Ice Report: 10 in

This is the fifth time that I've gone to Blackstrap Shields area and cannot catch any fish, the water still looks like it has green algae, time to reconsider!

Fished north end, december 7th shallower than the village approx 10 - 12 ft Not a single fish on camera.. do i need to go deeper? Any more ice heaves or just at the entrance/Access?

Ice Report: 22 in

What happened to the fish??

Ice Report: 24 in
North end

Ice Report: 24 in
North Blackstrap

Ice Report: 15 in
North end

Has anyone been on the ice lately?

Ice Report: 10 in
The North end of the lake is 10 inches and some spots 11.5 inches

Pike Galore in north east blackstrap!!!!!! No Walleyes found.

Ice Report: 38 in
North of Shields - Blackstrap

Ice Report: 3 ft
300 meters south of pump house. Where are the fish?

Ice Report: 25 in

Ice Report: 3 ft
Almost everywhere on the lake.

Ice Report: 21 in
North end of the lake

Ice Report: 18 in
North end about 50 yards off shore

Ice Report: 13 in
North end

Anyone know what the thickness of the ice is on the north end or near the pump house on the south side?

Ice Report: 2 in
North end of lake 1-2" about 20' off shore

Beautiful day on the water when the sun wasn't hiding behind the clouds. They were hungry when I finally found them trolling in 13'. A couple small pike and more than a few nice eating Walters in the north end.

Ice Report: 16 in

Ice Report: 13 in
In front of golf course

18-20 inches of ice but not a single bite

Anyone been out last few days wondering if anyone catching

Ice Report: 12 in
North end by the pipe

Ice Report: 8 in
8-10 inches east side of south sunken road

I was out last Sunday and there was roughly 8" of ice

How's the thickness of the ice? Seen a few brave souls out there the other day.

Ice Report: 6 in
Near Evans road，25-26FOW, shoreline has 4 inches thick ice

Ice Report: 3 ft
10 feet out from the shore ice was around 3 inches thick

No stop walleye bitting on Saturday July 25 from 1930 to 2130 at 24-25 ' deep near Evan road. We fished from boat. Most caught were around 1-1.5 lbs.

Whent out today and the off shore fishing there is no good there's a lot of weeds all around the shore this is more of a boat lake

I haven't been out since opening day. First year I left blackstrap with fish on opening. Was annoyed when there at the lack of tie downs on the dock. I'm hoping this was an early season problem. Can anyone confirm tie downs/ cleats on the docks? I'm heading out this weekend, with the wind in the forecast and solo launching and retrieving, I'd like to know what I'm in for.

Where is the best shore fishing on this lake

Yesterday, I caught 8 walleyes ranging from 1 to 4 pounds, using minnows and jigs. Great day!

Over 30 walleye from 3:30 -7:30. Largest was 22 inched average was 18. Kept away from the pike today with only 2.

Fair at shore in the past week with lures I'm the evening for walleyes.

Got out late morn, south side rocks. Nice sized pike then pulled in a 30" 7lb walleye. Used leeches

Went out on Monday caught 19 fish. 11 pike 8 Walleye. Fishing Thode. Jigging using Red Gulp. Walleye were 3 to 4 lbs.

Lots if pike today 15 + . Fished for walleye for an hour got three, 2 four pounders and 1 two pound. Fished from 11 tell 4:30. Manely casting for pike. Tons of fun and every fish was released.

Another good night on the south end. 4 pike on a wholly bugger variant fly pattern

Went out from 1-3pm. Caught 8 pike south side. The two of us limited out in first hour.

May 11 fished south end from 600 to 930 caught 6 jack 2-3 lb

On the water from 1-5pm. Not a single bite. Windy all day though.

Was out on the 5th and 3 small walleye. Two docks are in

Caught 3 walleye and 1 jackfish in an hour and half of fishing. One of the walleye was a decent size, one of the biggest one I caught in this lake.

Are the docks in at the park boat launch?

North end was awesome for fishing. Perch non stop and a few 5-7 lbs pike.

Sat there for two hours in the hut and one tip up outside. Used a medium minnow on a minnow painted spoon for tip up. And a green 3/4ounce jig head with same minnow size. Caught two on the rod and one on the tip up between the two. Fished north end middle of shacks

Icefishing for pike, have caught lots of 5lb plus... using large smelts
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Last time I was there, fishing was slow and tough. We caught decent perch but only Cuz we ha sonar. Need sonar to catch much

4 guys by the pump house iced 10-15 walleye and perch.

Fished from 2-630 . No bites . Couple pike on the camera . Nice to get out tho !!

Fished a few diff spots. Once we found them caught pike walleye and perch. Taking light bait.

Fished from 1-5 . Couple bites. Iced one pike .

Fished from 9 to 1, 2 bites. Got a nice pike

Fished from 12-5. Couple some pike on the cam. No bites.

Ice Report: 18 in
Pump house

I was there from 7 until 3pm, don't get a single bite.

Caught 6 pound pike in8 feet. Nothing else tho. On sat jan 10th. near Shields

Brutal wind-chill yesterday and today! Good fishing though. Perch are hitting as fast as I can get them off the hook. Nothing else though.

last 3 days....not much of anything at all, saw a few, none were interested though. ice is 17 in+.

The wind made for a brief, late afternoon with no fish on ice. There are small pikes racing through, not biting just ruling the lake. Over fished reservoir too close to Saskatoon.

Ice Report: 12 in
Evans road. Staight out. 25 feet deep. No luck today.

Made the mistake of trying this lake again. Don't go there unless you want to sit for a looong time waiting for much more than a small perch all day.

NW corner access good but found ice 50 yds from shore line at 9". Ice was solid but not to be taken lightly. 100 yds out roughly 20' water the ice was exactly 11.5"

Been out a few times this winter. Slow on the 14th, but did take a couple home. The previous trips have been great. Ice is still pretty thin @ 13".

Ice Report: 13 in
at Evans Rd. Lots of people driving on... Probably a mistake as someone went through.

Anyone get on the ice yet . And are they biting ?

Anyone been on the ice yet?

Ice Report: 7 in
Drilled about 12 holes out at shields and was about 7" everywhere. Was sitting in about 15 feet of water

3 hours on the north end. I pike less than a pound and 1 bite. Pretty rough day.

Went out for 3 hours and got 17 nice sized pike but nothing else

16 fish in 5 hours between 3 of us. 1 perch, 2 pike, and 13 walleye. Kept 3 walleye, 2 at 2 lbs and one 3 lbs.

Northside of Blackstrap lake has a lot of blue particles on the green algae. I hope it is not Cyanobacteria. I caught 3 1 1/2 pound Walleyes on Aug. 14, but threw them back. There are a lot of dead White fish on the weeds too. I hope farm land run off and septic tanks are not the cause of the blue particles!

Does anyone know good spots for shore fishing?

Caught 7 fish -6 jack, 1 walleye. 2 jack were 3&4lbs. Fished from 11am-4pm.

All you fisherman should be embarrassed!!! You should clean up your mess and fishing spot when leaving. It is a privilege to have all the beautiful lakes we have. lets keep them litter and free of polution for our future generations!!

6 hrs fishing Saturday north shore..not even a bite

Shorefishing al day sat and sunday 2 pike around 2lbs each

Fished from 7 am to noon on july 27th. Caught about 20 fish including a 6 and a 9lb pike. Some small walleye but nothing big enough to keep.

Went out july 23. Hammered 3 nice walleye 1 decent perch and jack.

Went out north end 2 nights ago north end. 6 hrs fishing 4 guys caught 2 small perch 1 half pound walleye. Tried minnows leeches worms....we were very very disappointed. .pathetic fishing once again!!!

We were in the lake from 10am-3pm. Only caught fish between 130-3. 11 fish caught, 10 to small to keep. 3 jackfish and 8 walleye.

Normal fishing for the strap this time of year. Fished 10am-1pm landed well over 35. Kept 1 5lber and one 3lb.

Went for 2 hours last night landed 15 pickerel! Amazing except for the guy being a rude *** at the boat launch

Fished from 9am-3pm caught 9 walleye kept 3 2-3 pounders the rest wereway to small good day over all

Low spot Stay clear or you will need a new prop
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Went fishing for four hours using several different lures and could not catch anything. Very slow day and very weedy. Did have 2 bites but they were far apart and never did anything more then pull once and leave.

South end today, July 5th, 2014 from 8:30am to 10:30am, no bites.

Fishing on shore saturday 6am -2PM......NOT EVEN A BITE!! WEEDS WEEDS WEEDS!!

I can't speak for shore fishing, but fishing from the boat has been productive. Went out Fri. morn and two of us kept our limit of walleye with a total of 12 walleye caught.

I went 3 separate times in the morning about 5:00am to 8:00 and caught nothing so I decided to go later at 6:00pm to 10:00pm and I caught five 9 inch perch and one 2 foot pike on a small spinner with a minnow on it I only go at that time now and usually catch the Same amount of fish

Shore fishing.. 1 sm jack. Threw in a smelt lurer and first cast... 4 pound walleye. Lots of perch around as well but never hook any.. They were tapping at yellow

Fished from shore on the South side of the lake near Highway 11. June 24/14 6:30pm-9:30pm. Didn't even get a bite. Very weedy! May try at a different time of day!

Out with the boys fri 20th 5-9pm.sat 6am -1am.sun 22nd 5am till 6pm. 6 of us.north 0 fish . middle 2 -1lb jacks!! South 1 - 1/2 pound perch. 1-1lb jack. ive had better luck at trout pond. can anyone tell me a good lake close to stoon where there is fish!! These people on here who claim to catch fish hmmm....anyone ive talked to and even conservation officers say fishing is very sliw at blackstrap!!

June 9th and 13th were not bad for walleye. Had 9 and 7 respectively. Catch and release with a limit of 2 kept each day. On the lake early in the morning and done by 10 am.

Was out June 7th with two others. The walleye were biting. Catch and release around 40 and we kept our six for supper. Most were in the 2-3 lb range.

Myself and 12 buddies went out north end blackstrap 6 hrs NO fish NO bites!! South end 1-4 oz perch 3 hrs thats it !!!!!!

Darcam, my experience this year on blackstrap has been good. As for north end use pickerel rigs and leaches and you will catch. Or slip bob with leaches. Last weekend when I was out the water was so clear you could see fish swimming under the boat. So far no walleyes but all pretty decent eating size pike.

I went out to north end offshore fish last night 6 hrs NO BITES!!! Ivwould rate this lake 0 but it doesnt allow such. im beginning to thinkvthe good reports on this lake are all lies!!

Gramps 51 where did you catch these fish?were you on boat or offshore?what bait hooks were you using

Good fishing sat at blackstrap,18fish in 6 hs

Darcam I caught two pike off the dock in 10 casts yesterday . Saturday morning caught 6 pike between 2 of is in 3 hrs.

To all who fish blackstrap lake.pls be responsible and respectful to others and nature. clean up your mess after you are fishing!!! Its sickening too see all the mess some of you leave . pls dont leave your fishing line behind either.birds and other animals can get caught up and die because of this!!!!!!

Fished 6 hrs satyrday south and north 1 lousy walleye..very slow pathetic waste if time. Fished 5 hrs sunday 1 lousy 2 pound pike.not even a bite otherwise. Waste if time.

We were on the lake for 30 minutes last night, and I had four bites and one jack fish in the boat. Best action I've seen on this lake. We were fishing at the south-west shore, just south of the gazebo.

Hit the water at 8:30am. Bottom bounced around south road and had constant action. Very south end slow. Most fish 1lb to 1 1/2. Rumors of winter kill isn't true. Six hours on the lake and had 18 fish between two of us.

Pike action is decent in the bays!!

Great Spot for walleye, perch, and pike, caught my largest Blackstrap right here.
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Out in front of Shields on May 31st. Caught 3 walleye between 2-3 lbs and a 4 lb jack. All caught in 23-26 feet of water.

Ot tuesday night offshore fishing middle of lake no bittes.my dogs found many dead fish along shoreline secluded area . Winter kill!!!! I heard the rumours now I know for sure!!!

Was out on Friday evening, 3 pike in 4 hrs. 2 were nice 3lbers. Other was a runt. Hopefully things pick up and the rumours of winter kill aren't true

Lake sucks, north end , south end, sunken roads, both sides of cozway, tried jigging with minnows, trolling with bottom bouncers, rattlers and even casted some spoons in the coolie, nothing.

Went out saturday no bites from 10 till 230 then 10 jacks from 230 til 430 in big bay

Tried north end of lake.it has been mediocre previous years.all friday juring day and nighttine.not even a bite.heard many fish winterkilled

We went out Friday and got one nice walleye just under 5 lbs. and on small 2 lb. pike. Tried all the spots not much action yet

Is there ANY fish in this Lake. .north end very disappointed

8hrs fishing notveven bite at north end off shore

Ice is starting to come off fast. Hand launched boat and made waves yesterday. I jack. Water temp 44 F

Went out for a look 15 feet of water showing

Is the ice gonna be off by opening day on the 5th

Anyone think the ice will be gone by may long weekend?

Has anyone been on blackstrap? Can a guy still drive the truck out?

Has anyone been on black strap in the past few days? Can a guy drive the truck on? And i have been catching everytime i go out late in the afternoon i give 3 stars cause they were good eaters;)

This slough deserves zero stars but that isn't an option on the menus. Don't anyone waste your time on this slough. Have drilled holes on various locations over the past few weeks and the best a guy can hope for is that one fish might happen to swim past. That is not fishing in any conventional sense of the word. Either put some fish in the water or else cease advertising it as a fishing spot just because someone snagged a fish by accident. THIS SLOUGH IS A JOKE

Ice depth about 4 feet thick! In about 14 feet of water!!
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Ice Report: 4 ft
North end of black strap!.

Fishing outside shields today. Tried both sides of lake. Caught 1 burnbut and 1 jack.

2 pike northend about 12" each on tip ups no action with my rod though!

No bite between two people. Fishing north end. skunked two days in a row. Moving to a new lake.

Ice Report: 20 in

Does anyone actually catch anything in the little ice shack town on the north end of the lake during winter?

Ice Report: 13 in
Most holes are 14 to 15 inches. But we did have 1 that was 13. At the north end

Ice Report: 7 in

What are early 2013 season ice conditions like?

Spent a long and disappointing afternoon at the south end. People are leaving their garbage everywhere, water is green and there were no bites for any of us there. Heard they bite later like most fish, so if you are going make sure it's strictly dawn or dusk. I bought a visitor license, want my money back. At least keep the area clean...

Terrible. Dead carp floating around, got one small walleye in the south end off the rocks.

Good fishing in turtle lake lots of walleye

Lots of pickerel biting, most small but a couple perfect for the pan

Lots of small pickerel biting. Got a couple of good eaters though
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Always some luck here
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i thought at blackstrap res. ths walleye limit is 2

One pike and three small walleye this evening on the South bank off the rocks. Someone else caught something large, could hear them whooping.

want to trying fishing south side of lake off shore. Anyone having any luck there?

My 2 brothers and I have caught 6 pike, 53 walleye, and 8 perch in combined 7hrs of fishing last weekend.

Caught 4 pike and 1 walleye in 4 hours. Water is very dirty.

anyone been out yet?

ice is all gone now can't wait to put boat dock in

Is it still iced over

had a tough time getting onto lake at first boat launch today !!! deep ruts that were snow drifted pretty bad. really windy and almost to strong for my pop out tent !! had a few bites on the tip up that lost on setting hook. 4 hours on ice and got the hell outta there before we got stuck !!

A HotSpot Marker was added for Blackstrap Reservoir
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lots of snow out there !! watched a guy had to get a towtruck to get him off ice near shore

Went out Saturday 8 small walleye maybe 12" 1 19" and my limit in 11+ inch perch red/gold lindy rattlin flyer 1/8 oz minnow head. 24fow

Pretty slow. Caught a few perch today. We saw lots of whitefish on the camera, good to see they didn't all die last summer

50-60 perch a day between 2 guys. A lot of small ones but a guy can get a limit of decent ones with Afew pike in between. Punch lots of holes and move around on the north road east side.

Hopin to go out on Friday any tips?

Went out on the 7th. About 50yards out from the north end boat launch. Saw a few pike and whitefish, and managed to ice 2 decent pike. One was around 7 - 8 lbs and the other was around 4 or 5. Best day I've ever had on the Dead Sea.

Caught over a dozen off the shore in a few hours. Most between 8" and 10", a few 16" to 18". All walleye.

6-8 fish ranging from 2 - 7.5 lbs in about an hour.
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Caught 16 inch jack today
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Opening day (May 5) caught one 3 1/2lb Walleye and one 4lb+/- Whitefish,(ok snagged it:) north of the pumphouse. All round 10am. next weekend got only a few bites right in front of the pumphouse adjacent to Skyview Estates

May 16-Water temp at 58 degrees F, sunny and clear skies 75 degrees F. Fish were slow and lazily chased lures. I found them holding close to shore by downed trees, in shadows, or rocks. Water was clear and no weed growth present.

Nice perch biting out from the boat launch two weeks ago.

Lots of nice perch
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Feb. 18 2012 Caught some reasonable Perch and saw some walleye. The walleye weren't interested in what we showed them but the perch were aggressive.

Fishing is slow. Catching the odd jack and tiny perch. It is still a lot of fun with this weather. Is anyone catching any larger perch?

Lots of ice, a good two feet!

Great spot in the warmer months!
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Lots of perch on camera. North end.

Trolling in about 12-21ft of water, start at the pipe and work your way toward the flow way moving out into deeper water.
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4-5lb walleye trolling the ditches on either side of the sunken road.
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Weather is making ice very slippery. Perch are very small but jacks are nice

Southside of the lake infront of the campgrounds out about 300 yards from shore caught 3 jacks 6 pickerel and 4 perch all from 7:00am 4:00pm

12lbs jack on a tip up, 6" herring used
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Ice is 14"

Caught 10 lbs or bigger jack at north end. Batteries were dead in scale so not 100% sure

Whats the ice thickness?

9 pirch from northend shore on rigs with worms. 10am-2pm

Lots of perch on the southern most part of the lake. Leaches. Late afternoon.

Terrible. Only one small perch. Three lines in the water from sunrise until noon.

Caught 2 pike and 2 walleye trolling at the northside on June 11. On Sunday June 12 caught 8 pike trolling.

Caught 4 Jack yesterday near the park entrance, and 1 Walleye today from the shore.

Caught 2 jacks from shore today. Yellow jig, 1/4 oz, black, yellow, green, rubber body.