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12-16-2008, 07:23 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Beaverton/Nehalem
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Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Just wondering what the ice was like today on the public area, especially the west side units. In addition, how was today's (Tues. 12/16) shooting?
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12-16-2008, 07:40 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Troutdale
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
THICK! 2+ inches on hunt lake this morning. VERY slow, like no shooting, and REALLY cold.
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12-16-2008, 09:26 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Eastside
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
I heard otherwise.....***BLING***
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12-16-2008, 10:15 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: May 2008
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
It's like other ice, but on sauvie island!! And what does todays' shooting matter? Everyday is different and you don't know unless you go 
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12-16-2008, 10:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by OR_Bo_Huntr
I heard otherwise.....***BLING***
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WHAT  nnoooo. Really?
And why are you guys still hunting SI, haven't you seen the bird numbers.
oh and yes the ice was 1 1\2 to 2 inches
And boy is it fun!! makes good wader skating!!
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12-17-2008, 10:30 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland OR,
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by spurcrazy
It's like other ice, but on sauvie island!! And what does todays' shooting matter? Everyday is different and you don't know unless you go |
Now that must be one of the great helpful ifish statements we always hear about, NOT!
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12-17-2008, 10:59 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Hunted Mud lake yesterday morning. Ice was nearly 2" thick. We killed half the birds on the west side with a a big 3. When we checked out about 2 we doubled the birds for the day so far....so yes 6 birds killed on the entire west side yesterday. I probably didn't hear 15 shots ALL DAY and saw less than 10 ducks fly. Unbelievable.
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12-17-2008, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by danger
Hunted Mud lake yesterday morning. Ice was nearly 2" thick. We killed half the birds on the west side with a a big 3. When we checked out about 2 we doubled the birds for the day so far....so yes 6 birds killed on the entire west side yesterday. I probably didn't hear 15 shots ALL DAY and saw less than 10 ducks fly. Unbelievable.
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ouch! That's horrible!! looks like we are going to have to drive other places to kill birds.
The ice just isn't doing it for SI.
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12-17-2008, 02:42 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
did you guys break the 2" ice cuz i found it rather difficult to do any amount of area over 1", if you did how did you do it, or did you guys hunt directly on ice, or was there a pocket of open water
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12-17-2008, 02:46 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by daleysmith45
did you guys break the 2" ice cuz i found it rather difficult to do any amount of area over 1", if you did how did you do it, or did you guys hunt directly on ice, or was there a pocket of open water
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Yes we broke it, and is was "rather difficult".
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12-17-2008, 02:54 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
How did you cuz i took an ax and busted a bunch of little holes but couldnt get any chunks to come off, it would take an hour for a yard long hole to be open
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12-17-2008, 02:57 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Troutdale
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by daleysmith45
How did you cuz i took an ax and busted a bunch of little holes but couldnt get any chunks to come off, it would take an hour for a yard long hole to be open
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splitting maul and a couple of large friends!
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12-17-2008, 02:59 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Jeez thanks alot...cuz 5'10" 150 doesnt break a whole lot of ice LOL
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12-17-2008, 03:00 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Troutdale
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by daleysmith45
Jeez thanks alot...cuz 5'10" 150 doesnt break a whole lot of ice LOL
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6'1 200
6'5 240
5'11 240
We were able to "git-r-done"
Too bad we only killed 1 ringneck 
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12-17-2008, 03:02 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Oh to bad well i guess i will give her another try tommorrow since there is going to be no school and since you guys proved me a wimp lol
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12-17-2008, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
I used a big pick and got about 10ft squares broken off and slide it under the ice. We had a couple tall guys but not big. LOL
6'3" - 155
6'5" - 180
to bad we only killed.............. 
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12-17-2008, 03:45 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Hey!
Right now the Ducks don't give a rip about some little open hole in a puddle (when they've got the river/s and big lake holes open to go sit down on  )
What they want is high carbo food...they're looking at CORN!
Go put your self-standing or staked field dekes (or shells) out on the edge of Cornfields and get into the Corn and hunker down...then CALL!
Geez, what's all this concern about how to chop holes in Ice?!!  
Whenever I've chopped holes in ice, any Ducks that came around and landed (that I wouldn't shoot like "extra" Sprig or Spoonies), swam around in the water then jumped up ON the Ice and stood around, watching my dekes freeze in! 
You guys chop ice over there...I'll shoot Ducks over here!  
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12-17-2008, 03:49 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Do you have luck with birds flying straight into corn of water nearby?
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12-17-2008, 03:58 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by daleysmith45
Do you have luck with birds flying straight into corn of water nearby?
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Well, obviously, they'll go to the CLOSEST "Easy" feed they can find.
But, after that gets fed out, they'll go farther.
It's no big deal if they have to fly 45 min-> 1 hr. to feed, but if they can go a few miles (or a few hundred yards) they like that better!
It's amazing what makes them tick ...I mean you can watch them fly further over lush cornfields and pick ONE certain place to go down and feed in. 
The next day it might be a different place, closer or further away.
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Last edited by billc_sbio; 12-17-2008 at 03:59 PM.
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12-17-2008, 04:03 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by billc_sbio
Well, obviously, they'll go to the CLOSEST "Easy" feed they can find.
But, after that gets fed out, they'll go farther.
It's no big deal if they have to fly 45 min-> 1 hr. to feed, but if they can go a few miles (or a few hundred yards) they like that better!
It's amazing what makes them tick ...I mean you can watch them fly further over lush cornfields and pick ONE certain place to go down and feed in.
The next day it might be a different place, closer or further away.
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Yeah those ducks they're crazy LOL
Last edited by daleysmith45; 12-17-2008 at 04:10 PM.
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12-17-2008, 04:07 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Casting into the bucket
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
So where's the meeting spot in the morning to hunt all of this corn?
Let's get a bunch of these guys together and bust some damn ducks!
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12-17-2008, 04:09 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In the creeks with the woodra's
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Yeah, thats what i have been wanting to know lol 
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12-17-2008, 04:17 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 4,069
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
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Originally Posted by MarlinMark
So where's the meeting spot in the morning to hunt all of this corn?
Let's get a bunch of these guys together and bust some damn ducks! |
Ya know, that's been a topic ppl. on here have been discussing for a couple of weeks now.
IMHO there AREN'T "Many" Ducks out on the island!
That's the Bad News.
The Good News is, the one's that still ARE there will be heading for that Corn.
(and there's LOTS of that out on the Island too, both on public and private land)
Other "news" is that I've noticed that the lower cobs were all cleaned out early by the Geese this year!
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12-17-2008, 06:40 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Beaverton/Nehalem
Posts: 458
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Re: Any Sauvies Island ice reports?
Thanks for all the reports. Much appreciated.
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