Simcoe ice report at Beaverton

[Fenelon]

A report for anyone wanting to get out for perch off Beaverton. There is about 6 inches of good ice 1.5km offshore of Beaverton now, just south of a line between Georgina and Thorah Islands. Operators have huts out between Beaverton and Port Bolster. I cannot comment on the conditions out on the lake trout and whitefish grounds further out. The big Bombardiers are still not out on the lake. Lots of people walking out with portable huts. Leave the snowmobile at home unless you want to burn the sliders off it. No snow cover, just bare ice. ATV is the way to go. Travel is excellent. I didn't have chains on mine and it was good going. I kept it at 25kph, standing up to see ahead. Some small 4" pressure cracks and the odd area of broken ice slabs. You're fine if you go slow and keep an eye out. I would not suggest parking your truck on the ice yet unless you want it on the bottom of the lake. Action was hot in 22-30 fow. Non-stop perch all day 8am till about 230pm. Must have caught at least 80. A mix of dinks and some nice female piggies up to 13", about 1.3lbs. Went home with 19 that gave me almost 3lbs of skinless fillets. I forgot how good a perch fry tasted! CO's are out. Make sure you have your helmet, atv insurance and plate, fishing licence, no booze, and receipts for your bait! Remember it's not legal to party fish!

[73hunter]

A report for anyone wanting to get out for perch off Beaverton. There is about 6 inches of good ice 1.5km offshore of Beaverton now, just south of a line between Georgina and Thorah Islands. Operators have huts out between Beaverton and Port Bolster. I cannot comment on the conditions out on the lake trout and whitefish grounds further out. The big Bombardiers are still not out on the lake. Lots of people walking out with portable huts. Leave the snowmobile at home unless you want to burn the sliders off it. No snow cover, just bare ice. ATV is the way to go. Travel is excellent. I didn't have chains on mine and it was good going. I kept it at 25kph, standing up to see ahead. Some small 4" pressure cracks and the odd area of broken ice slabs. You're fine if you go slow and keep an eye out. I would not suggest parking your truck on the ice yet unless you want it on the bottom of the lake. Action was hot in 22-30 fow. Non-stop perch all day 8am till about 230pm. Must have caught at least 80. A mix of dinks and some nice female piggies up to 13", about 1.3lbs. Went home with 19 that gave me almost 3lbs of skinless fillets. I forgot how good a perch fry tasted! CO's are out. Make sure you have your helmet, atv insurance and plate, fishing licence, no booze, and receipts for your bait! Remember it's not legal to party fish!

Thanks for that Fenelon, so are the hut operators taking people out using snowmobiles and covered trailers ?

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

Thanks for the report. I catch my own minnows so should I make a receipt for them? lol

[Fenelon]

Thanks for that Fenelon, so are the hut operators taking people out using snowmobiles and covered trailers ?

Yes - Argos and snow machines pulling s hut on a sled

[Fenelon]

Was out again yesterday off Beaverton. Surface is glare ice. Best travel is still by ATV. It will be hard on your sliders if you run a snowmobile. Ice thickness is pretty much the same as last week. I didn't see any cars or trucks out. A good solid 7" in the perch grounds . Non-stop action yesterday in 28fow . Best bite starts later at about 1030am. I left with 20 nice keeps at 230pm and they were still biting. Majority are small dinks. Didn't catch any big jumbo females but some nice 9-10 inchers. Best luck was on 4lb line with single hook and one splitshot. They wouldn't touch anything plastic yesterday. Can't get over the dirty pigs who litter on the ice - bags of human crap, lure packages, granola bar wrappers, coffee cups, fishing line balls, beer cans. I picked up what I could until I ran out of space.

[fishfood]

Nice work and thanks for the report

I had the same experience in a different area yesterday. Wouldn't even touch the plastic tried a few of my go to and nothing. Yesterday I only had 2 hours to so I brought some minnows for this morning. Found some good eaters nothing special but let them go.

Again thanks for the report.

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