Safe Ice ?

[daniel240]

Live in southeast Indiana and have been out the last couple of days. I found 4" plus everywhere but drill your first of a dock if possible. Should be good ice though across the state. Better to be safe than sorry.

I was out on some pits in boonville on monday. The ice was about an inch thick. Im sure by this weekend it should be good to walk on with the sub freezing temps we've had all week.

[daniel240]

Well I just got back from fishing at Bluegrass. I fished Infinity pit, one of the smaller pits. The ice where I was was at least 6'' thick. I only fished for an hour but I caught 5 bluegills and something straightned my hook. I was fishing about a foot off the bottom using meal worms. I may go back tomorrow.

[Moose1am]

Good to know that Infinity Pit has some fish in it. Dan Carnahan said he could not find any fish in that pit in one of his survery reports.

The smaller and shallow pits may have some thick ice but it's warming up this coming few days. It's suppose to get up into the 50's one day.

Are all the deer hunters out of the woods now? I was leary of going into the woods with all the hunters toting rifles for deer this year. Bow season is one thing but gun season can be more dangerous.

At least there are not mosquitoes or ticks to bother us at this time of the year.

Did the ice have any snow on it? I am wondering if the sunlight can reach the underwater plants?

I would love to be able to survey all the lakes and pits on the Bluegrass F&W property and make topo maps of all of them.

I know some guys that were doing that with some of the older Depth Finders and a laptop computer. But with the new Sidescanning Sonar units that have come out over the last 2 years that job should get a lot easier and faster. One of the Kentucky Wildlife Guys who works for Kentucky DNR (not surew what they really call themselves..sorry) started his own business and he used a expensive sidescanning unit that he towed behind his boat. He's been mapping parts of KY and Barkley Lake for the last 4 or 5 years not.

We need someone to do that at Bluegrass Pit, Loon Pit and Otter pit.

A guy can dream, can't he?

Well I just got back from fishing at Bluegrass. I fished Infinity pit, one of the smaller pits. The ice where I was was at least 6'' thick. I only fished for an hour but I caught 5 bluegills and something straightned my hook. I was fishing about a foot off the bottom using meal worms. I may go back tomorrow.

[raporter]

Been the last three days. Ice is good in Pike and Dubois counties. We were either in them good or not at all. Caught several gills in the 9 to 9 1/2 inch range yesterday. Went back to the same place today and could not get a touch. Think I just got on the ice to late but will be back in the morning for another try. My friend fishing with me and using the same setup caught 5 bass all around 14 to 15 inches. I never caught one but it was fun watching him.

[daniel240]

Good to know that Infinity Pit has some fish in it. Dan Carnahan said he could not find any fish in that pit in one of his survery reports.

The smaller and shallow pits may have some thick ice but it's warming up this coming few days. It's suppose to get up into the 50's one day.

Are all the deer hunters out of the woods now? I was leary of going into the woods with all the hunters toting rifles for deer this year. Bow season is one thing but gun season can be more dangerous.

At least there are not mosquitoes or ticks to bother us at this time of the year.

Did the ice have any snow on it? I am wondering if the sunlight can reach the underwater plants?

I have always had good luck catching blue gill at infinity pit. I caught quite a few nice size ones this summer. There are still a lot of small ones in there as well. I caught a few bass over 14inches there this summer as well. There was no snow on the ice at infinity pit. A lot of it was very clear, Im sure some sunlight is gettign through. I walked across the entire pit and checked the ice in many places and everywhere was at least 6 inches. I was a little cautious because I could tell there had been geese there and I didnt know if they had kept spots from freezing, but I didnt find any.

As far as deer hunters, the last day of the season was january 6th. And bow season was the only thing that was in the last few weeks of the season.

I was hoping to go out one more time but this warm weather this week looks like I wont be able to. Once I found the right spot on saturday, the fish were really biting good.

[Moose1am]

Nice report and thanks for the feedback. I like to learn as much as I can about fishing. And all the information really helps.

Did you see any ice hockey players out there ? Just kidding. But I bet that ice would make for some good pond hockey games. Just need to build some boards to keep the puck from going too miles beyound the goal if you miss that slap shot. Been there done that. LOL Your turn to go retrieve the puck.

I have driven by Infinity map and figured it was not any different than the other pits on the property. Maybe the DNR sampler guys could not get the boat down that hill and just figured they would report that there were not any fish in that pit! LOL. Just kidding Dan!