Ice out in NW Ontario yet?

phillyfan · Post by **phillyfan** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:15 pm

Northern PM's

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:10 am

hi phillyfan, I did not get your pm......... Try my email address: my avcanada nickname, with an underscore between the two words, at hotmail.com. (I have to say it this way because writing it out in public opens it up to spam)

Cheers!

btw..... Red lake hit 27 degrees on tuesday! I was ice fishing at the snake falls canmp, and it was a bit on the slushy side. Howey bay still has aircraft on it though.

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:59 am

200TT/50 float/100 mountain, many other useful skills

Please tell us you didn't acquire the mountain time in Red

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:22 am

Not long now in YQK. The waterbombers, always the first aircraft to use Lake of the Woods each year have been using the open spots for the last week or so for training and the shit hawks and crows have returned, a sure sign the ice is about to go.

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:19 pm

just curious wrote:Please tell us you didn't acquire the mountain time in Red

haha no, that was in Campbell River....... Red lake gives you "hill time".

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:24 am

and exactly when was it 27 in red lake, i've been here for a few months and the warmest I saw it was about 18.
but regardless it has been extremely nice weather here.
my vote is for the end of the month, around the 29th the ice will be gone.

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:05 am

tuesday afternoon. I looked at a thermometer and it said 27. At the time I was in only a t-shirt and was sweating. In retrospect, the thermometer was probably wrong, and 18 seems a bit more accurate.

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:38 am

For those who care, Pickle Lake still has lots of ice. It just lifted a couple of days ago, so the slush is gone, sledding is great and the fishing fantastic. Snow in the bush is disappearing quickly.

Boss Hawg · Post by **Boss Hawg** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:27 am

The ice is gone from the lakes around Thunder Bay. On the weekend I drove from Thunder Bay to Atikokan and just about all the lakes are opened up along the way. What's left won't take long to melt since they are calling for temps well above 20 C today, and possibly thunderstorms. Haven't been up to Armstrong or any of the northern towns yet but I can't imagine they're too far behind given the weather we're having this spring. I think it's almost unprecedented for the ice to be gone this early. Last year we were still dealing with ice on some of the lakes until the second or third week of May.

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:19 am

The ice on Wabigoon Lk has broken away from shore in Dryden. Most of the smaller lakes are pretty much ice free or very close. We just had a severe line of thunderstorms pass through this morning. Lots of rain and hail so that should help take out what is left.

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:27 pm

Hey CL, do you live on Wabigoon. I'll be at Waldof Bay, Eagle Lk. at the end of the month. Have you ever caught any muskie out of there? I fished Peak Lk. to the south last spring for trout, waiting for the ice to go. What a blast !! Cheers, Mud.

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:41 am

I don't live on it but over the hill from it. I don't do the Muskie thing. They don't call it the fish of a thousand casts for nothing. I find it very frustrating because it seems it is more like 10,000 casts. I do know people that do and love it.

Trout fishing will begin in a week or so as most of the lakes will pretty much be ice free as soon as we get some wind. Beer can fishing for trout is more to my liking!!

Good luck on the muskie hunt!

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:53 am

You guys are due for that last May snowstorm still, though

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:54 am

I bet that 415 would hold a lot of minnows , and you could have a part time job when there is no fires.

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:01 pm

No doubt Cat, she will carry all the bait you will ever need, but it is kind of hard to get it slowed down to trolling speed!!!

Unable Due Traffic · Post by **Unable Due Traffic** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:40 am

CLguy......
Next time you are training in Kenora would you "drop a couple of loads" on the north end of Welcome channel? There still was too much ice last weekend and I can't get the boat in yet. I am itchin' to try out my new motor.....
Thanks in advance.

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:03 pm

The ice must be moving, the loons have left florida...

Tholl · Post by **Tholl** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:01 pm

Flew to CYQK today and all the ice is of of LOTW
-Tholl

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:32 am

Unable Due Traffic, would gladly have busted the channel open for you but the training is now done and from what I could tell a couple of days ago the channel should be ice free by now anyway.

What's with this new motor stuff, you guys at Nav Canada are obviously paid way to much!!!!!

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:55 pm

desksgo wrote:You guys are due for that last May snowstorm still, though

Ok today should cover it...Ya'll have a good season now.

Boss Hawg · Post by **Boss Hawg** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:27 pm

Bump.

Nothing like maintaining a spring tradition (how did we miss last year though?). Besides it's been too damn quiet in here lately.

oldenoughtoknowbetter · Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:10 pm

Whew!! Thanks Boss - felt like a severe case of "de ja vu" till I got here

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:39 pm

Well, the Assiniboine is open in YWG, and perhaps the Red (haven't seen it yet), but it's still mighty cold and snowy...

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:19 pm

The Niagara river and Hamilton Harbour are both open!

See you all up north in May

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:12 am

Just heading out the door to the Upper Manitou trout fishing south of Dryden. Everything still very tight up this way. -15C with a strong wind, should be a good day to take the ice shack down.

Ice out in NW Ontario yet?

wabigoon