I am guessing i will be standing on top my little pond by Monday.... but it is only 1/3 of an acre. It had nice smooth ice on top this morning and almost every pond on my way to work was completely locked in. Looking forward to hearing how the ice is forming around the NW, can't wait to cut some holes!!!
I checked Fostorias reservoir 5 yesterday before the snow started. Everything looked good. The shoreline never opened up. Walked down the boat ramp and could see cracks in the ice that looked to be 4 to 5" thick right off the ramp where it would be thawed the most.
Gills63 - Any idea if the edges held up through the warm spell?
ErieEye - Thanks for the report. That gives me some hope for tomorrow.
Forgot to mention..... i got out on the old reservoir here in Attica last Sunday. Ice there was 6" to 8" but i hit an odd soft spot maybe 10 yards off the North shore and 50yd to 75yd away from the West corner. Was spudding my way along and chisel went through pretty easy in 2 hits. It was mostly white ice in that spot. It probably would have held but i detoured around it up close to shore. With the warm up and then snow and blow from the North, that area along the North side might have some drifted snow and be no good.
Didn't do any spudding but drove up to look at beaver creek. Had open water at ramp and a little around the edges. Some spots looked solid but like I said I didn't spud anything.
A Lima res.. Had 3plus at edges and got thicker on way out still drilled thru 7 inches of good ice. Only took an hour before my 2 boys started getting cold. Missed a couple good bites on first drop's. Not much after. Shanty is on way though so no more weather getting best of us. Next on list is flasher of some sort.
That sounds awesome! You should get a small buddy heater also. You don’t need a Cadillac flasher to begin with but after having one you won’t fish without one again. Maybe you will find a good deal in the market place, or maybe even give vexilar refurbished a quick peak. After winter, you may find some good deals on flashers.
Already have a heater just fired it up to make sure all was working.. Spring time I'm gonna be looking at purchasing garmin 4 striker and another flasher of some sort.. Hopefully ice stays good clam refuge shanty will be here Thursday.
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