Sunday 12/3/2017

[icebucketjohn]

Took a ride around PLX & Nimmy Sunday afternoon walking the Nimisila Dam with my son's dog, TAZ., Seemed like it was gonna be the last warm day of season. Spotted a few shoreline & boat fisherman. Spent some time driving around East Reservoir & Turkeyfoot looking for winter access places for ice fishing. No luck at East, but saw a couple of places around Turkeyfoot that are possibilities for parking and accessing the lake. Smoked a stogie dreaming of our upcoming ice season thinking of possible areas of Nimmy I've never ice fished.

[Ntoiceman36]

 It's kinda hard to think about ice fishing with weather like were still having but I catch myself daydreaming about it often!

[snowcone]

well guys I'm back,  and man you gotta quit those stogies  lol   you mean theres places on nimi we haven't been on ?

[slabslayer]

I know right!!  The area around the dam is the only one I haven’t really explored that much thru the ice.  Maybe I should try down there.  As well as around the south islands, long walk and I don’t get there that much, but one fall I did get a 24.5” saugeye in a channel between he islands and shore. 

[icebucketjohn]

... Would really enjoy getting a group of us together to hit the southern end of Nimmy this ice season., maybe meet at the C6 Boat Launch.(I've never fished it either., so I think it'd be a blast to have a bunch of us trek out there in search of our finned fellas).

I'm guessing that deep water area would be good mid-to-late season instead of early season ice?  Your thoughts or past experiences with the Dam area of Nimmy?

[snowcone]

theres deep water down that way but its a haul from any where ya launch.  i have tried from the south west parking lot , the drop is steep. if ya come in from the boat launch off of main st and go south to the dam its closer. there is a deep area on the west bank only a few feet from shore . would be fun .

[slabslayer]

I'd definitely be in!  And I'm in agreement on checking later in the season.  Let the ice thicken up a bit with the channel running thru there and at first ice I'm usually chasing the big bluegill and crappie up shallow.

[Kingrobjr93]

Too bad you cant park down at then end of the dam where they cleared at all the woods that be an easy walk from that shoreline.

[gillhunter]

Why couldn't you just park at the dam and launch from there?

[icebucketjohn]

Too steep a grade to haul a shanty

[gillhunter]

ahhh. Safety first. Well hope I run into you out there. Good luck