Thread: Icefishing

Haven’t found any fish able ice in our area yet. My crew just checked four area lakes and a pond yesterday 1/24. Guys are fishing farther north east of us at the county line areas but Conneaut, wilhelm, Pymatuning, and Shenango were not good yesterday.

Checked out Parker Dam in Clearfield County. There were 5 different people out on the Ice. They even were ice skating and playing hockey. 6-7 inches of ice . Lake is on top of mountain elevation 2300’


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I don't ice fish anymore, but we took a ride to get out of the house yesterday. We went to check out Kahle Lake on the border of Clarion and Venango counties. This is a PFBC lake. There are approximately 251 acres, so it is not a large lake. There were multiple shanties out on the lake and we counted at least 20 anglers. Don't know the thickness of the ice because we stayed in our car.

I was fishing on Cloe dam near Punxsutawney yesterday. There was 6in of good ice. About 10 to 15 guys were on it. They have been fishing Treasure Lake near Dubois for about 4 weeks now. I hope I can get on Wilhelm before long. Anybody know how much ice is on Wilhelm?

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Originally Posted by patrapper

I was fishing on Cloe dam near Punxsutawney yesterday. There was 6in of good ice. About 10 to 15 guys were on it. They have been fishing Treasure Lake near Dubois for about 4 weeks now. I hope I can get on Wilhelm before long. Anybody know how much ice is on Wilhelm?

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Check iceshanty.com/ Pennsylvania board. They update conditions sometime this morning.

Okay so the 3 ponds that might be good are the 2 beside Rt 846, by the lake, and the one down the lane, that is a beaver pond, off 846, by West Lake road. Has anyone checked those out?

When ice fishing this season in PA, please be aware that:
Stationary rod holders that provide for a loaded rod, that when triggered sets the hook, are not currently legal for ice fishing within the Commonwealth (Title 58 Pa. Code Sections 63.6 & 63.10). This would include any device that mechanically sets the hook or jigs without the aid of the angler, such as the JawJacker, Automatic Fisherman, Siku, Gill O Tine, Quick Set, etc.

It appears that after tomorrow we are in for a cold spell for about a week. Those lakes close to being fishable should start to have safe ice. We have not had safe ice in South central Pa in at least 5 or 6 years. We may have got lucky enough to get 3 to 4 inches on a few smaller lakes but then get a warming spell
and rain seems to take it away. Hbg weather man just reported most days in December and January were above normal temperatures and only 4 or 5 were below normal.