Ice report thread

[Red Neck]

Went on a trip west On Sunday to Mayatan 2 other party's fishing just out from boat launch. Myself and Oldguy decided to treck across small bay out from launch? Really bad idea 2\3 of the way across I broke through the top layer of flood water and ice and found myself in about 18 inches of water then triped and was now in the water up to my waist got up and with difficulty got off the lake, good thing it was above frezzing!! So Ice report? slush-floodwater 4 inches of poor whiteice food water between layers with a few good inches of black clear ice. This is what we were told by the litter bugs who were fishing near boat launch, as I never got to drill a hole. Star and Jackfish some fishing going on near shore with flood water on both.
Red Neck Out

[darren32]

Hi Guys and gals, I read a few pages back but could not find too much info about wabamun. I am new to ice fishing and unsure of ice conditions....

I drilled a hole Dec 7 near south seba. Was about 2" of ice then 2" of slush then about 5" of ice. 9" total but it did not looks like great ice to me (but I really don't know what I am looking at. I only walked out to about 80 yards where I know it is 40" deep.....

I was back out on Dec 14 and I did not see anyone on the lake, not even a snowmobile track (that I noticed) and I can see a big chunck of the west end on the lake from my living room.

Just wondering if it is safe to take a snowmobile on the lake and do some fishing?

Thanks

[Mark]

Originally Posted by K born

Well if you want a trout pond near rosebud/standard area Severn dam is froze over with ~8" of ice. Was out there with my son today, but due to mechanical failure of my auger we only cut two holes. No fish but still a great time! One warning travel around the lake is very limited (snowmobile only type limited!!!!) well until they plow the road around!!! Had great luck last couple years!!! Many more trips to come hopefully!

Out there yesterday. No access to lake. Major snow drift. Definitely only walkin from the main road or snowmobile access.

[Outdoorsmen for life]

Any one been on moose lake what is the ice thickness like!?
Thanks

[tacklerunner]

14" - 16" at the North access point on badger. Good, solid, clear ice. Some drove on, some didn't. Some small pressure ridges forming on the north end with about a 2" - 3" differential in ice layer height as of December 17th.

[farmerpk]

Any updates on ice thickness on these lakes?

[kargor]

Ice is 7 inches , 3 good ice , there is also 3 inches of flood water under 3 inches of snow , do not attempt to drive down to the boat launch , fished for about 2 hours from 8-10 bite was fairly steady

[Crowsnest]

Crowsnest lake 12 inches

[lake side]

Anyone know anything on the NE part of the province? Thanks.


LS

[rielbowhunter]

We where Spray Lake yesterday, measured the ice and it was 11". Good clear ice bye Sparrowhawk. Only one laker.

[maverick_8teen]

Wondering what the ice is like out there. Would like to go next weekend (on north side, Sunbreaker cove). Never been out there in winter...not sure what the lake is like this time of year.

[CanadianBadass]

Anyone at wab Today that give me some insite on how the ice is this week compared to last weekend? That would be great ! Thanks

Planning on going out tomorrow !

[timsesink]

Lac Ste. Anne has about 15 inches of solid ice but has DEEP flood ice so be aware.

[CanadianBadass]

Originally Posted by timsesink

Lac Ste. Anne has about 15 inches of solid ice but has DEEP flood ice so be aware.

Where on Lac St Anne were you fishing ?

[crowsnestflyfisher]

Anyone know how much ice is at Sherburne?

[timsesink]

I was fishing the South side to the west of Alberta beach.

Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

Where on Lac St Anne were you fishing ?

[CanadianBadass]

Originally Posted by timsesink

I was fishing the South side to the west of Alberta beach.

Ty for the heads up ! Tight lines!

[latenite]

Anyone on here from the Athabasca area? What's the ice like? Going there Boxing day, just wondering if I should take fishing gear.

[crowsnestflyfisher]

Originally Posted by crowsnestflyfisher

Anyone know how much ice is at Sherburne?

So was out there today and ice looked to be about 12 inches
The perch were small and it was cold out lol.
People were driving on the ice with vehicles but I was not one of them.

[GregT]

lac la nonne had about 7'' of good ice with 6-7'' of slushy ice. i could walk on it but i wouldnt drive a truck out there. managed to get a pike wedged between in the watery slush between the layers of ice.

[Bassett]

Alberta Beach today, lots of snow and around 6-8" slush with 14" of ice. Found one spot with no slush and it was a solid 14". Never caught anything but it was my first time on that lake, gull and wab to come this week.

[wildcat111]

was a pine coulee res today ice was 14 inches lots of walleyes biting, and snow on the ice, this was by the park entrance

[potatogun]

thanks for the report wildcat going have a whole brood of little kiddies out there the 28th and hope we can get them into fish.

[Scott N]

We were out at Beaver Mines yesterday, 10" - 12" of partically snow covered ice. Fishing was a little slow, although we did manage a few.

[AdverseCity]

Ghost Reservoir/River

Fished from 2-7pm on friday, lots of snow so we stayed close to the launch in shallow water. Ice was 10-12" thick and solid, maybe an inch of white ice af worst. We took a quad on but some people were driving 4x4 SUVs. At least a foot of snow on the ice but very little floodwater where we fished, didn't check the main body of the lake.

The best news is I caught a fish. It was just a small burbot right at the end of the day but I finally left Ghost without a skunk.

[CanadianBadass]

Hey guys, I was out on wab at townsite all day sunday , The ice was great ,

3 " of white Ice
3 " of Hollow Empty Watery/Slushie Ice
3 " of Good Black Ice

I would never dare, But I did see a lot of people driving on the ice with full size trucks,

I seen the trucks drive on no problem, However , My buddys quad went thru twice !

Be careful out there and take caution !

[wags]

Was at Swan Lake most of the day yesterday - 10-12 FOW - 13" thickness, 1/2 solid black 1/2 white. No floodwater where we were straight out from the boat launch but more to the centre and west end of the lake had a couple inches of ice, few inches of water then ice again.

As per Swan protocol - skunked.

Cheers.

[walleyeking!]

Does anyone know what lake access is like?

[archercurt]

After a long, and I mean very long weekend on buffalo I figured I had better do a little update. On the south side it seems there are people accessing the lake from scenic sands, or twp 4-10 off of hiway 21 this may be limited due to drifting snow. On the north side access is very limited and when you do get to the lake foot travel is best. There is 12-14" of decent solid ice with many open flowing holes and anywhere from 1-1.5' of top water depending on the weather. Scary conditions that need to be traveled with caution. Good luck to all of you, be safe.

[jrmoyan]

Was out on chip today there is 10" of good ice 4 to 6" of flood water then 4" of snow won't be good to drive on for a while..