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I think Mussigbrod also has lakers
I just recently talked to the fish biologist for that area while I was fishing delmoe and he said while they were netting they were seeing some HUGE ling...that's kinda the main reason I was gonna go up there. But it's kinda a long drive to get there and find it either to packed with snow or still open water...
When you say "hardly any water" are you talking about the whole lake or just by the boat dock? I know there are spots that dry up in late summer but there are a few deeper holes in the lake, like I mentioned by the cliffs.
Hey spitzo yeah I'm from Whitehall so close enough...if it wasn't finals week I'd head up there right now...I need to befriend some one with sleds haha...I do want to go try it out especially since I am yet to catch a ling...only been out once for them though...if anyone makes a trip up there let us know how it went
I've often tossed around the idea of buying a trail sled for the sole purpose of hardwater fishing mountain lakes. Always thought that would be a good time. I've also entertained the idea of putting a set of tracks on one of my ATV's or my SxS. Set of tracks or a trail sled, either way a pretty stiff price tag for something used a handful of times per year. Whitehall huh? My brother & his family live in Whitehall. Small world. Take care !!
On the Ice 2/10/24 Checked ice at the shore, snow, slush, and about 4 inches of ice. Followed the most recent tracks onto the ice. Either I found a very thin spot or some ahole didn't flag/mark there open hole because I went in. We quickly moved the sleds off the lake and pulled everything and checked ice everywhere we went after that.caught one sucker and that was it, we were targeting ling on the cliffs 15-30 FOW.Been planning this trip for awhile, pretty lake and had a good time just sucks others ruined it because they can't have the decency to mark where they opened up holes big enough someone or a sled could fall into.
Looked like 2 other groups had been out there before us and they left beer, bait containers and other trash out there
From your sweet drone picture I marked a red X with location of where I went in. It was a warm day and I always wear wool base layers so it wasn't that bad. That's lame people left there trash, its a very pretty lake and kind of hard to get to you would think it would get treated better. Been sharing my recent experience with locals around the lake and heard the regulars that fish it use the grayling they catch as bait for the ling... SMH super messed up.
Ya on a winter like we have had I could totally see that! I also would have really thought the ice would have been much thicker being at over 6k elevation. What dinks did you catch? grayling or burbs?