TroutCowboy
12/7/2011 8:40:00 PMglad to hear the ice is ready for ice-fishing! hoping to get out there this weekend too. it should be in even better shape considering the cold temps. did you drive all the way down or hike in like i read in some of the other posts?
TroutCowboy
12/7/2011 8:42:00 PMglad to hear the ice is ready for ice-fishing! hoping to get out there this weekend too. it should be in even better shape considering the cold temps. did you drive all the way down or hike in like i read in some of the other posts?
Wheezzy
12/8/2011 6:37:00 AMI was able to drive in to the parking lot and get on the ice from there.
MotoBoat
12/8/2011 2:03:00 PMSince there isn't anything in the picture to compare size of the fish. knowing the size makes a huge difference. The smallest looks smaller than 12" by looking at the picture. But that is because the other two are so much larger. I had a feeling the big one was 18" or better. I don't know. 4" inches of ice is not something I would feel all that comfortable walking on.
TroutCowboy
12/8/2011 10:06:00 PM4" is the recommended minimum thickness according to the us coast guard, but i'm with you -- i'd be pretty nervous on it. i'm headed there this weekend, and hope these cold nights add another inch or two by then.
raffensg64
12/12/2011 12:26:00 PM4" is good but keep in mind the ice thins as it heads off the bank. And watch out for that maniac in the Ford Explorer who drove out onto Hog Canyon a few years ago! Scared the crap out of me and made everybody else quite nervous. That clown's vehicle survived 8-9" ice. Come to find out he had Wisconsin plates but zero Washington ice knowledge.