Originally Posted by
dirtyolman
I'm down here in the south east part. There just doesn't appear to be any ice yet here!
I have a brother in Hickman, so we do a lot of our ice fishing around there (Olive Creek, Wagon Train, Stagecoach.) But all I have close to me is farm ponds, which I assume should freeze up a little earlier than those "bigger" lakes. (not that those lakes are very big to many of the guys on here.)
I've never tried fishing this time of year on open water. Do you guys ever try it? If so, do you have much success?