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Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« on: Oct 15, 2009, 05:19 PM »
I think New York has more species of fish to fish for. What do you think? ;D ;D
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #1 on: Oct 15, 2009, 05:56 PM »
Sorry to steal your thread but the best opportunities are not in a state but a province....ontario

Bay of quinte is a world famous walleye hotspot
lake Simcoe is a world famous perch fishery

not to mention in my small section of Ontario there is over 90 lakes in a two hour radious

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #2 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:19 PM »
No problem icejunky. Just an opinion poll. Every ones opinion counts.. ;D ;D  Just dont let the Maine guys hear you say that.. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #3 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:27 PM »
MICHIGAN - it has over 11000 lakes not to mention the Great Lakes. WE HAVE IT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #4 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:28 PM »
New York :thumbsup:

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #5 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:37 PM »
wisconsin, cuz ive never ice fished in any other state ;D
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #6 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:37 PM »
MICHIGAN - it has over 11000 lakes not to mention the Great Lakes. WE HAVE IT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!


 I lived in Michigan for a few years and dont ever remember catching a trout through the ice.
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #7 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:38 PM »

 I lived in Michigan for a few years and dont ever remember catching a trout through the ice.
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #8 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:39 PM »
Minnesota or Wisconsin i'd say. Iowa water is just plain scuzzy.  Very few lakes that dont suffer from siltation and farm/nutrient runoff.

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #9 on: Oct 15, 2009, 06:45 PM »
i would say that ny has more spieces to fish for than most states even though some states may have more available water to fish 

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #10 on: Oct 15, 2009, 07:00 PM »
Another one here that hasn't ventured too far from home. I do love the diverse fisheries we have available in NY though. If we're talking icefishing opportunities though I'd have to say some of the canadian provinces and territories. That drifter dude was still ice fishing when most of us were getting our swimming trunks out
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #11 on: Oct 15, 2009, 08:54 PM »
I'm glad that I live in NY for its fishing opportunities and for many other reasons, but I won't pretend that it has the best fishing of any state or province. OVERALL, how can any place compete with what Alaska or most of Canada has to offer.

A lot of lakes does not great fishing make. NY has millions of people harvesting fish from its waters. Most of the ponds and lakes in what should have the best fishing, the Adirondacks, have been wiped out by acid rain. The pictures posted on here tell the story. The guys posting 30# pike pics from Manitoba don't understand what all the fuss is about, yet a 20# pike from NY is pretty big news. I have never heard of a Canadian paying to take a freshwater fishing trip in the US, but all hardcore American fishermen seem to have a Canada trip on their TO DO list. That's all you need to know.
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #12 on: Oct 15, 2009, 09:29 PM »
MN is better because I live here. ;D

MN seems to be icefishing capitol USA when it comes to derbies, events, and we always have the new stuff first. I think the industry caters to us a little more than states outside of the upper midwest.

We dont have much for real lake trout fisheries, but we make up for it in huge pike and walleye. The panfish lakes can be phenominal too.

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #13 on: Oct 15, 2009, 09:30 PM »
this is way to broad, every state has its goods and bads. its hard to say but for me pa does produce some nice bass in the winter months!!

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #14 on: Oct 16, 2009, 11:27 AM »
NY has some great fishing in the winter, but as an honest opinion I would have to say one of the provinces of Canada would win if you put any actual stats into play.

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #15 on: Oct 16, 2009, 06:57 PM »
Not saying we have the best, but this is a few of what we have to fish for.

Native brook trout
Lake trout/togue
Salmon
Brown Trout
Rainbow trout
Splake
Blueback trout

LM bass
SM bass
Pike
Pickerel
Muskie
Stripped bass

White/ yellow perch
Sunfish/panfish
Crappie
Horn pout
Eel

Various chubs
Suckers
and a bunch of other junk/baitfish.

+ all the salt water fish which i'm not good at naming.
And i'm sure I forgot a few

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #16 on: Oct 16, 2009, 07:21 PM »
a toss up between NH and ME !  NH in my opinion has better management and conservation in my opinion  ;)

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #17 on: Oct 16, 2009, 07:34 PM »
Not saying we have the best, but this is a few of what we have to fish for.

Native brook trout
Lake trout/togue
Salmon
Brown Trout
Rainbow trout
Splake
Blueback trout

LM bass
SM bass
Pike
Pickerel
Muskie
Stripped bass

White/ yellow perch
Sunfish/panfish
Crappie
Horn pout
Eel

Various chubs
Suckers
and a bunch of other junk/baitfish.

+ all the salt water fish which i'm not good at naming.
And i'm sure I forgot a few




 We have all of those except Blueback Trout and Hornpout wich I think is just a catfish. We also have 3 different kind of salmon.. Some of the best salt water fishing on the East coast is off the tip of Long Island. We can catch stripers all the way up the Hudson River in Albany. ;D ;D  ;) ;)
 
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #18 on: Oct 16, 2009, 07:50 PM »
he missed alot on the list to though, but the question is the best ice fishing oppertunities lets exclude the saltwater , out of curiousity do you have whitefish there? or tiger trout? carp?

NY and any state bordering a great lake should be some of the best ice fishing also , i would love to live next to champlain. but i do like the ocean alot to

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #19 on: Oct 16, 2009, 07:57 PM »
Not sure about them Tiger Trout. The other ones, sure we do.
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #20 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:00 PM »
they throw them in a few lakes in NH and MA i would think ME has them also, there pretty neat looking fish.
there was even albino trout caught in a pond down the road from me. now thats a weird looking trout  ;)

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #21 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:01 PM »
I just looked them up, they are pretty cool...
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #22 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:05 PM »
I'd have to say Ontario has everyone beat in terms of diversity and length of season on the ice.

Minnesota is great too, but as mentioned, the trout fisheries really don't touch those of most Northeastern states...  And while Wyoming and Idaho rule- it's mainly trout and not much else...  They hate pike there.  

And states like Colorado actually have BOUNTIES on Northerns to kill 'em off.

Alaska, by the way, is pretty weak...  I lived there in the Interior and can tell you the fishing opportunites are not what you think- unless you like lots of 2lb grayling.  The coastal runs of salmon are great- but that ain't ice fishing!

No doubt New York can hold it's own too though...  

As for most lakes to choose from in the smallest area, the FIVE THOUSAND waterbodies in the Adirondack Park pretty much blows everything else away.  Comments regarding "most" of the lakes being dead from acid rain must have come from 1983 or something.  The western slope (Old Forge) got hammered back in the day, but it sure wasn't a total loss!

Also- for the record "Lake Tear of the Clouds" on Mount Marcy in New York froze up this week!  Won't be long now!

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #23 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:09 PM »
Also- New York has plenty of Tiger Trout...  Lots of them, actually.

You just have to seek them out and do some homework. 

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #24 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:11 PM »


We even have the elusive "One Eyed Trouser Trout" this guy from Maine caught one in NH lol  :roflmao:

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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #25 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:12 PM »
Lake Tear, the beginning of the mighty Hudson River. Most people don't realize the amount of water in the Adirondack Mt's..Let alone the fish.
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #26 on: Oct 16, 2009, 08:15 PM »
Thanks for the Tiger Trout picture Jimmy................. ......... Still love your avitar pict. also.. ;D
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #27 on: Oct 17, 2009, 06:59 PM »
new york by far allot of different species in many lakes and had allot of large fish caught thru the ice this past winter
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #28 on: Oct 17, 2009, 07:08 PM »
Nice post Jimmy about our beloved 'daks. SShhh guys. They're all going to come cramp us up on the lakes. kidding
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Re: Which state has the best ice fishing oppportunities?
« Reply #29 on: Oct 18, 2009, 05:00 AM »
Naa, we have nothing here they want Acid rain , garbage fish(perch) ,New York city.Maybe we should all go to Maine.... ;D ;D
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