I got the fever bad....

[Robhuntandfish]

This morning was up at 5:30 had breakfast and realized I have spring fever bad.  It's 20 degrees out, boat is still in storage, lake is covered in ice but I am damn ready!   One pile of tackle and poles for drift fishing for walleyes and perch on Oneida, one pile for a northern pike Adirondack day trip, and my Turkey stuff

....ready for action.

[sodfather]

Just get dressed and stand by the door and continue to stare out the window lol

[mowin]

Yep.  You're ill.  Lol

[Pygmy]

I'm fixing mine...Planning to go perching on Keuka tomorrow..

[Robhuntandfish]

10 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

I'm fixing mine...Planning to go perching on Keuka tomorrow..

Awesome.  Would need an icebreaker here.  East side of Oneida totally iced in for miles.  

Good luck.bundle up.  

[hunter49]

  I have a table like that everything I bought over the winter for turkey & fishing ready to use. I put it all on 1 table so I don't forget I bought it.  lol

[Northcountryman]

When does walleye open on Oneida anyway? It’s too early yet anyway right? 

[ncountry]

Me too! 

I was just thinking of driving 2 1/2 hours one way to bass pro in Utica to buy some crappie gear...lol

 

 

[BigVal]

Same here hooked up my buds boat to the truck last night and planned to fish Ontario , got up kinda late and looked at the report of waves 3-5 building to 7, and still want to go haha 

[Robhuntandfish]

17 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:

When does walleye open on Oneida anyway? It’s too early yet anyway right? 

Walleye is the first Sat in may.  I am fishing a lake in the dacks on the opener for northerns .  Hoping the ice is off it by then..  but if oneida opens up want to get boat out and running and maybe work on some perch

[Robhuntandfish]

The fever only got worse.  Got the boat home from storage. I missed it.....

 

[dbHunterNY]

12 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

Walleye is the first Sat in may.  I am fishing a lake in the dacks on the opener for northerns .  Hoping the ice is off it by then..  but if oneida opens up want to get boat out and running and maybe work on some perch

tournament May 20th I think.

[Robhuntandfish]

3 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said:

tournament May 20th I think.

Yup the big walleye trail tourney is the 20th.  Local tournament on opening weekend. I usually don't fish them as a lot of times th weather blows the lake out.  But I have every Monday off in may to make long weekends for fishing and turkey hunting.  Can't wait.  

[Northcountryman]

I love Oneida for Walleye, haven’t fished it in about 5 yes though. What do you like to use for walleye and northern? I would love to try flies for northern at some point but it’ll probably wear out my shoulder by end of day 

[Robhuntandfish]

3 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:

I love Oneida for Walleye, haven’t fished it in about 5 yes though. What do you like to use for walleye and northern? I would love to try flies for northern at some point but it’ll probably wear out my shoulder by end of day 

I use mostly worm harness with spinner and if real light wind I will use a floating jigheads with a worm.  

I know a guy that fishes the canal system with a fly rod for northerns. Seen him out near Rome and have talked to him a couple of times.  He uses large streamers and def a lot of casting. 

For northerns I use large spinners and stick baits .  The two biggest northerns I've even gotten were on a jr thunderstick. 40 and 43".  But have caught big ones on 5 inch bombers, large spinners and even got a 39.5 " in the canal on a big buzz bait once.  

[Northcountryman]

Oh ok, you like to troll in Oneida then? 

 

Yeah, that’s probably what I would do is use large streamers. When I spin fish, probably would use spoons for Pike although stick baits are good too for sure 

[mowin]

Never had walleye.  Ice fished Oneida yrs ago, but only caught a couple small ones. Long drive for me. 

[Robhuntandfish]

3 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:

Oh ok, you like to troll in Oneida then? 

 

Yeah, that’s probably what I would do is use large streamers. When I spin fish, probably would use spoons for Pike although stick baits are good too for sure 

I usually drift fish.  Sometimes if not enough wind will slow troll with trolling motor.  

[Robhuntandfish]

4 minutes ago, mowin said:

Never had walleye.  Ice fished Oneida yrs ago, but only caught a couple small ones. Long drive for me. 

Walleye is just like perch.  I usually fish for both as some of the perch are almost as big as the walleyes.  Never really catch any monster eyes out of oneida it seems .  Used to get some huge ones in the st Lawrence.  

[JALA RUT]

Yep, fever burning bad here too.  Have already been through all my turkey hunting gear a few times and have been working the calls for a few weeks now. Been through all my fishing gear countless times too...which is dangerous because I just keep hitting the store and adding to it. Have started hitting the spring trout run so easing the fever a little bit (Caught a decent 6 - 7 pound brown Friday after work) but my true fishing passion is tossing line for pike and bass...So, yes the fever keeps burning here too!

[Northcountryman]

No wonder as I t’s hammered pretty hard 

[helmut in the bush]

1 hour ago, Robhuntandfish said:

The fever only got worse.  Got the boat home from storage. I missed it.....

 

Are those cobbles in your driveway, or is it stamped concrete? Nice rig

[Robhuntandfish]

2 minutes ago, helmut in the bush said:

Are those cobbles in your driveway, or is it stamped concrete? Nice rig

Thanks.  Cobbles.  I didn't put them in though was here when I bought place.

[helmut in the bush]

7 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

Thanks.  Cobbles.  I didn't put them in though was here when I bought place.

Are they granite or sandstone? Would you know where I could get my hands on some?

[Robhuntandfish]

14 minutes ago, helmut in the bush said:

Are they granite or sandstone? Would you know where I could get my hands on some?

Honestly, don't have a clue.  The driveway was here when I bought place.