Cross creek ice 
grizz27
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Cross creek ice
Happy new year everyone. Does anyone know the ice condition on the lake.
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/01 20:43:24
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Happy New Year, haven't checked it personally but saw on another site that most of the bays are iced up and guys are fishing, last I saw was 3.5 to 4, still a little thin for my liking but it should get thicker with the cold helps the rest of the week
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/01 20:51:11
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Happy new year, nice thread start and response guys, im planning on getting out this weekend, forecast looks great, ill post back conditions
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/01 21:48:36
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Excited to hopefully ice fish cross creek for the first time this weekend, probably start out hitting some of the coves, maybe the pannies will cooperate haha
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/01 23:44:37
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Please update conditions.i am planning to hunt some coyotes out there when I can get across the lake.
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/02 11:33:20
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Hey meatball what day were you thinking about hitting the lake? You seem to know the lake well, just wanted to see if you wouldn't mind if I tagged along..fairly new to ice fishing but I have all the gear
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/04 20:26:56
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Planning on sunday morning, dont mind at all if you tagged along, me and a few other clowns/ guys are meeting in the parking lot at 8 am, the original parking lot, pm me and ill give you my cell # to text. Small group of good guys who love to laugh. I'll be driving a big white plumbing truck
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chab412
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/07 11:17:50
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Hey meatball sorry I wasn't able to make it out this morning to meet up, dam wife and kids held me up all morning so my ice fishing got pushed back to this afternoon.hopefully you and your crew are catching em..I have your number now so maybe we can link up another time if the ice holds up
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/07 15:36:24
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No prob chab, wasnt fast and furious fishing but it was chilly, 5 below when we started, we drilled a bunch of holes, had tons of lookers, bite was slow, started picking up when we left around 2, I kept 5 gills and a crappie, threw back around 15 perch and gills, two of my buddies kept none, they threw a few back, they didnt have flashers, man what a difference to see how the fish react to your lure movement, makes all the difference on a day like today, took a lot of teasing to get them to stay and look, then motionless for a while before a very light take. Maggots on a silver swedish pimple and some tiny ice jigs tipped with a maggot. Might hit High Point next weekend if ice here doesnt hold. Thickness around 5-6", all areas pretty safe now, i dont know about near dam, we were a couple hundred yards from the boat launch toward the upper end
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/07 21:34:34
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You had a better day than me meatball..buddy screwed me over on letting me borrow his flasher so I went at it blind...had a few light bites and caught 1 decent crappie while actively jigging a tungsten jig tipped with gulp maggots..Ice was a nice solid 5-6 inches along the Lynn portal side
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/11 19:28:44
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Plans are as of now to hit it sunday morning, the bite is gonna be slow considering weather pattern, beats sitting at home watching birds that cost me a small fortune to feed, anyone wanna follow no prob, ice should hold easy
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/12 16:35:46
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Canonsburg Lake is blown out with the heavy rain, got the feeling Cross Creek didnt hold up either, can anyone report on conditions?
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/18 19:04:22
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Gonna hit the lake sat with the wife, first time on the ice for her after 35 years together, finally talked her into idiocy too. I'll post results. Also planning on sun, anyone interested in following either text or pm me
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/20 18:29:24
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Good solid ice 6-10" depending. Slow bite, we caught about 5-6, not even a lot of lookers. Fish up high. Dirty water. A buddy did ok early, he caught 15 quick, kept 3, we started at 11 and fished till 4. Gonna try near the dam tomorrow hoping for cleaner water. Wife is hooked, she loved watching them on the flasher react to lure movement, I had more fun watching and coaching her.
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/21 19:31:54
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Wife and I fished Thompson bay 12-4, swiss cheesed the ice, found the artificial rock piles, tons of fish on the flasher, schools moving in and out, caught one 15" bass, released, nothing else made it to the top. I really thought the bite would be good, water is still stained, they just weren't interested in eating, just looking. Nice day, I thought perfect, one other guy out, 3" solid, 3" white, 1" water, was more than safe just looked ugly. Nice fishing with street clothes.
"I feel sorry for the people who don't drink. When they wake up, that is the best they are going to feel all day" -- Frank Sinatra
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/21 20:54:04
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Meatball sounds like you had a enjoyable day with your better half and that is priceless. I'm trying to convince my wife to give ice fishing a try just so she can see how enjoyable it can be. Maybe this coming week after the rain and warming trend. Hey, if your interested I have information pertaining to fishing after a January thaw and I'll post the link but ya gotta promise not to share it with nobody else. I don't want nobody thinking I spot burn but I know the secrete will be safe on this forum.  Hope you enjoy it and find it helpful Good times and tight lines. https://youtu.be/jzOZ39ROE9U
post edited by BeenThereDoneThat. - 2018/01/21 20:56:53
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a life time. ~Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919)~  Old fisherman never die; we just smell that way. 
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/26 18:03:48
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Nice btdt, watched part of it, I know where he was lol  , the wife thought ice fishing was cold and miserable which is why I just bought another shanty, she was thrilled to sit in comfort and watch a screen showing fish. I hated dragging my old shanty so I gave it to joebaker79 when he bought my old boat, he hates pulling it too, wait till he sees my smitty sled 
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Re: Cross creek ice
2018/01/26 21:22:44
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Ha haa I hear ya on pulling some them old shantys. I have one of those two man suit case jobbies that I tugged around. By the time I got to where I was going, I was toooo dammed tired to set it up. Then when I did, it looked like a cub bear wearing boxing gloves, trying set up a pup-tent.
We will be seeing your new Ice adobe, I trust.
My wife didn't make it out with me this week which is OK 'cause, I got to stay out longer.
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a life time. ~Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919)~ Old fisherman never die; we just smell that way.
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