Open Ramp?

[ryan]

Hey guys was gonna come up and prefish/look around for an upcoming tournament. Was planning on fishing grandglaize to dam. Do you guys think there will be open water or open ramps by Friday? Thanks in advance

[fishinwrench]

I wanna say yeah, but it's really hard to say since we haven't had ice like this in over 2 decades. Not sure how long it will take to melt.

I used to hit small lakes and strip pits immediately after ice-out and almost always had an exceptional day of it. I think there's some science concerning mass oxygen release when a lake locked up with ice finally thaws.

Had an insanely good day fishing the edge of an ice shelf within sight of Alhonna quite a few years back, I'll never forget that. Crazy!

If you can find an ice shelf over a hump or dropoff you might locate a school of big fish, but finding ANOTHER one will likely be impossible.

I guess my point is that anything you learn immediately after the thaw probably won't be of much use to you a week or two later.

[ryan]

It's not really about finding the immediate bite I look around using my electronics at places they will be setting up on in a couple weeks. I probably won't fish much but will do a lot of looking on the electronics

[fishinwrench]

That sounds like torture. LOL

Google earth and a topo map. Save your gas

[fishinwrench]

Just FYI: The current image on Google Maps is from a low water period. You can see the shoreline makeup down to 654.6

[Old plug]

i been watching the nice all day. thru the window. i have not seen one crack appear. i turned off my de icer yesterday about noon. i had a place cleared out into the lake about 30ft in front of my dock. it froze right back by about midnight. That was a surprise since the temperature in the air was still higher than freezing. By morning it was better than 1/2 " This ice must be very very cold and hard. Right now it looks like there a tiny amount of melt on top of it. Normally I would expect to see some cracking by now.

[laker67]

crossed the glaize this morning with everything still socked in. Was at the 5mm of the big Niangua just a few moments ago. Its is broke out on owens point for about 200yds and that is it. Every duck and seagull are sitting in that open water pocket. I would say Friday is going to be rushing it.

[ryan]

Thanks

[fishinwrench]

Pretty good sized crack on the main lake from the mouth of the Glaze up towards the Lodge. Almost wide enough for a bass boat.

[Jerry Rapp]

I think Wrench got it right a day or so ago. Looks like some warm rain tomorrow and Thursday. A semi warm night, then some sun tomorrow (the sun is a lot higher in the sky now), and then a good 1 inch rain. Who knows. I guess can always hope. My golf course was too muddy to play today, and my lakes are still solid ice.