Island lake

[rundrave]

I fished the north side last night starting on the west side in the deeper water and worked my way east back towards the shallow water around the island. Missed one nice bite around 4pm and didnt mark or see any fish on the camera until about 9pm. Caught one bull head.....yay

I drilled a lot of holes and kept moving around with no luck. Ice surprisingly in pretty good shape. Couple of iffy spots near the island where some geese were sitting but dont think it was completely open. There is one bad spot that had some branches marking it but maybe they are always there?

I got a little disoriented and lost my direction walking off after dark because the fog was so thick but eventually made it ok. Wish I would have brought my atv instead of walking.

[fishinfey8]

It's been a tough one out there this winter, at least for me. Lots of tiny perch and pike on S lake, and I've only been able to find small walleyes on N lake. I think I might head out there this weekend for one final ice fishing outing. I know they aren't building the new ramp anymore, but is there some sort of public access in the same location (N shore of N lake)? Never driven over there to see what it looks like.

[rundrave]

but is there some sort of public access in the same location (N shore of N lake)? Never driven over there to see what it looks like.

There is a path on the north side off of 247th. There was a truck that drove on from there last week but I have no idea of the condition or even the legality of it. Or if its even fair game for the public. You could probably get out now from the highway onto the north lake but being that close to the culverts etc I wouldn't risk it this late in the year. We have had a couple cold nights now but I wouldn't drive a vehicle out there but I would still take a quad though if the shore is holding up.

I have had luck catching fish on the South Lake but they have been small and the little northern can really be annoying and make a mess of lines. I was hoping to catch some bigger fish on the north lake but got skunked.

[rundrave]

Put a ton of holes in the south lake today and it was the dead sea. Not alot guys out on either side today. fished from 9 to 3pm and hardly had a mark on the flasher the entire day. Was fun packing up with the weather and made for even better drive home.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

Been on Diamond or any of the sloughs around SF lately? I swore to myself after getting skunked enough times on Island last season that I'd rather catch bullheads eating goose [PoorWordUsage] below the spillway rather than go back to Island!

[rundrave]

Been on Diamond or any of the sloughs around SF lately?

Been taking my 3yr old twins out to Alvin but haven't been anywhere else.

I was out with someone else yesterday who was willing to run and gun with me yesterday and I figured if we drilled enough holes we could find some fish. I wanted to try to find some structure but every hole I dropped the camera down there was no structure to be found anywhere.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

pick up a "Mike's Map" for Island...it should help you find some structure on North Island. I know there are a lot of rocks and rip rap along the north shore, I've stubbed my toes pretty good on boulders in the spring while wader fishing.