Cascade, Thursday, March 15.

[iwantabuggy]

Went to Cascade today inspite of the forcasted "showers". Well, it rained more than it didn't. When I arrived there was about 1-1.5 inches of standing water on the ice. When I left there was around 3 inches of standing water.

When I drilled a hole the water started running in like a flushed toilet.
See video: [url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs1PwCCRuLE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs1PwCCRuLE[/url]

I have a 7 inch auger. After ~ 5hours of water flushing down the hole the holes were pushing 10 inches in diameter. The ice was ~28 inches thick but after 5 hours of water flushing down the hole in etched out a large cavity between layers of ice. I stuck my slush spoon down the hole and it appeared that there was about 8 inches of ice, about 12 inches of void/water, and then more ice. From what I could tell, the blue ice under all the white ice appears to be gone. I don't expect Cascade to be fishable much longer.

If you decide to go, be careful. I won't be going again until next winter.

BTW, I brought home about 15-17 keepers and flushed back a 12-14 inch trout and several perch under 12 inches. Found the active fish in about 15-17 FOW. I believe they are going to be spawning very soon.
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[iliketofish]

[laugh] That's pretty funny. I had the toilet-flush thing happen to me earlier this year at Winchester. It was pretty freaky. I didn't try to fish through the whirlpool, I just moved on, I'm impressed you were able to fish through it.
Thanks for the report!
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[idahopanfish]

Wow that's very interesting! Still a good job on the catchin!
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[elkmagnet]

That's cool as long as you don't drop anything you want to keep. You should have drilled a circle of holes around you to drain the water.
ok many not[bobsurprised]
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[iwantabuggy]

Not a bad idea. I never thought of that. I doubt it would have done much good, though, there was so much water and the level just kept coming up.
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[mudsucker]

How about a hole-sized bucket with the bottom cut out, shoved into the hole?

It is kinda strange, having to keep water out of your fishing spot.
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[TexasTransplant]

That video is surreal.
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[Untangler]

Wow, that is unreal. Next time you should take another shanty and set up your own outhouse - you could charge people a few bucks to use it but really make some moola by selling them "mountain money" at $5 a sheet.

I'm glad you are safe.
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[iwantabuggy]

Okay, so I said I was done, but now I'm thinking about trying one more time. Anyone have an update? Please?[]
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[elkmagnet]

[quote iwantabuggy]Okay, so I said I was done, but now I'm thinking about trying one more time. Anyone have an update? Please?[][/quote]Sorry no report safety might be an issue now not worth it in my opinion
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[StacyR]

Supposed to get up into the 70s this weekend here in Boise. Face it, ice fishing season is over.

Personally, I wouldn't risk it.
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[iwantabuggy]

The guy at Tackles Tom's told me people often ice fish into mid-May. I was really hoping for a report from someone who'd been out. I know 2 ATV's went clear out to the island and back on Sunday. I suspect it is still very fishable, but I'd prefer an eyewitness report. Just as the ice doesn't form over night, it doesn't disappear over night either......
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