The 2018/19 Hardwater season is here!
Filled my Mulie Tag last week so I spent the day checking ice conditions. Here are a few pics for those addicted to Hardwater. If your like me you've been twitching like a meth head on the Tuesday before welfare Wednesday to get on the ice. I will update as the season progresses.
Little Bow Park
5.5 inches once you get past the thaw/freeze zone. Very thin spots along the shore line and pilings with one hole Showing only 1 inch ice. Be careful!
Fishing was slow with very few whites caught, I lost one and missed 3. A few walleye were caught by the Asian fellow next to me but overall a really slow morning. Had the Camera down and water is a bit cloudy but viewable. Not many fish were detected overall.
Travers spill way
2.5 inch clear 1 inch white. Lots of thinner spots. Decided unsafe and moved on.
McGregor Boat Launch
3.5 inches clear. A bit too thin for my 300# butt, Unsafe. Checked the canal and south point. Ice is sketchy to say the least and there is open water still in the middle. Going to need a cold snap before I consider it safe.
Not great news but we are close, short term forecast is warm for a few days then a cooling trend.
It was a great day overall, met two nice fellow fishermen at McG, saw some great scenery and I got to get the lines in the water for a bit.....stay tuned.
