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11-03-2017, 12:19 PM
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2017/2018 Ice Thickness Reports
Just over 1 inch around Edmonton at several places. Let the games begin!
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11-03-2017, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Originally Posted by CPT_420
Just over 1 inch around Edmonton at several places. Let the games begin!
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Meaning some pothole lakes? I'm sure Pigeon is still open...though it is getting pretty cold overnight -17C out that way last night.
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11-03-2017, 01:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SNAPFisher
Meaning some pothole lakes? I'm sure Pigeon is still open...though it is getting pretty cold overnight -17C out that way last night.
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Ya the smaller ones. If I had to guess we will be walking on Pigeon in under a week.
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11-03-2017, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CPT_420
Ya the smaller ones. If I had to guess we will be walking on Pigeon in under a week.
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I like it. See you at Mulhurst
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11-04-2017, 08:10 AM
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Holy carp! -20 out at Pigeon. Just might take a drive that way to see what is up...
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11-04-2017, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
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Last year
Last year at end of nov. temps went from above zero to double digit negative overnight. one week later there was one foot of ice at pit lake! (water was already cold and wind low that time too.)
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11-04-2017, 10:51 AM
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Location: Rocky View County AB.
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Too much snow it is insulating so the freeze is going to take some time. Not worth the risk just yet -20 or not.
Stay Safe
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11-04-2017, 12:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TROLLER
Too much snow it is insulating so the freeze is going to take some time. Not worth the risk just yet -20 or not.
Stay Safe
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Maybe 5 inches of snow here...and most of that likely fell into the lake. So no, it will not be an insulating factor yet. Hopefully the snow holds off and that is what the forecast shows.
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11-04-2017, 03:35 PM
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Elbow lake . 3" to 7" of ice depending on how far out .
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11-04-2017, 05:25 PM
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Location: Alberta
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Gull mostly froze over last night, heard sylvan is part silly as well. My balls arent big enough to walk out and measure though.
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11-05-2017, 12:30 PM
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Sooooo EXCITING
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11-05-2017, 03:12 PM
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In 1986 I was ice fishing on Pigeon on November 5th. The ice was 4 inches thick 20 yards from shore. Caught a few whites.
Please be safe. A fish is not worth a funeral.
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11-05-2017, 04:05 PM
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Location: Chestermere
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Chestermere is frozen. Didn't go out to check the thickness.
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11-05-2017, 07:36 PM
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Well I couldn't wait, ended up driving out to a near by larger pike lake and fished on a solid 1-2in of ice depending on the hole for an hour, lol. Its almost like there was no ice. After a rather enthusiastic hook set on the tip-up after my first bite of the year, and hearing the ice start shattering and water flooding around the hole, I decided that was enough for this outing Sketchy. But the bug is out so I can chill now until we have real ice, in hopefully a few days
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11-06-2017, 09:59 AM
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Location: West of Edmonton
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Lac Ste Anne is 2/3 iced over as if this morning.
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11-06-2017, 10:07 AM
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Location: Edmonton
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Wabamun partially froze over last night as well
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11-06-2017, 12:18 PM
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Location: St. Albert, AB
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Just ordered my underwater TV camera and got the new ice shack painted up so ready to roll but I'll wait and play it safe
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11-07-2017, 03:41 PM
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Location: St. Albert, AB
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I was at lake Isle yesterday afternoon The middle still had a long narrow strip of open water. Be another day before its completely frozen across
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11-09-2017, 06:59 AM
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Location: Edmonton
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Didn't go out and measure thickness but chip lake is frozen across as well.
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11-09-2017, 12:39 PM
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Gull today is frozen over but pretty sketchy... 1.5 inches of ice till about 10 feet out. Was terrified to go any further... Will check again after weekend
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11-09-2017, 01:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by THERICARDO
Gull today is frozen over but pretty sketchy... 1.5 inches of ice till about 10 feet out. Was terrified to go any further... Will check again after weekend
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Thanks! It is appreciated but you don't have to rush checking. It should get some good ice now over the next week - at least half an inch per day.
One thing is for sure, there will be a lot of ice for opening day. I'm still predicting 13 average for Gull by 11-Dec.
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11-23-2017, 09:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassett
Didn't go out and measure thickness but chip lake is frozen across as well.
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Just wondering if anyone has an update on Chip Lake? I know that at the best of times the ice can be variable there.
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11-24-2017, 08:33 AM
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Morning fellow fishermen, reporting from Mulhurst Bay/Pigeon Lake. With the lake freezing up this past few weeks,the concrete slabs have been pushed and stacked up in front of boat launch(hell of a mess). Buddy and I spent most of last sunday moving boulders, carving out ice, drlled a hole and flooded out the new passage way on to the lake. Went out 50yds and did a few test holes and were seeing about 6" of raw ice. Will be heading out again today and will be doing some test holes and will post new results. Cheers
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11-24-2017, 11:50 AM
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Mulhurst bay/Pigeon Lake Update. Well ice heaved somewhat at our passage way. Not passable for SUV's but 4x4's could make it over. Ice is pretty much 8-9" with a few spots showing 12 but of course heading straight out far ice is 7". Going to drag the ice shack out today but only using sidexside's. Cheers.
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11-24-2017, 12:05 PM
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Pigeon lake north side 6” about 150-200 feet from shore in 6 feet of water, very clear ice.
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11-12-2017, 09:27 PM
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Location: Edmonton
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Jenkins, ghost, and Lawrence lake are all covered.
Baptiste lake still had some water in the middle.
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11-13-2017, 09:31 AM
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Anyone been to East Pit? I’ve never been there before and was thinking of going today.
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11-18-2017, 03:05 PM
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4” on the north side of Birch.
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11-18-2017, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Wizard Lake,AB
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Wizard lake
Drilled a couple of test holes this morning at the west end of wizard lake. The ice at each hole was 5"-6" thick.
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11-20-2017, 07:10 AM
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Buck Lake- 4.5"
Battle Lake- average of about 5", lots of floodwater and springs. Be safe.
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