag along. Can't wait to go for some big pike now!
Geezle
11-10-2011, 07:49 AM
Yeah was a good time jay. Thanks again for letting me tag along. Can't wait to go for some big pike now!

Any time Terry! :cool:

And I think within another week or two at the most, we should be chasing pike somewhere :sHa_shakeshout:
Sundancefisher
11-10-2011, 07:51 AM
Edmonton gets all the luck and cold weather.

Lake Sundance was almost frozen over yesterday...but this morning...completely open. With the weather warming...I am not expecting ice for a while longer.
Geezle
11-10-2011, 07:54 AM
Edmonton gets all the luck and cold weather.

Lake Sundance was almost frozen over yesterday...but this morning...completely open. With the weather warming...I am not expecting ice for a while longer.

We're getting extra lucky since we don't have any snow yet to insulate the ice. The longer it stays this way the better! I'm really hoping we don't have to deal with all the flood ice BS that we did last winter.
Alberta Bigbore
11-10-2011, 07:56 AM
right on Jay. I heard a pond NW of Edmonton has a solid 4 inches on one side of the lake....... If I down a big buck on Saturday.. I may have to go investigate and grab a mess of brookies for the pan
Geezle
11-10-2011, 08:16 AM
right on Jay. I heard a pond NW of Edmonton has a solid 4 inches on one side of the lake....... If I down a big buck on Saturday.. I may have to go investigate and grab a mess of brookies for the pan

I'd heard last Sunday that there was 4" on said lake, though we didn't do that much exploring around...just stuck near the parking lot end where it was no more than 3". Still plenty solid though, and there was one guy out who did a circuit of the whole lake, so I'm assuming she'll be safe the whole way, even if it's not up to 4" yet.
alodar
11-10-2011, 09:24 AM
Hmm sounds like i should hit up lake x on days off
Sundancefisher
11-10-2011, 01:24 PM
We're getting extra lucky since we don't have any snow yet to insulate the ice. The longer it stays this way the better! I'm really hoping we don't have to deal with all the flood ice BS that we did last winter.

We had great ice starting the season last year then piles and piles of snow...weighted it all down...cracked and flooded the surface. One spot near shore was so heavy there was over 1 foot of water on top of the ice within hours and a large hole where the water came up.
Okotokian
11-10-2011, 01:28 PM
Man... those pics scare me. Not having any icefishing experience I find myself nervous about going out on ice until pretty deep in the season. A few inches? Not for me....
commieboy
11-10-2011, 01:32 PM
Man... those pics scare me. Not having any icefishing experience I find myself nervous about going out on ice until pretty deep in the season. A few inches? Not for me....

Thought it was just me..... Hope we don't hear of you going through the ice one day, Geezle!

Nice fish. STAY SAFE!
mooseknuckle
11-10-2011, 01:40 PM
Thought it was just me..... Hope we don't hear of you going through the ice one day, Geezle!

Nice fish. STAY SAFE!

I like my chances of survival of breaking through.... in 3 or less feet of water.

Thats as far as we went.
Sundancefisher
11-10-2011, 02:25 PM
I like my chances of survival of breaking through.... in 3 or less feet of water.

Thats as far as we went.

I agree...anything less than 4 inches...not worth it. You can have variance in ice thickness of 4-6 inches in some areas...often the shore ice is a little thicker in the early winter and thinner in the Spring.

Not safe and not recommended.
jpietrzak1979
11-10-2011, 08:26 PM
Man... those pics scare me. Not having any icefishing experience I find myself nervous about going out on ice until pretty deep in the season. A few inches? Not for me....

I been ice fishing a few years and he scares me lol... 4 inch minumum for me.... though in all fairness I weigh alot more than geezle.
sureshot
11-10-2011, 10:46 PM
Yeah was a good time jay. Thanks again for letting me tag along. Can't wait to go for some big pike now!

Did your phone make it out in one peice this time Terry. lol


Andy
Geezle
11-10-2011, 11:05 PM
Did your phone make it out in one peice this time Terry. lol


Andy

Bwahahahahaha!! :sHa_sarcasticlol:
Geezle
11-10-2011, 11:41 PM
Hmm sounds like i should hit up lake x on days off

I've always had better luck at lake Q! :)
Albertadiver
11-10-2011, 11:51 PM
Bring me along next time. I'm a certified Ice diver!
mooseknuckle
11-11-2011, 09:00 AM
Bring me along next time. I'm a certified Ice diver!

Sounds great anytime!! You would make a fortune just recovering cell phones for me!!
mooseknuckle
11-11-2011, 09:01 AM
I've always had better luck at lake Q! :)

Was is it Q we were at I always get Q and Y mixed up?
Daceminnow
11-11-2011, 11:20 AM
nice job boys. water clarity looks pretty poor.

Dace
thorne
11-11-2011, 06:11 PM
Ive been fishing on ice now for almost 40 years, and alot of it down on teh east coast where 12 inches of ice is the most you will ever see. Not saying it can't happen to me because it has.....any way here is the scoup on 2-3 inches of ice, specifically the ice Geezle shows in his pics...its clear. you can see any imperfections, cracks, bubbles, what ever. So I would have no issues picking my way along watching as I go...2-4 inches with snow on it.....thats more iffy...add in shallow water, air temp not -20...sorry no dare devil. Minimal risk for some nice trout! Guess Ill be playing hookie from work to check it out myself.."Cough, cough....:sleep-043:
YeeHaw
11-12-2011, 11:47 AM
Went and checked out lake X, last night, just to test some ice, ended up with one brooke, and seen a guy catch a bow that was about 15", by the look of it, im thinking it was last years stock, due to the size, but thought lake X, would have been one of the first to winterkill last winter. Going to give it a go again today.
ghostguy6
11-14-2011, 11:19 PM
You were suposed to call me!
Geezle
11-15-2011, 08:04 AM
You were suposed to call me!

Sorry bud, that exploratory trip was on super short notice :o

PM me what your work schedule is like these days...I know it ain't what it used to be :confused:

Maybe get out one day this weekend?
mudbug
11-15-2011, 08:55 PM
Sounds like I'd fall through the ice if it's only a few inches thick :thinking-006:

A bit more ice and I'll have to head out with you sometime :sHa_shakeshout:

Don't forget to come over sometime, the carb kit for your ice auger is on the workbench waiting for you :)