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When do you pull the plug on ice fishing?

When walleye season closes in FMZ 18 (end of Feb)
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6%
When the shacks have to be off the ice (March 15th in FMZ18/12 or the 30th in FMZ15)
5
16%
When the ice is just too unsafe!
24
77%
 
Total votes: 31

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When do you stop?

Post by Gord »

Just doing a little research here......curious when folks call it quits with ice fishing. :)

...of course, the weather plays a major role in all this. The poll is based on a perfect winter where your shack could be out 'till the end of March....if you're in FMZ15.
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Actually...when my wife tells me I've done enough for a year... :shock: :lol: :(
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muskymatt wrote:Actually...when my wife tells me I've done enough for a year... :shock: :lol: :(
:lol: :lol:
I'm a goin' fishin', mama's goin' fishin' and my baby's goin fishin' too.

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Post by horsehunter »

I quit drinking in 1992 and I don't think I have been ice fishing since. I don't know if there is a meaning or coincedence ( actually it was 1990 I quit smoking in 92)
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When the fat lady sings.............

I'll be out there until the end if the ice holds up.
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Post by cprince »

I fish all year round. I was dragging buzz baits in the Gatineau River in that last snow storm yesterday!

Not necessarily catching fish... but I get to practice my casting!!

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Post by Eli »

Normally I'm on the ice until I feel it's no longer safe. This year I'm planning to stop around mid march once the lake ontario/st. lawrence tributaries become reasonably fishable.
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Post by DalhousieLakeTom »

I used to just walk out to the edge of the ice and start casting into the open water. :lol:
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Unless something unforseen comes up.....I already have stopped :roll: :oops: :shock:
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Post by ponder »

uunsafe ice
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Usually 3 weeks before spring crappie... :lol:
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if i break through 3 days in a row, it's time to call her quits :lol:
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Unsafe ice and that's still 2 months away easily!
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Post by Haulin Bass »

cprince wrote:I fish all year round. I was dragging buzz baits in the Gatineau River in that last snow storm yesterday!

Not necessarily catching fish... but I get to practice my casting!!

Craig
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Post by JZ »

fatluke wrote:When the fat lady sings.............

I'll be out there until the end if the ice holds up.

sings or sinks?
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