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Thanks guys had a blast will be heading back to NY so I'll leave your fish alone. So when I get back and they ask how was the fishing . I'll tell them New York ice fishing is better. Your secret is safe.
Funny thing is, the ice fishing in upstate NY is FAR superior to anything colorado has to offer. Id take Lake George, Champlain or Oneida over anything in Colorado, all day every day. There is really no comparison.
haha I didn't want to diss the state I was visiting. Lake George is great but the last two years the ice has not been great. Very few spots were accessible. Three weeks ago a guy went in. I live in the Hudson valley. Most of my ice fishing is the New York City Resevior system.
hey SLAYERFISH i take it that you like the band Slayer. Saw them at one of the Ozzfests. I'm a 66yearold metal head. Have it playing all the time I'm fishing. If not than chalk me up as a rambling old man. One more thing. What the hell is the Crack not from here don't know the slang for the lakes lol
Im from Saratoga NY, been out here a decade now. This will be the first year ever I didnt go back to NY to ice fish. Lake George is a large, dangerous lake, but theres usually decent ice somewhere in February we did well last year. Im sure my buddys were prob out somewhere on the south basin today and tomorrow. Dont let them fool you, many of the users on the CO boards are from east of the Mississippi, we wont name names
All Metal all the time ain't just my fishing! XM 41 is on the radio perpetually.
was up at lake George a week before we came here. Went to vet park in Hauge 4"of ice. They were fishing million dollar beach. The campgrounds near diamond point was closed. People were parking at the entrance. That's one hell of a drag. Too old for that. Lol
Vets Park is in Bolton, north end of the south basin before the narrows. Great access if you can get a parking spot! The Hague is north Basin. That hill coming down hearthstone campground was a sheet of ice prob why rd closed. Heres a pic off Hague beach of me and 36"er, march 2011. 10ft under the ice in 90+FOW. 1/4oz jig and 2" gulp on 8lb test, what a freeking ride that was. Ill be back in 2022, and im bring heck with me! ;
Glad you had fun while you were out here All Fish. When you say reservoir system are you talking like Pepacton and Ashokan? I had a buddy with a summer cabin near Arkville and fished them a few times in the summer, tough shore fishing but I'm sure there's monsters in those lakes (and rarely if ever did i see others fishing) no you can’t icefish those reservoirs. I fish the east side of the hudson. Cross River,Muscoot , croton falls.