Author Topic: Lake Champlain-south bay (Read 9283 times)

WARRIOR_ON_ICE · « **Reply #30 on:** Jan 19, 2020, 11:59 AM »

Lake George is way too commercial for my taste, and besides being good for lake trout, I have no other use for it. If you are a forager then you are a survivor, not someone to be ridiculed. My foraging does not include ginseng, but gathering spring ramps, summer berries of all kinds, and fall mushrooms makes me a man of all seasons. Mushroom hunting and ice fishing are the only 2 things I have ever been skunked on in a day.

Go gettem' mdougla1.

adk iceman · « **Reply #31 on:** Jan 19, 2020, 06:44 PM »

Happy foraging mdougla

HairyBagpipes · « **Reply #32 on:** Jan 19, 2020, 07:16 PM »

Quote from: adk iceman on Jan 19, 2020, 06:44 PM

Happy foraging mdougla

If he spent as much time fishing as he does Foraging for Bigfoot droppings we’d all be better off.

mdougla1 · « **Reply #33 on:** Jan 21, 2020, 09:34 AM »

a few more nights with sub zero temps and MAYBE SOME PARTS of south Bay will be safe for foot traffic for toddlers and small dogs

adk iceman · « **Reply #34 on:** Jan 21, 2020, 12:21 PM »

There are as many inches of ice thickness as there are trophy pike left in the whole bay. 7-10

greensider · « **Reply #35 on:** Jan 21, 2020, 02:26 PM »

There was a live web cam on southbay not sure if it’s still up

mdougla1 · « **Reply #36 on:** Jan 21, 2020, 05:21 PM »

yes the webcam is still live and has shown a frozen bay since mid December

because the vast majority of the bay

has been frozen

since
mid
December

bring your boat!

fishingfool24/7 · « **Reply #37 on:** Jan 22, 2020, 07:07 PM »

Hey guys can anyone give me an honest amount of ice as of now. Wanna come up this weekend, and is it safe for a four wheeler. Gonna be traveling from dutchess county

greensider · « **Reply #38 on:** Jan 23, 2020, 04:15 AM »

Might be better off calling whitehall police to get a true answer

adk iceman · « **Reply #39 on:** Jan 23, 2020, 06:14 AM »

I haven't been out there personally but my friends have been driving four wheelers out there for weeks. Avoid the areas around the bridge and the railroad trestle and you should be fine.

mdougla1 · « **Reply #40 on:** Jan 23, 2020, 07:14 AM »

Quote from: greensider on Jan 23, 2020, 04:15 AM

Might be better off calling whitehall police to get a true answer

or

OR

and this is just a wild idea

it would probably never work

maybe call one of the two bait stores in town

or just get your info off of IS. it's a pretty reliable source

mdougla1 · « **Reply #41 on:** Jan 23, 2020, 07:15 AM »

Quote from: fishingfool24/7 on Jan 22, 2020, 07:07 PM

Hey guys can anyone give me an honest amount of ice as of now. Wanna come up this weekend, and is it safe for a four wheeler. Gonna be traveling from dutchess county

west of the bridge has to be pushing a foot by now easily.

I bet there will be trucks on the head of the bay this weekend.

just do what adkiceman said

perchking4ever · « **Reply #42 on:** Jan 23, 2020, 08:55 AM »

Can anyone guide me on where to park to access the south end of the bay by Pikes Brook?

Tipupguy · « **Reply #43 on:** Jan 24, 2020, 08:48 PM »

I was on South Bay today south side of the bridge the ice is not that safe even for walking very inconsistent with thickness some spots 4” and then a few yards away it’s at 2” and it’s soft ice do not drive a wheeler or sled out there...please be careful if you go the ice was getting worse as the day went on and always spud spud spud

Jakemanges123 · « **Reply #44 on:** Jan 29, 2020, 08:52 AM »

Hey everyone. Heading up this weekend with some friends to go hiking the high peaks. I want to get on the ice for atleast a day or two though. Anywhere I can find perch? We are staying close to willboro bay. Does anyone ever fish that area? If not about how deep do you need to get to to fish perch on South Bay? Thanks for the help everyone

iceaddictben · « **Reply #45 on:** Jan 30, 2020, 06:20 AM »

Willsboro Bay is a good place to look for perch...easy access via the state boat launch. But I hear the ice is questionable. A better bet would be the Port Henry area. The perch bite has been good.

WARRIOR_ON_ICE · « **Reply #46 on:** Jan 30, 2020, 06:07 PM »

I was on South Bay today and I started drilling a hole with my Mora and it seemed weird, no ice shavings or even that loud grinding noise. Instead the " ice " was very soft and the auger went through it like it was hard butter. About 10 inches thick.

Shortly after making the hole, I fell through while walking a few feet away to get my Jet sled. The water was not cold, or even cool, as it measured 78 degrees Farneheit on my portable thermometer, just like taking a dip in the lake in August.

With the water that warm, I did not panic at all and took my sweet time getting out and back to my car. I brought a chunk of the " ice " with me and had it analyze at the State Police forensic lab in Albany - they told me it was PARRAFIN WAX ! How it got into Lake Champlain is anybody's guess. Hairybagpipes do you know $:-\$

mdougla1 · « **Reply #47 on:** Jan 30, 2020, 06:15 PM »

Quote from: WARRIOR_ON_ICE on Jan 30, 2020, 06:07 PM

I was on South Bay today and I started drilling a hole with my Mora and it seemed weird, no ice shavings or even that loud grinding noise. Instead the " ice " was very soft and the auger went through it like it was hard butter. About 10 inches thick.

Shortly after making the hole, I fell through while walking a few feet away to get my Jet sled. The water was not cold, or even cool, as it measured 78 degrees Farneheit on my portable thermometer, just like taking a dip in the lake in August.

With the water that warm, I did not panic at all and took my sweet time getting out and back to my car. I brought a chunk of the " ice " with me and had it analyze at the State Police forensic lab in Albany - they told me it was PARRAFIN WAX ! How it got into Lake Champlain is anybody's guess. Hairybagpipes do you know $:-\$

we need gifs on this site

Jakemanges123 · « **Reply #48 on:** Feb 01, 2020, 06:44 AM »

Thanks for the info. We got out yesterday off the beach in crown point and did pretty good. Took home 20 good ones and caught a bunch more.

greensider · « **Reply #49 on:** Feb 05, 2020, 07:44 AM »

Does anyone know how to find the live camera on south bay I use to have it on my old phone

Adironzach · « **Reply #50 on:** Feb 05, 2020, 08:18 AM »

Quote from: greensider on Feb 05, 2020, 07:44 AM

Does anyone know how to find the live camera on south bay I use to have it on my old phone

Is this the one youre looking for?

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/webcam/tben/2/2020-2-5

greensider · « **Reply #51 on:** Feb 05, 2020, 08:33 AM »

Thanks

mdougla1 · « **Reply #52 on:** Feb 05, 2020, 06:05 PM »

drove over the southbay bridge today

open water under the bridge

looked like two kayakers were hammering the walleyes

lockdown199 · « **Reply #53 on:** Feb 11, 2020, 08:06 AM »

How’s the ice around port Henry, might make the trip up end of the week.

deadlake · « **Reply #54 on:** Feb 11, 2020, 08:22 PM »

To many city people on here ( Kingston and South with city included) ice is safe down there you can catch great perch down that way.

lockdown199 · « **Reply #55 on:** Feb 12, 2020, 08:18 AM »

Just looking for a place to fish

hardwaterhonkey · « **Reply #56 on:** Feb 12, 2020, 09:27 AM »

Quote from: lockdown199 on Feb 12, 2020, 08:18 AM

Just looking for a place to fish

Don’t have a thickness for you but lots of guys using the bridge to get onto South Bay Saturday and Sunday open water around the bridge but I saw lots of foot traffic accessing on a few spots only saw driving by

hardwaterhonkey · « **Reply #57 on:** Feb 12, 2020, 09:28 AM »

Quote from: lockdown199 on Feb 12, 2020, 08:18 AM

Just looking for a place to fish

Had a buddy out by the cp bridge Friday lakers and perch never asked the thickness tho there either

Rainonme37 · « **Reply #58 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 08:02 PM »

Anyone have an ice report on South Bay ?

mdougla1 · « **Reply #59 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 08:40 PM »

Quote from: Rainonme37 on Feb 13, 2020, 08:02 PM

Anyone have an ice report on South Bay ?

a pretty good amount

I haven't been there in over a month but it's getting pounded every time I drive by it

no trucks out there that I know but machines and hard shacks all over

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Author Topic: Lake Champlain-south bay (Read 9283 times)