Ice Fishing Winefred

dustinjoels · #1 01-19-2018, 12:33 PM

Has anyone been up to winefred this winter or even in the past? I'm going on a two day trip march 2-3.

I'm quite familiar with the lake during the summer, but this will be my first time there on the ice.

Any potentially dangerous ice areas that need to be watched out for?

Any tips on where to fish? Only info I've seen on AO suggests banana island which in my opinion isn't even a top 5 spot for summer fishing. Maybe it's better in winter.

Any tips on what to use since there is a bait ban? Will probably try various spoons and rapalas.

Thanks.

Ronji · #2 01-19-2018, 12:52 PM

There is a great area that we would go to that my buddy had on his GPS, and there was a good sized hump and it was about 10' deep.
A good depth map would show it.
All we used were different sizes of Len Thompson "5 of diamonds" and we caught all species with it, even whitefish.

LCCFisherman · #3 01-19-2018, 01:19 PM

If you spend enough time on Winefred you'd know where this hump is. Its enormous.

SNAPFisher · #4 01-19-2018, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronji

There is a great area that we would go to that my buddy had on his GPS, and there was a good sized hump and it was about 10' deep.
A good depth map would show it.
All we used were different sizes of Len Thompson "5 of diamonds" and we caught all species with it, even whitefish.

That is awesome! Any size to the whites?

Ronji · #5 01-19-2018, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

That is awesome! Any size to the whites?

The ones we caught were in the 2 1/2 pound range. We limited out.
We did see some bigger ones on the camera, but they played mind games with us.

guru fisher · #6 01-19-2018, 02:36 PM

Pm me. I’m a guru on that lake for biggies !!!!!

Jamie · #7 01-21-2018, 01:33 PM

Is there any place to stay there in the winter?
How do you get down that goat track?

Jamie

dustinjoels · #8 01-21-2018, 04:32 PM

Winefred lake outfitters operates year round and have a few cabins. Road to winefred outfitters isn't an issue. Personally I'll just pay the money to go there or the lodge (summertime only) than ever attempt the road into the public "campground" again.

guru fisher · #9 01-21-2018, 08:05 PM

Stay at Grist and sled in from there. If there is enough snow ??

FlounderPounder · #10 01-25-2018, 08:02 AM

Does anyone know approximately how much snow is in the Conklin area? Wondering if we need sleds for our winefred trip. Thanks

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guru fisher · #11 01-25-2018, 09:00 AM

There is not a lot. But supposed to be a good dump coming next few days

FlounderPounder · #12 01-25-2018, 10:08 AM

Thank you for the info

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guru fisher · #13 01-25-2018, 10:42 AM

If your driving to the lake edge no problem with sleds. It’s just the trails or roads going in might not have much or any snow cover

Sundancefisher · #14 01-25-2018, 02:13 PM

bathometric map

http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts...4873/-110.5321

FishHunterPro · #15 01-25-2018, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FlounderPounder

Does anyone know approximately how much snow is in the Conklin area? Wondering if we need sleds for our winefred trip. Thanks

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I would take a sled if you need to get around the lake because of a giant heave across a huge portion . There isn’t to much snow but if you get over flow when you go your gong to be hooped. The fishing was really slow also. I did up a quick sketch of the heave. I just got back today

dustinjoels · #16 01-26-2018, 08:08 AM

Thanks for the info.

G Kenworth · #17 01-26-2018, 03:49 PM

There was 14"+ before we had this big dump. I'd be taking sleds