Tamarack ice

I went to Tamarack Lake today. There was about 1" of ice on the south end. The lake is compleatly iced over but the next 3 days and we'll lose that.
The forcast for mid January looks real good. We should be fishing Tamarack or Sugar Lake by then.

Nice atleast we can get on the hard water!!!

Crazy cochranton local yocals.... ;D

ORIGINAL: Pachuckles

1/13/12 Tamarack Lake ice report.....1:45 p.m.

Cochranton end had open water yesterday around concrete tower and some places off Springs Road.

Also the boat launch on other side (Meadville end) had open water.

I checked Cochranton end 3 inches of ice...used my 6 foot spud bar to bust through, some darker spots showed along the shore line that had been open water yesterday skimmed over today.

There's very little snow on the ice....lake drawn down about 3 feet.

I would be very careful and check the ice using your spud bar if you plan to go out before Monday.

BE SAFE....NOT SORRY

I'm still plowing-out.. Thinkin sunday.. NW/

saturday, saturday, saturday............i know there is fishable ice there. if anybody wants to join us, let me know.

i will be there sat afternoon if it's safe.

u got it

Fished the afternoon on the south end. Lots of guys out. Tip ups as far as the eye can see. No muskies. If you want a dry run, go have at it. If you want to catch fish, wait for the next lake to open up.

ORIGINAL: mupearha8ter

Nothing like having idiots set up in the middle of your tipup field.  I was rapidly reminded why I enjoy fishing from my boat way more than ice fishing.  I hope the rain melts all the lakes so I can get the boat wet next weekend!

Well Mup.....when you have very few options for safe ice, and 40 people trying to fish (and claim stake) on 1 acre of a 550 acre impoundment, things get tight. I was out there....and very well might have been the one who walked through and set up in between your tip-ups. There were many groups of people out and tip ups everywhere, I could not tell who's was who's.......next time, have enough balls to come and say something. Big talker on the IE eh....little man on the ice eh.

If you were the one using plain wooden tipups....I very well could be the guy your looking for...and calling an idiot. Next time grow a sack and say something.....

When you set up tip ups 20-30 feet apart around many other people....expect that it is going to happen.

Lot's of people and good company, with the exception of this douch apparently.

Other than that, I had a blast. Friday night was great for small crappie.....Saturday mornign had an agressive 4" bluegill bite, Satuday night actually picked up a couple 8-9 inch crappie, missed a ski on a large spoon on Sunday morning. Talked to alot of people and everyone was just out enjoying time with their friends and family.....and some nice fish caught for Tamarack.

It was nice to get out and I only encountered one person who acted like a fool....it was a guy and his little kid (drove a white sunbird). Everyone else was parking appropriatly and he decided to just park right behind everyone. I about took his door off when I backed out. He was also screaming at his little boy cause he lost a cleat on the ice. Well Dad, teach him to put them on correctly and it wouldn't happen. He certainly got my vote for Dad of the year.....

That's all that had safe ice to fish on. Had the whole lake or other lakes been safe it wouldnt have been like that. 95% of those guys probably have never fished there before but wanted to get out on the ice and when they see it's safe ice on all these different forums they flocked to it.

It's the same as Pymy in the spring when it's the only place to catch and keep walleye. There's people that only fish there because of that reason it's the only place to cure cabin fever and keep fish.

WOW the last 4 posts...............hey, we have all been there. relax. hey toothy, did you have any luck? i wanted to try tamarack saturday, i was told that it would be a zoo. so i went up to sugar instead.

well i can't speak for the whole lake, but the far south end seemed to have no fish, bait... had fish finder going, marked nothing, had a big spread out. maybe when another part of the lake is safe, but i'd find a different lake to try. with tip ups as far as the eye can see, and no legit flags, it was a dry run.

hey mup..................i think you would really enjoy fishing for steelhead at walnut creek on the weekend. lol

Well now I think your both being ****s now . . just forget about it its fishing supposed to be FUN if your not having fun don't ruin it for every1 slse. And practice your good sportsmanship especially if there are kids around. . . .

ORIGINAL: mupearha8ter

ORIGINAL: BASS ACKWARDS

ORIGINAL: mupearha8ter

Nothing like having idiots set up in the middle of your tipup field.  I was rapidly reminded why I enjoy fishing from my boat way more than ice fishing.  I hope the rain melts all the lakes so I can get the boat wet next weekend!

Well Mup.....when you have very few options for safe ice, and 40 people trying to fish (and claim stake) on 1 acre of a 550 acre impoundment, things get tight. I was out there....and very well might have been the one who walked through and set up in between your tip-ups. There were many groups of people out and tip ups everywhere, I could not tell who's was who's.......next time, have enough balls to come and say something. Big talker on the IE eh....little man on the ice eh.

If you were the one using plain wooden tipups....I very well could be the guy your looking for...and calling an idiot. Next time grow a sack and say something.....

When you set up tip ups 20-30 feet apart around many other people....expect that it is going to happen.

I set my spread out well before everyone else showed up.  Like i said bring on the open water! 

Sorry Mup, it got hard to find a place to set up away from people on that little bit of good ice. Sunday afternoon was better, at least people were venturing up the lake which gave more room for you tippers. I walked through and around a ton of tip-ups across from the parking area (east side). Too little area, too many people trying to get to a certain spot....it was frustrating.And like normal, my son was just following my path on the ice.

TCG (AKA Toothycrittergetter).....your right...not my job to give you parenting advice. It reminded me of myself 20 years ago when I very little patience for my son and how I thought he needed to grow up. I am happy that he is grown now, and doing well, but I still wish he was a little boy again.....I'm just not sure that he would be happy to be around me back then. We can both agree that I was a ****

Anyways, how is the ice on Tamarack ? Temps not so favorable during the days, but some colder nights. Would love to be able to get to my normal spots before Feb....but the roadbed might be mud by then if they still plan on "weeping" the lake. It's shallow to begin with.............Might take a drive over there tonight to check.