Finally gettin' on the ice!!!
 

Low -14 High -1 for Thursday!!!!!!! Will be on the ice by the weekend!!!

where are you located? out here around edmonton it will still be another good 2 weeks im guessing for the ponds to freeze up. :(

Where are you? I was thinking that potholes in the mountains/foothills should be close over the weekend.

ya i was thinkin bout a recon mission out west either this weekend or next... i just cant wait to get on the ice!!!! im all ready to go just need some ice... if u make it out to somewhere with a decent amount of ice next week then please stick it on a thread or pm me lol

i think i might take a drive on thursday to see how some ponds are doing. although i head calgary is going t0 be back up to + again on the weekend

Chinook on the way
 

On the way home I heard them call for a Chinook for the week end. It may be a while yet.....:(:(:(

wishful thinking boys... wishful thinking!!!

I can't imagine there will be fishable ice southeast of Calgary for at least 3 more weeks & you would probably need waterwings to be safe!

Looking at the forecast for my area the next week, the smaller ponds are likely to start icing up and maybe this time they wont melt. Last year Enchant went from an inch to 4 or 5 in a couple of weeks when it got cold.

Checked the ice today. Walked out about twenty yards and could hear the cracking and heaving...looked to be about an inch and a half. Now they call for 30% chance of showers on sunday....... :sad0147:

got the boat all loaded up for tomorrow; should be great:)
cheers

Good luck Seahawk. Obviously you won't be coming out west though....

!!!!
 

mountains and foothills are a GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sHa_shakeshout:

where did you get your report?any details on thicknesses?

Guys, checked the ice this morning at 10 oclock. This is what two, solid, clear inches looks like. I know what I'm doinng this weekend!!! :fishing:


http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/a...l/IMGP2087.jpg

FYI, this is a full size axe.

bouts how far west is a guy gunna have to go to find that kinda ice?????????????????

First Ice is the worst ice
 

Seriously folks, make a project that will take up the next 2 or 3 weeks to complete,, do a dry run of how you want to get your new tent up but do it in your yard, make some tip-ups. The first ice even 4 inches thick is troublesome,, there are so many factors in a good ice, the conditions in Southern Alberta have not made for good ice. The picture above shows a lot of white/air trapped, bad ice, anyone can shinny out on to a lake or pond but pulling yourself back up on to ice that easily breaks is really hard work.

Just to clear it up for the non-believers. The picture shows white ice.....it's white because I chipped it out with an axe.......
Look at what the axe head is laying on......that's right....it's magically floating on water. HA, that ice is absolutely crystal clear.

In any case, I'm out. Just thought I would give everyone a heads up. If ya research safe ice, 2 inches is what's needed to support a human.

On sunday i was out fishing in stony plain Area in my canoe fly fishing, half of the lake was covered in thin ice, i was paddling my canoe through the ice, id say another 2 weeks for Safe ice around edmonton areas

I'd absolutely be fishing on that ice if I knew where it was LOL. Just no time to find it and can wait another week for me. Then I know of a place to try (that was 1.5" this morning).

lots of ponds iced over in Saskatchewan yesterday!!!!!

Cold is coming
 

Just looked at the 14 day forecast for down south, and mid week on for the next couple of weeks winter will be arriving. Snow and colder with most nights down to minus 15 or more. That should start getting the ice ready in a week or 2 after for walking out...maybe.

that is great news, just checked. Now to get last weekend in of hunting and then off to fishing. Time to get the gear out of the shed!

u dont gotta say exactly where this was but a general area would be nice to know if ya could lol

I went fishing at Wab today and there is a solid inch of ice from the shore to 300meters out at the launch site in town. i hate that the power plant is shut down. needless to say i didnt get my boat on there. I got it on at fallis thank god for having only a 14' aluminum.

I drove around a little before i went to Fallis and i can say that the stocked trout ponds have about 1-1.5 inches of very clear ice on them. They should be ready to go in 2 weeks.

How are the lakes at really high elevations looking? Particularly Spray.

Spray usually takes a lot longer to freeze than one would expect. It's due to the wind. There needs to be a very calm super cold night to get a crust and then a couple of cold calm days to seal the deal and then it's all god from there. Usually not for a while yet.

How is carson lake doing. Is the whole lake frozen yet?

One could argue, when we're talking about the weather, that it's all God anyways. i sure can't do anything about it. :D

Ah, that makes sense. I've always wondered why Spray takes forever to get good ice, never thought about the hurricane winds!