PRDATR Report post Posted December 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Coach said: Thanks Brian. Man it's weird. When I first moved here back in the '80s the hardest part about ice fishing was either the long trudge in with a couple feet of snow, or drilling half a dozen holes through 12-18" ice. Guess it's just a sign of the times. I know some old guys who used to drive out on Rainbow Lake and cut blocks for their ice house every winter. Can't remember the last time I saw it iced over. Times they are a-changin'. In the early 90's I was in Unalakleet Alaska and was told then that the permafrost was getting less each year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/23/2018 at 8:10 PM, trphyhntr said: I wonder if there was 36” of ice 70 years ago I know it's probably rhetorical, but all the lakes up here used to have a lot more ice. If you could get up to Holly, early fall or late spring, good ice fishing. One story I come back to from time to time is way back in the day. A bunch of ice fishermen in a truck going up to Sunrise, and occasionally there would be a few out on A1. One morning there's 2-3 guys out hiking in the snow, drilling holes really early and we stopped to see what they're catching. They kept saying it was shallow and "weedy". They were out in the cienega before A1 trying to fish a frozen field of grass. Can't make this stuff up, but still funny. To this day I can't drive past that cienega and not chuckle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted December 31, 2018 lmao, might have been me and my family Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BassSlayer Report post Posted January 8, 2019 Went to Sunrise and Horseshoe on Friday the 4th and fish were biting good. Ice is about 4" with a lot snow on top and slushy. Had to walk a long way due to snow to get to horseshoe. Sunrise you park at the motel and walk down. Also fished Show low lake on Saturday, Ice was only 1" thick kinda scary, slow bite. Its been warming up lately up there so be careful. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted January 8, 2019 In 1990 my family started spending Christmas at Alpine, every year up until my parents passed away in 2009, 18 years in a row, Christmas at Alpine. Big Lake road would be plowed up to what is now Tobaggan hill and then the snow was piled up so deep across the road that there was no "vehicle" traffic. My dad would get bent out of shape when we would try to test our "vehicles" and end up getting stuck in deep snow, but we would still try to drive roads. By the mid 2000's we rarely encountered trouble making it all the way into Big Lake where upon one occassion we saw people ice fishing next to the dam. They had fish and Bud Lights laying all over the ice and I told my boys we would come back the next day and give it a try. We brought our fishing gear.....never having fished ice before.......and successfully failed to catch a single fish! My wife says it was because we didn't bring the Bud Light! If I remember right there was about 8" of ice and it was eriee because the ice made deep crackling noises just randomly. Christmas of 1997, we shoveled off 30" of snow off the flatter part of the roof the first day we were there! Now all the boys are grown up and out of the house so it was just us two kids this year over New Years Eve!!!! 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 23, 2019 anyone know if theyre ice fishing up there, looks like its been kinda warm but i want to try and go sunday if there is ice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted January 23, 2019 Do it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, wildwoody said: Do it.. Ok 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wish2hunt Report post Posted January 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, trphyhntr said: anyone know if theyre ice fishing up there, looks like its been kinda warm but i want to try and go sunday if there is ice Just do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, wish2hunt said: Just do it. worst case i can go to the lions den and get faded all day 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted January 23, 2019 You always have a plan B.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wish2hunt Report post Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, wildwoody said: You always have a plan B.. Always good to have a plan B 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted January 23, 2019 Or stumble across a hybrid coues buck........that nobody knows about...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roosevelt Mark Report post Posted January 23, 2019 Friends don't let friends drink on thin ice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntz Report post Posted January 24, 2019 I was at Luna lake on Monday ice was 4-6 inches thick depending on where you are on the lake. I’m assuming there is more ice on sunrise and other Rez lakes being that there a higher elevation. Fish where biting on corn and worms about 20 feet of the shore by the boat dock or by the ramp! Fish about a foot of the bottom! Fish are big and healthy in Luna! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
