Monksville

[shrimpman steve]

Just drove by for a member who asked for a report. Haven't driven by in a couple of weeks so didn't know what I'd find. All open water is the answer.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Captain Shrimpy??? Admiral? No Ice? Not even a cube of Ice on the shallow side? This is a BUMMER!!!!!!!:confused:

[shrimpman steve]

I just checked the lower. I can drive by the upper over the weekend

[Rich196]

It's gonna get cold again next week fellas.... Might just be a good thing for you ice fisherman

[FASTEDDIE29]

Thanx Captain Shrimpy! Keep us posted!

Temps sure do look frigid after this weekend Rich! C'mon out and give it a shot!!!:D

[Mikeps326]

That's crazy how fast it melts, my cousin drove to Monksville yesterday and walked out about 3 to 4 feet out onto the lake and didn't want to walk out any more.

[briansnat]

Last Friday I was thinking of taking the boat out on Monks but changed my mind. Later that day I drove on the causeway at the north end and it was frozen as far as I could see in both directions. I congratulated myself for not wasting a trip with the boat.

Then I went past the south ramp and saw a boat being trailered out. So out of curiosity I went down to the ramp and the water was completely open and there were half a dozen empty trailers in the parking lot. I almost went home and got my boat but a quick calculation told me by the time I came back with it I'd only have a half hour of daylight left for fishing.

[yumasdad]

Last Friday I was thinking of taking the boat out on Monks but changed my mind. Later that day I drove on the causeway at the north end and it was frozen as far as I could see in both directions. I congratulated myself for not wasting a trip with the boat.

Then I went past the south ramp and saw a boat being trailered out. So out of curiosity I went down to the ramp and the water was completely open and there were half a dozen empty trailers in the parking lot. I almost went home and got my boat but a quick calculation told me by the time I came back with it I'd only have a half hour of daylight left for fishing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sho uld have went, SKUNKY is not active until the sun goes down most of the time. Rarely do I fish during daylight hours unless going for MUSKY.

[Chrisper4694]

i've done ok in the afternoon for eyes there pre ice

[The Birdman]

I asked shrimpman about monksville last friday, thank again for the report.
I forgot to post back on this thread.

Went out saturday morning in search of big girls.
arrived at 8am, 2 other boats there.
at about 9-10 the brigade arrived, another 4-5 boats still not bad for skunks.

As for the fish we only had 1 musky follow up off the deep timber.

at 2pm we decided to go re-lauch at the upper ramp since we only had trolling motor. trailored up the boat, drive to upper launch....locked up smh!
ice was 2.5-3" and stretched down toward the power lines.

epic day at the ville. from what i saw on fb, some jigmasters caught walleye that day.

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[bassnblues]

You guys are nuts. The only good place for ice is in a glass!;)

[Mikey topaz]

Budd lake has 4+

[Chrisper4694]

You guys better be careful on budd. The beach area is usually fine but one year we were fishing on 5" ice and started making holes to expand out and drilled into about a inch...I still don't know how the ice didn't break or how large the thin ice spot was but that place freezes weird.

[shrimpman steve]

Its Wednesday afternoon and I found some ice on monksville. Not sayin it's safe yet but it's hard water

[yumasdad]

You guys are nuts. The only good place for ice is in a glass!;)

I hear ya, I like a good BOURBON with my ice. What little ice fishing I have done was while skating/drinking. The ice fishing was just an excuse to get out, skate & drink. When did catch something it was usually a tiny perch or a bullhead....That was along time ago when I still had hair!

Be safe out there guys. See so many lunatics without being roped to a spike on GWL. Every year some jack ass turns his snowmobile into an artificial reef!

My next fishing trip will be MISQUITO LAGON chasing REDS & BLACK DRUM in a few weeks. That should hold me off until spring...

[kcritch]

Now you're talkin'...The only reason I meet up with these guys at the ICE MnG's is to enjoy a little Bourbon on the Rocks...and some good grub, a nice cigar, plus the good company of maniacs! And I just booked a trip to Venice LA for a two days of Red Fishing and 2 days of new Orleans on the way back. Can't wait.

I hear ya, I like a good BOURBON with my ice.
My next fishing trip will be MISQUITO LAGON chasing REDS & BLACK DRUM in a few weeks. That should hold me off until spring...

[Skunk City]

I hear ya, I like a good BOURBON with my ice. What little ice fishing I have done was while skating/drinking. The ice fishing was just an excuse to get out, skate & drink. When did catch something it was usually a tiny perch or a bullhead....That was along time ago when I still had hair!

Be safe out there guys. See so many lunatics without being roped to a spike on GWL. Every year some jack ass turns his snowmobile into an artificial reef!

My next fishing trip will be MISQUITO LAGON chasing REDS & BLACK DRUM in a few weeks. That should hold me off until spring...

Ahhh, good old Mosquito Lagoon. I was down there maybe 5 years ago for a week in October with a buddy. We rented a canoe for 3 days and were on the water from sunrise to sunset. Lots of Speckled Trout, a few Redfish and lots of Snapper. Good luck down there!

[Delawareriver]

Now you're talkin'...The only reason I meet up with these guys at the ICE MnG's is to enjoy a little Bourbon on the Rocks...and some good grub, a nice cigar, plus the good company of maniacs! And I just booked a trip to Venice LA for a two days of Red Fishing and 2 days of new Orleans on the way back. Can't wait.

Only two days in venice? Man I spent 5 days down there and they had to pry me away from the boat to leave. Only reason my buddy got me to leave is we were headed back to his house in Tampa Florida and he promised me we would go shoot some more of my bucket list species (talapia, armored catfish, and possible exotic species like south American cichlids)

After 5 days of shooting limits of reds, black drum, all the sheephead you could dream of, monster gator gar, big blue cats plus stingrays, mullet, needlefish, carp buffalo etc all night, filleting all morning and drinking all afternoon after we got back to my buddies house we passed out to the next morning when I had to catch my flight home. Don't think I slept more then 8 hours in 6 days minus the last night when we slept a good 14 hours haha. You will love it down there man

[shrimpman steve]

Only two days in venice? Man I spent 5 days down there and they had to pry me away from the boat to leave. Only reason my buddy got me to leave is we were headed back to his house in Tampa Florida and he promised me we would go shoot some more of my bucket list species (talapia, armored catfish, and possible exotic species like south American cichlids)

After 5 days of shooting limits of reds, black drum, all the sheephead you could dream of, monster gator gar, big blue cats plus stingrays, mullet, needlefish, carp buffalo etc all night, filleting all morning and drinking all afternoon after we got back to my buddies house we passed out to the next morning when I had to catch my flight home. Don't think I slept more then 8 hours in 6 days minus the last night when we slept a good 14 hours haha. You will love it down there man

I'm going to Florida in a couple of weeks to learn how to drive an airboat and interview at a couple of places to run airboats for tourists. A lot of bow fishing done on airboats from what I'm learning. Have you ever bow fished from airboats?

[acaravaglia]

I have caught anything other than a few gills from this place thru the ice. Tough going.

[acaravaglia]

Havent*

[shrimpman steve]

I have caught anything other than a few gills from this place thru the ice. Tough going.

I have a friend that has caught more than one monster Muskie thru the ice there. I even know where but I rarely ice fish.

[Delawareriver]

I'm going to Florida in a couple of weeks to learn how to drive an airboat and interview at a couple of places to run airboats for tourists. A lot of bow fishing done on airboats from what I'm learning. Have you ever bow fished from airboats?

I have friends with airboats but never Bowfished from one, have Bowfished from fan boats tho. Fan boat has a regular out board motor for getting spot to spot then has a smaller fan with 25-35 hp motor that will push you though all the weeds while fishing.

[yumasdad]

Now you're talkin'...The only reason I meet up with these guys at the ICE MnG's is to enjoy a little Bourbon on the Rocks...and some good grub, a nice cigar, plus the good company of maniacs! And I just booked a trip to Venice LA for a two days of Red Fishing and 2 days of new Orleans on the way back. Can't wait.

Dude if you are going to VENICE then you have go out in the GULF by the oil platforms for YELLOWFINS & monster JACKS. Try & squeeze in an extra day for that, it is a must do.

[ScowardNJ]

Whoa, when I saw 3 pages of posts and over 1300 views on a thread called "Monksville" I thought some sharpie may have cracked the secrete code and reported a decent catch............BUT>>>>>>>It's just a bunch of dudes talking about fishing in Florida.....Makes perfect scense now :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[yumasdad]

Whoa, when I saw 3 pages of posts and over 1300 views on a thread called "Monksville" I thought some sharpie may have cracked the secrete code and reported a decent catch............BUT>>>>>>>It's just a bunch of dudes talking about fishing in Florida.....Makes perfect scense now :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Yes, it morphed into drinking & then fishing in the south...Ol'SKUNKY will drive you to drinking & thinking about FL fishing! It is still #2 on my favorite fishing holes right after YANDA.

[bassnblues]

I have the dubious distinction of being skunked in Venice. Went redfishing. The guide couldn't believe it. We stayed out for 12 hours. He finally caught 1 or 2 at the last stop.

[briansnat]

Whoa, when I saw 3 pages of posts and over 1300 views on a thread called "Monksville" I thought some sharpie may have cracked the secrete code and reported a decent catch............BUT>>>>>>>It's just a bunch of dudes talking about fishing in Florida.....Makes perfect scense now :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I caught a fish at Monksville once.