Shirleys bay report Jan 6th

Post by **CCLad** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:07 pm

Moved the hut out off the point -furthest hut out) 13 feet of water and 9" of ice. I got 6 eye's and in total we iced 10. Nothing worthy of pictures all pretty small, 3 met the frying pan and the rest went back.

Here is a picture of the holes we fish. You get twice the room to jig. Called the "Bum Hole" for obvious reasons.....

Post by **cprince** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:06 pm

Cool idea! I would also imagine it giving you more room for your electronics and not get it tangled up with your jig!

Looks more like the infinity sign to me than a bum!!

Craig

Post by **Daner** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:10 pm

Great idea!
Too bad only the small ones, but better eating anyway.
The big boy will we cruising soon, so put your time in.

Looks like Mickey's ears to me!

Post by **smitty55** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:57 pm

Moved the hut out off the point -furthest hut out) 13 feet of water and 9" of ice.
So if I have it right , you're at the far point a mile out . There is a decent current out there so if you have 9in. there , inside the bay must have 3-4 in. more . Are there vehicles driving out now? How many shacks are out there?
Congrats on having a good catch even if they weren't too big. I used to fish Shirleys a lot many years back before moving to Lanark . It used to be a very busy place but fruitful if you avoided the crowds and stayed out late. We used to get more picks on set lines with emeralds but jigging did work , mostly with champs and pimps back then . I wonder if they get used much anymore ? So what's it like out there these past few years ? I look forward to your comments . tks

Smitty

Post by **smitty55** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:59 pm

[quote]Moved the hut out off the point -furthest hut out) 13 feet of water and 9" of ice.
So if I have it right , you're at the far point a mile out . There is a decent current out there so if you have 9in. there , inside the bay must have 3-4 in. more . Are there vehicles driving out now? How many shacks are out there?
Congrats on having a good catch even if they weren't too big. I used to fish Shirleys a lot many years back before moving to Lanark . It used to be a very busy place but fruitful if you avoided the crowds and stayed out late. We used to get more picks on set lines with emeralds but jigging did work , mostly with champs and pimps back then . I wonder if they get used much anymore ? So what's it like out there these past few years ? I look forward to your comments . tks CCLad

Smitty

Post by **CCLad** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:16 pm

As for the ice thickness, there was 9" 300 yards out off the parking lot shore (a little towards the causeway. Now the hut is situated off the point to the right of the launch. On the picture it is pretty much straight out from the triangle marker on the point. We are not as far out as the map would indicated for 13 feet of water. We checked the depth using a tape measure so it's accurate.

That said, I use a jig from Lyndy and hook the shiner in a specific way then jig horizontaly using the extra width of the "bum-Hole). It out fishes everything else Ive seen people use at my hut.

Hope this helps....

Post by **Daner** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:19 pm

Hi;
Can anyone tell me what street the launch is on or close too?
Thanks,
Daner

Post by **smitty55** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:36 pm

Heya Daner . the launch is at the very end of Range rd. off Carling ave. a couple of miles west of Moodie dr. and east of the Communication Research Center .
Smitty

Post by **Daner** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:42 pm

Thanks Smitty!

Would you happen to know where lakeview is on Muskrat Lake?
If so, the street name etc..

Daner

Post by **Daner** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:50 pm

Does anyone know that Shirley's Bay was the very 1st UFO Siting area/zone in the world?
It was developed in the early 1950's!

Post by **smitty55** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:12 pm

Daner I think its Lakeside Cottages a few miles west of Cobden on the hwy off of Waterview rd.
If anyone has a link to a hydro map of the lake it would be great .
Sorry if this is off topic (':(')

Smitty

Post by **Daner** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:22 pm

Thanks again Smitty and all other Hawkers.
I will now create the launch site map for the Muskrat G2G and post it on the appropriate post.
http://www.fish-hawk.net/hawktalk/viewt ... 584#348755

Later, Daner.

Post by **rugger** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:01 pm

Thinking of putting out our shack this weekend (Jan 15-16). Anyone have an update on the ice conditions?

Thanks

BJ

Post by **Fridayknight** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:11 am

rugger wrote:Thinking of putting out our shack this weekend (Jan 15-16). Anyone have an update on the ice conditions?

Thanks

BJ

You're good to go... CCLad and I were out last night. Between the two of us we caught 7 last night. CC caught a solid 2 lb walleye, later in the evening (7-8pm' ish), out of the bunch.

There's 11.25" of ice now and there were several truck's SUV's out there. We're planning on going out with the sled to punch some holes further out tomorrow. We'll report back on conditions.

Post by **rugger** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:01 pm

FK,

Thanks for the update. My buddies and I should be bringing out our shack (aka trailer) on Sunday.

Where do you have your shack set up?

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