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Ice Watch Reports

Ice Conditions Today for Lake Simcoe and surrounding lakes - Ice Watch Reports: Winter 2021

Last Updated: Saturday, January 13 2021 11.30 am.

Lake St. John near Orillia: 7" of ice. Good pike, walleye and crappie fishing. Depth: 20" of water. Good walking conditions.

Lake Couchichng: 7" of ice. Good walking conditions.


Lake Simcoe Ice Conditions & Fishing update from the ice hut operators
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If you know the ice conditions around Lake Simcoe and surrounding lakes please share with others. You can submit your information: ice thickness, distance from shore, exact or approximate location on the map, location of dangerous spots; pressure cracks, attach pictures, YouTube video to your ice report. Your important information may help others play safe on the ice.

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Wil’s Five Tip’s For a More Productive and Safe Late Season Perch Bite

1) Accept Climate Change! It’s taken me awhile to accept that in my neck-of-the-woods (Lake Simcoe 40 minutes north of Toronto ON) late season ice is nothing like it used to be and there are no signs this will change anytime soon. It seems like just a few short years ago that I would be writing about that glorious perch bite that really doesn’t begin until early April – long after all the huts had to be off and lake trout and whitefish season was closed. That bite often lasted until mid-April and would consistently see perch moving in shallow right next to adjacent spawning sites.  Days of 100 or more jumbos were not uncommon and we’d take great pride in breaking the magic two pound barrier time and again. Unfortunately – those magical days and that typical late ice period has changed dramatically – but the perch fishing can still be absolutely incredible if you adapt to the changing conditions and accept climate change!

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