fishlake ice

[christopher30]

I'm not sure where the rumor of 6 inches of ice came from, but if there was 6 inches of ice at fishlake today it was far away from any walking access on the west shore. Started by mack campground and found that to be the thickest ice, about a finger length of clear, slick ice. Later moved down near twin creeks and found it to be a generous 3-4, but cracking and somewhat nerve racking. There is a giant ridge that comes out of the creek and goes straight across the lake, at one point it made a horrendous sound and spewed water about ten feet up in the air. At this point i valued my life more than fishing so we moved south closer to the lakeside marina, the ice here was thinnest of all, by the warmest part of the day maybe 3 inches thick, but not as loud as the other spots. With that out of the way the fishing was good for 12-20 inch splake, and a few pup macks were had as well, one of them was maybe 5 or so pounds and about 25 inches long. White seemed to be the color, depth didn't seem to matter, you could see your jig like you were fishing out of a boat due to the clear ice. Alot of times we'd watch as splake or rainbows would bite about 15 feet down. Monday will have thicker ice i think, if you go soon use your brain on the ice. If i get bored enough i'll post some pictures
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