Ive got a newer boat that hasnt seen water yet and our freezer needs re stocked with Crappie, does anyone know if Brookville is iced over? or have a update on conditions? :fish:dono
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Ive got a newer boat that hasnt seen water yet and our freezer needs re stocked with Crappie, does anyone know if Brookville is iced over? or have a update on conditions? :fish:dono
Tom, I was there fishing Thursday and it has 12 inches of ice over the whole lake. It's going to be a couple weeks before you can use a boat.
Its gonna be March isnt it? dang it
go ice fishing
Tryed that!
Brookville is going to be rising, with 10-12in of ice, it mite rip some of the standing timber up. I went out yesterday with 3in of slush on top of the ice. the fish didn't bite for me but the day before we did alright. the weather man is saying below normal temps after this warm up so the ice isn't going anywhere fast. with the creeks running in you mite be able to fish the backs of the coves but the water will be muddy for a week or so after all this run off and rain.
Thanks for the update Bluedrifter, I havent got my hopes up just yet, actually went fishing on 14" of Ice Monday, and saw 18" thick ice slabs roaring down my creek today, so there is hope that Spring will arrive someday! I ordered a spider rig outfit this week with 4 14ft poles so I will have some work to do on the boat before I get her on the water.
i guess you didnt believe me when you asked me this 4 days earlier?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom 513
No, I believed You and I am appreciative for the advise, I just thought a thread would be easier to get updates on current conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hillbilly910
Brookville came up about four feet from last weeks rain and snow melt. there was open water around the banks and in the back of the coves. I took a small raft out to the ice. the ice was soft at the edges but still solid after that. it is still solid enough for ice fishing but you need to be more careful of where you walk and watch for bad ice. I took the raft with a depth finder out in the back of a shallow cove and the temps on Saturday were 44 degrees. I didn't catch anything though. they are letting water out of the lake and it should be back to winter pool by the end of the week. I am hoping to find some fish thru the ice this week. they should be stacked in that warmer water that is trapped under the ice. with this colder weather coming back in it could be april before the ice is all gone. I am wondering how it will effect the early season spawners like the walleye.
Yep,,weather man on channel 59 just was saying Polar Vortex of cold weather was going to last thru at least 1st week of march. This cold weather is beginning to suck. I am thinking that the walleye wouldn't spawn till the water temp triggers them into spawning. But,,some say the sunlite and length of days can trigger it also. I prefer the water temps. I think, when we finally get warm weather,,all heck is going to break loose and everything is going to happen pretty fast this spring as it will be a quick warm up and come super quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluedrifter
the north end of the lake where the river runs in should have enough open water to fish under the quaker town bridge. I would think the fish are up that way as we speak.
Thanks for the updates. Cevans, I just checked a 10 day forecast and its barely breaking freezing with teens at night, actually showed snow Sunday and Ice pellets Monday, I was invited to go to Gunthersville lake in Alabama in March unfortunatly work and cash are keeping me home, but with this weather it is sounding better and better!
Brookville still has plenty of ice. I went out on the ice today and caught a few crappie and cats. A week or so ago the water temp thru the hole was 34-38 degrees. Since last weeks warm up and rains the water temp thru the hole this week has been 40-44 degrees. I caught my fish today in as shallow as 8ft of water in shallow timber and shallow breaks on sand to rock transitions.
I was wondering if anyone has been by Brookville lake this week? it looks like the polar vortex may leave this weekend!:HandsClapping:HandsClapping:HandsClapping
I was there on Saturday and there was still plenty of ice. The good note is that is was busted up in a few places and had open pockets of water in a number of areas. It was loaded with waterfowl. A good warm windy week, or some more moving water and it won't be long.
I have heard the quaker town marina ramp has some open water to put a boat in but not much. I would think by next week there should be good stretches of open water.
quakertown and below both causeways is open, but you cant go anywhere other than the houseboats at quakertown(and i dont recomend that, they really frown on it). Otherwise she's locked tight.
Still 6-7 inches in most places, snow is just now melting. id say 2 weeks for the whole lake, maybe sooner with high winds and rain.
If anyone gets by the lake today or Monday, a ice update would be appreciated. Hoping to get out Tuesday
aint gonna happen
id call Daves triangle, they might be able to help, and thats gonna be the first place to put a boat in.
I was still ice fishing yesterday, if that tells you anything.
Yep old man Winter wins again, guess we will head to Tanner's creek
Thanks Hillbilly, I found out that most of East Fork is open, so we are gonna head there tomorrow to try the boat out and maybe put a few in the cooler
most of the lake is open, should be fine by the weekend.
I will be hitting Brookville today and will give a report on how it goes.
Got out on Brookville Saturday morning and it was open. A couple coves still have some ice in them but I am sure that is gone by now.
The fishing was not good but it was nice to get the boat out running and work out some kinks before going to Ky Lake in a couple weeks
on Monday I caught a bunch of big carp and one 3lb large mouth on a swimbait. everything was caught in less than 3ft of water.
Drifter,
What were you using? Were you back in the coves or running along side the banks? We are heading back out tomorrow
I have been fishing shallow water in the back of coves. I went out on fri. and caught a couple more bass, catfish, crappie and more carp. the bass and catfish I caught casting a chartreuse sassy shad on an 1/8 jig. they were mixed in with the shad and carp that are in the shallows. the carp were caught on the same jig but most were fowl hooked, but some did bite the jig because I keep it close to the bottom. they were fun on 4lb test line! I caught the crappie in 10-15ft of water in same areas on small tube jigs fished verticle. when I say shallow water I am casting to inches of water and reeling out to about 3ft of water. I probably would have done better on the bass if I would have been throwing a spinner bait in that dirty water.
today is going to be a raw spring day but I am going to hit Brookville anyway. some times the worst days can be the best.