Author Topic: Great Sacandaga Lake (BS) (Read 220275 times)

fullThrottle · « **Reply #720 on:** Mar 14, 2018, 04:13 PM »

Lol. Told ya

SSmokinn SS · « **Reply #721 on:** Mar 14, 2018, 04:54 PM »

Wow. That’s just 2 people that got busted. Really makes you wonder what lengths people will go to, just to win.

fullThrottle · « **Reply #722 on:** Mar 14, 2018, 05:06 PM »

Thats a pretty common thing on that lake. I’ve seen many shantys with a large flip up floor to the live well

hunts2long · « **Reply #723 on:** Mar 14, 2018, 07:32 PM »

Quote from: hunt4perch on Mar 14, 2018, 04:11 PM

Walleye Challenge - Fulton County
On Feb. 24, ECOs Scott Pierce and Jason Hilliard were on patrol at the annual Walleye Challenge Ice Fishing Tournament on the Great Sacandaga Lake in Fulton County when the officers came upon an ice shanty and two fishermen. A small opening in the ice had been dug next to the shanty to form a livewell, and a number of walleye and perch were stored there. Some fish were alive and others were not. ECO Pierce counted 13 walleye in the pool of water, which put the two fishermen over the daily limit of walleye. The fishermen said they were going to release the extra walleye after the tournament. ECOs Pierce Hilliard asked the fishermen to release the five live walleye back to the lake. The fishermen were charged with taking and possessing in excess of the daily limit of walleye.

1st...The WC was Feb. 17th
2nd...By the rules you can't have "any" walleyes on the ice if you are in the WC. Fish must be entered or released right away.
3rd...If what you say is true, those "dirt bags" are doing that everytime they are on the ice, all season. Plus, a ticket is NOT enough. They should have taken all their gear, shanty, everything and had a fire on the beach.
4th...I am sure those two are not the only ones...h2l

paul23 · « **Reply #724 on:** Mar 15, 2018, 06:45 AM »

Strange they didnt release the names.

thor94 · « **Reply #725 on:** Mar 15, 2018, 07:04 AM »

Here's a vid I found of this years Walleye Challenge. Pretty cool i thought.

Our Shanty is at 4:30ish.. Can you find yourself???

bowski76 · « **Reply #726 on:** Mar 15, 2018, 07:26 AM »

Great video, thanks.

snelly · « **Reply #727 on:** Mar 15, 2018, 04:19 PM »

Quote from: thor94 on Mar 15, 2018, 07:04 AM

Here's a vid I found of this years Walleye Challenge. Pretty cool i thought.

Our Shanty is at 4:30ish.. Can you find yourself???

very cool thanks for sharing that

Jake1 · « **Reply #728 on:** Mar 19, 2018, 08:27 AM »

Here is the link from the DEC website, news and learning, press releases- ECO releases come out every Thursday. Not sure if hyperlink is active you may have to copy paste

http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/113002.html

o2rmk800 · « **Reply #729 on:** Mar 19, 2018, 09:05 AM »

their names should be announced and banned from any contest on the Sacandaga for life............ also still don't understand them being off a week on the date.......

thor94 · « **Reply #730 on:** Mar 20, 2018, 04:41 PM »

So here's a question for the group... With the cold temps, it seems the lake is still very fishable. But....Walleye and Pike season are over.

Can you still ice-fish, but just not keep the fish?

Wouldn't mind getting out one more weekend.

fullThrottle · « **Reply #731 on:** Mar 20, 2018, 05:28 PM »

If it’s out of season you can’t fish it. You can perch fish tho

bowski76 · « **Reply #732 on:** Nov 28, 2018, 09:40 AM »

Is anyone aware of any ice fishing tournaments on the south end of GS?
Planning a trip for this season and I would rather not go when there is a tournament.

ActiveTrapChecker · « **Reply #733 on:** Nov 28, 2018, 09:41 AM »

http://www.gslff.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/ice-19_flyer_002.323163937.pdf

Goose97 · « **Reply #734 on:** Dec 12, 2018, 04:22 PM »

Very happy to say that tonight I landed my first eye of the year,about 20 minutes ago. 3 1/2” of clear black ice and didn’t even get set up before the flag went up.

Raquettedacker · « **Reply #735 on:** Dec 12, 2018, 05:15 PM »

Way to go Goose...

Goose97 · « **Reply #736 on:** Dec 12, 2018, 06:14 PM »

Got one more eye so far.Best day of the year other than opening day of deer season.feels great to be back on the Dead Sea.

snelly · « **Reply #737 on:** Dec 13, 2018, 06:02 AM »

nice way to start off tight lines. and stay safe

bowski76 · « **Reply #738 on:** Dec 13, 2018, 06:54 AM »

Nice fish, making our first trip to GSL in late January; really looking forward to it.

Goose97 · « **Reply #739 on:** Dec 14, 2018, 05:32 AM »

Thanks guys.hopefully I find a few soon that have a little more size to them when my favorite spots are safe

hunts2long · « **Reply #740 on:** Dec 14, 2018, 06:33 AM »

Goose, way to go. I see the lake has dropped about a foot this past week. It has been a long time since it was this high in the Fall. Be careful out there....h2l

VDueslerIV · « **Reply #741 on:** Dec 15, 2018, 05:26 PM »

nice catch goose..sunset bay area i assume....

Goose97 · « **Reply #742 on:** Dec 15, 2018, 10:23 PM »

So sir,over on the batchellerville side

countryrebel127 · « **Reply #743 on:** Dec 19, 2018, 09:50 AM »

anybody been out on the southern end of sacandaga?

snelly · « **Reply #744 on:** Dec 19, 2018, 10:54 AM »

there was someone on the ice on sport island pubs web cam about an hour ago. how much ice? no idea

hunts2long · « **Reply #745 on:** Dec 23, 2018, 06:22 AM »

The lake level has been like a yo-yo. HRRB reported that in early Dec. lake was about 9 feet above the norm. It dropped some in Dec. but since Thursday it came up over 2 feet. Haven't seen anyone on this end since early this past week....h2l

Skylands27 · « **Reply #746 on:** Dec 25, 2018, 10:39 PM »

Anyone got an idea of ice thickness or any smaller surrounding lakes with safe ice? Looking to come up thursday after a few more cold nights

fullThrottle · « **Reply #747 on:** Dec 26, 2018, 09:15 AM »

Not to sure on the Gsl. I’ve seen some sketchy ice pics.the water level is going up and down. A lot of the smaller lakes are safe in the Canada and Caroga Lake area. I was out last weekend on the atv. Solid 8-9 inches

Skylands27 · « **Reply #748 on:** Dec 26, 2018, 09:19 AM »

Perfect that's a huge help. I was looking at caroga since its smaller and we dont have an atv, so I may end up there.

fullThrottle · « **Reply #749 on:** Dec 26, 2018, 10:59 AM »

Yeah. Better safe then sorry. Caroga had guys all over it.

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