ONEIDA LAKE DIEHARDS

[filetandrelease]

 And thanks for the hand outs ,
 They need to be eliminated as they do take over , I remember when they over
Whelmed lake Neatahwanha

[KingPerch]

I’m ready for a good ol fashioned white perch beat down. It’s been awhile.😁

[scout57]

I'm just hopin for some fishable ice in late February

[trapper2000]

WAIT!!!!!!  you mean you guys  really sold those  fish   oh  that  just  seems  wrong to  me  .........and  KP  helped to  do it???

  perch pirates

[KingPerch]

I have my right to keep quiet…. 🫢 I didn’t have any idea that those fish were turned into gas money!!!!🙄

[trapper2000]

KP no worries  i  know for  fact freddie  would  never do anything  i wouldn't  do

[KingPerch]

😁

[Chowdaire]

Still 37 out there. We really need some cold

[trapper2000]

if the temp stays warm  my  fuel bill will be low  i  won't  burn gas  getting to  chaumont and  i  won't have to sell white perch for  gas money ........  there is a silver lining to every cloud!!!!!

[62&done]

I don't revel in the cost of fuel either, but I DO NEED SOME ICE. Besides, that white perch business is starting to sound like fun.  It's time - let it freeze.

  Just got done splitting next year's firewood, rebuilt the canoe, cleaned the barn, trapped the field flooding beavers, I'm running out of projects.

[Iceman1899]

Just watched a video on the weather channel app. Said that polar vortex is supposed to dip down our way in January. Said we’ll be burying augers by mid February and catching perch on ice till at least second week of April….. 😉

[reeleyz]

I’ve been reading about a SSW and polar vortex move for a few weeks. The weather channel shows 30s and 40s for the next 2 weeks…

In the meantime the boat is still in action.

Surprise fish today.

[filetandrelease]

 Cool catch Bruce ,
 Can’t remember seening any more than 22” of ice in the last 10 years on Oneida
 

[reeleyz]

Maybe the second half of January we’ll get a solid freeze.

[wallyworld]

Surprise fish today.

Awesome    I've caught them on Ontario, never in Oneida 

[lowaccord66]

Just watched a video on the weather channel app. Said that polar vortex is supposed to dip down our way in January. Said we’ll be burying augers by mid February and catching perch on ice till at least second week of April….. 😉

Those idiots at the weather channel dont know a thing. 

[KingPerch]

The weatherman is not my friend! Send him 350#’s white perch!!!!😂

[Iceman1899]

Those idiots at the weather channel dont know a thing.

Yeah I agree. It’s all about the theatrics now days. That post was supposed to be a joke. Hate to say but I’d be more willing to bet this years ice season on Oneida is very similar to last years

[lowaccord66]

Yeah I agree. It’s all about the theatrics now days. That post was supposed to be a joke. Hate to say but I’d be more willing to bet this years ice season on Oneida is very similar to last years

Declined after NBC bought them.  Weathernation has better eye candy....

[Pequod1]

First things first. Wishing everyone a happy New Year. This is my first post here since last winter.
I do have a serious question though about access to Big Bay at Keller rd.  After putting off going there for 30+  yrs, I made two trips there last year and enjoyed both.  I was there during the week and not really too many people were there and there were no problems and guys were pretty good about cleaning up .
But, I heard that access s closed this year?  If that is true, how can an old geezer like me get on the ice.  I only have a short ice fishing season this year. Getting another knee replacement February 6. I’d like to make the most out of a short window.

[filetandrelease]

 Big bay marinia last I knew charged for parking , caution there as the ice can be tricky there early ice ,
 I personally  have not been there in a few years
 Someone like Trapp or sully would have more intell

[KingPerch]

They still charge for parking Freddie. That ice, as you mentioned, can be sketchy. Even years prior to these warmer winter starts.

[trapper2000]

big bay marina  will be  open  5  dollars a  day to park   put it in the  mail  box   put you plate  number on it 


big bay  marina ...... (315) 676-2223

i  don't  know  about  the  parking in the garage  lot  this  year  if  someone  can post it here it would  be  good

[reeleyz]

Is there still fishing access at Jewel.  There is no DEC fishing access sign on RT49 and I could not locate the access to the lake through the woods to the lake.  I see a gate with posted sign where I thought the access was. 

I swung in there today and there is a chain with a posted sign across the access. I have also noticed that the DEC access sign has been gone for a while.

When I look on On-x that land shows as government land. I am going to check with the DEC.

[filetandrelease]

 Thanks Bruce as I like to access that at times , , never thought to check it out when shore casting north shore

[Oldtimer]

A hearty Happy New Year to you all.   Enjoying all the chat.  Too old to get on the ice so this is a second best.  We are nearly 1/2 way through our 5 winter months and far from any ice.  Does not look good with just 75 days before eye season closes. Cycles mess things up.  In 1965 my new bride and I checked our tip ups on New Years Eve at 10 pm.  It was 0 and had 18 to 20 inches of ice. Some of the Little Wonder tip up spools were frozen in.  Do any of you remember those tip ups ?

[mdm25549]

Hey guys I don’t post a ton here but I did contact Dec about big bay earlier in the year so I thought I’d share the email with all

“ Hi Matt,

I am not sure why OnX shows that location as being public access. I have gotten several other questions asking the same thing this fall. I know that people have used that spot to get on the ice in the past, but it has always been private property with no formal access. The DEC had no involvement such as an easement or other agreement. Either the property changed hands or the current owner no longer wants ice anglers crossing their property. Either way the landowner was entirely within their rights to put up the gate and restrict access.

The only DEC property on Big Bay is the Wildlife Management Area on the opposite shore from where you are talking about.

Let me know if you have further questions,

Scott”

Unfortunately looks like this will remain closed unless someone has a change of heart.

[filetandrelease]

 That gentleman will never change his mind

[trapper2000]

the  land was  never a  DEC access it was  and is town property  the town  has  given  permission  for  anglers to use it  and i believe  KP  has  talked to people that  understand the situtation better then i  do

[Pequod1]

Thanks for all the replies.  I also heard that the access was town property so assumed it was. Who knows? Seems a shame. I doubt that the big bay marina will be as good. As you guys mentioned, the ice might not be good there. It also might be too much of a walk for me But, I might just take the drive anyway to check it out.