Author Topic: 2011 First Ice Contest (Read 61501 times)

John Whyte · « **on:** November 29, 2011, 04:14:25 pm »

It's that time! Time to start speculating when we are going to be on the first ice of the year.

Welcome to the first Lake Simcoe Message Board First Ice Contest.

Anyone can join in on the fun as long as you are a member. Here's the rules;

Each contestant has to guess when all three locations have a minimum of 4 inches of black ice. We have chosen one location in Cook's Bay, one on the north shore near the 7th line of Oro, and one on Lake Couchiching off Airport Road. The map can be viewed on the contest page.

In case of a tie names will go into a hat and be drawn.

Please do not wander out on the ice to check the locations. We will start checking as soon as there is enough ice to check by experiance anglers with safty equipment.

The winner will recieve a set of (3) ice rods donated by our sponsors Simax
Other prizes include;
One weekday fish hut rental for (4) from Casey's Port Bolster
2 sets of 2 free admission to the Spring Fishing & Boat Show sponsored by the CSFL
Xzone Pan Slam Baits
Donated by Trapper - Hand carve fish decoy and jigging stick.
.....and more to come!

Here is the link to the contest map and entry page. https://www.lakesimcoemessageboard.com/first_ice_contest_2011.html

All of the contestants will reply to this thread to enter. Remember you must guess all three to win.
All entries must be in by December 15th 2011
One entry per member - you can change your dates up until the 15th.

The Rules; A point system has been implemented where points are added for each wrong day.
Example: a contestant starts with "0" for each location. If the contestant guess say December 30 as the first date and the actual date with 4 inches is on December 29 one day before or 31 one day after, one point will be added. If the prediction is two days off, (2) points will be added. The one with the least number of points wins.

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Orangepeal · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2011, 04:41:03 pm »

Ok here is my best guess. And only a guess as I don't spend much time on early ice.

Cooks bay Dec 27
Oro Jan 22
Couch Jan 5

Who knows......all I know is not soon enough!

SAfe Fishing First,
Jack

Starfire · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2011, 04:43:43 pm »

I will guss that cooks bay will freeze with 4 in of ice on Jan 2nd-- The Couch spot at airport rd will be ready with 4 in Jan 3rd and the spot in Oro I will say Jan 16th That will get the ball rolling......

Fish Fin-atic · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:01:33 pm »

Hey Redfish, just to clarify...
is it 3 separate dates, or ONE date when all three of the locations have at least 4" of ice on them? Meaning if Couch and Cooks have 8" of ice, but Oro only has 3" then the contest is not over until the day that Oro measures 4" ?? (that's how I interpret the rules)

I'd say it would be pretty close to impossible to get three separate locations and dates correct.

John Whyte · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:06:38 pm »

Three separate dates and if none is correct its the closest to the dates. I'm betting there will be more than one who gets it right.

It's not like we give these things a lot of thought. For instance, there maybe 2000 contestants and I might be up nights entering them all. I just thought of that one when I saw 120 people online at the same time and we haven't seen a flake yet

fishingmagician · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:08:33 pm »

I was also wondering how far out from shore will the measuring take place before I guess

Gaff · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:48:22 pm »

Cooks Bay Dec 24
Oro Jan 15
Couch Dec 31

Mrbeee (Terry) · « **Reply #7 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:56:56 pm »

Cooks Bay Dec 26 edit Dec 31
Oro Jan 17 edit Jan 19
Couch Dec 25 edit Dec 30

John Whyte · « **Reply #8 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:04:53 pm »

Quote from: fishingmagician on November 29, 2011, 06:08:33 pm

I was also wondering how far out from shore will the measuring take place before I guess

If you go to the contest page and click on the icons the distance is on the popup.

Evanxrs · « **Reply #9 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:08:06 pm »

Cooks - Dec 28th
Oro - Jan 21
Couch - Jan 4

That's my Guess

Fishslayer · « **Reply #10 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:17:29 pm »

Couch...... dec. 23
Cooks ....... dec 26
oro........... jan. 13

Overtime · « **Reply #11 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:26:35 pm »

Cooks Dec 26
Oro Jan 3
Couch Dec 24

Hope it's sooner

Stay Safe

OT

fishnbuddy · « **Reply #12 on:** November 29, 2011, 08:13:42 pm »

Cooks Bay Jan 3
Couch Jan 5
Oro Jan 17 but I hope sooner for all spots.

walleyebill · « **Reply #13 on:** November 29, 2011, 09:15:41 pm »

Cooks Dec 20
Airport Dec 20
7th line Jan 10

familyfisherman · « **Reply #14 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:22:37 pm »

Couch Dec 20th
Cooks Dec 23rd
Oro Jan 18th (optomistic I realize)

Andy · « **Reply #15 on:** November 30, 2011, 07:40:49 am »

cooks - dec 28
oro - dec 29
couch - dec 27

cast · « **Reply #16 on:** November 30, 2011, 08:43:39 am »

Perch Dec.30/11 and big lake Jan.28/12.
If we are lucky.
Cast

cast · « **Reply #17 on:** November 30, 2011, 08:49:29 am »

Let me try this again.
Dec.22/11Couch
Jan.14/12 Cooks
Jan.28/12 Oro

Only a guess.

Fuzzy Old Worm · « **Reply #18 on:** November 30, 2011, 09:59:15 am »

Jan 3rd, Cooks Jan 8nd Cooch and Jan 17th Oro. Modified due to 10 degree's and rain this Dec 15th...

ERN23 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 30, 2011, 10:05:25 am »

Cooks Dec 22
Airport Dec 28
7th line Jan 4

Crappieperchhunter · « **Reply #20 on:** November 30, 2011, 10:44:02 am »

Well Cooks Bay and Couch had safe ice Jan 1 2011....I would say that was first ice of this year. And I think the other spot was Jan 7 2011.

Just send me my winnings now !!!

gdbforfish · « **Reply #21 on:** November 30, 2011, 07:38:59 pm »

cooks bay december 25

couch airport rd Dec 21

oro lake simcoe Janurary 10

see you guys out there, have new bait for all rods ready to go

gdb

fishingmagician · « **Reply #22 on:** November 30, 2011, 08:01:24 pm »

Here are my updated guesses

Cooch jan 1

Cooks jan 3

Oro jan 21

Chrominator13 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2011, 12:25:38 pm »

Oro Jan 20
Cooch December 27
Cooks December 29

Iceguidez · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2011, 12:53:48 pm »

Dec 23 Cooks
Dec 20 Couch
Jan 18 Oro

Tuna boats away, vex's are charged and all the ice gear is ready to go!!! Bring on the cold

Crappieperchhunter · « **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2011, 01:11:09 pm »

Redfish..take a closer look at my dates. They are from the start of this year and where meant as a joke

John Whyte · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:23:21 pm »

Does that mean you win!

ratherboutdoors · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2011, 04:03:13 pm »

My Guess:

Cooks Bay Dec 26, Airport Rd Dec 23, and feb 2 for the 7th of Oro

Masterbaiter · « **Reply #28 on:** December 02, 2011, 12:11:00 pm »

See new post for dates

Kerz · « **Reply #29 on:** December 02, 2011, 12:12:33 pm »

My Guess;

Cooks Bay Dec 27 / 2011
Couch Jan 2 / 2012
Oro Jan 16 / 2012

I hope I'm wrong and its lots earlier!

Take care all, and bring on the cold!

Kerz

fishingmagician · « **Reply #30 on:** December 02, 2011, 08:27:36 pm »

Guess I'm on the "knotty" list

John Whyte · « **Reply #31 on:** December 03, 2011, 05:14:13 am »

fishingmagician
Sorry about that. I had you on the master list but I forgot to post it.

fishingmagician · « **Reply #32 on:** December 03, 2011, 06:00:43 am »

No problem, those predictions are subject to change as the weather does lol! Normally I am one of the first ones out on two of the three( never fished south of the north end of georgina) but with the record warm temps this November, December has some catching up to do.

Pikeprowler · « **Reply #33 on:** December 03, 2011, 01:10:48 pm »

Cooks Bay Jan 04
Oro Jan 22
Airport Rod Jan 10

I hope I'm wrong and that the mild autumn doesn't extend into winter.

BigDave · « **Reply #34 on:** December 04, 2011, 01:27:08 pm »

I have never been on Couch, so that is strictly a guess, and am going off what every one else says here. So, with that...

Cooks: Dec. 28
Couch: Dec. 31
Oro: Jan. 10