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01-15-2017, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 63
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Calling Lake Ice
Does anyone have an update on the ice at Calling Lake? I have never been but I have read previous posts about sketchy ice on that lake.
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01-15-2017, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 246
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If your unsure and unfamiliar with the lake, take a sled and walk your things out. Safest bet anyway.
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01-15-2017, 11:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Vyshgorod, UA; Edmonton, AB
Posts: 584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by archercurt
If your unsure and unfamiliar with the lake, take a sled and walk your things out. Safest bet anyway.
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Agreed.
Been to Calling last year and the year before, no need to risk and drive, if you ain't sure, just walk out couple hundred meters, find 8 fow, start fishing, they will bite.
Last year's trip
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01-16-2017, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ft.Saskatchewan
Posts: 471
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Ice was 24" thick at the north end on January 1, 2017.
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01-16-2017, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,672
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Fished Calling lots, ice heaves were the biggest safety issue that i ever heard of. This lake and Slave are the ones I always bring a auger extension too, just in case lol.
Not meant to derail but I have always wanted to sled to and fish VW point on the south shore. Tried once in a snow storm, just went back to the launch and fished there, tried twice and the top water was horrible, my son was younger at the time and having a hard go keeping the old yammy sled on top so back to the launch to fish.
Aprox how far to VW point from the main boat launch at the south side campground? See trucks bombing out that way all the time but lose sight of them pretty quick.
Thanks
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01-16-2017, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Stony Plain
Posts: 6,433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tangledangler
Does anyone have an update on the ice at Calling Lake? I have never been but I have read previous posts about sketchy ice on that lake.
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Beware of the river that enters the lake this creates thin ice several hundred yards out as it is only a few feet deep.
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01-16-2017, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 254
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sooner
Fished Calling lots, ice heaves were the biggest safety issue that i ever heard of. This lake and Slave are the ones I always bring a auger extension too, just in case lol.
Not meant to derail but I have always wanted to sled to and fish VW point on the south shore. Tried once in a snow storm, just went back to the launch and fished there, tried twice and the top water was horrible, my son was younger at the time and having a hard go keeping the old yammy sled on top so back to the launch to fish.
Aprox how far to VW point from the main boat launch at the south side campground? See trucks bombing out that way all the time but lose sight of them pretty quick.
Thanks
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I'd guesstimate 7 or 8 km's. Maybe a little less.
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01-16-2017, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Deadmonton
Posts: 1,342
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Anyone know how much snow cover?
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Originally Posted by yetiseeker
I'd guesstimate 7 or 8 km's. Maybe a little less.
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I seem to recall it being closer to 10 Ks or so. You may be right tho.
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01-17-2017, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 3
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Calling Ice
Was out at Calling a week ago and ice was 30-36 inches thick. Easy driving as snow has blown off most of the lake. Access from boat launch in Provincial Park. Very few ridges.
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01-21-2017, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Deadmonton
Posts: 1,342
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Glad we brought the quads. Fished this lake for quite a few years and never seen so many pressure ridges, large cracks and broken up/re-froze sections. Didn't measure thickness but suffice to say the Stikemaster got a workout moving around the lake trying to find fish.
Bite was sporadic at best, walleye either under or over the slot with only one for dinner.
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