MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Can anyone give me some recommendations on a good access point for a guy who has to walk with his gear? I am headed in from Rochester and trying to plan my trip. Would like to target a few lakers. Never caught any of them through the ice.
Sorry to here that. George is infested with lakers. We don`t have any problems finding them...
This is a very broad question lakers can be caught on George rn from 5 feet to 180 they are moving up shallower following smelt but plenty fish still deep eating Cisco’s or in the perch bays eating them find the food and you will find the trout usually the fish are all over the lake set some tip ups (set correctly) and you should have a laker or two by the days end
Fished Fri-Sun and the bite was decent for us between 80-120', mostly on swimbaits. Prospecting was a bit difficult due to the EXTENSIVE tip-up sets of guys who set at maximum distance on every side of their huts to try to box everyone out of fairly large structures. NO SHARING at LG and guys get real angry if you get near their tip-ups..... This is for fun fellas. You can have adult conversations with people without threatening them and being a-holes. I am releasing them all anyway so you can eat them later.... Would love to see how some of these guys would handle the "etiquette" at Oneida. Overall, beautiful as always and fun to get on some lakers! First and only ice trip this year until spring for some open water fun. Hope everyone got on some good ones! Size was pretty much lacking for us, but we did manage a few respectable specimen.
That sucks regarding the tip up guys.
Do the guys who target Lakers tend to fish more shallow as it gets closer to and into March? Also would anyone recommend downsizing in the bait/lure presentation or go bigger due to more activity? I had a lot of chasers the other day in 70-75 fow but nobody was committing.
If you target lake trout just remember the lake is 32 miles long and there are literally hundreds of places with structure that they like. I didn't have anyone within a half mile of where I was yesterday and guess what - lake trout were there also.
lake is 32 miles long
It probably has a bit to do with LGs proximity to downstate/NJ/CT (no offense IowaCchord). Not to many downstaters making the run to oneida if I had to take a guess. The upstate crowd tends to be a bit more friendly. Any lake within a stones throw of the northway is subject to the downstate invasion, clash of cultures.
The few times I have heard people complain about having people setup to close or general whining have been locals to the lake. They somehow feel that having out of state people is a negative thing when they actually pay for goods and services once they are up there. Gas, food, bait, lodging, tolls, it all adds up.Ive run 4 hrs to hit bodies of water in NY and Vermont. Ive yet to hear a vermonter whine about people out of state. Im sure ot happens. Ove just not been exposed to it.But I agree. Most downstaters will make the run to george due to it being closer than say schroon.
No doubt, it def does seem like the large tip up spreads are often tended by angry locals. 'Merica.
Most people “local” what ever you want to call that definition feel it’s a competition thing and they will catch less fish I think it comes down too also might come down to a respect thing everyone’s close might be different I usually wouldn’t want to fish within a 100 yards of others to begin with
You might not want to fish within 100 yards of other people but i know that other people LOVE to fish within 100 yards of you hahahaha
To me it all depends on how deep I am Fishing if I am only in 20' of water 50' away is Fine if I am in 160 foot of water then I would appreciate 200feet away. But there is no law. Had a Forest Ranger drill 10 feet away and told me he knew he was close but he was only jigging Smelt. turned out to be a Nice guy.
Maybe NY needs to decrease the number of lines allowed while ice fishing to two or three. Imagine the uproar if that proposal ever came to the table . Would bring a whole new meaning to "angry locals" Just for some reference here are the number of lines allowed while ice fishing in some other states, obviously ive cherry picked the states with more strict limits but the first two are ice fishing meccas. West of the Mississippi you dont really see tip up spreads, everyone just jigs with sonar.Minnesota: 2Wisconsin: 3Michigan: 3North Dakota: 3Montana: 2Colorado: 2
Very valid point. I wasn’t going to comment but I just have to voice it.Depth is key when talking about people who have a large spread. If your fishing 75’ of water, you can’t have traps set up 10’ apart.Yes I know people will expand their spread to eliminate intruders/other fisherman, there are time when a wide spread is necessary
I was hole hopping and already had like 30 holes dug out for perch. I had a guy come and literally start jigging my holes 20ft from me.....I was on my way out so i didn't say anything but on a normal day I would have been PISSED!