gorge ice/snow conditions

[bobco]

can anybody give a current snow and ice condition report for the Linwood/swim beach/pipeline area? Plan on a trip this weekend and trying to find out what to bring, 4 wheeler snowmobile or boat[]thanks guys
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[CROSSINEYES]

THER WAS 14 INCHES AT SWIM LAST TUESDAY.
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[maniac]

Out in front of the Marina there is a big preasure ridge that you will need to go around if you park there.
Not much snow on the ice.
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[Ryno]

I fished off the Antelope side on Saturday, and conditions appeared good as far as I could see. It was pretty warm, especially for the Gorge. There's a big pressure ridge, stretching from Antelope to Lucerne, but I saw several anglers going back and forth across it. The ice was a good 10 inches with about 2 inches of snow on top. There was some rain early Sunday morning and later in the afternoon. It puddled up some places on the ice, but its spotty. It's back to 15 degrees in Flaming Gorge country this morning, and back to preserving ice! Good luck!
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[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for the update Ryno, glad to hear the temps are getting cold again. Could you see if anyone was fishing Lucerne from where you were at? How did you do, any fish over 10 lbs?
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[Ryno]

There was a lot of activity on the Lucerne side of the lake. I saw quite a few snowmobiles and ATVs buzzing around. I had a pretty tough day, so I don't have much to report. I started in deeper water, fishing some humps rising to about 85ft. I had one hit and marked a few other fish there. After a few hours, I moved shallow as a change of venue. I even fished for a couple of hours after dark. I had one on, and lost it before the hole in 35 ft of water. I ended up icing a 24-inch laker right before pulling my gear, around 8:00pm. Both fish hit an active, 3-inch, 1/2 oz. tube tipped with sucker meat. Not much of a success story, but a good weather day on the ice.
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[Ilv2fish]

hey Ryno.... if I were going to fish Swim beach and Im planning on walking to it.. where would the best place to park be? (I hear the back roads are a bit snow packed etc.
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[maniac]

The Dirt road to the beach is the best way if your walking or on a ATV. Hopefully the Macks will turn on for you, because last saturday the Macks didn't seem interested in anything that we or anyone else used. We didn't see any Macks caught there Saturday morning, but they could turn on at any time.
Good luck!
James
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[Ilv2fish]

Thanks Maniac.. you going this weekend?
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[maniac]

I wont be going this weekend, too much work to do!
Be safe and catch a Monster!
James
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[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for the info Ryno, we are planning on coming up there this weekend and wasn't sure if we should fish Swim beach or Lucerne. The problem with Swim beach is, most of it is on the Wyoming side, so special permits are required to take the ATV on the ice there. Good to hear you didn't get skunked, were you marking more fish in the shallow or deep water?
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[BearLakeMack]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Why don't you just ask for his GPS points for your new GPS? LOL![/size][/black][/font]
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[Ryno]

I actually marked quite a few fish out deep. I was actively jigging a couple of feet from the bottom in 85 ft of water. The fish responded and rose off the bottom to look at my bait. Then they would simply reject me, and descend back to the bottom. Exciting to watch on the graph, depressing to know you've been rejected! Good luck out there!
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[CROSSINEYES]

WE WERE MAKING LOTS OF FISH IN 100 FT LAST WEEK. WE HAD DOZENS OF LOOKERS. WITH ONLY 6 OR SO HITS ALL DAY. DECKED 3 OF 6. A 20, A 22. AND A 25. ALL PUPPY,S. IT SURE IS FUN WATCHING THE FISH RUN UP ON THE JIG ON THE SONAR EVEN IF THEY DONT BITE IT GETS THE OLD TICKER GOING.
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[wiperhunter2]

I don't need no stinking GPS cords, the guy I bought the GPS from left them on it for me.[]
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