View Full Version : Ohhhh!!! It's onnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
huntin'fool
10-26-2012, 12:46 PM
Just to make you all jealous. Earliest Ice Fishing I've ever done. October 26th!!!
Disclaimer - I do not encourage any of you to try this. It is too early. Ice thickness was 1.6 inches. Ice strength was good. I was fishing a lake I am very familiar with in a depth of approximately 25-30 inches. I was in my Mustang Integrity HX survival suit and sprawled out on my belly. Could fish about 15 minutes in one hole before I was laying in about 1 inch of water.
Caught about 6-8 fish, took two home that were 14 and 15 inches each. SO FUN!!!, I can't wait for more!!!! Sadly, I believe we will lose our ice this coming week.... :(
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Geezle
10-26-2012, 12:49 PM
Bastard!
Nice work, I'm jealous! :D
Wild&Free
10-26-2012, 12:50 PM
Bastard!
Nice work, I'm jealous! :D
x2
jacenbeers
10-26-2012, 01:00 PM
That is so awesome. Congratulations.
Zanzibar
10-26-2012, 01:16 PM
x2
X3
hiddenwalleye
10-26-2012, 01:26 PM
:)..Those Brookie's are Drop Dead Gorgeous!!!
Thanks for the Post!!
:acigar:
HW
go-big-or-go-home
10-26-2012, 01:27 PM
Nice catches :) I think i know where that is but im not that brave, ill wait a while yet lol
KoldFusion
10-26-2012, 01:33 PM
My hero.
Hunter Trav
10-26-2012, 01:36 PM
Bastard!
Nice work, I'm jealous! :D
I concur...:sign0176::D
waterninja
10-26-2012, 01:39 PM
i think thats hillarious. one year i slid a sheet of 3/8" plywood on herm pond with 2 holes pre-cut so i could stand on it and keep weight spread out. you are deffinetly the first this season.
those are some nice fish.
YeeHaw
10-26-2012, 01:40 PM
What area of the provence was that?
Garry B
10-26-2012, 01:43 PM
Bastard!
Nice work, I'm jealous! :D
Can't say it better than this.
Holy sweet brookie's man! Congratulations. But your name could be fishin'fool just as easily :). Dang, I am also sooooooo jealous.
recce43
10-26-2012, 01:45 PM
Bastard!
Nice work, I'm jealous! :D
Not fair
Awe man c'mon!!! Now I'm tempted! But it's still not Gona happen
Fort fisherman
10-26-2012, 02:36 PM
I dont even have a drink with that little ice! its not enjoyable.
But the fish make me want to try... kinda
TheLegend
10-26-2012, 02:36 PM
SWEET man!! Those brookies are so gorgeous.
OldSchool
10-26-2012, 02:37 PM
Yep, Those are some beautiful fish....... Lucky!
Be safe.
Darren N
10-26-2012, 02:41 PM
1.6'' eh. LOL. I wonder if you thought 1.5'' was not safe and just waited 10 minutes, Nice fish by the way.
fishinggeek
10-26-2012, 02:49 PM
1.6'' eh. LOL. I wonder if you thought 1.5'' was not safe and just waited 10 minutes, Nice fish by the way.
lmao. beauty fish you got there
THERICARDO
10-26-2012, 03:13 PM
Dangerous and satisfying, kinda like sleeping with your Bosses wife! Congrats beauty fish
OneGirlWolfPack
10-26-2012, 04:40 PM
Nice! I don't think I'd try that but it would be amusing to watch someone fish in a survival suit, lying in their belly! lol! That's hardcore.
tight line
10-26-2012, 05:00 PM
i know where that is! its xxxxxxxxx lake! lol. fished there on 6" and was freaked out. there is a few springs on the left that make for some sketchy ice. nice pics!
.300ultramag
10-26-2012, 05:05 PM
Beauty fish!!
stickflicker
10-26-2012, 05:30 PM
Hardcore!:D
Walleye101
10-26-2012, 06:55 PM
Great looking fish! You should get a 200 foot rope and tie it onto a tree and go out in a canoe! Bust the ice with your ax and do some slip bobbing!
huntin'fool
10-26-2012, 07:53 PM
i know where that is! its xxxxxxxxx lake! lol. fished there on 6" and was freaked out. there is a few springs on the left that make for some sketchy ice. nice pics!
yup! you got 'er! Can never figure why people drive righ there after I've advised them of the springs and sketchy spots.
Once the ice thickens, you're all invited!! Come on out and I'll take ya's fishin!
coyotezh
10-26-2012, 08:00 PM
you must be the first one doing ice fishing this season in whole Canada! :)
BobLoblaw
10-26-2012, 08:05 PM
Winner, winner, brook trout dinner!:sHa_shakeshout:
Gorgeous brookies, 'fool!
Thanks for providing the details; good to know yer not angling for a Darwin Award!
Unbelievable - definitely won two awards
1) Category ; First fish, hard-water 2012-2013 season
and;
2) Category ; Biggest Balz, Smallest Brain, Alberta Outdoorsmen Darwin Awards
LOL - just teasing you - nice job
catnthehat
10-26-2012, 08:25 PM
Gorgeous brookies for sure, and yup, lottsa ballz to be pushin' the season - have at 'er!!:sHa_shakeshout:
Cat
bikerman
10-26-2012, 08:39 PM
Gorgeous brookies for sure, and yup, lottsa ballz to be pushin' the season - have at 'er!!:sHa_shakeshout:
Cat
He's nuts, and I'm friggin jealous.
Ken07AOVette
10-26-2012, 08:45 PM
Crazy bugger, nice catch!
Roughneck
10-26-2012, 08:54 PM
That's awesome, I wouldn't trust myself under 1.6 inches of ice. Shift work has gotten me pretty heavy in the last 5 years:sign0176:
Fishnafterwork
10-26-2012, 09:03 PM
Oh man thanks for sharing I've been laughing for the last half hour!
Next time don't risk the extra weight of the hatchet... A fork should do!! :)
Speckle55
10-26-2012, 10:27 PM
Grats Huntin'fool .. lol .. hmmm xxxxx lake ;)
David:)
Got2fish
10-26-2012, 11:17 PM
Nicely done!
jackrabbit000
10-26-2012, 11:17 PM
i think thats hillarious. one year i slid a sheet of 3/8" plywood on herm pond with 2 holes pre-cut so i could stand on it and keep weight spread out. you are deffinetly the first this season.
those are some nice fish.
Or use a big inner tube over the hole. lol
Ken07AOVette
10-27-2012, 12:09 AM
I have a plan!
I am going to the lake tomorrow, throw a big rock in, then stand on shore and cast into the hole!
Genius :)
Kim473
10-27-2012, 03:40 AM
Great looking fish! You should get a 200 foot rope and tie it onto a tree and go out in a canoe! Bust the ice with your ax and do some slip bobbing!
Forget the axe. Mount a chainsaw to the front and troll.
surface2feather
10-27-2012, 04:16 AM
I'll take a bag of whatever you were smoking before you went out there...
Kim473
10-27-2012, 05:42 AM
Not worth taking the chance!
tight line
10-27-2012, 05:53 AM
Like he said he new the lake. Its shallow for quite a ways there, you would only get wet boots worst case scenario. Im suprised they where in that shallow!
Alberta Bigbore
10-27-2012, 07:59 AM
Nice colors on those fish!
pickrel pat
10-27-2012, 08:14 AM
beauty brookies.... and kids.....I recommend you practice this in your bathtub before venturing out on a real lake to try this....:)
huntin'fool
10-28-2012, 07:29 PM
Went out today again. Ice conditions haven't really improved any. The temps have been below zero consistently, but not cold enough to really thicken things up. Along with that, we've been getting snow everyday which isn't helping either. Time will tell...
caver77
10-28-2012, 07:38 PM
Congrats!! I've been thinking about it but,..... I have had the ice break on the slough on me once already and broke through the frozen muck twice trying to get near the water, you must be north of me:)
Guitarplayingfish
10-28-2012, 07:59 PM
I have a plan!
I am going to the lake tomorrow, throw a big rock in, then stand on shore and cast into the hole!
Genius :)
Believe it or not I have done that many times in the past... haha I have actually caught a lot of fishing by doing it too! hahaha
Guitarplayingfish
10-28-2012, 08:00 PM
Like he said he new the lake. Its shallow for quite a ways there, you would only get wet boots worst case scenario. Im suprised they where in that shallow!
brookies love shallow water.... especially when there is good p gravel on bottom.
slivers86
10-28-2012, 09:06 PM
Unbelievable - definitely won two awards
1) Category ; First fish, hard-water 2012-2013 season
and;
2) Category ; Biggest Balz, Smallest Brain, Alberta Outdoorsmen Darwin Awards
LOL - just teasing you - nice job
lol
good job buddy. If I had the survival suit I'd probably brave some shallower spots as well.
Geezle
10-28-2012, 09:09 PM
brookies love shallow water.... especially when there is good p gravel on bottom.
Yup, I got them in 2-3' today, and have gotten them even shallower in past seasons.
Now I don't have to feel so left out :)
tight line
10-28-2012, 10:57 PM
brookies love shallow water.... especially when there is good p gravel on bottom. ya i fish them in 4-6 feet there, right on a ledge and always do well. that is a very shallow flat area of that lake.wonder if they are still finishing spawning?
Mutter87
10-29-2012, 12:57 AM
Is there an island type structure in the middle of this lake?
TMLhammy
11-03-2012, 12:19 PM
you're crazy......... I like you
Awesome fish man!!
huntin'fool
10-23-2013, 09:41 PM
Hard to believe this was 3 days away...last year. I'm really starting to get the itch, unfortunately the forecast is not likely to accommodate any time soon - supposed to be +18 tomorrow.
Oh well....nice day to go shoot some chickens!
BeeGuy
10-23-2013, 09:52 PM
thought this thread looked familiar.
doh!
Brandonkop
10-23-2013, 11:38 PM
Awesome! Great pics!
The only time I've done that the police pulled up and told me to get off the lake.
tight line
10-24-2013, 12:51 AM
Im going open water walleye fishing!one last time! Lake x will be will be ready after hunting season like it usually is!
coppercarbide
10-24-2013, 09:37 AM
I definitely remember this thread! I remember looking out the window and not being surprised that the lakes were freezing either.
Looking out my window this year and seeing people in t-shirts.
I like this year better.
Geezle
10-24-2013, 10:30 AM
Wow, looking back on this I can't believe I was on the ice in Oct last year...no chance of that this season!
Going out for a last open water trip this weekend...who knows, could maybe even sneak in another outing if the weather holds :cool:
nekred
10-24-2013, 12:12 PM
How did you drill the hole?
Sorry guys but I am on my stupid isce fishing rant again....
So laying in 1" of overflow on less than 2" of ice and people saying you had ballz... I would think some shrinkage would be order of the day....
I was first on a familiar lake and drilled test holes and say we had 12" off ice so i drove on and continued drilling test holes... fished and as we were fishing I saw a spot and we walked towards it to find it was a rift from a spring and the was a live flow....this was abou 30' away from where I drove past and could not see it in the snowstorm when I drove on.... Scared the bejeezeus out of me... So I have taken precautions and felt pretty stupid and took it as a warning...
I was swept under ice while crossing a creek as a kid so I may be biased.... but it definitely is not fun trying to breath water.....
And for all you guys taking "precautions" such as picks, life vest, emergency horn... and you are stupid enough to knowingly go out on thin ice.... No point packing the horn because I sure as 'uck amd not coming out to help you... I figure it is Natural selection at work... The best precauition is to stay off of the thin ice!....
I am sure I will rant on this a few more times this year....
AdverseCity
10-24-2013, 12:39 PM
Read the original post, he was in a survival suit fishing less than 3 feet of still water. In my opinion he was safer than a lot of people I've seen on the ice.
BeeGuy
10-24-2013, 03:28 PM
Read the original post, he was in a survival suit fishing less than 3 feet of still water. In my opinion he was safer than a lot of people I've seen on the ice.
Heck, safer than a lot of waders and boaters.
BeeGuy
10-24-2013, 03:30 PM
Fair enough though, ice safety is a matter of life and death.
Lefty-Canuck
10-24-2013, 04:20 PM
Wow what a difference from one year to the next....really makes a point as to what type of variable climate we live in up here....
LC
diamonddave
10-24-2013, 05:19 PM
How did you drill the hole?
Sorry guys but I am on my stupid isce fishing rant again....
So laying in 1" of overflow on less than 2" of ice and people saying you had ballz... I would think some shrinkage would be order of the day....
I was first on a familiar lake and drilled test holes and say we had 12" off ice so i drove on and continued drilling test holes... fished and as we were fishing I saw a spot and we walked towards it to find it was a rift from a spring and the was a live flow....this was abou 30' away from where I drove past and could not see it in the snowstorm when I drove on.... Scared the bejeezeus out of me... So I have taken precautions and felt pretty stupid and took it as a warning...
I was swept under ice while crossing a creek as a kid so I may be biased.... but it definitely is not fun trying to breath water.....
And for all you guys taking "precautions" such as picks, life vest, emergency horn... and you are stupid enough to knowingly go out on thin ice.... No point packing the horn because I sure as 'uck amd not coming out to help you... I figure it is Natural selection at work... The best precauition is to stay off of the thin ice!....
I am sure I will rant on this a few more times this year....
He chipped it with an axe..... And if he went threw pretty sure he would stand up and walk off...
Wild&Free
10-26-2013, 12:44 PM
A year to the day later... any ice out there? Woke up to +11 this morning at home, was +5 at work.
WayneChristie
10-26-2013, 07:23 PM
was on the river in the boat today, Im really in no rush to fire up the auger!!!:sign0176:
Wild&Free
10-27-2013, 03:48 PM
was on the river in the boat today, Im really in no rush to fire up the auger!!!:sign0176:
My shoulders don't mind early ice, its the late January and February ice that I really don't want to rush off to drill through.
MoFugger21
10-27-2013, 04:09 PM
How did you drill the hole?
Sorry guys but I am on my stupid isce fishing rant again....
So laying in 1" of overflow on less than 2" of ice and people saying you had ballz... I would think some shrinkage would be order of the day....
I was first on a familiar lake and drilled test holes and say we had 12" off ice so i drove on and continued drilling test holes... fished and as we were fishing I saw a spot and we walked towards it to find it was a rift from a spring and the was a live flow....this was abou 30' away from where I drove past and could not see it in the snowstorm when I drove on.... Scared the bejeezeus out of me... So I have taken precautions and felt pretty stupid and took it as a warning...
I was swept under ice while crossing a creek as a kid so I may be biased.... but it definitely is not fun trying to breath water.....
And for all you guys taking "precautions" such as picks, life vest, emergency horn... and you are stupid enough to knowingly go out on thin ice.... No point packing the horn because I sure as 'uck amd not coming out to help you... I figure it is Natural selection at work... The best precauition is to stay off of the thin ice!....
I am sure I will rant on this a few more times this year....
You're hilarious
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