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Old 01-01-2020, 10:20 AM
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Has anyone tried out rattlesnake by medicine hat yet? Thinking it should be ok to walk on...
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Old 01-01-2020, 10:35 AM
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Has anyone tried out rattlesnake by medicine hat yet? Thinking it should be ok to walk on...
Friend fished it on Sunday and said 8-10” of good ice,that was by the boat launch.
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Old 01-01-2020, 06:28 PM
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CV was a consistent 12-13" out to about 1/4 of the way across the northern part today. Still wouldn't drive anything large on but sleds and quads were whipping by safely.
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Old 01-01-2020, 06:41 PM
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Tried Fawcett lake East side on Monday , 10" of ice and ankle deep snow ,we walked on nobody driving on yet , fishing was slow
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Old 01-01-2020, 07:23 PM
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About 17-18 at lac la biche
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Old 01-01-2020, 08:38 PM
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Caught a few beauties at wab to ring in the new year.


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Old 01-02-2020, 07:25 AM
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There was some areas with a couple inches of flood water under the snow and an average of 9 inches of black ice and 3 of white - off fallis


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Old 01-02-2020, 08:04 AM
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There was some areas with a couple inches of flood water under the snow and an average of 9 inches of black ice and 3 of white - off fallis

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Old 01-03-2020, 03:25 PM
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Anyone been to Burnstick? Can we drive on?
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Old 01-03-2020, 03:42 PM
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Anyone been to Burnstick? Can we drive on?
Friend of mine was just out there on New Years Eve and said it was around 10/11" and there were a lot of vehicles out there. My friend wasn't comfortable driving on so they took snowmobiles out, but others were.
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Old 01-06-2020, 06:52 AM
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Curious if anyone has any ice thickness info for Wolf lake south of Edson?
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Old 01-06-2020, 07:42 PM
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I am currently working right beside lake Summerside and saw a couple guys out on the ice today so I wandered out to see how they were doing- the ice is about 9 inches and snow covered- one guy hadn’t had any luck but told me he’s caught 12 inch stockbows out of there and the odd nice perch and said that just this year brook trout were added to the lake- the next guy had caught a handful of 2 inch perch - basically every time his hook neared the bottom it got mauled by dinkyperch- I saw him land a couple so now I can firmly say there are indeed perch in Summerside - I was hoping to feel out if I could get permission to fish the lake from one of these guys but it seems like a really closedoff fishery


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Old 01-08-2020, 04:52 AM
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Was at St.Anne and La None yesterday. Bite was extremely slow at both lakes.
St.Anne 12 " of ice.
La None 10" to 11 " of ice.
A few vehicles on both lakes. Still scary.
Should start making some good ice over the next week with the cold snap coming.
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Old 01-10-2020, 10:15 AM
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Has anyone been on peigon by the pp wondering if the ice is over 12 inches yet
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Old 01-10-2020, 03:28 PM
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So how's the ice thickening up at Gull and Sylvan folks? Thinking of putting the quad away...
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Old 01-10-2020, 03:57 PM
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Anyone been to Burnstick? Can we drive on?
Was just there today for a bit. Measured 14" in front of the village launch and then a varying 12-13" as I headed west and further out from shore.
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Old 01-11-2020, 06:36 AM
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So how's the ice thickening up at Gull and Sylvan folks? Thinking of putting the quad away...
At least after this next week, it should be very good to go. Most of the charts I have read indicate up to 4-5 inches of ice over a 24 hour period. Once you factor in current ice depth and snow cover (which isn't too bad this year), seems we could be still be seeing a lot of inches added. They are predicting at least 3 nights of -33 to -37 and highs of -30 to - 31. Also the days around these are not much better. I'm sure there will be a lot of vehicles on the ice afterwards.

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Old 01-12-2020, 06:18 AM
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I was hoping to sneak out this morning but have thought better of it. Howling wind out there. -36 and lower coming for 4 days. I think I'll stick to some farm chores to get ready for this crappy weather stretch.
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Old 01-12-2020, 06:37 AM
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So how's the ice thickening up at Gull and Sylvan folks? Thinking of putting the quad away...
I drove on Sylvan at RR23 on the 6th and so did a bunch of others. Ice was 12”.

Should be plenty thick now with this cold snap.
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Old 01-12-2020, 06:53 AM
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I was out at Spray Lakes yesterday, 742 is in good shape other than a few icy spots. I tried Sparrowhawk, the trail from the road to the lake is in pretty good shape, and there is a bit of hard packed snow on top of the ice. Walking isn't too bad, but you still sink a bit, so after a while it does becoming a bit tiring lol.

All that snow they had has mostly frozen, so you have about 5" of ****ty ice over top of a layer of ice / slush, then about 12" of good ice.

Fishing was a bit slow for me yesterday, although I managed a few fish and lots of bites that I was having trouble hooking up with. As normal at Spray, the bite started pretty early for me (about 8:30) and slowed down as the day went on.
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Old 01-12-2020, 08:05 AM
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Well after this cold snap I'm guessing guys will be driving on a Cold Lake

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Old 01-12-2020, 09:22 AM
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Was at lac st Anne yesterday
Ice was almost 14 inches so I drove my Toyota on - there were a bunch of half tons on the ice as well - only managed some hammerhandles but a fun day


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Old 01-13-2020, 08:27 AM
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20" ice at Slave access from Driftpile. Bad pressure ridge half way out. We made it off the lake yesterday at lunchtime. This guy wasn't so lucky. Cross to the East side of the spruce trees. Fishing was slower, but we did see and catch lots of fish.
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Old 01-13-2020, 08:37 AM
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Well after this cold snap I'm guessing guys will be driving on a Cold Lake
I am hoping that Newell and Crawling Valley will be well over 12"?
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Old 01-13-2020, 08:56 AM
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I am hoping that Newell and Crawling Valley will be well over 12"?
All depends upon snow cover.
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Old 01-13-2020, 11:33 AM
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My boys are hoping to get their new ice shack on the lake this weekend. We are wondering about ice thickness and the ability to drive around.

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Old 01-13-2020, 01:28 PM
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I am hoping that Newell and Crawling Valley will be well over 12"?
here for the Newell info. Never been before, but cousin and I are heading out Sunday (finally starting to warm up by then!) and hoping we can drive on near the PP....
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Old 01-13-2020, 02:17 PM
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My boys are hoping to get their new ice shack on the lake this weekend. We are wondering about ice thickness and the ability to drive around.

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I was there on Saturday. Ice is about 13” good clean ice. There were a few shack out already so I would say you will be ok.
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Old 01-15-2020, 04:31 PM
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Old 01-15-2020, 07:03 PM
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