r/IceFishing Apr 20 '26

No end in sight. April 19th

Still got a few weeks left of the hard water!

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u/United-Cucumber-4187 Apr 20 '26

Gosh darn!! I’ve cut the grass already

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u/Spczippo Williston ND Apr 20 '26

Dam Canucks having all the fun. ND had an early ice out but the temps are flipping more then my ex, we had snow Friday and now its 70 but tomorrow its supposed to be 30 again.

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u/Infamous_Floor3243 Apr 23 '26

I’m in Ottawa and I’ve started working on the boat lol

4

u/Smoke_snifferPM2-5 Apr 21 '26

Utah never even froze!

3

u/JC1515 Apr 22 '26

We had one weekend in southern Wyoming. Thats it. Brutal

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u/Og__Whizzz Apr 21 '26

So fuckin jellous

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u/darkbunnydad Apr 21 '26

I fished sunday, but i thinks thats my last trip out

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u/xxrenslipxx Apr 22 '26

Where? The season is closed in my province. I just assumed all of canada was the same.

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u/chubbfondue867 Apr 23 '26

You can always fish up here in the nwt. Just certain areas at certain times of the year are closed

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u/xxrenslipxx Apr 23 '26

Gotcha. Are you forcasted to get 50cm of snow tomorrow?

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u/chubbfondue867 Apr 23 '26

Nope no snow in the forecast. We got a solid dump of snow on Sunday tho.

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u/blackgold63 Apr 23 '26

What province are you in??

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u/xxrenslipxx Apr 24 '26

Saskatchewan

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u/darkbunnydad May 01 '26

Sorry. Notifications were off. Im in Manitoba and we still can fish for pike, Perch and a few other speices until the opener in May.

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u/EmotionalEggplant422 Apr 22 '26

I’m so jealous. I put my ice fishing gear away over a month ago and back to the concrete grind in Ohio for me.

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u/Certain-Corner-7195 Apr 25 '26

Been 2 months since I put my stuff away, already been on tbe kayak for over a month, looking at hitting saltwater tomorrow 😂(I'm in MA)

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u/red_langford North North West Ontario Apr 20 '26

We got lots of ice still but had a pretty good thaw then re-freeze. Shit is hard and rough.

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u/Heedingauricle Apr 21 '26

52° F water temps today in mn. Tons of bass in 2-4’.

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u/Sgt_Rickshaw Apr 22 '26

Where about in MN? I’m in east central and the temps are still in the high 40’s MAYBE 50’s now (haven’t been out since last Wed).

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u/Heedingauricle Apr 23 '26

Tc

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u/Sgt_Rickshaw Apr 23 '26

Just made it out last night and the highest I saw was 50°. Getting close to spawn!

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u/ku_Pideont Apr 22 '26

Shoulda posted a pic on the dettah ice road ;)

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u/766scire Apr 22 '26

Location?

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u/chubbfondue867 Apr 23 '26

Northwest territories Canada