Not bad for a quick trip. I was on around 8 this morning and fished til 4. Got a limit of crappie and one keeper and one throwback eye. Took my new mini 16 in rod with a micro inline reel on it today. Was a blast! That eye was fun to catch on it. Lol. Tungsten with micro plastics. Red orange and pink all caught fish.

Cool...I heard you were doing well...good stuff...

All,

I checked Long Island just before the bridge at 9:00am Here’s what I found:

- Ambient was 10F with 2 mph winds from the South
- There has been a lot of ice build overnight.
- I spudded out 25’ From the bank with my chisel not going through after 3 hits.
- The Ice is very slippery - I recommend cleats if you decide to go out today
- There was -20folks fishing on the Pony Island side more spread out then yesterday
- There was 1 guy on the O’Connors side
- No more snow overnight and more of the light dusting has blown off the ice.

The lake level continues to fall based upon looking at the level at my dock.

I would say that we are close to the same conditions that got us on the ice a couple weeks ago. Again, I’m reporting what I see, please use caution if you decide to go out today.

I don’t think there’s a need for more updates at this point however; if you need info please feel free to reach out and I’ll do what I can to help...

Andy

Nice video Andy.At least with the camera, you can tell what is not biting. Without the camera, I can try and convince myself the non-biting marks are baitfish. LOL

It’s been interesting with the camera to say the least.....

All,

I checked Long Island at 2nd pull-off and just before the bridge at 8:00am this morning. Here’s what I found:

- Ambient was 10F with 12 mph winds from the North
- As predicted there was more melt over Thursday evening thru Friday afternoon
- The edges of the lake are locked in both locations
- The new ice thickness is 1-1/2” and the ice quality is not very good (cloudy/honeycombed)
- The new Ice meets the existing ice around 6’-8’ from the bank
- Safe Ice could be 4-6’ beyond where the new ice meets existing ice
- Only a light dusting of snow on the ice (We only got 2” overnight) most has blown off

So, things are happening as expected. The lack of snow is a relief as it will help the ice grow today. One thing that is a little concerning is that the lake level is up around 6-8” I’m going to take a look at the dam later to see what flow we have at the south end of the lake.

Getting on the ice at Long Island will be difficult, if not impossible, today. Sunday will be the earliest I think. I’m going to check conditions tonight around 5:00pm and will write another report.

Andy

Looks like things are on track it’s 7:00am and we have 38F and rain at the Lake

All,

I stopped off at Long Island after work to check out ice conditions. I stopped off at 1st & 2nd pull-off and just before the bridge. Here’s what I found:

- Ambient was 52F
- Lots of standing water at the ice
- 1-4’ from the bank my spud bar went straight through
- 4-5’ from the bank it took 2 hits to go through
- Lots of mist on the lake

I estimate that safe ice could be anywhere from 8’ - 12’ from the bank. Overnight we’ll have warm temps until 2am and rain from 1am onwards  This will cause more melt. From 9am  tomorrw onwards we’ll see freezing rain which will turn to snow at 1pm. They are forecasting 4-6” of snow at the moment which will cool any standing water and water at the edges of the lake. The cooldown will then continue into Saturday and beyond.

At this point I think getting on the ice at Long Island will be difficult on Saturday. Sunday will be the earliest I think. I’m going to check conditions again on Friday evening and on Saturday evening.....I’ll let you know what I find...

Andy

Oh! Did get the attached photo too....I couldn’t figure out if it was Bruce or Bobby spear fishing.....(j/k)