Ice Fishing...

[cnypanfisher]

Sounds good, you guys gonna fish Constantia or something? We might need to have snowshoes on, :-). The fish are kinda spread out, but i'm sure we can get on something. I'll be at my pops number till about 4 today.

To Tim

[CNYFrank]

yeah, I got those toys too

[Dark Cloud]

Dad and I fished a small lake in PA today. This lake has some real quality fish and we found some. Not gonna fill buckets but we kept 15 gills, 7 crappies, a few parch and one bullhead....

[Thunderman]

Those are some nice fish you got there guys they look mighty tasty. Looks like you and your dad had a good day good job guys .

[CNY Tim]

Way to go Vassil's! Excellent shot's Jay.. Nice mixed bag is right

[Dark Cloud]

Those gills were 9-10 inchers and the crappies were running 11-12 inches....

FYI sunday was Dad's(tanks) b-day. Hes 62 years young, I turned 32 the previous weekend....

[CNYFrank]

Way to go . . so, 12 fow and looks like lures 2 ft up? Makes for a great day on the ice!!

[tank]

From the posts on the other site it appears that Canadarago got buried.Waist deep snow and no one on ice even with a snowmobile.

[CNYFrank]

My daughter drove to Oneonta yesterday and as always reported the lake conditions . . .she said looked like 2 permanent shanties. Did not see anyone on the lake though. Said the snow was not as "bad" as it was in Rome. Waist deep would be a killer!!

[CNY Tim]

Guys - I'm taking Amanda to sm. side of Morraine tomorrow for a couple hours in the morning if anybody want's to help me shovel snow there Should be there by 8 a.m.. It will be fun sitting in the pro with her and getting her hooked up with her first gill. I wonder how the camera visibility would be under all that snow? I'll throw it in the trap just in case along with the shovel. I'll get some screen time with the VX-1 too.

Frank & Tim - If you think Oneida will be o.k. Monday I'm in if you need a partner.

[Thunderman]

Tim i think Im going to tackle the walk off south shore boat launch there was a guy out there with his dog fishing for quite some time today. He was out about 4 maybe 5 hundred yds if the walking is real bad i might come out and join you at moraine.maybe Ill see you in the morning how long are you going to be out there?

[CNY Tim]

Todd will be out of there by 12 p.m. It's Amanda's first trip and I want to keep it relatively short, I'll have my cell with me if you want to gimme a holler. If I don't see you good luck tomorrow...

[Dark Cloud]

Dad, Meg, and I went up out neighbors small pond for a few hours this afternoon. Had a good time and caught some real nice fish. Probably caught 25 bass from 12-18 inches and a dozen gills 8-10 inchers. Heres a few picts....

[Thunderman]

Dark cloud those are some beautiful fish glad to see you guys got out .Is that a border collie good looking dog.I went out of edge water today on the big O im glad a friend of mine had a snowmobile i would have never went otherwise .The snow is about 2ft deep and the slush is about 6to7 inches about 10 inches of ice every thing should settle down nice for this coming week end.Time to get the power augers out.Fishing was very slow lost 1 eye at the hole dam jigging rap you know how that goes and a 9 inch perch marked quite a few sniffers.

[CNY Tim]

Way to go guys! Nice looking gills there for the table and fighting those bucketmouths on light line is wicked fun.. Meg looks like she had a great time watching you guys pose with your catches. How was the snow there, doesn't look too bad...

[tank]

Snow on the ice was 4to5 in Traveling the 2 hundred yds from my back porch was brutal about 18 in.

[Dark Cloud]

Thunderman - Yep thats a Border Collie. They are an amazingly smart dog. Full of energy!!! She's command trained to a T, never needs to be on a leash, and goes everywhere with dad...

She loves trout fishing the streams....

She loves walks in the woods....

Deer...

but her first passion is....

Tennis balls!!!

[CNY Tim]

It's been about 25 years since I have been at the dog tracks of Vermont but I have seen greyhounds run and then there's Meg and I'll put my money on Meg when it comes to the hole shot.. She's that quick..

[CNY Tim]

Presidents Day ice fishing with Franky on Delta. As per Delta Lake we caught alot of small perch today but as far as fishing conditions they were about as perfect as you could get. Bright skies, no wind and the companionship of a friend... Here's some pics Franky and I caught a couple of nice slammer perch and Frankyand I each caughta sunfish which is really uncommon until today. No crappies and I lost a nice nothern that gave me a heck of a run on 2lb. test would have had a shot if it wasn't buried behind the teeth but that Tica Cetus did exactly what it's supposed do

Conditions on the ice were very good on the beach side the walking was a whole lot better than the winter entrance. We didn't have far to walk and we needed to move we moved nicely on Frankies sled. The snow on the beach side was only a scant couple inches and very rarely did you break through walking also the ice was better it seemed on that side with 6" of good black ice and 8" of white ice. On the winter entrance side where we finished the day on there was more slush and the ice was probably 4-5" of black and 6" of white with frozen slush and a small layer maybe 1" between the slush that I punched down through a couple of times walking. The walking on the winter entrance was a little bit tougher. But a whole bunch better than the small side of Morraine

Here's some pics..

Franky and the gear...

There are sunfish in Delta

Here's a couple of dandy perch we caught...

Size 10 green glow rat finkee.. Had to tie something on after that pike took my Loner jig

[Thunderman]

Good job guys nice day Huh glad to see you caught some fish I thought i smelled chicken wings. Franky is that cajun red line your using how do you like the red line was thinking about spoolin up one of my rods with it.Tim never made it out to moraine right when i got off the phone with you my dog went into a seizure so i stayed home hes doing ok now i plan on doing some night fishing this weekend for the elusive calicos . Thunderman

[CNYFrank]

yep Cajun red . . .been using it for a year now . . .that's last years stuff and holding pretty good . . .4 lb test. It is a little kinky but if I put a spoon on, it kinks out. Just the real light stuff it kinks up . . .but then you can just watch the line and as it straightens, set the hook. Sorry to hear about the dog . . .is she/he on meds? All you can do is be close when that happens . . .the first thing they do when they come around is look for you . . .makes you feel special. You smelled them too??

[CNY Tim]

Todd - Sorry about the seizure with your dog, my lab was like that more so in the summer than winter. They were pretty violent when she was a pup and as she got older she like knew when one was coming on and would wedge her body between the wall and the couch. More sad news Tuzzy had to put his beagle down yesterday she was very old and her eye sight had been failing. Not a good weekend for dogs either in the Shanty.

[Thunderman]

Frank I have to give my beagle Phenobarbital twice a day for the past 10yrs he is 11 yrs now so its been kinda tough the past 10yrs. Hes a good dog and very smart when he wants to be when his nose is on the ground he can be very stubborn typical beagle. I love him to death i will miss him when he is gone.

[Thunderman]

Tim, whats the plan for the week end are you fishing? This snow is packing down nice the temps are supposed to be below freezing at night should make for good walking.Im thinking about hitting the big O Donnie wants to fish crappies at night and perch it during the day.

[tank]

Committed the mortal sin of ice fishing today.I left my marcum at home.I was lost to say the least.Fished a small lake in cortland county because the walk is not far.A foot of ice 10 to 18 inches of snow and slop.Tough walking!I ended up with 2 gills,1crappie and a perch.Buddy caught 2 gills and 3 perch.He said alot of the fish were suspended and alot of lookers.OOh boy a fine day not to have my Marcum.