Ice is covering ~ 95% of Comins Lake. Ice thickness varies from 0 inches to 8.5 inches.  Anglers should use safety equipment (ice cleats, picks, etc.) during early ice season. Anglers should use caution on the ice with the warm days forecasted through the holiday week. The north lake has a combination of open water and poor ice. This area was not checked for ice thickness and should be considered unsafe. There is limited shoreline access, but if anglers attempt to fish the open water from shore, a mix of spinners, nightcrawlers, PowerBait, and a fly behind a bubble should catch fish. From the narrows and into the south lake, anglers will find ice ranging from 5.5 to 8.5 inches. Even with warm days, the cold nights should be able to maintain current thicknesses.

Anglers fishing through the ice will do well jigging with nightcrawlers, PowerBait, and a variety of flashy spinners and spoons. Trout are ranging from 8 inches to 18 inches. Comins received 10,043 rainbow trout this fall averaging 8.9 inches. Approximately, 8,400 brown trout averaging 10.4 inches were also stocked. During northern pike suppression efforts this fall, rainbow trout were observed in the 1.5-to-4-pound range. There is a limited bluegill fishery and anglers are encouraged to release bluegill in order to better establish their population.

Please note that NDOW has placed radio tags in several Northern Pike. Any pike over 24 inches in length that have transmitters can be removed from the lake. These pike will have an orange floy tag near their dorsal fin and a small antenna (~ 7 inches long) coming from their stomach.  Please return these fish to the water for research purposes.