Monday, December 8, 2014

IceFishing Report, 12-6-2014

I got out icefishing locally on November 22, which is pretty early for this area!  We had  safe 4" of ice for a couple of days.   I didn't have any live bait, so I just tried a variety of icejigs and small spoons tipped with plastics (some were scented, such as various Gulp! products).  I caught bass, bluegills and crappies, but it warmed up that afternoon, and I felt unsafe with the ice cracking under me, so I left.  Within a couple days after that, the ice deteriorated and completely disappeared again.



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Fast forward to this week.  Ice started appearing again last weekend and got better over the course of the week.
I ice-fished a public pond in town on Saturday from 9:15am-1pm.  I would have like to have stayed longer, but I had other stuff to do.  The ice was 4" or better everywhere.  It was still in good shape when I left, but once again there are some warmer days in this week's forecast.  Not sure if the ice will stay good or not.

I was using a 1/16th oz Lindee Frostee spoon the entire time, tipped with a waxworm.  The waxworms made a big difference in getting the bluegills to commit, compared to tipping with plastics.

I ended up catching 35+ bluegills, 4 bass (to 13"), 3 crappies (11", 11", 10"), and 1 green sunfish.


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6 comments:

  1. HighPlainsFlyFisherDecember 9, 2014 at 8:55 AM

    I had to do a double-take when I read your post title Dave. Say it isn't so...ice fishing already? From looking at those pics I'd say you went the route of making lemonade out of lemons , nice going!!

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    1. FishnDaveDecember 9, 2014 at 9:04 AM

      Yes, Jeff...it is about that time of year (here)....ice came early, then disappeared, came back, and is diminishing again. Not sure if the warm temps towards the end of this week/weekend will let the ice stay or not. Really have to monitor the ice and carefully test it before fishing it right now.
      Still...any fishing beats wishing, right? :)

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  2. AtlasDecember 9, 2014 at 10:46 AM

    I too was surprised, only being a couple hours south. We are in that kind of limbo zone down here. Where you have a thin film of ice present, though with weather projected in the 50's for a while we may have fishable water again soon. Either way man congrats, but please be careful with the changing ice back in forth. I have already lost several people I have known to accidents.

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  3. MelDecember 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM

    Northern Colorado is promoting the ice fishing, but, the ice is not really cooperating here either. Sounds a lot like your area. Some days a little ice, others, casting to open water. Be safe, and, keep those "fishy" pictures coming..........

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  4. JoshDecember 15, 2014 at 10:05 AM

    Man, it's been in the 50's here in the Ozarks.

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    1. FishnDaveDecember 15, 2014 at 10:40 AM

      Yeah....here too! (Almost) all the ice disappeared once again! I actually flyfished open water yesterday evening! But the forecast is changing, and we should be making ice again starting tomorrow. Rollercoaster icefishing season so far.

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