how's the ice on st mary lake?

[beeugle]

as the topic says..... anyone know how the ice is on the st marys lake, is it safe???

[MillBay]

Obviously you don't mean "St Marys lake" Salt spring Island. Although that should be pretty good fishing right now.....no ice.

[beeugle]

nope meaning st marys lake by kimberley...... where there will definitely be ice..... just how much!!!!

[Poguebilt]

ask sawmill... im sure he will know down to the mm this year as he fell in last year!!

[beeugle]

funny i heard about that!!! I was thinking if I get a reply it would be him as you're right he's the man should know!!!!

[sawmill]

ask sawmill... im sure he will know down to the mm this year as he fell in last year!!
Ahem,twice actually.:mrgreen:
On the far side,away from the river there is 8 or so inches.My buddy TPB was fishing the campground side left of the old pilings 3 weeks ago,he said there was 4 inches out there.I wasn`t about to go look though,that`s where I did the polar bear last winter.It looked damn scetchy to me,they were within 50 feet of open water.It`s been pretty cold for a while so it should be safer although when I went in I had just drilled through 12 inches of ice,took 3 steps to one side and SPLOOSH.Same damn thing happened the next weekend and I had moved farther away from the pilings.At least this time I wasn`t alone.

I`m going to check it out next weekend I think,there are some beuatys to be had out there,I can`t stay away.....

[beeugle]

well to answer my own question.... lots of ice, 6 inches by the pylons, we did awesome, caught a whole bunch of nice cutty's , a few small bulls, and a couple whiteys..... all in all perfect day, no one there in the morning, a lot of people started showing up about noon... sorry no pics, buddy had the camera..... guys are even out there on quads and a snowmobile... braver than me... oh and sawmill hope to see you out there sometime, met you there last year..... on a day you were dry.....!!!!! you're too big to be bait....!!!

[sawmill]

That`s great to hear Beeugle,I always try to get there at first light and leave by noon.Definatly out next weekend.

[rocksteady]

What size were the fish beeugle? And what bait were you usin?

[beeugle]

best one was close to 3 pounds, we tried lots of different things.........:-D but today one bait was the best........!

[sawmill]

best one was close to 3 pounds, we tried lots of different things.........:-D but today one bait was the best........!

And that would be?

[beeugle]

worms!!! we had everything under the sun with us.. it was the worms this time!!