conneaut lake

I drive by the south end twice a day and have only seen a few people there all year.  This seems highly unusual and was wandering if anyone knows why?

south end 4 to 5 inches of black ice with some slop on top.

ORIGINAL: walleye man17

going out tomorrow. anything to be careful about or and good bites? 

If you dont mind could you please post the ice/snow conditions when you get back. Have done good on nice gills straight out of firemans beach. Although if the pike are in then the gills will be hard to find. Most likely buried in the weeds. Also stay moble.

whos fishing the tournament this weekend i will be out there.

personally i have only fished it once so i dont have any good suggestions im just going out to get away for the day and maybe catch a fish or two.

I can think of 2 distinct areas that will get you onto some fish. These are the areas that most all of the tourney fishermen will fish...because they are popular well known spots.

1) Walk right off fireman's beach and head strait across the lake (east). There is a large weedbed about 1/2 way across the lake...it is prevalent all year. Maybe 8-10 FOW. Gills and pike seem predominate here. You can even head a little to the south east and find some good humps with weeds.

2) Walk strait off the commission launch (by the park). Walk about 300-400 yards and try and find the drop from 4' to around 10'. The weeds will be off the bottom up around 4' from the bottom and there can be good fishing just above the weeds. To get to the big guys IMHO, fish deep into the weeds.

3) A long walk...but worth mentioning. I am not going to mention how to access this spot from private property, but if walk off of fireman's beach and continue completely across the lake....head to the north east. There is a "point" notably visible by the flag pole. It is very close to the "Iroquois club". Find the weed edge and drop from 4-5' off the shore, to wear it goes to 12-20 FOW. Fish the ledge and move around. It is a honey hole.....but is very hard to get to coming off any public access point.

thanks so much for all the info, and the ice update.  that sounds like enough to get us started.  I do know the rule when it comes to fishing new ice... if there are lots of huts close together, start there.  It sounds like a good walk, no matter where.  I won't mind catching a bunch of gills with the boy while we stare at the tip-ups, even tho gils aren't on the prize list. 

Next question:  camera or vex ???   I think I've read that Conneaut is yet another of those murky inland lakes.  I've used both on Canadohta, and neither worked very well between the silt messing the camera up, and all the brush piles and junk floating there. 

with the cam could easily see both out lures on screen in mid to 20s.  you can see your lure till about 6 to 8 foot down the hole easily.  there are giants lurking in that lake, you just have to find them and make them bite.  

For all you tourney goers....here's an old thread w/ an even older map of conneaut.
Link---> http://forums.fishusa.com/m_96416/mpage_1/key_conneaut%252Cmap/tm.htm#96416
The spots 58 fastwin mentioned are good starting points, but there's lots of options if you're up for a drag.
Many bars, points and humps.

As always, everyone use caution.
Lots of unexplored ice out there, as this was the last lake around to lock up tight.
Good luck to all.

Does anyone have any idea if conneaut will be fishable friday after this extened warm up this week i know the low tonight is supposed to be 13 but thursday and friday lows are only in the low 40's was wondering if the edges will still be ok to get onto the lake i havent been there at all this year was hopin to be able to go on friday but mother nature is tring to screw that up.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A GOOD ICE REPORT AS OF TODAY?

Saw a whole group of guys on The south east corner gilling it today .. NW/

I was out on wednesday and ther was still 12" of ice with 9-10" being black and the top 3" or so is white ice...i'll be heading out there this afternoon...

The ice is really thinning out.  Wednesday was over 12" and today was only 6".  Really need the temps to drop and this wind to stop or I'll be putting the ice stuff away and pulling out the boat.  Saw a 38" pike pulled out, had 4 30+ yard runs then dropped, 1 hooked up then lost and caught some nice gills.  I'll probably be back out there Sunday to give it another try.