IL Conditions...

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Soup Fog with about 100-125' of Vis all day today ... I drove out to chippewa point to see if the main lake ice had broke up yet ... solid out as far I could see which was limited with the fog;)

-I walked out on the channel ice & exchanged/swapped props on my boat this afternoon ... seems solid w/melted edges & the lake is droppin' from near flood stage yesterday...

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The South Fork GMR @ Moundwood is flowin' high n' muddy this afternoon with a large tree or log jam just downstream from the ramps... the ice hasn't broke-up yet on the main ~ the southside has the fog today...

[MISFIT]

hey bro.were you puttin' your hardwater prop on for the season?:D :p

[Toad]

That explains the ice skates on the haul. ;) :D

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Originally posted by Toad
That explains the ice skates on the haul. ;) :D

-those hull-blades cut trollin' slots for my flatlines:cool: :D

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Yesterday/Sunday afternoon, there were quite a few guys fishin' the open lake at LV, with the basin still frozen, but it probably has thawed today. I didn't stop to check them out though ~ the lake has dropped a foot & back close to normal, but it's still flooded below the dam. Moundwood is muddy as krap, but the LVB area looks good ... winter is supposed to slam us hard again shortly, so don't get cabin fever if-in' you get holed-up @ home n' go Stir-Krazy :-) I'm still tryin' to get my life back to normal after mother nature's repeated punches...

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Well we had one just before the ice storm & the lake is back in the northside yards again this afternoon ... I hope they finally get the time-warner cable lines repaired before long cuz I hate rabbit ears & twistin' them around for the couple of channels that we can get:(

It's been a long krazy winter already with a week n' a half of Ice-fishin' back in December & now 60 degrees with a flood ... this is choice:confused:

:D

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-well the lake is outta the yard & about 4"es below the top edge of my neighbors seawall ~ muddy skim ice in the channel & the roads below the southside of IL are covered by the GMR yet...

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-cable was restored last Thursday just in time for this weekends fishin' shows & F-Ball :D

[chopiq]

Hey Ray, hopefully the mud woll clear up and we get a nice layer of ice. I plan on heading there Saturday for some ice fishing. The next couple of days should put on some clear ice.

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I didn't leave the house today to see if the main skimmed over last nite, but the lake is within a few inches of a normal pool again ~ Yesterday's ice ring on the dock posts are about 5"es in the air this afternoon ... the channels should be ready to go easy in another day or so with these temps -- NF & SF might be the only dirty water areas by the weekend .... I would imagine location will be the name of the game with the krazy temps & water levels over the last couple of weeks...

-take care n' jig 'em up!!!:)

plan on goin' to the southside tomorrow, if I see anything I'll post.

[bill_gfish]

It would be nice for me if moundwood would stay open till after friday so I would have something to do and somewhere to go.

bill

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The SF @ Moundwood is even froze under the bridge ... the only open water I seen was just below the spillway & the flooded area below IL is all froze over - roads n' all in one vast sheet of ice...

-maybe grab a bucket with warm clothes n' see if John will drill you a couple of holes n' become Hardwater Bill...

:)

[bill_gfish]

have auger will travel. not sure when the ice will be 12 inches as not to scare my chicken butt. when its close to that I may try it again. thanks for the update Ray. might have to meet up with Ron one day. A bunch of us met out there last year, I think we ran into him sleepin in a shanty.


bill

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the channels within walkin' distance of the shack have 4-5"es n' toothy critters!

[bill_gfish]

well, i could have stopped but wanted to get home to meet the kids gettin home off the bus. go figure, now I doubt I will get out this weekend due to weather and doc gave me the go ahead to go back to work monday. oh well, I kinda like twice that ice anyway. thanks for the tip.

bill