Beerman
6.5 Creedmoor
Adirondacks have had ice for most of the winter. Here are a few pics of my nephew and a couple of the little ones that he was able to fit through the holes.
Ice fishing 2023’
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Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
Nice. That brown and smallie are huge. I have never even seen a smallie on camera. Many large mouth and they do bite here and there.
It’s tough since I live in western NY so that’s a far drive for me. I was going to rent the cabins at Wellsey Island but man are they expensive.
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
That's a MONSTER smally
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
Go hit Lake Erie in the summer. It's a HUGE spot for smallies. There and the western tip of Lake Ontario and the 1000 Islands are some of the best smallmouth fisheries in the world. This past summer, the Bassmasters actually had TWO guys finish with 100+ lb bags (total for 4 days)
speedkills27
6.5 Creedmoor
fan-fucking-tastic
speedkills27
6.5 Creedmoor
have you ice fished Oneida before? you know about the gas pockets?
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
Nope. Is it not safe? I’d be with my kid so dying isn’t high on my list or his, my wife would be pissed if I died.
Reading on this seems interesting for sure. I’ve never been there and a guy my friend works with was going to give him GPS coordinates to fish, but we’d still need to navigate this on the way out. How bad is it? If we slid our way out is that cool or do you not recommend it? I haven’t spudded my way out yet but I’m not a dummy, but experience is important in some circumstances.
Oneida Lake Ice Fishing
A short update on Oneida Lake ice fishing. We finally have quality ice (for the time being). It was a gorgeous weekend on the ice.
www.brianonthefly.com
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speedkills27
6.5 Creedmoor
they're pretty obvious seeing as they freeze last . if you're walking out ad spudding you should be fine. Here's some more info
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
No bueno this weekend for ice fishing. I safe ice. Maybe next weekend?? They keep raising the temperatures so who knows.
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
Silver lake is the only one around here that’s had any reports of good ice. Some people are trying Cuba lake, but the shore ice is sketchy at best, and only about 3” of use under slush.
I have zero hopes of getting on the ice this year.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I may try silver next weekend but the issue is parking. There is no parking there to begin with and if that’s the only place around it will make it that much worse.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
We may try a small local harbor or case lake Saturday. The wind today is making me a bit nervous. I’m ready and waiting, then next weeks weather is warm and rainy so it might be the only weekend I can go local. We may head up to Simcoe one weekend.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I got out Saturday and it kind of sucked. My truck was acting up so we got delayed. It was freaking cold and windy so it was rough setting up. I’ve was sketchy at 3” of good ice and 1-2” of white ice. Lots of cracking and pinging heard because of the wind. No one in our group caught anything. I saw one fish on my cameras. I talked to 10+ groups and no one was catching anything except one guy claimed to have caught some bass and perch with his buddy. Maybe. I was going to go yesterday but it was so windy I was worried my tent would break or get a hole in it.
With all the warm weather coming I think yesterday was the only day around here I’ll get out. We might do some exploring or hit some open areas for walleye if the weather permits it. We also talked about traveling to Simcoe or another place in NYS. I took a broken rod of my sons today and made it into an ice fishing rod. It’s a medium rod so it’s stiff but as a back up pan fish rod it will pull them out of shallow depths just fine. Also I’m sure it will work for larger fish as well. I’m super happy with how it came out.
With all the warm weather coming I think yesterday was the only day around here I’ll get out. We might do some exploring or hit some open areas for walleye if the weather permits it. We also talked about traveling to Simcoe or another place in NYS. I took a broken rod of my sons today and made it into an ice fishing rod. It’s a medium rod so it’s stiff but as a back up pan fish rod it will pull them out of shallow depths just fine. Also I’m sure it will work for larger fish as well. I’m super happy with how it came out.
speedkills27
6.5 Creedmoor
Went up to Chaumont Bay this weekend for our annual guys ice fishing weekend. To be honest we weren't sure if there was going to be safe ice but a few of the locals assured us some of the bay was gtg. found 4-6 inches of black and a few inches of white ice. Went out out Friday morning and didn't catch shit The wind was wicked and we decided to leave that spot around lunch time. Packed up and headed to the other side of the bay for the night bite. It was below zero but at least the wind had slowed down. The night bite turned on and we started slamming perch. Didn't matter water kind of of lure or bait you used, it just needed to be in the water. Bite shut off well after dark and we packed up and headed home. Got up early Saturday morning with intentions of hitting walleye. Static air temps were -25 and with wind chill it was -40. Got set up on a spot and started seeing fish chase but couldn't get one through the hole. My buddy did have one on but it shook and spit the hook. The wind was relentless all day but the bite stayed active well into the late morning early afternoon. We stopped seeing fish around 230-3pm and the bite never came back, however my brother did manage to squeeze a 35-40" Pike through the ice a little after dark. We ended up with a bucket full of perch, one of which was 1.5 lbs, and a nice fish fry dinner but the walleye remained elusive.
I had to head home early Sunday morning but the others stayed, they slayed the perch until about noon and then headed out. Not a bad weekend of fishing and I'm hoping its not the only time I get out on the hardwater this year but it aint looking good
I had to head home early Sunday morning but the others stayed, they slayed the perch until about noon and then headed out. Not a bad weekend of fishing and I'm hoping its not the only time I get out on the hardwater this year but it aint looking good
speedkills27
6.5 Creedmoor
Here's some audio of the ice talking
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
Glad to hear you got out and the ice was safe. It was brutally cold where we were with zero snow so I couldn’t even get the wind to stop coming through the tent. My son was freezing and my ass was frozen. I couldn’t get the feeling to come back in my ass or legs so I was out of there. The fish were not moving and not biting. I think we were a bit deep at 17’ and not much structure or weeds, but just to my left was some structure and my buddy was right on it. He saw a few fish as did my nephew but no one iced a fish. No one I talked to caught more than 1-2 fish in 4-6 hours except that one guy if he was telling the truth. I don’t have reason to doubt him but who knows.
I’m with you and I hope I get out again one or two more times but I don’t think I’ll see ice around me again this season. I may hop in my kayak and do some crappie or like fishing but that’s dangerous too so I don’t know.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
With 9/10 days being above 40 I think the season is done. I may try to travel somewhere and go but I’m not even sure Simcoe will be GTG in a couple of weeks and I can go that far this weekend.
I may turn my efforts to gardening and trying for some open ice walleye from shore at the foot of ferry, foot of Sheridan drive, of the Erie Canal by me. The Erie Canal I can bring my hut and a heater to warm up. I’m disappointed.
I may turn my efforts to gardening and trying for some open ice walleye from shore at the foot of ferry, foot of Sheridan drive, of the Erie Canal by me. The Erie Canal I can bring my hut and a heater to warm up. I’m disappointed.