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Seems to be a lot of guys unhappy with people fishing the lake. Doesn't surprise me always heard finger lakes folks were famous for their whine.
Question for the membership. My ICE55 and another guy's ICE35 fishing near me on Saturday were virtually useless below about 110 feet using tube jigs, etc, even when maxed out on gain. The Vex users mostly were able to see theirs. I didn't see anyone with a Marcum. I went back Sunday with an old Piranha 170 sonar and could see everything with no problem. Are the Birds depth limited, or what? In Canadice lake, at 90ft, I had no problems.
You would think the local boys would know how to get away from the crowds. I fished lakers all day Saturday. My buddy and I were all alone. Wasn't a person within a half mile. Public access too. I live hour and a half away and had absolutely no problems getting away from the crowds.
What happened to everybody having fun and catching dinner. There are no record fish in this lake so its a lake with plenty of good eating lakers. It is a great time to get in hard deep water catch your limit and enjoy. That was what this whole post was about and everybody is proving to me that if you enjoy something than don't say anything because somebody in this day and age cant fathom somebody else having fun. I have a good friend that got me into ice fishing so this year I was happy as hell to drag him out on the lake to fish for lakers. I literally dragged him out on his sled because he broke his leg. Isn't that what this is all about its the middle to the end of winter and everybody is stir crazy to get on some hard water and catch dinner???
First time ever ice fishing lakers for me, showed up a touch late, after some fumbling trying too figure this sport out, got in a groove, got 14 lakers too the hole,my buddy hippy nailed the same, my buddy Jason and his friend put a pile on the ice, 62 to be exact, crazy stuff man, it was a riot, i'll be back over this week with some friends.
Addicting isn't it!The key is to take it away...and I don't think there is a way to reel too fast, they always catch up.
they were kind of moody, marked probably 30 fish an hour, could only get them too chase 40-50 feet, then they would stop, think I picked a bad bite day.. making some adjustments and tieing jigs for round 2.
You only need three lures whit, whit, and white