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I was shocked to see the machines running around like there was 2 foot of ice yesterday. It's sketchy just walking.
Couldn't agree more!!!There are a few of us on here that keep saying the ice is inconsistent. Must be the folks out on machines know more than we do..... Or have a brass set the size of basketballs that they have found a way to tuck. 😁😁Either way, I'm not going out on anyone's machine right now, and still have my Spud in my hand for every single step. I'm leaving the ice dry and on foot every time I go out. However, I'm really glad there have not been any serious incidents on Sodus Bay this year.
I’m not sure how many people know what’s going on out at the bay this winter but it will continue to be like this for years to come if the county and state don’t repair the blow out in the levee and do something about the guy breaking the ice with his tug. These are not rare conditions, these are the conditions that will be until at least the levee is repaired. So if it’s not a place someone doesn’t know or is scared about then don’t fish there, on the other side I have been running a machine for a week with no issues. Maybe it’s called intelligence or maybe I looked and found my routes and feel comfortable on 5”+ of good ice on the way, I don’t feel like dragging a mile plus with my bad hip now that there is snow cover. I have found spots that are chewed up by the current/torrent from Newark down the channel. I will not be out there again until after the cold this weekend.If I am out and someone does need help with direction for safe ice or pulling gear and I have my machine I will always do my best help.Perchin
two weeks ago I saw more or less a straight line of broken ice across the bay just south of newark island over to eagle island. Is this what you were talking about the tug boat breaking ice? To clear a few things up. The rescue air boat came on the ice from Briscoe cove road near where I was fishing, ran the shore line up to about Thornton pt. Then across to south west side of eagle island to make the rescue sunday. Having said that the air boat did break some ice in the Briscoe cove area where the dock bubbles are. I'd stay away from that area for a while.
brad I agree with ya buddy ....walk and spud
If that’s how the air boat ran then they were prolly at the line of shove ice that ran from west of Thornton point all the way to the channel between Newark and eagle islands, which has had for most of the season a open pocket of water along the west side of eagle island I don’t know how big it was by any means I am not interested in a polar plunge. This is being caused by the extra current coming from the lake through the blown out section of Burm/levee/dyke near Leroy island, I believe. Some business owner has a tug this year docked at katlyns marina and has taken it to the lake and broke up all the ice on his way out a few times, I have not personally seen it but have seen videos and was told it’s been at least 3x so far so that is not helping anything. I can’t get to where I like to fish because I wouldn’t feel safe on the break ice. The bay is changing hands down.
Like I said early ice he may have taken the tug out but that thing is Locked it he isn't getting it out anytime soon. You also contradict your self one post I'm running my machine all over I hit know my path and feel safe to this post saying f I cant get to where I want cause I dont want to take the polar plunge. So if you can get to where you want because of being afraid of going in what makes you think that the ice you Te riding o is uniformed enough that you wont go I else where.
Ladies, ladies, ladies.....You are both beautiful!!!!!!
Fellow fishermen, Lets not squabble please. Let's remember why we have this site. First and foremost...to keep all of us safe and maybe a tip or two along the way. Shanty doesn't have the effect it once had. Less and less guys posting needed imformation. More squabbles and drama in the last few years. I recall getting hammered last season for posting accurate measured conditions last year not because my observations weren't accurate but because my post would bring more guys to Sodus and fish out all their perch or maybe plant a guy on their spot by chance. We are a unique brotherhood no doubt. Some braver or crazier then other without question.
I'm not worried about guys on my spot I'll set up right next 2 them and out fish them lol
I'm not worried either, if they are biting I will find and catch them. I have fished Sodus for years and have many productive spots. It's a big bay. I tend to give fellow fisherman their space and normally fish away from the crowd or shanty towns. I don't worry about fishing out Sodus or any other bay. 50 plus years of Experience tells me the perch population does cycle every few years but they are always there.
alfed I don't post conditions for two reasons one someone always says your a liar and two I don't want to be responsible for someone else safety ..... now posting is a war zone ......as far as riding machines on the ice , reports of sleds going threw are every where, I wouldn't be out there riding ....but if you want to , go right ahead I hear hell ain't half full yet ,i'm walking with a spud.... this site is ment for honest post ...and the brotherhood of fisherman but it's changing fast now we do most of the reporting in private messages for several reasons lurkers that watch the internet for a bite and people attacking .....another 7 weeks i'm flyfishing be careful out there my suggestion keep spudding good luck
Trap I hear what your saying and don't disagree. But I'm hell bent on bringing back Shanty to what it once was. I will post anyways. It's just my observations and try to be as accurate as I can. No my post aren't sanctioned by some government agency, and yes conditions can be different just a few yards away. Last year made me kinda gun shy about posting ,after long thoughts I decided. Screw the small minded people and try to help the average guy. Expand the knowledge base. I have posted this in different threads and maybe this one. None of us can claim we learned 100% all by our self. Most of us learned from somebody else, we weren't born experts and will never be experts. A small tip here, a small tip there made us successful . For those reasons I will continue to pay it back for those who paid it forward for me. "Your spud is your most important equipment on sketchy ice"
I feel the need for perch this weekend lol I've been out on the ice 2 times this season and not once on sodus. So hopefully klino will point me to the promised Land
Good luck with that he couldn't catch a fish at bass pros pond. LOL
Yeah should probably fish with his daughter, she catches em all