On to the next season

[Buckmaster7600]

Beautiful day on the water

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[chas0218]

Wow safe ice already?

[NFA-ADK]

But I am not done with this season!  lol  Only one more month to go, unless they extend it this year on LI. 

[Buckmaster7600]

Wow safe ice already?

Yup


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[turkeyfeathers]

Mousy grubs ? 

I lost a jigging rod down the hole once lol. 

I need to ice fish again. Been a long time. 

[Buckmaster7600]

50 nice perch and a few beautiful crappies. Makes a good day!


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[Four Season Whitetail's]

35 minutes ago, Buckmaster7600 said:

50 nice perch and a few beautiful crappies. Makes a good day!


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Thats some prime vittles right there. I am down to about 20lbs of fillets myself so hard water needs to get here soon!

[Doewhacker]

What lake? 

Im kind of surprised but not really. Moreau was close to being opened last week. 

 

Im ready to go after last years terrible ice. 

[BigVal]

Nice haul. Plenty of fishible ice out there but plenty of non.

[Doc]

I haven't seen any ice that I would walk on yet ...... even our pond. Where are you guys doing any ice fishing? It's got to be somewhere up in the Adirondacks right?

[Buckmaster7600]

Ice was sketchy as early I've always is, be careful and don't go out unless you know what you are doing! We had 3 inches most everywhere but some spots were only and inch and a half.


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[BigVal]

Yep be careful guys not to the point where I'd give any bodies of water to say is fishible but I've been out a couple times.

[wolc123]

I probably won't go out until mid February when the kids have their mid-winter break.  I love catching Lake trout then.   They seem to fight more thru the ice than they do in the summer.  When you hook into one of them, after dealing with multiple smallmouth bass and perch, it is quite the change.   One nice thing about getting out early would be that it is faster to make the holes.  My wife and kids love fried perch, but I just can't get too exited about catching them, due to the lack of pull.   I also prefer eating grilled or baked bass.  The oil in them keeps them moist, unlike perch or walleye, which tend to dry out too much when cooked that way.    

The lamest fish I ever caught thru the ice was a largemouth bass.   I remember pulling a fat one in on a tip-up on Brantingham lake.  It probably weighed more than 7 pounds.   It felt like I was lifting up a piece of driftwood off the bottom, barely even shaking its head on the way up from about 10 feet down.   The hardest part was getting it up out of the hole, due to it's girth.  Unfortunately, I did not have a camera, but a girl was out there ice-skating and got to see it before I stuffed it back down thru the hole.  I used to catch whitefish there, which were also fairly lame fighters but excellent eating when smoked with apple wood.                 

[grampy]

Careful out there fellas! I love ice fishing. But I'm never the first to venture out on the ice. Once I see a sled or ATV out there, I figure it's safe enough for my fat butt! If these temps hold, should be good in another week or two in my neck of the woods. Though I'm sure there will be people out testing the limits this weekend.

Nice haul of tasty fillets there Buckmaster7600!