The Chain Ice Reports

Got home from hunting today and I get an early Christmas present. Horseshoe is about 90% frozen over. Should not be too long before I get to use the short rod.

Don

it opened back up

The entire chain is frozen over 1 to 1.5 inches.

Don

Only a matter of time…

Good to see you over on this forum instead of FM.

Just checked tonight and I have between 2.5 and 4″ with one open spot in the distance.

Horseshoe Don

Out fishing on horse some right now. 3.5 inches in 16 ft of water. I walleye so far.

Horseshoe Don

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Out fishing on horse some right now. 3.5 inches in 16 ft of water. I walleye so far.

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No jigging? Just set lines? Thanks for the updates!

hard to jig and hold the camera

So I took a drive around the chain. Not much activity. Seen a collapsible off the point in the meth hole area. You could see where people drilled by the island by the winter access and across the road in that small shallow bay. Also was a house out in front of the long lake access and 2 guys where also out in that bay.

5″ as far out as i can walk today. 4 spear houses on becker. A warning though: if anyone is going from the winter access to the crappie hole on shoe there was an open area near hammers point that was open for a week when everything else was frozen. Ice probalbe less than 2″ there’

Horseshoe Don

thinking about coming there this weekend recommend any safe spots i have a 4 wheeler and pop -up do you know how much ice is around? thanks randy

there is 6 to 8″ but there are spots that are less than 3″. It did not freeze very even do to late open water spots.

Most bays off of hwy 22 are safe.

Don

thanks don

Any new reports?

tim hurley wrote:

Any new reports?

only thing i can help ya with is i drove past becker lake this morning and there were small fishhouses scattered all over and 2 guys were sitting out on the ice.

That’s it! Get out there and fish Glenn, what do we pay you for!? (well ok I guess we don’t pay you)

tim hurley wrote:

That’s it! Get out there and fish Glenn, what do we pay you for!? (well ok I guess we don’t pay you)

i know, really but this dang work thing is gettin in the way!!!!

Hey guys! How is the ice looking? Was thinking of heading up to target cats and walleye this weekend. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

See Glen get out there and fish! Need some sick days? I have more than a months worth-I would feel guilty if I used one to fish (probably why I have so many)

tim hurley wrote:

See Glen get out there and fish! Need some sick days? I have more than a months worth-I would feel guilty if I used one to fish (probably why I have so many)

will do next Thursday up in northern Minnesota.

Your our man at the Chain and your gonna drive right past it!!!

I li
ved 4 blocks from the river access to the chain for 21 years, and still drove north. I’ll hit the chain more when da ice gets thicker.

I was up last night on Horseshoe. There were 2 trucks on the ice and many 4 wheelers and side by sides. Ice varied from 9″ all the way up to 15″ in the spots we checked.

Any luck Kyle?

i have seen several full size trucks driving on shoe. none on cedar island

Tim, yes we did quite well on catfish near the meth hole. They did not start biting until right after dark and the bite slowed around 10pm but never stopped. Red glow spoon with half a fathead was the ticket.

Kyle did you mark them before sunset? Sounds like you have to keep moving, find them and wait-or were you still punching holes after dark? Might go out Sunday so kinda curious. Thanks

took a cruise around the chain. ice must be getting thicker as I seen more vehicles out and about on the ice than parked on shore. very little activity on long on the south end, more activity then normal on browns lake. xmas eve when I drove around there was no activity on cedar island lake..now quite abit of traffic. horseshoe itself had activity scattered all over.

Hey guys, new to this site and really enjoy all the information passed on here. It’s not like other sites where people put each other down and refuse to help each other. I was just wondering Any updates on the chain ice thickness with this extremely warm weather lately? Any cars out on it still? Wanting to take my 9 year old son out to try to get him on some catfish, since it’ll be his first time ever ice fishing so I figure I’d let him get on some good fighting catfish so that he doesn’t end up not liking ice fishing at all.