Comins Lake is ice covered, with ice ranging from 4 to 5 inches in the north lake.  In portions of the south lake the ice is significantly thinner  measuring about 2.5 inches. Due to the warm temperatures, ice around the perimeter of the lake and around suspended vegetation should be considered weak. NDOW recommends that anglers stay off ice measuring less than 4 inches. No ice is guaranteed to be 100%, always exercise caution and bring safety equipment.

Prior to the ice up, surveys showed rainbow trout ranging 16-to-24-inches and upwards of five pounds.  Anglers should do well fishing for trout by using nightcrawlers, spoons, and jigs. Anglers pursuing northern pike will do well on hard and soft plastic baits, as well as flashy spoons and jigs.  Fall stocking was completed with 8,246 rainbow trout averaging 8.2 inches. Anglers are catching northern pike ranging from 18 inches to 30+ inches. Please note that NDOW has placed radio tags in several northern pike.  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.