ONEIDA LAKE DIEHARDS

[Otto]

Thanks guys.  When I looked on google maps it looked like private property there.  I plan to go on a weekday, hopefully less pressure then. 

[filetandrelease]

 XC600 one of the reasons I seldom go there do to people just being disrespectful, it’s a privilege to have a nice place like that to park
 Plus there are so many other places to go

[XC 600]

I hear ya filet, I don't understand why when the ice is in good shape with some snow people with sleds and 4 wheelers don't unload at verona beach only a mile or so to Lewis.

[filetandrelease]

 When I run the sled I park at the beach and run over

[Tbell112]

Good day out of chapman today. Had to def work for them.... and to the a**hole who heard me say to my buddy “I just caught a nice one” and comes over and drills 5 holes 5 ft from me I hope you don’t catch a single fish the rest of this season!!😜😜

[BeenPerchin315]

Good day out of chapman today. Had to def work for them.... and to the a**hole who heard me say to my buddy “I just caught a nice one” and comes over and drills 5 holes 5 ft from me I hope you don’t catch a single fish the rest of this season!!😜😜

Nice catch. And that’s a d*** move for someone to do that to ya

[Tbell112]

Nice catch. And that’s a d*** move for someone to do that to ya

I had a school of eyes down there too.... don’t know if it spooked them or if it was a coincidence but let’s just say they were gone after he started drilling

[BeenPerchin315]

Let me guess needed the gas auger for 5 inches right there too

[franky]

I don't believe you people are Bhatt rude just deal with it if they were 30' from you and quit being such a drama Queen

[fishshack]

Good day out of chapman today. Had to def work for them.... and to the a**hole who heard me say to my buddy “I just caught a nice one” and comes over and drills 5 holes 5 ft from me I hope you don’t catch a single fish the rest of this season!!😜😜

[Tbell112]

Let me guess needed the gas auger for 5 inches right there too

Ding ding ding correct!!!!

[reeleyz]

That's perfect fishshack. I have sung that song many times! 

[Tbell112]

I don't believe you people are Bhatt rude just deal with it if they were 30' from you and quit being such a drama Queen

How is that rude at all? It’s common courtesy... I get I don’t own the lake... but when there are a total of prolly 20 people out of Chapman and he has the audacity to drill holes 5ft from me and start setting up tip ups all around me...he is the rude one

[Adkrs]

Had that happen before. That crap happens every year and I still don't understand it. The thing that gets me is if the guy just had a little courtesy and came up and asked i wouldn't have an issue. Heck I like meeting new folks on the ice. Worst I've seen...i've had people use my holes by my sled as I'm out drilling holes for my tipups. I was stunned

[wert]

guys like that should have been nurtered  i carry my own kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigbuck]

Had it happen to me on Saturday afternoon. We were enjoying the nice peaceful afternoon and a big group pulls on on their sleds. Obviously had been partying all day and were in rare form. They fished some of our holes and the language being used was so bad it ruined the whole atmosphere. They would take short sprints on the sled just for fun right past us. I would have said something but it would not be worth it to try and reason with such fools.

[cerhardt161]

Had that happen before. That crap happens every year and I still don't understand it. The thing that gets me is if the guy just had a little courtesy and came up and asked i wouldn't have an issue. Heck I like meeting new folks on the ice. Worst I've seen...i've had people use my holes by my sled as I'm out drilling holes for my tipups. I was stunned

I totally agree with You on that. If you end up near someone i always like to talk to them for a little bit just to be nice, but that guy tbell was talking about sat with us all day long never said a word but just drilled holes and set tip ups. We started yelling were marking fish to see what he would do and his response was to drill closer to us within 15 seconds of us saying it. If the fishing wasnt good there probably would of been some words said about it but he went all day without catching a perch and he had 7 tipups so i felt like karma got him back.

[62&done]

I had a dunce drill a hole within 5' of my popup one day.  He sat down on his bucket and tried to strike up a conversation thru the canvas. After what seemed like eternity, (about 20 min)  I politely exited my hut and explained to this idiot that this was my "me time". I come out onto the ice by myself to be by myself  and take in  the only opportunity I have to enjoy the quiet.  Back in I went and after another 20 min of total silence, he left.  Must be the fish weren't biting in "his" hole.

[Yotecatcher]

[oneida1]

some water on top if dosnt freeze tonight will be getting soft

[trapper2000]

happens  every year amazing how  rude  people  can  be

sully has a  good  answer to this  problem and  all it involves is a bucket 

[scout57]

fished out of Chapman last 3 days.....ice was solid 6"+ all places I drilled......as oneida1 said water on top today was pooling up pretty good......hope the sun doesn't come out this afternoon....top will deteriorate fast........hopefully a freeze tonight will tighten her back up......fishing was ok........about a dozen perch each day ....but all were quality fish......couple of eyes lost at the hole as usual also ........was nowhere near as crowded as I would have thought on the weekend

[Zeker259]

DEC Announces Oneida Lake Adult Walleye Population Hits One Million Fish

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/bulletins/279aa64

 

[Vanallk053]

Had it happen to me on Saturday afternoon. We were enjoying the nice peaceful afternoon and a big group pulls on on their sleds. Obviously had been partying all day and were in rare form. They fished some of our holes and the language being used was so bad it ruined the whole atmosphere. They would take short sprints on the sled just for fun right past us. I would have said something but it would not be worth it to try and reason with such fools.

Didn’t happen to be a guy in a black and yellow jacket that was the loudest in the group was it? They were around me earlier yelling at everyone that went by, asking if they caught anything and what they used. Some yelling and other choice words between people. Drove me nuts.

[reeleyz]

fished out of Chapman last 3 days.....ice was solid 6"+ all places I drilled......as oneida1 said water on top today was pooling up pretty good......hope the sun doesn't come out this afternoon....top will deteriorate fast........hopefully a freeze tonight will tighten her back up......fishing was ok........about a dozen perch each day ....but all were quality fish......couple of eyes lost at the hole as usual also ........was nowhere near as crowded as I would have thought on the weekend

The top was soft but it went below freezing and tightened up at sunset.

[Tbell112]

Thought this was pretty cool. All were in 1 eyes stomach and still wanted to eat a number 7 jiggin rap.

[Chowdaire]

This one ate a rap a couple of years ago too. Check out the tail in its mouth.




I also caught two this weekend that were dumped about 5’ under the ice and then stopped on the way back to the bottom to eat another bait.

When they start eating they get greedy.

[filetandrelease]

 Goon boy and I went looking for perch  , found them late but managed some nice ones , this is What I caught today
 

[hunts2long]

Thought this was pretty cool. All were in 1 eyes stomach and still wanted to eat a number 7 jiggin rap.

I agree the fish was feeding but hadn't yet started the process of processing the food...h2l

[oneida1]

What reeleyz said standing water was starting to freeze at sunset