SOUTHERN N.Y. THREAD (L.I., WESTCHESTER, PUTNAM, DUTCHESS, SULLIVAN, ORANGE COUN

[jimmyclaude]

Yeah, ya want to bring the night vision goggles

[Hammer614]

Yeah, ya want to bring the night vision goggles

   LOL......the way I read it was that he was going to spotlight them....he did say lanterns

[topher7694]

Wow! ....go fish over the weekend and you Guys put down 4 pages!  No rain here Just gloppy snow.

Last night Jigging, I was hitting the specks pretty good and I thought I hooked up with the MacDaddy of all time perch ... Turned out to be a 19" pickerell.     didn't need a spring bobber for him

Jimmy, you see the new Mitchell spring bobber rods that are out this year?

[mtbusch]

well for starters I don't think ya wanna use Lanterns. Eyes are very sensitive to light.....thats why most guys only catch them at night or dawn/dusk

hammer, read this excerpt i surfed up a minute ago  “The big thing about night fishing,” explains Bro, “is to be ready before you go out there. Clam Corp has a new LED lighting system, with 30 bulbs inside flexible marine grade rope. Mount the lights to the frame of a Fish Trap or Clam, and there’s enough light to see, tie knots, even read.”

Safety after dark is a concern, but Fish Traps and Clams are fitted with reflectors that let snowmobilers and ATV drivers see you from a distance. Also, Light House replacement tents create white Fish Traps for use after dark. “Originally,” says Genz, “all Fish Traps were white, because I had a day job and fished at night. The light from a lantern or LED lights reflects around better in a white house, so you can see better.”

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 now i am no walleye pro, but i have used my led lamps and  caught eye enough to not worry about spooking them in mean debt of 40 ft. i agree spotlight high candle power isn't recommended but, i think low light is actually more an attractor  to both bait and predation , you know the same proven method with lattern holders on resi boats! I do not like shining lights especially when using surface plugs open water.. or drifting any streamers etc. at night.. i am careful in that way. here is that link  http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/night-ice-fishing.php

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[Hammer614]

sounds good to me 

[mtbusch]

tomorrow may be looking good not sure yet where i'm setting up

[ICENUTS30]

I fished Greenwood lake allot this past summer and it was the worst year I ever seen. I hope you guys do allot better on the ice. I was up at Morning Side last Thursday and caught five bass and four pickerel in five hours. It was a real good day for everyone there. I'm going to ether Swinging Bridge or Seckett lake in the morning I'll let you know how it was.

[mr.clean]

Morning gang, did someone edit this thread I remember it being close to ninety pages and now I see seventy two pages.
  Pooley if we have to meet at Lake Huntington again this year maybe Holehawg could see if the small theater across form the state launch has a parking lot behind the building . Possibly we could use if needed  take up a collection and write this small community theater group a check after event as a thank you. Also if we do meet at Lake Huntington and members need overnight lodging there is the Fosterdale Motor Lodge at the intersection of routes 17b&52 (blinker light).
  I hope to get out next week still adjusting to my new work schedule that is why you see all the early morning posts.
 Steve

[jimmyclaude]

Jimmy, you see the new Mitchell spring bobber rods that are out this year?

Got a link?

[topher7694]

the second rod down has one on it..

http://setthehook.com/jasonmitchellrods/

.you can also get them from fish-a-way spring bobber google search.

[jimmyclaude]

Topher, You are a bad influence   Thanks! 8)

[topher7694]

they work awesome, can get a 6 pack for 22.00 from the one website

[jimmyclaude]

what's Topher'sfishingbuddy's input?

[holehawg]

hey guys...just checking in...cant add to the fishing chat...working like a dog...days and nights...wont get to fish till 1st week of feb...catch a few for me.....

[topher7694]

I think you are just trying to get in shape for flag chasing at Highland !....

Jimmy, TFB only says one thing.....I'm a crackhead.....

[jimmyclaude]

I think you are just trying to get in shape for flag chasing at Highland !....

Jimmy, TFB only says one thing.....I'm a crackhead.....

She must be talking to Mrs Jimmy Claude    And yeah, I don't want to be cured  

[topher7694]

I just wish I could get out for more treatment, but duties and priorities take precedence, and I must finish the house for Cameryn's come home party..2 weeks to go today...

[holehawg]

 just about when i'll  get free'ed up...i'll have to bring ya the customery child birth 12 pack....maybe we'll sniff the bottle caps.... perhaps james c.springbobber will join us...... i know  pooley and yo can hear a beer open from 2hrs away..... 

[jimmyclaude]

Just need a time and place....

Hawg, I'm happy your busy ... Yet sad your lines not wet.  Hope you can make some candles soon!

[pooley]

i'm on call till friday afternoon! hope i make some money!

[holehawg]

i hear ya pooley..... .... hence the 2 jobs i'm working to pay the bills....hows yo and hockey ? hockey a daddy yet ? i'm behind on the suffern gossip.....

[mr.clean]

Just want to pass this info. on to all of you, in David Dirks weekly outdoors article (Tuesday Times Herald Record) he talks about fishing rod and reel care with a rod builder /repairer. There is also some info. on a ice fishing event scheduled for this Sunday In Sullivan County. The info. and contact number for the event appear at the bottom of the article. I will attempt to post a hyperlink to the newspapers website once on the site click on sports a menu will drop down click on outdoors. (article date is 1/19/10)

     www.recordonline.com

 Steve

[pooley]

i hear ya pooley..... .... hence the 2 jobs i'm working to pay the bills....hows yo and hockey ? hockey a daddy yet ? i'm behind on the suffern gossip.....

the guys are all well. mike Still doesn't live in his house. frankies doing well. hockey (rob) is not a dad yet. march i think. yo is still kicking, working this winter! john (the ski pole cane) had hip surgery, so he's not icefishing this year, but will lose the ski pole for next season!!!

[holehawg]

good to hear everybodys hanging in there pooley...but mikey...not in the house yet....? lady friend not chewing him out  like me and topher get ??

[mtbusch]

Well after trying real hard yesterday and blowing 60 bucks for a day on swb, i'm interested in another lk up north knowing closer to home ice is questionable for saturday.. was wondering about huntington, was eyeing the topo on dec site.. never tried there yet but, it looks alike like a harriman sized place.. is is good parking/easy access?.. is the pannies any good and can you keep trout this time of year if they are in there? thanks ahead, john

[ShawnM]

Morning gang, did someone edit this thread I remember it being close to ninety pages and now I see seventy two pages.
 

Yes one of the moderators not from this state that has THING TO DO but look at other states deleted the pages because you guy’s but info on contest's on here

[topher7694]

Well after trying real hard yesterday and blowing 60 bucks for a day on swb, i'm interested in another lk up north knowing closer to home ice is questionable for saturday.. was wondering about huntington, was eyeing the topo on dec site.. never tried there yet but, it looks alike like a harriman sized place.. is is good parking/easy access?.. is the pannies any good and can you keep trout this time of year if they are in there? thanks ahead, john

if you search back several pages, i mean from like this summer, I posted an updated hydrographic map....2 good areas for pannies with easy access...first is to the right of the launch about 50-60 yards about in 12 feet of water and the second is out directly behind the beer distributor in 14-20 feet of water.....thats all I got

as for regulations, check out DEC site, as I am unsure

[pooley]

yes, you can keep trout at huntington all year.

[mtbusch]

Thank you for the replies.. I tried SWB but it was too many hours and thiswas the third time this season that I left that place without anything to write home about.. LK Superior isn't too thrilling either from previous yrs of ice fishing.. so although I don't expect huntington to be much either way.. I have yet to visit the place..hoping this saturday unless by some miracle harriman opens again

[bart]

Years ago(25) I use to do well at Superior Lake. We've always done well on Black Lake also, open water or ice. I haven't heard much about Black Lake though, anyone fish it?