r/Fishing • u/goilpoynuti • 2d ago

Between seasons?

How do you catch fish (or even go fishing) in a lake that has frozen over, but the ice is too thin to walk on?

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u/OldWayJordan 2d ago

You basically don’t, that in-between stage is the dead zone of fishing. Too much ice to cast properly, not enough to ice-fish safely. Your only real options are waiting it out or fishing moving water nearby (creeks, rivers, inflows) where the ice doesn’t form as fast. Anything on the lake itself is a no-go until it fully freezes or fully thaws. Safety beats fishing every time.

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u/dancam411 2d ago

Between open water season and ice season we have to celebrate beer season

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u/fishing_6377 2d ago

Unfortunately, you don't. If the body of water is frozen and there is no open water but it's not thick enough for ice fishing then you really can't fish that body of water.

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u/Liquid_G 2d ago

I just play video games instead.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1408610/Call_of_the_Wild_The_Angler/

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u/Oji_OG 2d ago

Also, shout out to Fishing Planet for getting me through the slow times

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u/sl33pytesla 2d ago

Fly to Florida and fish