Slabseeker
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Open Water at Wilhelm?
Just wondering if there was any open water above the causway yet? I like to hit the cove near launch 3 or above Sheakleyville bridge soon as the ice is gone. I thought with the warm weather it might be starting to open up a little.
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fishinprogress
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/09 13:06:32
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Not as of yesterday, but its coming
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Slabseeker
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/09 13:55:54
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Thanks fishinprogress. Please keep me posted. I always like to hit it as soon as the ice is off.
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/09 18:15:17
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I was gonna ask the same thing? Cant wait. Prolly 14 inches were I like to fish.
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/11 12:55:43
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open water around shore at lunch today. (ice 5-10' from shore)
ice looked reeeal soft too with drilled holes opened up as big as 18"-2'
won't be long, especially with the rain in the forecast.
"If you ever get hit with a bucket of fish, be sure to close your eyes." ><)))*>
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/11 18:21:58
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Thanks Pork can you let me know when the spot is open? Cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/12 08:40:36
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Will do clay. I'll try to swing by today & have a look. *EDIT: just checked it out. at the spot you mean I could still jump out to the ice... it would break, but I'd make it.  However, the nearby inlet has a good 50-75 yards of open water & all the ice over there's melting fast.
post edited by Pork - 2010/03/12 12:56:19
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/12 17:34:12
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Nice!! Music to my ears!! Maybe next weekend?
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/13 20:42:14
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There is open water under 79 bridge and around edge at 5:00pm today!
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fishinprogress
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/13 22:04:03
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Next weekend fellas, I live 2 blocks (big blocks, but still blocks) from launch 3. I'll run down tomorrow morning and update ya'll
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/14 03:58:13
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ORIGINAL: clay516
Nice!! Music to my ears!! Maybe next weekend?
Don't get too exited yet. The carpin' can be tough there sometimes, especially in the early Spring. You catch any carp yet this year?
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/14 08:01:51
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ORIGINAL: pacarper
ORIGINAL: clay516
Nice!! Music to my ears!! Maybe next weekend?
Don't get too exited yet. The carpin' can be tough there sometimes, especially in the early Spring.
You catch any carp yet this year?
I havent even touched my poles since Twin. When I start thinking about I start shaking. Just need to hear the line coming off the reel. Is there a better spot early spring?
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/15 10:28:39
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ORIGINAL: clay516
I havent even touched my poles since Twin. When I start thinking about I start shaking. Just need to hear the line coming off the reel. Is there a better spot early spring?
Any spot where the carp are is a good spot. Being in the right place at the right time is key. As far as I can remember, I've only ever caught one carp from Wilhelm in March and it did come from the beach area......a 20 lber.(not a bad way to start off the year, that year). I've done plenty of blanking in March and April too there, so......... Catching carp is usually a little easier on the rivers and creeks this time of year.
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Slabseeker
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/15 11:21:00
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I don't know about the carp fishing in March (never fished for carp there), but have had some good crappie fishing at Wilhelm in March.
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/15 12:03:30
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I just checked the dam end & it's, I'm guessing, 75% open. Not navigable by boat yet, launch #1 was still frozen & there are sections of the lake still frozen all the way across. But the majority of the south east end was open water. ...this looked to include your favorite spot clay, but I wasn't on that side of the lake to confirm. The spot pacarper was at during the carpathon was open & it appeared to be open all the way across there. If you're heading up this weekend, let me no, k? 
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/15 13:20:43
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Water is still shut here....
post edited by Dita Von Teese - 2010/03/15 13:21:29
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/15 16:05:02
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Under the causeway is open, Launch three is still iced up and the ice looked to go all the way to the Marina from the causeway
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/16 20:24:02
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Not gonna make it this weekend Pork.
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fishinprogress
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/19 11:21:51
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Wilhelm is mostly open. Some ice along the shores.....Except West of the causeway...from Launch 3 to the stumps still has quite a bit of ice in the way
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/19 12:32:49
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Time to string up my poles and attach my wooden bobbers and zing em across the lake
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fishinprogress
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/19 15:06:25
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The cover right near Launch 3 is open woodenbobber....guys were catching small crappie yesterday
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Slabseeker
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/20 19:04:24
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Yeah, I fished the cove by launch 3 yesterday morning and didn't catch anything over 8".
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RE: Open Water at Wilhelm?
2010/03/22 12:43:14
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still, catching things this early is a feat in itself
bobbers are attached and line is ready
now- off the launch three
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