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Title: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Nov 28, 2005, 12:20 PM
Here are some pics of the ice on Mayfield lake from today, it was a little foggy during lunch, hope it doesn't get too warm and maybe it will hold up for next week ;D.

Robb :tipup:


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/robb_76/mayfld01.jpg)



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/robb_76/mayfld2.jpg)



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/robb_76/mayfld3.jpg)



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/robb_76/mayfld4.jpg)
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Nov 28, 2005, 12:26 PM
Is it completely froze over Robb or open back by the pumphouse?

Slip,

I didn't go down by the pumphouse and couldn't see that far due to the fog :(. Usually once it freezes it stays, as long as we don't get too warm and too much heavy rain >:(. I'm thinking if it gets cold by the weekend maybe Sunday or Monday there is a littl bay that is killer first ice ;D.

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Nov 28, 2005, 12:50 PM
Sounds good man.  You take YOUR quad out first :roflmao:  Better yet we'll send bigred out to check the ice.   ;D

NICE You insurance salesmen are all alike  :woot:. I'll take my snowmobile out there but I'm going 90 and ain't stoppin :o. Soon, soon!!

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Nov 28, 2005, 01:43 PM
sittin here waiting for your post, cause if its still relatively safe near shore. i am grabbin my jiggin pole
and I will be out the door
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: walleye190 on Nov 28, 2005, 02:17 PM
the holes that you see were put by me yesterday. :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Nov 28, 2005, 02:22 PM
the holes that you see were put by me yesterday. :tipup:

Cool!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: camo_fish on Nov 28, 2005, 04:49 PM
not enough for me!!!
i hear ya  ;D but can't wait.  ;)
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Nov 29, 2005, 03:35 PM
anyone ride by the lake today, how did it fare with 60 deg weather?
maybe the predicted rain will magically turn south?????
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: walleye190 on Nov 29, 2005, 04:06 PM
on my way home i was looking at it,,, does not look so good :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Nov 29, 2005, 04:18 PM
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(.... I hate rain and warm weather.... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Nov 29, 2005, 05:02 PM
i have heard of a rain dance, but never a no rain dance...
I would be willing to tryit if there is a chance it will work....
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Nov 30, 2005, 09:38 AM
Me and coldbum went through their around 11 last night.. Their was still Ice, but hard to tell with all the fog.. Lets hope she faired the night well... :-\
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: ol crawdad on Nov 30, 2005, 11:28 AM
sounds like it would be safer if it disappeared, and refreezes when it gets cold again...Be safe everyone!
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Nov 30, 2005, 01:07 PM
ice is completely gone
Say It's not true..... I never got a chance to say goodbye .. :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: walleye190 on Nov 30, 2005, 03:59 PM
hard to believe that i was on it a few days ago,,,,
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 05, 2005, 01:03 PM
Drove by at lunch, it is mostly iced over and with this weather should be ready by the weekend depending on your tolerance for ice thickness ;).

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: dwayne on Dec 05, 2005, 02:59 PM

 We'll see if not I have a very nice "alpine" pond that's teeming with trout that might just be ready as well.  I would safely say, like before, that by the middle of next week it should be solid. 


John...I don't think the "alpine pond" will be ready by this coming weekend.  I am guessing the next weekend if conditions stay as are now.
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: bigredonice on Dec 05, 2005, 03:45 PM
dwayne my first ice plan is to send bigred out there, we'll stay on shore and think about it.  We'll be yelling from the bank, "HEY BIGRED WALK OVER THERE WHERE THE DEEP WATER IS, IS IT SAFE" :roflmao:   

Well guess what! That is what I am doing tommorrow. After I get the flea bag back from the vets, a friend and I are going to hike over there with a spud bar, and take a walk around the lake, and test the ice a bit.
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 05, 2005, 05:00 PM
well boys looks like theres gonna be some icefishing this weekend

mayfield, east caroga and few others

sending my wife and kids to NYC for a show and some christmas shopping so i have the weekend to fish :)

keep your fingers crossed

Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 05, 2005, 06:14 PM
yup pretty confident  ;)2

not stupid though.... lots of prayers here

ice ice ice ice
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: camo_fish on Dec 05, 2005, 06:22 PM
yup pretty confident  ;)2

not stupid though.... lots of prayers here

ice ice ice ice

:o wait for me  ;D
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Dec 05, 2005, 09:19 PM
Ice Is startin to form on caroga... Lets hope she locks up by this weekend... 8)
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 06, 2005, 06:32 AM
I'll drive by again this morning and see what Mayfield looks like. I might not be fishing though there are 2 more weekends of hunting.


Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: dwayne on Dec 06, 2005, 07:14 AM
Well guess what! That is what I am doing tommorrow. After I get the flea bag back from the vets, a friend and I are going to hike over there with a spud bar, and take a walk around the lake, and test the ice a bit.

I'll be surprised if you find ice Red.  Most of the larger ponds around my house have not froze over solid yet and I am only 11 miles as the crow flies to where your going.  But the alpine lake is about 600 to 700' higher in elevation than my house.  Hopefully that helps it out some.  Usually does!! 

None the less, one of the land owners of one of the farms I hunt has been bugging me to fill his doe tag so there will be no fishing for me this coming weekend.  I am hoping to be on the ice the weekend after this one.  You and Slipbob will have to give me a report.  By the way, if the remote pond isn't working out fish wise, the longer one to the east has a healthy panfish population.
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 06, 2005, 10:38 AM
Mayfield is looking good as far as I can see it looks like all the open spots are froze over ;D. I bet there will be some die-hards out there this weekend! Maybe Sunday if it looks good.

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Dec 06, 2005, 10:41 AM
Mayfield is looking good as far as I can see it looks like all the open spots are froze over ;D. I bet there will be some die-hards out there this weekend! Maybe Sunday if it looks good.

Robb :tipup:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clap:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: bigredonice on Dec 06, 2005, 03:46 PM
I didn't get a chance to climb up to the trout pond today...maybe later this week....C'MON COLD AIR!!!!
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 06, 2005, 03:59 PM
lookin good   never went above 32 deg F here today....
looking for some teens and single digits the next few nites  :woot:

anyone been by mayfield this afternoon? Maybe I will take a ride up there after dinner
and give it a peep

Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: kingfshr16 on Dec 06, 2005, 08:06 PM
 If the 'alpine pond' mentioned is/used to be a water source for a town then it was close as of 2 days ago  ;)
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: camo_fish on Dec 06, 2005, 11:15 PM
mayfield is pretty much locked up except for a small spot by the dam and another by the pumphouse. pretty thin right now , only 1 " around the edges.
yea, I would watch out around the pumphouse there is a littlebit of a current just like around the dam.
Stay on top and hope for the bigger lakes to cap over this week.  ;D
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 07, 2005, 11:46 AM
carogakid are on our way to deliver some flyers etc for the Caroga Fish and Game club tourney then we are off too mayfield to see what we can find as far as ice...
maybe some fish
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 07, 2005, 01:36 PM
its a big no go on mayfield right now
there are about 20 geese out there keepin a big spot open
the rest looks like slush

I still say saturday will be a go if we can get this dang wind to stop
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Dec 07, 2005, 02:17 PM
I hope your right coldbum......I'm starting to have doubts about saturday... :'(
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: hayfieldheller on Dec 07, 2005, 05:50 PM
I know im going on mayfield this weekend, i'll be the only guy out there with an intertube around my waist, and a jigpole/vex in one hand, and spud bar in the other. maybe i should put the ol' wadders on too, just to be safe you know. :thumbsup:


                                                   hayfieldheller



Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: fishingking on Dec 07, 2005, 06:48 PM
if your gonna wear waders dont venture out in more than 4 fow becasue then the waders would help bring u down not save you
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 07, 2005, 07:06 PM
I think there will be good ice for the weekend, I'm heading out Sunday sometime, I just got the new Vex Fl-18 on Monday so I got to try it out ;D!

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: UPSTATE ICEMASTER on Dec 07, 2005, 07:19 PM
I think there will be good ice for the weekend, I'm heading out Sunday sometime, I just got the new Vex Fl-18 on Monday so I got to try it out ;D!

Robb :tipup:
    :tipup:YO im there with ya man get ahold of me im headin up to caroga in the morning then im headin to mayfiled.....also the secrete crappie spot is ready  ;) :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 08, 2005, 06:42 AM
    :tipup:YO im there with ya man get ahold of me im headin up to caroga in the morning then im headin to mayfiled.....also the secrete crappie spot is ready  ;) :tipup:

Sounds good!! You hunting on Saturday at the "Game Farm"? With the militia?? I'm pretty sure J is.

Robb
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 08, 2005, 07:52 AM
hey robb any chance you will let caroga kid and I borrow that old FL8 this weekend?

our vex's have not arrived yet   :'(
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 08, 2005, 09:59 AM
hey robb any chance you will let caroga kid and I borrow that old FL8 this weekend?

our vex's have not arrived yet   :'(

I'm not sure, depends on where I'm fishing and if my son goes with me..... I'll never hear the end of it if he can't use my spare VEX. But if we come up there or you guys come down to Mayfield by all means you can use it!!

Here are some pics of Mayfield from today ;D, the birds are still out there but I think they are sitting on the ice and there are some really wet looking spots that I think are just black ice. The spot I do well at looks pretty locked up but I'll cut holes before I go out!


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/robb_76/mfld1.jpg)



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/robb_76/mfld2.jpg)

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: ol crawdad on Dec 08, 2005, 10:07 AM
looks exciting!!  good luck to all who venture out, and take safety precautions...
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Dec 08, 2005, 10:22 AM
She's lookin good........I think we might be fishin this weekend.... :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: thor94 on Dec 08, 2005, 10:53 AM
Can i ask a dumb question?  Is this the same Mayfield lake, near the south end of Sacanadaga? 
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: thor94 on Dec 08, 2005, 10:55 AM
Like they say on "Car Talk" no dumb questions here only dumb answers.   ;D  Yes that's the one south end of "the sac".

Thanks!!! ;D
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: UPSTATE ICEMASTER on Dec 08, 2005, 03:14 PM
 :tipup: Well she is locked up  ;D (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/himestyle/huntin.jpg) we were fishin on like 3-4 inches (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/himestyle/huntin049.jpg)  Me and a buddy went out for just a little while (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/himestyle/huntin046.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/himestyle/huntin047.jpg) boy it felt good to back out on the ice again  ;)  got alot of holes punched for the mornin ;D :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: thor94 on Dec 08, 2005, 03:24 PM
Nice!!!!  I'm soooooo going fishing this weekend!!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Caroga Kid on Dec 08, 2005, 03:32 PM
Get'R DoNe
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: camo_fish on Dec 08, 2005, 06:01 PM
awesome looking ice.  ;D  :-\ but still have to wait till next week, this week is booked.  :-\
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: PikerDude on Dec 11, 2005, 07:19 PM
Anyone make it out on the ice this weekend?
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 11, 2005, 08:52 PM
nope all the ice melted :(
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: bigredonice on Dec 11, 2005, 09:02 PM
my buddies from school were out there today...up to three inches of ice, but the fish did not cooperate at all for them.
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: coldbum on Dec 11, 2005, 09:52 PM
bite was very light
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: Robb on Dec 12, 2005, 06:47 AM
I got out with Ozzy, Upstate, Coldbum, Caroga kid and some others, and the fish were there but real finicky!! Caught 1 crappie 10 3/4" and one small gill, a bunch of dink perch, Ozzy caught a couple nice gills and so did Upstate. No pics though......

Robb :tipup:
Title: Re: Mayfield ice
Post by: ol crawdad on Dec 12, 2005, 08:08 AM
I got out with Ozzy, Upstate, Coldbum, Caroga kid and some others, and the fish were there but real finicky!! Caught 1 crappie 10 3/4" and one small gill, a bunch of dink perch, Ozzy caught a couple nice gills and so did Upstate. No pics though......

Robb :tipup:

Good job!!