Well now that the days are getting shorter…how far off can ice be?
(I always wanted to be the first guy to pose this seasonal question, but was always unexpectedly beat to the punch by some diehards in November. I think I got ’em this time)
I’m already looking forward peering out my window and seeing this setting up…
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Can’t wait….
Walleyes were super good last year the first week in November. Maybe some October ice fishing this year God willing!
Just thinking about this the other day. Trying to decide which resort I want to leave my house at on Red this year. Now that I’m retired I go up Tuesday or Wednesday and leave when all the masses arrive Saturday morning and then I go to the smaller local lakes near home with the portable.
I said to my fishing buddy the other day “ if they don’t open the border to Canada in time for our fall trip, it’s going to be a long winter “ So if they open the border I’d be ok with early ice, but if they don’t I hope it never happens. I use to think I liked ice fishing, I think I now realize it’s just something I do to pass the time till open water season.
I’m always in a pickle when talking first ice. I like an early cold snap capable of freezing my ponds so I can get to my deer stand without driving through mud…but I hate sitting in the cold…
How about first ice comes end of Oct but them warms up by deer season but there’s enough ice to drive over!!!
im starting to get the itch
Late November for small lakes and bays is good for me, too much good fishing in the boat starting in October up to ice for me. Last year I was able to get on ice on 11/16, and only for that day, then it warmed up enough that the ice was junk but was still there so I couldnt launch a boat, stayed like that for 3 weeks….
I have way too much open water fishing to do before I start thinking of ice.
I thought I read that forum policies prohibited threads about ice fishing in the summer months.
Soft water > hard water
Ice fishing was my first love and remains my favorite of all outdoor activities. I look forward to it every year.
Yup no way…I would much rather be in a boat than my portable. Andy I prefer this view than the one you posted. Where were you Saturday I was looking for ya…
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Andy I prefer this view than the one you posted. Where were you Saturday I was looking for ya…
My villa is just down the road at Myr Mar.
But if you were looking, you wouldn’t have had to look far.
I was at The Harbor (just to the left in your pic) for the meat raffle Saturday night.
Didn’t you see me out there on the patio smoking a heater? I waved at ya… 
Typically, I didn’t win any meat that night (yet again)…I should’ve learned by now to be out fishing instead so I can catch and release all that walleye meat. 
Ahh yeah I know what villa you are talking about now…hopefully you had a pizza at harbor at least.
Be in ice early November again here in Manitoba. Can’t wait.
Hopeful for an early November ice season for some amazing first ice adventures!
I’ll be on lake winnipeg early November again.
Just talking to with both my sons and son in law yesterday. One of the boys mentioned we are going to need to pony up for our deposit on our annual ice fishing trip to Devils Lake soon. We go out every year right after New Years.
I’m not wishing summer away just yet but it’s getting real. Already getting emails about new ice fishing gear and lures. PK lures has some interesting new spoons coming out. Waiting for them to hit the store shelves.
I wish the lakes would just freeze already!
such a tough time juggling river in the boat, early ice, duck hunting ,and bow hunting. But man am I excited for our yearly 6 man Thanksgiving on red. We been doing it every year and it’s always a blast.
My wife had hip replacement surgery last month, so my fishing has been pretty much shut down for now. I am itching for ice but I hope I still have plenty of open water fishing left to do.
I wish the lakes would just freeze already!
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Yeah I love ice fishing but I’m not ready for that yet……
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