travers ice fishing 2012

[bigfish88]

has anyone been out to travers this year wondering if there are any big ones out there

[MoFugger21]

Originally Posted by bigfish88

has anyone been out to travers this year wondering if there are any big ones out there

They're in there, just a matter of finding them. Haven't seen anything huge (pike) come out of the hole this year, personally, but have seen 3-4 20+lbers and many in the high-teens on the ice in the past 5 years.

Fishing has been a tough go the past few years with the water fluctuating so much come fall/winter cause of the dam construction. Hopefully this will change next year.

For Travers (or any lake for that matter) your best bet is to download a bathymetric map from the SRD website, and look for bottom structure that would provide for a good feeding ground.

[dennisb]

I fished it Saturday with the kids for a few hours and the bite was pretty good. The guy next to me said they caught a walleye around the 15lb mark and a pike pushing 30 lbs.

Didnt see anyone drive on other than a few quads. Ice was 13" thick

[Dan Foss]

Originally Posted by MoFugger21

They're in there, just a matter of finding them. Haven't seen anything huge (pike) come out of the hole this year, personally, but have seen 3-4 20+lbers and many in the high-teens on the ice in the past 5 years.

Fishing has been a tough go the past few years with the water fluctuating so much come fall/winter cause of the dam construction. Hopefully this will change next year.

For Travers (or any lake for that matter) your best bet is to download a bathymetric map from the SRD website, and look for bottom structure that would provide for a good feeding ground.

Good advice, but anyone using a bath map should keep in mind that the water levels are drastically lower right now than they would've been when the bath map was created.

[fish farmer]

Originally Posted by dennisb

I fished it Saturday with the kids for a few hours and the bite was pretty good. The guy next to me said they caught a walleye around the 15lb mark and a pike pushing 30 lbs.

Didnt see anyone drive on other than a few quads. Ice was 13" thick

What part were you fishing? When I past the bay of pigs (northend) I saw quite a few trucks out on the ice near the resort and the very north end.

[lovich12]

Originally Posted by Dan Foss

Good advice, but anyone using a bath map should keep in mind that the water levels are drastically lower right now than they would've been when the bath map was created.

Obviously but it gives a guy/gal a good starting point on where they should go.