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It begins!
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Jay: Mostly harmless... 
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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11-10-2011, 07:05 AM
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Right on!! I take it you were somewhere around Edmonton??
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11-10-2011, 07:13 AM
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How much ice, 4"??
nice fish.
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11-10-2011, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyfisher87
Right on!! I take it you were somewhere around Edmonton??
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Yup 
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Originally Posted by Mr.twister
How much ice, 4"??
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Closer to 2" than 4" I suspect 
Not sure what to expect with the warm weather today and tomorrow though.
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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11-10-2011, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Geezle
Not sure what to expect with the warm weather today and tomorrow though.
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..Wet boots?
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11-10-2011, 07:20 AM
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Haha yeah, that's about right 
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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11-10-2011, 07:34 AM
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Nice !
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11-10-2011, 07:40 AM
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Yeah was a good time jay. Thanks again for letting me tag along. Can't wait to go for some big pike now!
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11-10-2011, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mooseknuckle
Yeah was a good time jay. Thanks again for letting me tag along. Can't wait to go for some big pike now!
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Any time Terry! 
And I think within another week or two at the most, we should be chasing pike somewhere 
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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11-10-2011, 07:51 AM
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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.
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11-10-2011, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
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.
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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.
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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11-10-2011, 07:56 AM
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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
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11-10-2011, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore
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
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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.
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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11-10-2011, 09:24 AM
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Hmm sounds like i should hit up lake x on days off
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11-10-2011, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Geezle
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.
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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.
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11-10-2011, 01:28 PM
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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....
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11-10-2011, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Okotokian
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....
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Thought it was just me..... Hope we don't hear of you going through the ice one day, Geezle!
Nice fish. STAY SAFE!
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11-10-2011, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by commieboy
Thought it was just me..... Hope we don't hear of you going through the ice one day, Geezle!
Nice fish. STAY SAFE!
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I like my chances of survival of breaking through.... in 3 or less feet of water.
Thats as far as we went.
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11-10-2011, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mooseknuckle
I like my chances of survival of breaking through.... in 3 or less feet of water.
Thats as far as we went.
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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.
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11-10-2011, 08:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Okotokian
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....
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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.
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11-10-2011, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mooseknuckle
Yeah was a good time jay. Thanks again for letting me tag along. Can't wait to go for some big pike now!
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Did your phone make it out in one peice this time Terry. lol
Andy
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11-10-2011, 11:05 PM
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Did your phone make it out in one peice this time Terry. lol
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Bwahahahahaha!! 
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
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11-10-2011, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by alodar
Hmm sounds like i should hit up lake x on days off
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I've always had better luck at lake Q!
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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11-10-2011, 11:51 PM
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Bring me along next time. I'm a certified Ice diver!
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11-11-2011, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Albertadiver
Bring me along next time. I'm a certified Ice diver!
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Sounds great anytime!! You would make a fortune just recovering cell phones for me!!
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11-11-2011, 09:01 AM
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Was is it Q we were at I always get Q and Y mixed up?
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11-11-2011, 11:20 AM
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nice job boys. water clarity looks pretty poor.
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11-11-2011, 06:11 PM
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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.... 
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11-12-2011, 11:47 AM
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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.
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11-14-2011, 11:19 PM
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You were suposed to call me!
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