I have heard conflicting reports on ice at Jordanelle. Is the reservoir completely iced over and fishable? I’m interested in either the north end or around Hailstone. thanks.
I haven’t been up there lately, but do know for a fact that Rock Cliff is at least 12 inches of ice, but I don’t know about the hailstone area or the rest of the lake. Fairway Philly works up by there, so if you sent him a pm he’d probably know for sure since he drives by there every morning.
Was there last Sunday and the Rockcliff area is frozen with 12 in of ice.Caught a few perch and 1 18 inch bow and another 12 in bow.All the trout were caught between 8 and 9 in the morning,and I was right next to the buoye markers. PEACE!!!
I went past there yesterday,and the areas you spoke about were open water,or unsafe ice
I drove down to the personal water craft ramp on the Hailstone side today at 4:30 PM. There was a young man parked at the bottom of the ramp (no snow on the ramp) and he was fishing from the shore. He said he had been there since noon, had a few bites on PowerBait, but hadn’t caught any fish. He sure loved to use the “F” word. One could have easily launched a boat because it is wide open water in most of the bay.
Thanks for the update, Kent. It sounds like the only place to icefish safely there this year is at Rock Cliff.