The weather has sure put a damper on the Ice Fishin' this year! Was thinkin Maybe we can help each other out by posting Info on any safe ice that forms....Looks like cold weather is finally headed our way.
Post by Spikehorn11 on Jan 17, 2007 4:23:13 GMT -5
I can't wait till we get safe ice somewhere. Big Bay on Onieda lake freezes first. Well for the Onieda lake anyway. Never ice fished anywhere else. Maybe I'll have to this year.
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I hear you Spikehorn I'm Itchin real bad to get out myself!! I've been fishin for steelhead lately & these colder temps make it hard to stay focused enough to catch fish. I've only been out on oneida lake once as a kid ice fishin'. I hear guys do very well pullin up walleye out there and god knows what else outta that lake. Spent alot of time fishin off the pier at sylvan beach as a kid. It was nothin to pull out a 1/2 dozen big channel cats a night amongst various other fish! I've even seen A Bowfin & Burbot caught out there. We spend alot of time on fish creek in the summer. Fishing is phenomenal huge Northerns, Tiger Muskie, Smallmouth, Largemouths, Walleye the list goes on & on... IS THERE ANY ICE ON THAT BAY??
Post by Spikehorn11 on Jan 17, 2007 7:37:17 GMT -5
It was starting to slush over yesturday morning. then the sun came out and melted alot of it. I caught a bowfin in the summer while I was bullhead fishing. plus a few carp. My buddy has been killing the steelhead. He's doing a online contest on salmoncrazy.com (i think). He said he is in 2nd place.
I just want some perch. Its like crack to me. I can't get enough!! ;D
"A deer hunter knows which woods the deer are in; a bowhunter knows which trail they use; but a trapper knows where his quarry will put his foot".
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Post by coonhunter92 on Jan 18, 2007 19:47:22 GMT -5
Hey rookie u cacthign muskys and northens up that way? Ive been trying to cath a nice pike and muskie all last summer.. Ive fished almsot ever lake in franklin countys and neghibroing countys for atleast a day each
BIG (Lunker) Pike are hard to come by during the summer months; Once water temps Rise above 65 degrees, larger pike will become very stressed; often heading for deeper water & searching out springs. Even if you find them it is often difficult to get them to bite. Focus on the beggining of the season....Check your water temps 50-60 degrees is prime time! Pike even thrive in cooler temps they are just a little slower in their reponses, Be patient if the water is cold & fish lures slowly. Smaller pike have a different niche and can be easily caught during the warmer summer temps....Lunker fish will be found in different locations, In a different state of aggressiveness.
Lake are freezing over!! Canadarago was completely Iced over this morning. So were some smaller lakes out near Stamford NY Sure hope temps continue to stay cool. Please anyone with word of safe Ice give a holler!!!
Got word today that a guy was on Fourth Lake near Inlet,NY Ice fishing. Gonna Head up next weekend to see if I can't get out there! I'll keep anyone whose interested posted on what I find. Hopefully 6" of Ice & Pics of the 1/2 Doz Lakers we take!!!!
If it stays cold like this It probably will. First Ice is always scary though; I prefer to see a few guys out a head of me or Sleds runnin cross the lake first.
Ice conditions were posted on the fishing board at the New Hartford (Utica,NY) Gander Mountain. Looks like quite a few lakes have safe Ice now! Can't wait till the weekend! Anyone been out yet? Hey spikehorn I'm pretty sure guys are starting to venture out on the Bay areas of Oneida. One of local fishing guru's caught a bunch of Walleye somewhere over there.
Post by coonhunter92 on Jan 26, 2007 20:08:33 GMT -5
Alright guys.. Went to whitney point today.. Ice is plenty thic enought.. But it was to widny!! So instead went to laural lake and fished there. ^in of ice there.. had 1 bite the hole day! It was somtin big,, Think it was a bullhead!
Post by adirondacktrapper2 on Jan 26, 2007 21:06:58 GMT -5
Heard some guys had been out on the St. Lawrence near Coles Creek, and Brand brook. Don't know how much Ice they had just heard it second hand. Will let ya's know as I find out. Been to busy myself to get out on the Ice like I'd like to. Sure is cold enough though, it never got much above 0 here today in Massena. Should be making Ice like crazy!
Went out on Fourth Lake (Inlet,NY) today had 4-6" of good Ice! Snowmobiles Everywhere on lake. Suprisingly we didn't take any Lakers but we did manage to pull up a bunch of Perch & have a good time finally gettin' out there! Anybody else out Ice Fishin' this weekend?
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