My favorite type of fishing is through the ice, and I can't wait for somewhere to freeze over. My question to you is where is usually the first place to freeze over and about when can I expect safe enough ice?
Every time I walk past my auger in the basement I start salivating.
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hey Hawkez !! welcome to the site!!
look to scofield to freeze over first.. in any where from the end of oct. to the midle of nov.. then a week after huntington res will freeze over..
soon after that about 2 to 3 week most the smaller lakes around utah will freeze over.. the big laked like fishlake the gorge and bear lake take longer some times they dont even get safe ice.. well the gorge and bear lake some times dont freeze fish lake will freeze over but sometimes not tell the first of the year..
hope that helps..
dude on fish?
Ron
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When does the ice start to form? Has it already?
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I would count on most of the local lakes freezing around the start of january. i cant wait either!
joe
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ITS COMMING ERLY THIS YR SO GET READY.
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It'l be a while, but I am sure it is coming,
jed
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The last few years Scolfield has been ready to walk on by Thanksgiving morning. Last year when we arrived Thanksgiving morning there was not a trail or track or holes anywhere on the ice so it was a little freeky walking out when you are the first one there in the morning. We would walk 15-20 feet and drill a hole to check ice thickness. And then walk another 15-20 feet and check again. It was 4-5 inches throughout on that morning. Strawberry (the main lake part) usually gets hard enough around Christmas give or take a week or two. The bays like mud creek will be about 2 weeks ahead of the rest of the lake. Pretty soon we will have to dig out that old post about ice safety and all the good suggestions for safety like always having a rope (and a fishing partner) or dragging a float tube or inner tube behind you. Do those little ice spikes that you can carry around your neck really work? Has anyone had to use them in a real emergency sitiation? Looking forward to first ice but there is still plenty of fishing to do before then.
Bigcat
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