Late Ice

[Trucks]

Hoping to get out once this ice fishing season. It could be a stretch but havent made it out in a few years. Coming home from overseas. Is there any chance of me ice fishing towards the very end of march. I know its unpredictable and it sounds like the ice hasnt been too good this year but one could hope right. Do I have any chance of getting out? Do I look to larger lakes or do smaller lakes keep their ice longer?

[fivebucks]

You should be good to go on Lake of the Woods and maybe some other large lakes up north. Good thing about LOW is walleye is still open then. I almost always hit the lake the last weekend of March.

[Trucks]

Thanks for the reply I know how unpredictable the ice can be so there is never any guarantees. I was thinking either LOW or Rainy. Just excited even thinking about it. It is pretty ridiculous trying to get a fishing license here in Germany.

[TooTallTom]

Like was said, LOW or one of the other northern lakes should be about as good a bet as you're likely to make. I hope it works out for you.

One thing I know about the Germans is that they love their bureaucracy. FORMS! FORMS! GIVE US MORE FORMS! (And hopefully approvals from the authorities.)

[Iowabucks]

If you live up north you may be ok. Here in Iowa we have about 12" to 15" of ice with 15" of snow on top. The rest of the month is predicted to be 40 to 55 degree highs temps. This may be our last weekend out before some of our waters flood from the rivers or just plain unsafe ice. I'm getting out for sure a few times this weekend.

[Wayne Ek]

Trucks: I spent 18-months in Germany in the army. I took a little work

but I got the license. Turned out to be a great move. The base rod & gun club had rental frontage on a great trout stream and every spare moment found me there. Try for the license.