Please welcome Eyoyo Underwater Fishing Cameras.https://amzn.to/3siEgXn
Y is thete even a dock at huddle bay beach unless I'm missing something it's not a boat launch I highly doubt boaters would dock there to walk into bolton seems like a useless dock to me
Its sad but true. U would figure with the number of people who fish there they would encourage the bussiness
I was told that that was a cartop launch, but don't know for sure.
I'm sure they would if everyone picked up their garbage and was respectful of land owners property.
Just like the guy who lives on the North edge of the Vet's access who's always trying to wipe out the ice with his ice eater.
I still don't understand , How and Why are these Bubblers / Ice eaters Legal? The lake doesn't belong to the people that are putting these infront of their camps or access spots. It doesn't make any sense to me, why arn't these people given Tickets? Someone please explain this to me!
Town of Bolton is very anti ice fisherman
It doesn't make any sense to me, why arn't these people given Tickets? Someone please explain this to me!
not saying i agree with the use of bubblers / ice eater... trust me i hate them but looking at it from the owner of the docks prospective would you rather pay for a bubbler or chance paying thousand for a new dock when the ice destroys it
Running an ice eater without a dock can only be for two reasons that I can think of. (1) Protect an expensive seawall which I can understand, or (2) to keep ice fishermen away from their property. Number 2 gets to be a problem when it expands way beyond their property frontage and it creates a danger for public access. I am amazed that someone has not drown by going through thin ice caused by an ice eater. A light coating of snow can disguise these spots. The only time I went through the ice was near a dock where an ice eater shut off, open water refroze, it snowed a couple of inches, and I stepped off 18 inches of ice on to less than an inch of ice. Went in over my head, Not fun. I got out fast, but that is way too cold!The best way to deal with these issues is to get organized and work with the various towns around the lake to get better relationships to keep the access that exists today. Ice fishermen bring a lot to the local economy. It only takes one bad apple to mess things up for everyone. People who leave trash all over the place, F-bomb everyone within earshot at 5 am while unloading their stuff, urinate in parking lots, etc. will guarantee that access will dry up. Use of ice eaters is just one of many issues facing ice fishermen and public access.
No baseless speculation here. The smaller waters are in fact getting hammered. I'll be relieved in many ways once George freezes up.
Ok I can take your word for it. I know you get out there. To be clear are you saying the hammering is based on seeing everyone crushing limits or purely based off of increased traffic?
Increased traffic mostly, but both. You know as well as anyone, it takes more than just dropping a line to catch- unless someone gives you the gps 40" hole. But thanks to social media, cell phones, navionics, etc. it's a lot easier to be able to just drop a line and start catching. Getting off topic and rambling a bit, there's a huge problem going on locally with poaching and selling to the bait shop in Whitehall from these small bodies. DEC is aware, but hard to catch them with limited resources. I won't get into it too much because this is the best thread in the NY forum, but it's an ongoing thing.
Last year I know one local lake that the crappies got pounded by people selling them..
I saw two separate forecasts today of a dramatic shift in the patter after the 27th or so Of course i am a Buffalo Bills fan so i need to remain an optomist at all times