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Hey! I went out to check the ice Sunday. 300M out from the ramp there is a solid 9-10"...but further than that the ice hasn't grown much surprisingly. Still about the same as MVRKSMVN50's report. I would be cautious about going too far unless you know where you're going, and you keep it light....

Just got back from the bay and conditions seemed to be pretty decent with all things considered. Surprisingly I got out to about 500-600yds from shore in 10.6 feet of water and fished from 3:00-8:00. Ice seemed pretty consistent everywhere I checked with roughly 6" of clear black ice (I didn't ...

Thanks for the info! Thinking about trying my luck tomorrow, hoping to get on some fish. Also hoping the slush situation isn't like what it was early season last year. Last year was my first on Shirley's and I almost exclusively fished to the right of the ramp with some success. With the ice conditi...

Thanks for the tips! I ended up going again last night with minnows from Serge. I found deeper water with some current and ended up with a couple sauger and a small walleye, missed something a little bit bigger close to the hole before the bite died at around 5:45. Ice quickly went from 7" to a...

First ice season in Ottawa since I moved up for school. I've been reading other years threads for Shirleys Bay and decided to give it a try today from 2:30-6:30pm. Ice is around 6-7" pretty consistently out to where I was at 10ish feet of water, probably out about 500yds. There was one vehicle ...