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New York => Ice Fishing New York => Topic started by: trebblehook on Dec 05, 2010, 05:53 PM
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Whats the best prediction for ice on Chautauqua? Any guesses?
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Jan. 3rd.
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thats a big lake, may take a while. but i don't know it too well
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if the weather stays cold, it should be about the week of x - mas, maybe the week after. there was plenty of ice and snow last year in January.
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If the snow stays off it might not be to much longer! Mayville is usually the first to freeze!!!!
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I'm hoping for Christmas week, I'll be down that way anyhow. The wife might not like it if it's that week though ;D
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Last year I was on Burtis Bay with 5" of ice on new years eve. It cold out tonight, just gotta stay cold ;D ;D ;D
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Lets hope its early! I fished Cuba Lake last year on Dec. 24. Had 3'' of clear black ice, and limited out on 11'' calicos.
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The key will be how much snow it gets after it starts to freeze. We would of had 20 inches last year if the snow hadn't caused the slushfest.
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Sooner the better I can't wake :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Last night and this morning I drove over the bridge and it is locked up from Bemus Bay to the outlet. If it stays cold and we don't get alot of snow the next few days, it is supposed to be a high of 17 on Mon and 18 on Tue, I wouldn't be surprised to see guys fishing in Burtis Bay mid week next week. I'm not in that much of a hurry, but after late muzzleloader season would be cool....
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Denny, let us know if you take a swim!
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Im excited to Ice Fish this year cause spring and summer or fall didnt have much luck :%$#!:and we usually do pretty well ice fishing = ] WALTERRRRR HERE I COME :thumbsup:
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Im excited to Ice Fish this year cause spring and summer or fall didnt have much luck :%$#!:and we usually do pretty well ice fishing = ] WALTERRRRR HERE I COME :thumbsup:
do you catch any walters on chautauqua i am trying for them this year any pointers would help
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Im a newbie too ..so i dont have many pointers sorry ...i usually call the bait shop see what people are catching and using :P and also when i caught my walleye it was at night time but good luck and stay warm ;)
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Hey guys keep me posted on the ice shape and If you see any guys out there
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Im a newbie too ..so i dont have many pointers sorry ...i usually call the bait shop see what people are catching and using :P and also when i caught my walleye it was at night time but good luck and stay warm ;)
Be careful with that bait shop advice. I find from them that the fish are always biting on what they are selling!!!! Cya....
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I need to get my post count up. I had to sign up as lovetoshoot because something was to messed up to get my other ID to work. So I'll chime in here on this topic of the bait shops. For ice conditions and basic fish reports the shops in the area do a great job. I have never felt pressured into buying what anyone else was using and the safety of true ice reports from the Happy Hooker are a bonus! Those folks are more interested in the safe return of all their customers than their own profit. I for one enjoy stopping there even after I'm done fishing. Dec.27th is looking like my first trip to the Happy Hooker. See you soon Brian and Lisa!
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I'm planning a mid winter road trip this season and Chautauqua is at the top of the list. Are there any motels/cabins on the lake where a person could just run the snowmobile from the motel to the lake? It would be nice to just hop on and ride out versus trailering it to the lake.
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webs is right along lake in good area and snowmobile access. Ice is on now! was there yesterday. not much snow on it because of wind.. temps have been below 17 for 2 days, ice should be good.
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+1 on the Happy Hooker, always treat me well.
I was just looking on reports page and 6-7 in was reported at Burtis. I'll be down that way for Christmas and looking to get out on the 27th....Game on ;D
Going to be nice to go from the woods straight to the ice!
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It would be nice if we could keep the "Who's Going and How's the Ice?"questions in here. It would be a shame if the Chautauqua Lake Reports and Conditions Thread got locked again because we couldn't follow a few simple rules.
Stay on top everyone........
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Did someone mention GAME ON !!! Will go around this week tapping some holes. Be safe out there everyone.
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would have tried mayville but I was alone. fished burtis water is very dirty slow fishing gonna get back at it in a few. Was hoping to find someone to come out and explore a bit but no takers. walked out to the end of the ice rink in mayville and the ice was definately getting thinner, but I bet with a brass set and a spud bar it would be fishable. maybe someone will come through and at least spot me while I check. I do not want to be alone while I check.
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would have tried mayville but I was alone. fished burtis water is very dirty slow fishing gonna get back at it in a few. Was hoping to find someone to come out and explore a bit but no takers. walked out to the end of the ice rink in mayville and the ice was definately getting thinner, but I bet with a brass set and a spud bar it would be fishable. maybe someone will come through and at least spot me while I check. I do not want to be alone while I check.
Marcus i cant fish till sunday the 26th. My good friend haus & I would like to meet you. If you dont find someone to go with ya by then let me know. My wife bought me a side image for the boat this year . I have a few spots marked on the GPS not to far from shore in mayville. I want to see if the fish are hanging there.
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Z-ray I am always down to fish and I see no reason the ice wont be good by then. Ended up in Burtis for the afternoon did alright bluegills couple crappies nice to be out there someone had a sled out there today.
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hey marcus ... havent seen ya post in a while ....looking forward to a few more trips out this year ... hope to see you and the guys some weekend ... got a fresh batch of radiator fluid bottled up ;)
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Mike let me know when you plan on coming down any weekend day or night I will be fishing .
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Hey marcus I am willing to go out and wander...where did you find the crappies on burtis?
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hard to pinpoint but inside the crowd not far off the main path. Other's were catching them in other areas also pretty sure it is all about the same in the entire area. Work calls during the week for me so I am sure by the time I can get back at it I wont be the first.
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Anyone getting crappies at night in Burtis?
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Sure am hoping to get back up home to get out on the ice of Chautauqua this year!
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mikey why wouldnt you? I hope to seee you on the ice again this year. Alot more fish to catch
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Was thinking of trying Burtis sunday never fished that end of the lake, would like to know if across from the community park lot if the lot across the street (lake side) is the access point to the lake do not want to be walking on private property.A heads up would be greatly appreciated thanks. Tight Lines :thumbsup:
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Yes, directly across the street is the access point.
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mikey why wouldnt you? I hope to seee you on the ice again this year. Alot more fish to catch
Marcus, I moved to Philadelphia in July. Lots of fishing down here, but just isn't the same as Chautauqua. I will be coming home at least once or twice to get on the ice...hopefully!
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Yes, directly across the street is the access point.
Thank You Tight Lines :thumbsup:
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mikey I sure hope you can get back here for a few ice trips make sure to let me know. Blaster you ready for a new year on the ice, hopefully it doesn't start like the last one ended :o I'll be down early am tomorrow.
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Will be sure to let you know, Marcus!
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Just walked out of Chautauqua Shores onto the lake. There are a couple huts and a couple bucket dwellers fishing off of the Bell Tower, also a couple huts off of Penergast Point. One of the huts looked to be fishing out towards the middle of the Lake. Conditions look great but I didn't drill any holes yet. I went out to retrieve 3 Bud long neck bottle that someone had thrown onto the ice :%$#!: :%$#!:. This really bothers me because this is an area where lots of people swim in the summer right around the docks! Grrrrrrrrrr
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Good job Dawg! It's ashame that we have to clean up after others!
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Was out on the north end this am. Ice was about 5". Few spooky spots where there are pressure cracks. Carfull out there, everyone.
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Was out on the north end this am. Ice was about 5". Few spooky spots where there are pressure cracks. Carfull out there, everyone.
... thanks for the scoop Travis -- I'll be makin' the first run at it Tommarow at sun-up ... basically making the rounds -- wet a line ... blow the Cobs out a little ... catch fish !
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Anyone headed there tomorrow I can't decide between burtis or mayville . i'll be by myself don't know if I want to chance mayville by myself
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be careful!!! over 40 degrees tmro! :)
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Please pick up your garbage at the bell tower, They didn't want to give us access at the end of last season.......If people leave garbage out there it is going to ruin it for the rest of us...................T hanks Everyone!!!!!
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Is parking still permitted at the bell tower this year???
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I believe at this moment it is, but if it gets abused again, with trash everywhere, then it may get shut down!
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It only takes a few to ruin it for everyone, you brought it take it home.....
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I fished mayville last night. Ice thickness varies from spot to spot. I cut threw 5 inches in one spot, but most places were still only 3-3.5" thick. There is a few pressure cracks to worry about as well. Fishing was better than average for perch and gills, but I think a little early for the real hot calico bite.
In regard to the bell tower: This is were I caught my biggest and best catches of perch last year and I hope it doesn't get taken away from us. Please gentlemen pick up your trash and any other debris you see laying around. I have also heard that the residents are concerned about ruts in the grass from people parking as well. So watch the tires when you are parking and leaving. The access is great at the bell tower and I don't want to see it ruined.
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Is parking still permitted at the bell tower this year???
Read my earlier post on this.
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Refer to ''Take The Pledge'' thread. We can all help our own cause!
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If I see PEOPLE leave without taking there Garbage with them Im gonna write down Liscense plates cause I asked the GAME WARDEN about it.... >:(
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I agree... DEC loves to write tickets like that and would have no problem taking those types of complaints. We need to preserve this area so i'm not forced to bring my wheeler every weekend. ;D
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Just wondered how things are holding up in Mayville. I guess if it was spotty last night it may be very spotty today. I'm always super careful this early but it may be getting to the point where its just not safe. Theres cold air behind all this rain which should make for some good ice in a couple days.
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mayville would be sketchy at best, why not go to lakewood? I am sure the ice is still fine there. I was at Long Point last night and the ice was 5" maybe a little more mostly clear, if I was fishing I would feel comfortable there.
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hey marcus. you think long point would be ok by sunday morning? just afraid of what the rain has done to it.
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the rain did deplete the ice everywhere some guys. use your own caution
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nelson that you. Well anyways if not. Just look out from maple to the right a little and you will see everyone. That is it. It is one of the deepest spots in the lake.
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Nelson is my cousin, He and I fished Maple Springs last season, caught lots of fish about 50 fow. several huts around us so I assume we were fishing the aquarium. Thanks
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that is right. We talking about nelson that lives in lockport?
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Yep, were cousins
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(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee54/captjjex/NelsonChataquaLake.jpg)Nelson
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that would be him. Heading out tm. Which means we will be hooking up next week to fish. You up for a night time crappie trip? More than welcome to tag along next week. Looking like a Thursday night right now unless my schedule changes
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Friday night would be better for me, Ill see what nelsons up to and get back to you
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Is this an online dating site where people don't know how to use the private message function?? Ice in mayville was fine last nite as long as you walked out on the snowmobile trail. Perch were annoyingly active till dark. Water was muddy on the south side of the trail. Very slow and lite nite bite. the ice should be awsome in a couple days if not too much snow. Strap on the hockey skates.
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Anyone heading to the lake tomorrow? I have the day off of work, and was hoping to get in some fishing time if the ice is still in decent shape.
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Where's the pictures of the Chautauqua lake JUMBO's??? I have read on the reports page of 11"-13" perch this year...
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i am trying to download a couple of pictures of 5 11-13" perch i caught at long point yesterday. they are definately out there this year. biggest for me last year was around 11" but that was rare. this year my brother and i (mostly him) have been getting alot more 10 " and above. good luck.
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Not to say your not telling the truth but everytime i hear someone on chautauque say they got a "Jumbo" they all look the same which is about 9 inches. Are these 11-13 inch fish really that length and hows the girth(fat guys)? When i hear jumbo i'm thinking of the quality and size of perch caught through the ice on lake erie which are like little walleye.
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Anyone picking up any walleye at the bell tower?
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these are definately not lake erie perch but i wouldnt eat anything out of that cesspool anyways. they are not overly wide but chautauqua has alot of smaller perch so getting some over 11" is a treat. like i said before, if i can figure out how to download with this darn camera, i will post pictures. i would love to see some huge perch be pulled out of chautauqua like we used to catch at lake simco in canada but it is still great fishing.
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Nothing in Chautauqua is ever going to compare to great lakes perch. Its like trying to compare the sand traps at Moon Brook CC with the dunes in the Gobi desert. Ever notice how a goldfish in a small fish bowl will stay small and one in a 50 gallon aquarium will get twice the size of the same species in the small bowl? There definitely are some "big" perch in Chautauqua. 12-13"...absolutely. Just have to find them. Will they ever stack up with Great Lakes perch?? NOpE! But as far as good eating fish that won't make you glow or your kids come out with webbed feet, come on down and fill a bucket up with 10 inchers from chuatauqua. There's plenty. Bring the wife and kids. Get your bait from the Happy Hooker, have a beer at Southern Tier Brewing Company, and have lunch at Tom's Tavern or Guppies. Just pick up your trash, tip your servers and/or bartenders, be safe and have fun.
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Nothing in Chautauqua is ever going to compare to great lakes perch. Its like trying to compare the sand traps at Moon Brook CC with the dunes in the Gobi desert. Ever notice how a goldfish in a small fish bowl will stay small and one in a 50 gallon aquarium will get twice the size of the same species in the small bowl? There definitely are some "big" perch in Chautauqua. 12-13"...absolutely. Just have to find them. Will they ever stack up with Great Lakes perch?? NOpE! But as far as good eating fish that won't make you glow or your kids come out with webbed feet, come on down and fill a bucket up with 10 inchers from chuatauqua. There's plenty. Bring the wife and kids. Get your bait from the Happy Hooker, have a beer at Southern Tier Brewing Company, and have lunch at Tom's Tavern or Guppies. Just pick up your trash, tip your servers and/or bartenders, be safe and have fun.
:thumbsup: Amen! Hats off to you Panamanica!!! :clap:
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Nothing in Chautauqua is ever going to compare to great lakes perch. Its like trying to compare the sand traps at Moon Brook CC with the dunes in the Gobi desert. Ever notice how a goldfish in a small fish bowl will stay small and one in a 50 gallon aquarium will get twice the size of the same species in the small bowl? There definitely are some "big" perch in Chautauqua. 12-13"...absolutely. Just have to find them. Will they ever stack up with Great Lakes perch?? NOpE! But as far as good eating fish that won't make you glow or your kids come out with webbed feet, come on down and fill a bucket up with 10 inchers from chuatauqua. There's plenty. Bring the wife and kids. Get your bait from the Happy Hooker, have a beer at Southern Tier Brewing Company, and have lunch at Tom's Tavern or Guppies. Just pick up your trash, tip your servers and/or bartenders, be safe and have fun.
Right On! :thumbsup: Tom's Tavern is great......love the popcorn and wings..
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I hear ya. Trust me no offense to chautauqua at all. Looking forward to hitting up the hardwater all weekend. Has anyone been out today? Wondering how the ice is looking toward longpoint way. And could anyone give any pointers on how to catch a crappie through the ice? I've been up and down that lake all last year... day and night and have never got a nibble. Not sure if they don't like minnows in the winter or what.
Guppies is a solid place for some grub and a beer at lunch time..ha
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Not to say your not telling the truth but everytime i hear someone on chautauque say they got a "Jumbo" they all look the same which is about 9 inches. Are these 11-13 inch fish really that length and hows the girth(fat guys)? When i hear jumbo i'm thinking of the quality and size of perch caught through the ice on lake erie which are like little walleye.
Sorry but when i went to lake erie I only caught perch the size of my middle finger I dont waste my time with that Lake We usually do 100 times better at Chautauqua...Which I have brought home Nice Walleyes from ;D where on Lake erie do you fish maybe its the spots we choose
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Go about 4 to 5 miles out of sturgeon point if you can get past the shove ice... Try to get to 50 to 60 ft. To bad its about a 5 day window every year and you risk your life everytime. Just wait with a wheeler for the old guys to go out and follow them. hahahah. But when your pulling buckets of fish from 13 to 16 inch range it seems worth it. I do better on chautauqua to but can't keep away from the lake erie jumbos when its safe enough, which didn't happen last year. Friends of mine tried to get out to the deep waters and almost went down with there bikes. Actually they got lucky to get um out after the back end broke thru. But enough lake erie talk
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I hear ya. Trust me no offense to chautauqua at all. Looking forward to hitting up the hardwater all weekend. Has anyone been out today? Wondering how the ice is looking toward longpoint way. And could anyone give any pointers on how to catch a crappie through the ice? I've been up and down that lake all last year... day and night and have never got a nibble. Not sure if they don't like minnows in the winter or what.
Guppies is a solid place for some grub and a beer at lunch time..ha
i've been trying to catch crappie too with no luck. yet i keep hearing people getting near limits.... i think it just may be another best kept secret along with walleye
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I,m heading out tonight, be there around 5:30 anyone going.......or at least a fresh mayville report, pm or post if you want to hook up "saftey in numbers"
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Report back if you can. I'll be out that way Friday night.
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Like anything, mostly the combination of specific locations at specific times is what results in limits of anything on the ice for. Figuring out those 2 factors takes individual effort. Most of this effort is being on the ice and moving around whether its hole to hole in the spot you chose that day or choosing where you go the next day. For those poor saps who have lots of family and/or employment obligations SOME ice time can be substituted by research or 'book learnin' if you will. "Fishing" for advice on these types of sites is part of that but there are other resources out there. Learn your target species' biology (spawning habits, food preference, seasonal habitat shifts, and native range). Much of this can be found in the publications and research section of you state parallel to the NYS DEC. Besides my awesome family and friends, magazines like the Conservationist (published by NYS DEC) and NY Fur, Fish, and Game helped me evolve into an avid sportsperson. I like the IShanty community as a general info site. Ice thickness reports this time of year, snow drift reports later in the year, and general reports on fish activity. Yeah as far as I know the ice is good at most accesses just stay wide for the creek mouths. I will never tell you the whole story of what I had on for bait, at what time, off what access, in how many feet of water when I caught a limit of whatever. And I hope that site never turns in to that. LEARNING is the fun part about being a sportsperson. So my little nugget for the budding crappie hunters are go lite on everything, move around, and talk to the folks with coleman lanterns, wool cloths, and hand augers not just the those with all sorts of wires and blinking lights around them.
Cheers
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COOOOL!!!! ;D
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wow! Didn't know ice fishing would be that difficult! ;D
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Hit the North East side today, with Chi, and Big Tom, sun-up till 3:00’sh … ice looks, and feels fine (3”-6”) all over, most black – might be time for a wheeler this weekend (or sooner) … snow started piling around noon’sh (maybe 2”), and more’s on it’s way --- caught a bunch’a perch (throw backs were real high, 3, 4 out’a 5) - but a couple did push 10”(measured) … generally most of the fish were like Mayville specials … DINK’rs … kept 100 +/-.
Didn’t move a lot, maybe should’a --- guess we got just’a little to comfy with the feet up on the buckets, in Big Tom's Clam Base Camp, with the heat on, watching the flasher, reeling, and sorting fish …
… good stuff !!! … just’a lot’a small perch !
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i've been trying to catch crappie too with no luck. yet i keep hearing people getting near limits.... i think it just may be another best kept secret along with walleye
Theres a certain time for crappie we didn't start catching them till around Feb. last year and grubs seem to be a good thing with the fly hooks set up ..also the spring time last year we paddled kayaks and canoes out and caught our limit Really fun realing them in one after another with tube jigs and bobbers out of a kayak ....Im not saying this year will be the same but i try to remember past years to try and figure these darn fish out ;) ...I have nothing for Walleyes cause I thinks its just Luck when I catch one :thumbsup:
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anybody know of a good color portable,hand held gps unit?
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anybody know of a good color portable,hand held gps unit?
if you start a new topic in the general page you will get a bigger response and will help you out more............
there are a few threads that are out there already that might help you out..........just use the search function.............. .
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Fishin is like pimpin it aint easy!
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Headin down sat night around midnight going to fish mayville if u want to meet up will have a frabill 2 man and a red eskimo hut stop by and say high going to try and target papermouths. pm me if u want to meet up the more the better
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A couple of questions guys. making plans fr the weekend. How much snow is on the ice? here in olean we have maybe 2inches.Also what time does the happy hooker open on weekends? thanks guys
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Just got off the ice. Prendergast has 6" of snow on 4" of black ice. Happy Hooker opens at 7am.
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any keepers offpendergras
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For those of you that fish in Dewittville Bay.. where can you park and walk out? Looks like it is all private in that area.
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This is killing me!! I'm seeing lots of shanties over by the Bell Tower, even a couple set up more South towards me at Chautauqua Shores, but I can't get past the shore ice! The creek just did to much damage after all that rain and I can't get on. Grrrrrr :'( I know if I could get past the first 5 ft I would be good to go. Might have to find and drag a plank down.
Enjoy it out there w/o me........
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what's wrong Dawg? the ice is good down at the institute just get on there ?
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marcus, did you mark any wllys?
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I have never seen so many huts at the Bell Tower, There has to be 30+. Lot's of people down by Pendergast too. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm still stuck on shore, but might make it out tomorrow, Monday for sure.
Marcus, I don't have any wheels right now. Chautauqua Shores park is in my backyard, so I like to fish here. A bit of a walk w/ gear to get over to Bell Tower for me.
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Just got a report from a friend out by Bell Tower. 12 perch all keepers, minnows on hali jigs out 30 F.O.W.....
had to split for a party. going down there next sunday...tight lines..Greg
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What size does he consider a keeper ? Everyone has their own definition. Thanks.
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Over 8" is my def. and he has fished with us before. Won't keep a dink. Sent me one pic of about 10". said by the time he left total was 16 n the bucket. Tried to convince him to drop them off at my house if he was to busy going to that party.....mmmmm, fish fry daddy.......Greg
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Thanks Greg
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No chatter? Hmmm....Don't know what that means...secrets? I can tell you the ice is setting up almost exactly like last year (about a week off on the timing). East side is getting deep snow/slush as of sunday. Some areas had decent main paths. The action seemed slow overall 1st half of the day in deep water. A little better on the other side in the evening. We are getting dumped on right now. Could be a tough drag after this one.
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I was out on Monday, tried dewittville, SLUSH and dangerous ice so we got out of there. Headed to Long Point, got some nice sized perch with steady action. Ice was about 7" with a bit of slush but not too bad. This snow storm we are getting now is gunna be hell for dragging and slush. Anyone finding and crappie? I dont need details just maybe a general whereabouts?
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Haven't been out since monday (before the last dumping). Crappie were not active where I was. Some nice night gill action and random nocturnal perch. The gills I've got after dark quite a bit but sizable perch in an area where you get mostly dinks during the day was an odd surprise. May try to his some deeper water on the east side at dusk tomorrow. See if the pressure drop turned the wallys on. Make sure to eat your wheaties if you plan on dragging anywhere this weekend.
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We need a good, deep low pressure storm with 50 kt. winds to blow that stuff off the lake. Its crazy how much snow is out there, no fun pulling any distance.
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Or some warm weather and/or rain. Otherwise it just piles up on the east side of the lake
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How bad would a guy get bashed if he brought a snowblower to make a trail, seriously thinking about it.
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take the snowblower, Ill be right behind you with my gear!!! ;D
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Not to sure how much the snowmobilers would like it, lol!
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How bad would a guy get bashed if he brought a snowblower to make a trail, seriously thinking about it.
… years back (80’s) when we fished Lake George / Champlain, or any of the Adirondack lakes – we’d plow the ice with whatever it took to get out there to the shanty (permanents) … 4WD’s, plow on wheelers – Snow Blowers … anything it took … those where the days when “mobile” Frabill, and Clams weren’t the standard … the shacks were there for the season ...
… we just might be lookin’ at one of those kind’a years … I’d say --- do it .. !
** BUILD IT --- and they will come !!! **
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We gonna vote on where to blow a trail seeing as there is a million possibilities?
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I think CB is right...one of those years. Last year got pretty tough too. I always wondered why there aren't hardly any permanent shanties on Chautauqua. When I was in the upper peninsula of MI they were all over any inland lake that was worth fishing. People would drag those things out miles from the public access with whatever they had. Once they're set they're set so the key was finding a productive spot. Me and couple buddies had one for a year. We didn't pick the best spot but we also ran a bunch of tipups in the neighborhood. It was just nice to have a spot to get in and warm up then go out and explore if the weather wasn't horrible. Ours was pretty solid with a good lock on the door so we could leave some gear in there and not have to haul it out every time.
Someone had one out on Mayville last year and it stayed out there most of the season. As far as I know its legal just nobody does it...yet.
I say whatever you have to make it easier on yourself to get out and fish. Go for it, the snowmobilers can slow down and go around.
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Made up my mind i'm going to try it. Can't make it down till sunday or monday. Might not work well with the slush and crap but it's worth a shot. What do u guys think about drilling some holes off to the side to flood the trail after its cleaned off so the ice builds up some?
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Go for it, the snowmobilers can slow down and go around.
i agree, just had an arguement with another person about the snowmobiles, he tried telling me we are all in the way, .. umm, its a lake last i checked, so if i anchored my boat, would i have to move for a jet ski? i dont think so ;D..... (i may have just started a rant, :whistle: oops)...... anyways, go for it with the snowblower :thumbsup: , worth a try
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Anyone been at mayville today? Wonder if ice is a little thicker or did the slush at least freeze up. Not worried to much about the snow depth
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we don't normally drill holes in the middle of their trails. They have a 20 mile long lake to ride on . At mayville, just show some respect and when they come on the ice with their snmbles, drive around the main pack, with a minimum of , say 150 feet, before they speed up to get to the next watering hole.Eventually, somebody will get hurt when they drive through the pack, especially at night. Not asking for much, just a safe distance so nobody gets hurt.
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Fished Mayville today, fish were very nice to me. Ice was about 5" every were i drilled. slush that's another story. not to bad in A.M. some spots over 8" deep going out in the afternoon.
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I'm on the snow thrower thing. Really. I'll go out of prendergast straight and come back on the same path. I figure if I tow the gas can behind me I wont run out in the middle. D-vill might see my
rath path maker also. It'll take me till next monday to get back out that way but it'll get done. I figure this idea will work better than the Nitro Pill Dispenser at every access point.
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I'm on the snow thrower thing. Really. I'll go out of prendergast straight and come back on the same path. I figure if I tow the gas can behind me I wont run out in the middle. D-vill might see my rath path maker also. It'll take me till next monday to get back out that way but it'll get done. I figure this idea will work better than the Nitro Pill Dispenser at every access point.
… two PLUS, thumbs up on that … !!!
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I'm thinking Long Point and maybe Vikings.
Mayville has the snowmobile trail.
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Ok, so I found out the snowblower thing aint gonna work! Don't waste your time. Would have worked last week not today.
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well, kudos to ya for trying :clap: :thumbsup:...... hopefully this really cold spell comin up this week will freeze all the junk on it and no one will have to worry about snowblowing
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I hope it freezes, I'm not to skinny and tend to walk on the ice and not the crust on top like the skinny guys do. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :) :) :)
Just to wet for the snowblower.
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thanks for trying :) I am one of those skinny guys, I break through once in a while all while watching my buddies tromp through every step, looks like it sucks. Fished the yesterday snow/slush not too bad until out towards the middle of the lake saw quads and snowmobiles out there yesterday . Fish are there just way too well fed to really b e "on" caught enough, but...
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was in mayville yesterday and saw a guy by the old steam boat with a snowblower looked like he tried to come down on to the ice but i stopped watching him. the drag out of the boat lot or the lot across from red apple isnt to bad in the snowmobile trails. just dont go out from that park next to the steam boat. Drag out of there sucked as i learned. The conditions didnt seem to keep people from having a good time there was a guy out there on the ice sunday puking his guts out while his buddies where laughin and giving him a good razzin
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Should have puked over a hole. Free chum! HAHAHAHA
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Maybe the puker did hit the hole. The fish at mayville were really off the bite today. The walk out was great compared to last week. I left at 2:00 and it had not rained all day.
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I was out at Mayville Tuesday and wednesday, drag was cake just stay on the flattened path...fishing was ok, few keepers after 100 dinks.
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Anyone picking up any crappie after dark in mayville?
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hit mayville after dark a couple of times. Didn't stay long. Total of 15 craps
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I was fishing Mayville on Thursday at first light I was able to see a lot of crappie on the camera screen. I threw everything at them but the kitchen sink without any luck. As you know this time of year they are mainly night feeders. I am planning on trying it one night next week will let you know how it goes.
SF
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how's the fishing in Mayville now? I'm headed out soon and would appreciate some info on conditions and catch on chautauqua lake.
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thinking of heading out 2 chataqua wends morning. anyone going to be fishing. im thinking either lp or pg
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hit mayville after dark a couple of times. Didn't stay long. Total of 15 craps
Did you fish mayville last year for crappies? If so how did you do?
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Almost December, snow is falling, and I've got hard water on the brain. Though I've been ice fishing over thirty years, and Chautauqua fishing over twenty, I have never ice fished this great lake. This will be my first time, and I just want to say thanks for all the info you guys have shared here. Especially when it comes to access, as I've only been around on a boat. I see there are many areas to ice fish that I normally don't hit from the boat, especially since I don't typically target pan fish in the summer. Though these past two years I've caught nice sized perch and bluegill, and I can't wait to find those thru the ice. Cannot wait, and hope to share more here. Great site!
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Hey, did Happy Hooker Bait shop close down? I heard some talk today at the creek about it...bummer if true.
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They're closed now, but are supposed to reopen in January
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Really glad to hear that :thumbsup:
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I stopped in at Happy Hooker and spoke with Brian who said they would be opening soon, at the latest, before ice season. Great to hear they will be back up soon.
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Wanted to start this to have a fresh thread for us. Lets keep that reports page clean...
Any predictions on first "safe" ice? I'm thinking 2nd week of January by the way the weather has been...
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Glad to have that confirmed. Now for that ice...
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My prediction is January 10th , it my first day of many vacation days for January thur. February
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FYI...
SOUTHTOWNS WALLEYE ASSOCIATION of WNY
Guest Speaker for the December 20th general membership meeting will be
Timothy Thomas, President NYS Ice Pro-Am Tournament Series
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE TOURNAMENT - Feb 16 & 17
http://www.nysiceproam.com/
5895 Southwestern Boulevard, Hamburg, NY 14075
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I would like to fish Chautaugua. Fished Chazy last year for the tounament wasn't impressed.
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Anyone up for a I.S. gathering on Chautauqua,I hope the lake lives up to its reputation for the N.Y.S. Pro/AM,I put alot of time and effort to make it happen,I sure hate to eat crow!
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we need ice before anything!
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10 day forecast is looking NICE....we're talking teens...bring the deep freeze!
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Hopefully the perch size increases this year. Seemed like a lot of dinks last year.
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It seems like 7-8" has always been the average size i catch there
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This past summer I caught a ton of slab sized bluegill, jigging for walleye. Lots of walleye too, most coming in just under legal. Seems a pretty good class is about to mature
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Last year I too did a lot of weeding through the dinks but got a fair amount of 8-12" perch as well, just had to work for em. Im hoping all those 'dinks' will have matured and are now nice sized eaters this year ;D
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Well the gills and craps are good sized...there are some good perch but def have to weed through..nothing like taking the kids to Chautauqua though...they catch em all day!
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Any ice on the lake yet?
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The Burtis Bay webcam shot looks pretty good...doesn't appear to be too much snow. Would love to see a couple huts tho...
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anyone have any news? or reports?
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As of yesterday the lower end was still open in the middle. The wind pushed alot of chunky ice to the Lakewood side. Its snowing now @ 8:30am Saturday so i cant see across the lake but it looks frozen shore to shore.
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any reasonable ice at miller bell tower yet ?
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Has anybody seen if Happy Hooker in Ashville reopened yet?
And, is there really 4 Chautauqua threads all going?!? Bring on the ice!
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any new information ice conditons raynors in westfield usually open during ice fishing i have stopped there on my way to chatauqua yea i like happy hooker great bait and fishing supplies and they usually have good information on fishing conditions ice etc etc good luck fishing be safe safety first remember
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How's the average size for perch in chataqua. I watch this guys vids on YouTube that fishes there and it seems like he gets some good ones
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been fishin chautauque the last 10 years average size for our group would be 8 to 9 1/2 some 10 but not alot lots of dinks . last year out twice nothing bigger than 8 inchers sort of wondering why they dont get bigger
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Is Chautauqua locked up yet?
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A lot of new snow on first ice. Be careful!! If anyone does find out, let us know. Thanks guys
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My guess as to why they don't get bigger is because there's too darn many. However, that is a very uneducated guess from a very uneducated guy.
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The numbers are in the gazillions. When walleye jigging in the summer with live bait, it is near impossible to bring it in without dinks swarming around. Not happy about all the snow. It didn't look so bad on the web cam
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I am going to stop down to Burtis this afternoon. I'll report back
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Burris bay has ice with 5 in of snow on top. Not sure how much ice because I didn't have an auger or bar with me. Didn't look like anyone else had checked yet. I'll probably wait til a few go out before me. Also I am not sure if it will make ice with that insulating layer of snow? I can't wait to be out there!!
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You wont be on northend for a few weeks out. all spots I checked on northend were open Friday. Drove by Burtis last night all locked up and seen some footprints going out...crazy.
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I had heard that Raynors in Westfield no longer was in business. Was that mis-information? Forcast looks good!
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I stop at raynor's all the time for steelhead info on the Chautauqua creek. Haven't been out since thanksgiving, but they were there then. When did you hear they were no longer in business?
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Anyone know what's happening at Chautauqua?? I'm hoping it'll have good ice in a couple weeks. The forecast seems to be looking good in mayville, just hope the ice isn't covered with a lot of insulating snow. Anyone know any ice thickness at all?? Cause I'm ready to fish!! Never got out last year cause the winter wasn't so good, and I definitley don't want it to be two straight years w/o fishing.
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Darrin, I was at bowling thursday night and one of my friends said there was swans on the water and most of it was still open . Try the Happy Hooker bait shop on chat. lake @ 716-763-5815 Brian an Lisa Green. I hope everything is well with you . [email protected]
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has anyone found out if they starting fishing burtis bay i think it may be next weekend hope to get on at mayville last year could not fish that end of lake fish a few times vikings midway and once at long point
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been fishin chautauque the last 10 years average size for our group would be 8 to 9 1/2 some 10 but not alot lots of dinks . last year out twice nothing bigger than 8 inchers sort of wondering why they dont get bigger
simply just too many of them
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everyone keeps the bigger ones and throws the small ones back. at that rate the more you get the more you will have. all stunted.
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Burtis is frozen with 2" of junk ice. There were about a dozen of us out there tonight. Moved around in 4-6' of water with small jigs and maggots. about a dozen dink perch and a couple small sunfish from about 2-5pm. Seems like the snow thats fallen lately has piled up down there. Just pack light and don't go any further north than the rod n gun club and you should be fine.
BTW NateG- Those were my tracks from either friday or sat walking out and stomping around. I only went out to less than waist deep water but yeah...I probably am crazy!
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I see the reports page was cleaned off, maybe it will just stay reports for a while. Looks like the weather will be good for more ice at Burtis. Should be a few of us out at Burtis next weekend, I'll be flying the Ice Shanty Flag...
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Yeah I forgot which page I was on. Its hard to tell sometimes bt the chaut. bs and reports. It was a long cold day. Good luck on burtis Creeker. If the wind keeps blowing in this direction and the snow keeps falling I'd suggest packing LITE. I will probably give something else a try this weekend. Maybe rent a cabin down at allegheny. Do some cc sking and sweep some stocker trout up.
Stay Safe
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I caught around 60 perch in open water on Thursday. Burtis was frozen then, with ice from the bridge to the south end. By Saturday, I would expect there to be at least 3 in. of ice on Burtis. The snow on the ice is not deep enough to insulate completely. Just keep your own weight in mind and dont venture too far out. The gills are waiting, but there isn't a bluegill worth a rescue or your own life
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...I probably am crazy!
+1
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Hey guys. New to hard water on chautauqua fished alot open water. Any info on where to target the good fish thru the ice would be appreciated. Coming down in like 2 wks i think.
Thanks
Evan
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Ps a good list of bait shops would be great
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burtis bay mid way vikings club ,long point state park and mayville you may want to call happy hooker bait tackle and hogon hunt bait store good luck fishing and be safe
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burtis bay mid way vikings club ,long point state park and mayville you may want to call happy hooker bait tackle and hogon hunt bait store good luck fishing and be safe
Thanks
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I am going to go down to the lake and poke around tomorrow , Burtis I bet will be ok. My question is where can i get waxies, spikes, or any other bait? I called hogan's they have rosies and shiners the hooker isn't opening until Saturday, and millers in Silver Creek has only emeralds. Anyone know of anywhere to get grubs? I plan on buying my normal year supply when available, but for now I'd be happy with a couple dozen.
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I will be headed to burtis in the a.m gonna stop at cassadega and check that out first.went to gander mountain earlier and got shiners but they said waxies,spikes,maggots,mousies etc.. will not be in till friday. Dicks sporting goods at walden galleria has wax worms picked up a 100 for around 4 bucks.will report ice conditions and fishing report tomorrow afternoon
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I live in cassadaga, be very careful the lake closest to 60 was wide open 2 days ago. The lake nearest Lily Dale has been locked up the longest, but these lakes freeze funny let me know what you find. If you make it to burtis I'll be the guy using a spud to make holes probably rolling solo. I am not in Buffalo so I will check lakewood wal-mart for my bait if they have none I will use my plastics and minnows that are available. Good luck and stay dry
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Why is the hooker closed til Saturday!?
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I think they have been closed for a while now the message on their phone says they reopen on Saturday the fifth, and then they will be open full and normal winter hours.
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When I stopped at Happy Hooker, Brian was remodeling, and getting ready for the season, place should be ready soon!
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I drove by there last weekend thought I seen a for sale sign..
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The hooker is for sale and has been for close to a year. Last I heard they wanted 140 for everything. Shop, house, pond, inventory...I hope if it does sell it remains a bait/tackle shop. Its a really nice chunk of property either way. I've tried to convince my wife to quit her job and work the shop if I bought it. She said we'd have to change the name!
Good luck with your grub hunt Marcus. I stocked up at grizzly garys on sat. I'm surprised hogans doesn't have any in yet
I'm going to give burtis another try after work tomrw or friday. Maybe stick around after dark if the wind isn't too bad.
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Did anyone fish Burtis today with any success? How thick is the ice? Were you able to get out to where the gills shooled up last year?
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Good thing for spell checks. I'll try that again. Did anyone fish Burtis today with any success? How thick is the ice? Were you able to get out far enough to where the bluegills schooled last season?
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I think the lack of quality ice last year has got me especially psyched up this year! Really can't wait. Good luck everybody.
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any ice we do have is going to gone by next week the temps are going up into the 40's,looks like i'm going to have to start traveling to ice fish
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I doubt a couple days with daytime highs (2-3 hours in winter max) near 40 will eat up the ice in Burtis , however the Gale winds blowing are going to eat up any of the ice in the north end today. I hit burtis at first light today no fish (I am still working with plastics though no waxies in the area it seems) only stayed for 2 hours, god damn windy out there. still about 3 " of ice , but a little more snow and some slush on top. Use a spud we found a spot where 1 whack went right through and people were beyond there yesterday. 10 feet off of launch at Long Point had 1.5-2" black ice but got thinner real fast not fishable. Checked some local waters one pond had 4.5" mixed black/white ice at shore and 20 feet away put the spud through with no force, very happy I had it with me. Be careful things change step by step. Gonna go out again when the winds let up.
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ahhh, looks like it may be a couple more weeks...Thanks for the info Marcus.
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Just got my bait order from Wholesale baits...heading to Burtis in the am.
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I'm sure you know what you are doing, but I was there and it seemed 'creepier' today than yesterday . I am gonna go in the morning for sure, treading light with my spud and ice picks.
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Just a FYI on bait. Millers in Silver Creek had spikes, and Lee Webers had grubs today. Good and lively!
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Be careful out there boys and girls.... That wind yesterday did us no favors.
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there a guy fishing on the burtis webcam! :)
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Has anyone checked mayvilles ice conditions?
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There are alot of guys fishing in the south end, I was alone and pressed for time so I didn't make it out to the group. I was finding 2-3" with some spots even a bit under 2". The slush on top is hardening which will make me feel better. I have not checked in Mayville, but I know most of the north is wide open with whitecaps. I am gonna try for some toothy critters much closer to home. Happy Hooker is open and has bait, just so you know.
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Packed at Burtis today, 25-30 huts/people.
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Was there today. Fishing was pretty much non existing till when we left at 2:00. Try again tomorrow afternoon. Black ice was only about 1 1/2 inches. Probably punched 80 holes and dropping the micro view down and never saw a fish. Nice to be out though.
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And what's up with that Burtis web cam? Lotta guys out there and you can't see most of em on that cam . Most people must be way to the right of what it shows?
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… must be the camera only takes a shot, every few hours (who knows how often) … the last shot, still showing now, as this is being posted – was 11:15 this morning!
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Heeeeeeeeey C to the Bisket.!!!!! Havent seen you in a while. Did you make it out today? If not why? We'll be out soon if the rain holds off next week..I can smell it!
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anybody got any reports on the condition at miller bell tower ? need info ASAP! i would greatly appreciate it ;D
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The tower cam shows the far right side of the bay.
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Still has open water at Mayville. Only 2 1/2" of ice near the little inlet.
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Web cam burtis shows 2 guys out there at 730 am today how thick is ice
Thanks
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still looking for that report on miller bell tower, anybody got info ? i old appreciate it , my 13 year old son is more eager to get out than i am , and keeps asking me when we will, im not afraid to bring him onto 3" of black with some frozen snow on top, so i would really appreciate any info on the miller bell tower , thanks guys. ??? and i hope the ice holds up this week , curse you mother nature :'(
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… must be the camera only takes a shot, every few hours (who knows how often) … the last shot, still showing now, as this is being posted – was 11:15 this morning!
Somtimes, if you hit the F5 key, it refreshes the web cam causing it to update its picture.
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still looking for that report on miller bell tower, anybody got info ? i old appreciate it , my 13 year old son is more eager to get out than i am , and keeps asking me when we will, im not afraid to bring him onto 3" of black with some frozen snow on top, so i would really appreciate any info on the miller bell tower , thanks guys. ??? and i hope the ice holds up this week , curse you mother nature :'(
i'm not thinking your gonna go fishing any time soon then ice is gonna get only worse with warm temps
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Somtimes, if you hit the F5 key, it refreshes the web cam causing it to update its picture.
... thanks -- it works!
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still looking for that report on miller bell tower, anybody got info ? i old appreciate it , my 13 year old son is more eager to get out than i am , and keeps asking me when we will, im not afraid to bring him onto 3" of black with some frozen snow on top, so i would really appreciate any info on the miller bell tower , thanks guys. ??? and i hope the ice holds up this week , curse you mother nature :'(
bell tower and north end are still open water. Gonna be lil while yet
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I fished a full day on Saturday. Kept moving around and drilling holes, but I did manage to bring home 22 bluegills and a couple of perch. The best bite was between 3:30 and 5:00. There are not many active gills right now and they seem to be very spotty. The smaller the teardrop, the better the bite. Perch are there also, but are very small. Ice was consistent at 3 inches all across Burtis. :)
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Fished Sunday morning until noon at Burtis. Went back to the spot where I picked up the majority of the gills on Saturday. Once again the bite was slow. Caught 11 gills and many small perch. The gill bite was very lite. Go tiny when it comes to the teardrops. As long as the ice holds, someone will eventually find a bigger school of fish. Hope to get on Maple Springs soon.
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with high winds tomorrow and next weeks warm temperatures will be disaster for the ice :(
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The Burtis webcam looked really bad today, it appeared to fall apart as the day went on. Just keep our fingers crossed.
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My friend who was in greenhurst, not fishing, said there were guys at Burtis all day. I am going down tomorrow morning sure hoping to fish.
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yeah this sucks! need a deep freeeezzzeeeeee
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The long range is looking good. Weekend will be tough, but next week...great. My waxies all went belly up, but the spikes are happy. At least I got on the creek today with the fly rod. Any fishing is a good day!
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Fished south end of the lake ice was nice 5" 3" of that black ice and the other 2 was rock hard, but white. nice day to be out tons of little perch 2 of us 150+ we took 40 home. I'll admit I wasn't too picky on size wanted a fish fry and I assume with the numbers we caught we are not gonna hurt the population of dinks in this lake. Probably gonna head down in the morning again got to get on the ice while the getting is good.
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Fished south end of the lake ice was nice 5" 3" of that black ice and the other 2 was rock hard, but white. nice day to be out tons of little perch 2 of us 150+ we took 40 home. I'll admit I wasn't too picky on size wanted a fish fry and I assume with the numbers we caught we are not gonna hurt the population of dinks in this lake. Probably gonna head down in the morning again got to get on the ice while the getting is good.
yum, perch are delicious no matter how big
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Fished south end of the lake ice was nice 5" 3" of that black ice and the other 2 was rock hard, but white. nice day to be out tons of little perch 2 of us 150+ we took 40 home. I'll admit I wasn't too picky on size wanted a fish fry and I assume with the numbers we caught we are not gonna hurt the population of dinks in this lake. Probably gonna head down in the morning again got to get on the ice while the getting is good.
Where did you access the ice?
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I'm in the process of renovating a house on Ashville Bay, been down there plenty during the cold snap earlier but never felt safe enough to get out.
I believe that the predicted cold snap immediately after this warm spell should bring us some good ice finally! Lord knows everyone is itching bad due to last years horrible warm season!
Stay safe guys!
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with temps falling tomorrow and hopefully staying cold,whats your guess when we can fish? I know alot depends on how much ice is left after this thaw.
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yum, perch are delicious no matter how big
yes they were ;D My kids almost ate it all before I finished cooking it though, they were actually upset I wasn't out yesterday catching us another fry. Be back at it Tues. or Wed I guess we'll see. I was gonna take a look with my mustang suit this morning , but the wife put a quick end to that thought.
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hey marcus once i finally get me a bucket of them Chat. ringbacks this year i hope LOL. how the best way to prepare them? any special recipe u prefer?
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yes they were ;D My kids almost ate it all before I finished cooking it though, they were actually upset I wasn't out yesterday catching us another fry. Be back at it Tues. or Wed I guess we'll see. I was gonna take a look with my mustang suit this morning , but the wife put a quick end to that thought.
lol, that's how it is with my family when im at my parents. I always end up cooking the fish and there are 10 people and it goes pretty quick. I basically have to put some on a plate for myself and tell my brothers that i will cut off their fingers if they touch my fish
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hey marcus once i finally get me a bucket of them Chat. ringbacks this year i hope LOL. how the best way to prepare them? any special recipe u prefer?
Dipped in egg and then rolled in Italian breadcrumbs is a great way to do them
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I skip the egg, but I like the Italian breadcrumbs and also some lemon pepper seasoning fried in oil or no crumbs in real butter...damn now I am hungry.
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same here man now i want some fried perch >:( >:( dang warm weather, oh well, cold is on its way then we shall get back after them
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I switched from the Italian bread crumb gig (with egg wash first) to using Bisquick about 3/4's of the time now - just mix as is says on the box, and add what ever spices desired in the batter (pepper, garlic powder, little cayenne pepper, dried parley) -- cook in 350+'sh deg. canola oil (use a high smoke point oil, and it's gotta be hot with a batter coating, or it becomes a nasty blob) -- really a decent change from the traditional crumb coating -- it's almost as good as using a deep fryer - and a lot easier than cleaning the deep fryer after -- I only brake-out the fryer for the big batches now -- it's a worth a try -- you can't hardly mess it up, as long as your Temps. high.!
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I switched from the Italian bread crumb gig (with egg wash first) to using Bisquick about 3/4's of the time now - just mix as is says on the box, and add what ever spices desired in the batter (pepper, garlic powder, little cayenne pepper, dried parley) -- cook in 350'sh deg. canola oil (use a high flash point oil, and it's gotta be hot with a batter coating, or it becomes a nasty blob) -- really a decent change from the traditional crumb coating -- it's almost as good as using a deep fryer - and a lot easier than cleaning the deep fryer after -- I only brake-out the fryer for the big batches now -- it's a worth a try -- you can't hardly mess it up, as long as your Temps. high.!
sounds really good man
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;) Well, if the ice won't cooperate, then you just have to revert to different methods. Decided to try Maple Springs yesterday from the shore. Parked the truck on the turn and waded the shoreline with my noodle rod. Red/Green tube jigs tipped with maggots and I found myself in perch heaven. I had to wade out waist deep and make long casts with a float to reach them. But it was worth it as I caught at least 150 perch in three hours. What was nice was that I bucketed a limit and there wasn't another fisherman in sight. The 60 degree temps made it nice. Throwbacks were from 8 inches down, and keepers up to 11 inches. Most of the keepers were in the 9 inch range. Now that it has cooled off again, we just have to pray for cold temperatures so the hard-water guys can get back in business.
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Nice! I thought about doing that as well but never went through with it. My 9.9 is getting worked on or I would have been out in the aluminum.
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im sorry but i think a tear just came out of my eye :'( ....A TEAR OF JOY. looks like i should get ready to be fishing by late next week .... supposed to be in the lower single digits from sunday to about thursday next week
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I roll in seasoned flour. Drench in seasoned egg wash. Then roll in crushed Saltine crackers seasoned of course and fry in crisco/oil mixture. Way better taste and texture than bread crumbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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good job at maple spring i ice fish midway vikings
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never fished maple springs. Is that where the amusment park is? been there with the kids . can you park there in the winter?
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Its been 5 yrs sense i was able to remember my good breading mix. I cant seem to figure out the mix of flour to crumbs. It pisses me off. Its the year im gonna figure it back out and write it down haha. But i have heard good things about the bisquik batter. I might go different and make a new one out of that
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never fished maple springs. Is that where the amusment park is? been there with the kids . can you park there in the winter?
The amusement park is actually right down the road at Midway. To fish maple springs you have to park on the highway and walk down. You can park at the Viking Club between the 2 as long as you stay on the end of the lot away from the club itself and you are right on the water.It is real nice of the club to let us park there we just need to obey thier wishes.
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thanks .midway thats right I forgot that.can you park at midway?
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No they usually run you off but the Viking club is right next to it on the lake.
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I never had an issue parking at Midway....definite issues parking at Maple Springs.
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Midway is considered, or is a state park now no problems parking there in the winter.
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:) Don't park where the signs are in Maple. Follow the street along the lake until you come to a sharp bend in the road. I park right there. Just make sure you are off the road. Then backtrack into Maple walking the shoreline south.
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???How much ice is left on Burtis. Has anyone checked this out?
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Yeah good question
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Web cam looked like someone was out in late afternoon...good sign
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what is the site to look at the cam of burtis?
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Chautauqua Lake Web Cam
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/towerclimber/1/show.html
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There usually isn't any safe ice (in my book 7" is safe) until early February or late January.
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The wind tonight is brutal here, long range I just saw looks great.
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There usually isn't any safe ice (in my book 7" is safe) until early February or late January.
Does your husband go out on less than 7" of ice?
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Does your husband go out on less than 7" of ice?
LMFAO Ya there is cautious then there is paranoid.
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i guess you can wait for the logging trucks to drive on the ice so that you know its safe. good luck and I credit you for your patience in your quest to find good ice. more room for us when theres only 4". let me know when your gear hits craigslist. Not interested in your tape measure though
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i guess you can wait for the logging trucks to drive on the ice so that you know its safe. good luck and I credit you for your patience in your quest to find good ice. more room for us when theres only 4". let me know when your gear hits craigslist. Not interested in your tape measure though
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I can see the Burtis webcam, but can anyone give a recent report as to whether any ice survived N of bridge in any part of Bemus bay after recent warm up? I know there was an inch or two in most of bay when I left New Yrs day... Interested in whether we'll be starting from scratch up there when cold comes back next week. Thanks. Was hoping to be able to walk out to weed line from Stow / Bemus area in next two weeks or so...
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When do think you will be able to go out fishing from long point
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I drove up the lake from lakewood to mayville yesterday. Open water from ~ashville/cheney crk to mayville and all the way across to hartfield. Weird to see seagulls floating around where you fished 10 days ago! I haven't been down to check out burtis but from what I can see of the web cam it may be worth a try tomrw. Depending on the wind I may check it out for the last couple hours of the day. Sure won't be no 7" tho!
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Been a couple years since I have seen more than 7" ... to each their own though. I managed to stay dry this week (had to work no chance to push it). I can tell you living right next to a lake (cassadaga), it was frozen coast to coast last week now it is almost totally open. Need the winds to chill if we are gonna get any chance to fish the deeps this year. Now that I am back to being a weekend warrior I will be out in the hurricane winds saturday, trying to line up a ride/partner for tomorrow evening right now, but looks like I will have to wait.
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I think it was 3 or 4 years ago there was about 7" at Longpoint, I remember sitting in the hut and hearing a pickup drive by,,,always weird for that on Chautauqua
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I was there it was 3 years ago it was weird seeing trucks go by.I am just hoping I will to be able to get out there this year
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I was there that day too.....you would never see my truck on the ice..... ??? :cookoo: :cookoo:
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I saw a green ranger on the ice at long point a few years ago, I pulled the front wheels of my subaru on the ice, but chickened out and walked instead. When I lived in NH I drove on the ice all the time.
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we were at the belltower one day like you guys said probably 3 or 4 years ago and just happen to look over and there was an F150 like 100 yards from us. hahahaha was funny because my buddies dad is always freaked about even a wheeler so we took some pictures and sent um on. Then next thing you know he took off straight down the middle of the lake in a blizzard. hahahaha Haven't seen that since
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Burtis still isn't looking that great. Drove by this afternoon but didn't get out on it. It may just be smooth but I don't like the look of it. Probably another rabbit hunting weekend.
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"Burtis still isn't looking that great. Drove by this afternoon but didn't get out on it. It may just be smooth but I don't like the look of it. Probably another rabbit hunting weekend"
You're killing me...hopefully by Tuesday
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Looks like fly fishing tomorrow, maybe if the wind dies down. Can't to head to Rinlander Wi next week. No problem driving on that ice.
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I stopped by long point tonight. It was dark but from what I saw by the lights of the marina it looks like the open water starts before the end of the point. To make matters worse the wind is blowing the open water right on to the what ice there is. The forcast looks very windy both sat. and sun. Early next week looks like it may start to make some ice in the bays on the north end. I'll stick with my weekend plan of chasing beagles and fishing open water.
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Tough to make ice with 3ft waves ! Just stopped at meadows rd in dewittville water up on the rd by the campers it will be awhile
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still crazy windy >:( , looks like a day to sight in the new firearms!!! ;D
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Met C-Biskety finally, at Thursday's Southtowns Walleye Association meeting. Great to finally meet ya, C-Bisket!
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... a "thank you much" hand shake goes out to doctari, for making the trip down to our club last week (Southtowns Walleye Association) - he gave a well delivered / and received talk on the proposed firearms/ammunition law changes by the government, along with relevant clarifications of what they might actually mean, to todays enthusiast.
- turns out the guy actually knows what he's talking about - go figure ;), HA !
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WOW is it snowing here...don't need this. Blew the driveway 2x since I got home from work. Do the weather gods hate us this year???
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Where are you getting the snow, I live less then a mile from Burtis and still have a couple of patches of grass in my yard. It is however 12 degrees and falling.
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Thats good news, snowing hard up here by Lake Erie shore.
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:)Anyone on the ice yet at Burtis? Should be making ice at a pretty good clip? Not much snow in the Kane area. Looks like Kinzua will be fishable real soon.
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Saw some foot prints, but they didn't go out too far. Looks to be pretty locked up from Burtis to Lakewood, but I'm betting its pretty thin. There's was a lot if open water on Friday.
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How is long point looking
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Burtis is not good yet, a friend of mine just took a swim checking it
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Good things come to those who wait,patience.Hopefully no one else has to take a swim just to be the first one out on the ice.
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Yes, that would be the purpose for posting. Stay safe guys
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Is there any good ice yet on Chautauqua yet?
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Guys, before asking about safe ice look up a post or two. NO safe ice yet. A guy went through at Burtis. I drove over to the lake and drove the loop. Saw where he went through at Burtis. No safe ice anywhere. period.
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Use your heads and stay safe. If you are that hungry for fish go to the store and buy some. THINK
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Is there any good ice yet on Chautauqua yet?
Mingya!
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"Mingya!"
Wow, have not heard that word since my first marriage...eeeek! ;D
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it had to be said!! ;D
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...how bout now...
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....now?
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....what about now....
;)
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Guys, before asking about safe ice look up a post or two. NO safe ice yet. A guy went through at Burtis. I drove over to the lake and drove the loop. Saw where he went through at Burtis. No safe ice anywhere. period.
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well said.
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BE SAFE
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Been watching the weather cam and have driven past Burtis Bay since the cold weather arrived.. Monday the foot prints was a Amish guy coming in with a auger in his hand and also noticed on Monday a large wet spot to the right of the boat ramp.. We have had a half to a foot of snow since so my best guess would be either the weekend or early next week. Patience or wear your life vest...
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I don't think I could do the life vest thing. If I questioned the safety, you could not get me out there, you can usually find open water if you gotta fish that bad.
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Weekend forcast looks good, next week, not so much...
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Yea the lil warm will help get rid of some of the snow then it gets cold locks all that up then it'll be Awsome ill bet ya
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Yea the lil warm will help get rid of some of the snow then it gets cold locks all that up then it'll be Awsome ill bet ya
i completely agree w ya. back in 2002 a similar pattern had us fishing on st pattys day. anyone else remember that? 60 degrees, sunburn and 18 inches on the small boat harbor....
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Ahh yes. Miss those days of fishing in flannel shirt, going hole to hole and feeling totally safe. Man I hope you're right and it happens again. Scary to think it's gone forever. Fingers crossed.
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Off to silver i go..FYI measured 3-5" at small boat harbor yesterday.
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Had to make the decision this morning, when you live dead center of the SBH or Chaut, i headed into the city. I talked to a guy fishing in Sunset Bay a few minutes ago, "his" report on Burtis was still not safe.
Don't know, he did smell of beer and cheap cheese ;D ;D ;D
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Did anyone fish on long point yet? If so how much ice is there?
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I just read from the happy hooker site that someone fell through at long point today.
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:( hope next weekend is a better looking :(
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watched a guy fall through at prendergast... be careful the ice changes step to step lots of people in mayville but the ice was scary and after seeing a guy go through already we decided to come home and regroup. Be smart my spud is keeping me dry wonder why so few carry them?
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Weird year...for sure
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Chautauqua has been odd this year. I think im going to wait until i hear more positive things until i make the drive and guess lol. I dont feel like taking a plunge. When its safe tho i bet the fish will be ON!
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I am new to Ice fishing, only been doing it for 2 yrs now. In the past when would Chautauqua typically be ready to ice fish?
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How do I view the reports and conditions?
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How do I view the reports and conditions?
When you get 5 posts you can read reports and conditions
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I am new to Ice fishing, only been doing it for 2 yrs now. In the past when would Chautauqua typically be ready to ice fish?
Always slightly different but two and three years ago we were fishing mayville before Christmas
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Fished Long Point over weekend. Saw a couple guys go through. Ice changes fast ice was from 2 inches in spots to 4 inches. Mostly white junk ice. Be safe.
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Anybody that fishes Chaut. on here using a vex FL-22 shoot me a pm...Thanks
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just need to vent went to pg on sat we were the first to spud out.some ice was 4inch some was 1to 2 inch we stayed on the 4 but was very careful there were some guys just walking around like there was 12"of ice just dont understand went to mayville on sunday 2" at best snowmobile came within 15ft of my hut this is just stupid wish game wardens would watch this stay on top ps someone said there was a good 4" on mayville i didnt see it
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anybody fishing mayville
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Man, didn't realize it was going to rain like this in Buffalo....Is it raining hard down that way?
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yes nate we had T-storms and a serious dumping most of the morning. It has mellowed a bit now.
dmc there were 20 or so people on mayville sunday, but after watching a guy fall in a PG my friend was a bit gun shy. The ice near shore (gone now I am sure) was very weak. Supposedly the ice thickened further out but , we decided to try smaller waters. I spudded right where the snowmobiles had gone over the night before and it took 1 half-ass whack with my spud to break through. It is raining and very warm right now I guess we'll see what happens , but even this optimist is planning on road-tripping if I need my ice fix this winter :'(
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Stopped by prendergast on way home today wasn't near as bad as i expected it to be by no means safe but expected to see mass damage creek wasn't raging and the shore ice was still intact if the winds they are calling for doesn't get under it we might just salvage some icetime with a cooldown and no snow alot of variables but we had the same weather this week last year and we still managed to fish superbowl sunday
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Rain and high winds.Pack it in,its over.
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We'll get back out. we have cold weather coming. I have seen weird stuff in my 50 years, just grab a 6 pack and wait, as our great Jimmy Griffin said!!!
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I hope the warm weather dont screw us up too bad. Last year was horrible and this year I have only made it out twice hoping the winters return here with the cold temps
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Do any of you local guys think we have a chance of fishing it this weekend ??? ( on ice that is )
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:)Fished Maple Springs and Burtis over the weekend. Maple provided a limit of 8-11 perch on Sunday in three hours. Ice was very iffy. 2 inches with a later of slushy water and then another 2 inches below that. The perch were in numbers with a mix of sizes. Their guts were filled with smelt of all sizes. Could only see 2 other fishermen in the distance off the point of Maple Springs. Good evening bite in Burtis on the gills during the last 45 minutes of light on Saturday. However, the bite was very very light and nearly nonexistent earlier in the day. Ended up with 21 keepers.
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>:( Might need chest waders to get to the "iffy" ice this weekend. This weather makes me sick!
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Hey floatafly. Would you out to check the ice for me on Friday to see if I can get on Saturday??
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Sorry Megellan I have to work.
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Whats the ice looking like?
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Anyone have an update on mayville at all?
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Burtis was 100% open water yesterday. Today there is slush floating around, but no ice to be found.
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should be water depth and wave height conditions ! :(
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new to ice shanty ! enjoy the site, bummin over no ice to drill
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Welcome to Iceshanty
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anyone else on here fishing the pro am at chautauqua? i havent fished it to long and dont foresee there being enough ice by the 16th. what do you think?
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Hope there is good ice by then...
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I drove around most of the lake. Didn't go out too far anywhere but all of it had SOME ice. An inch or two of decent ice near shore on Burt, may, and LP. Snow was not too bad on the south. looked worst at LP for snow. I realize it has been a scary couple of weeks. I'm somewhere on that fine line between anxiously cautious and a big $#* hurry to get back out. What a tease this winter has been! I may go poke around somewhere in the next couple days. I'll keep you posted (maybe).
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Definitely keep us posted on the ice situation down there! We need a solid 4" to go forward with the tournament - fingers crossed!! @)
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>:( Can't wait for the ice to come back on Chautauqua. I fished Lime Lake and Cuba Lake on Saturday. 2-3 inches on Lime in some areas, but the key bluegill/perch areas were too thin and even some open water. Cuba had 4 inches of black ice at the breast end and sketchy ice and open water on most of the lake. Once again the key panfish spots were not safe. I probably drilled 100 holes on the day, with very little to write home about. Beats sitting at home. Both lakes had discolored water from last weeks rain and meltdown. It's been a cold week, but we are getting later in the season. Longer days... etc. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Thanks everyone for the updates
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breaking out the aluminum boat!
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The 10 day forecast is looking iffy. It may just settle the snow down gradually. I'm hopping with you Timmy. I wouldn't expect more than 6" by next weekend. It may be tough for the pros and ams to get where they want to go off of mayville safely. Last winter was similar weather and Mayville had the worst ice on the lake. I'm gona go check a spot on the north side tmrw night. If it were up to me I would consider moving the starting location for the pro & am divisions to LP or PG. See what I find tmrw.
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I'm getting tired of sitting in the garage inside the hut drinking beer and listening to hockey. wait, nope, not tired of it yet, still would rather be on the ice. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Why is there reports of lots of guys on 4" of ice,another report of guys out for 3 days now,all on page1,someone has a bent tape measurer or reports are very unreliable on R&C board.I called Happy Hooker Sat. and Lisa said still open in N.central area and no one out.Hogans Hut said some guys came in for bait but doesn't have ice report.I find it very hard to fathom that guys are risking their lives for some stupid fish after the debacle before the last thaw.Be safe and use some common sense,thats something that seems to be lacking these days.
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I've been wondering the same thing, fishn-nik. i saw a post from today on another thread, "ice is good, 4". bring a rope". ummmm, ok. Oh well, guess people will tell us to "check it yourself" :-\
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A seasoned fisherman once said to me you wont know if you dont go so i would have to say toughen up buttercup and give it a try
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Tough to judge whether they are foolish when your judging the safety of the ice from your living room and they are on it.
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2 weeks ago before the last thaw was good ice too and everyone was falling in,just wondering how there is good ice with 6" of snow,aren't we supposed to put accurate reports up,just saying very conflicting reports.
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only way to tell is to go and see. people on the another lakes thread were talking about how 3 inches was lost from the warmup and not safe bla bla bla. then i go there and its close to 10 inches 1.5 miles or more out, machines everywhere, and hundreds of huts.
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Hi guys. Wondering if I can get a little help here. I haven't fished Chautauqua in almost 20 years. I have to take my 4 wheeler in to Hectors for some recall work some time and was thinking about hitting Burtis for the day while I wait for it to get done. I have been holding off untill there is enough ice but the reports board seem odd with so many conflicting reports. I am looking for info on where I can get bait close, how is the access, what I should use for bait, and what can I expect such as depth, fish species and how the fishing generally is. I know I am new to this board and I don't want to tie up your thread so please feel free to PM me with the info.
Thanks,
Meatball
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as bad as bait shops need to sell bait, they don't make a habit out of sending people out on bad ice. If you call Hogan's Hut, they are pretty honest and if they say come on down there is safe ice somewhere and can usually point you in the right direction. I have traveled there on some of these reports only to see people walking on 2 x 12s from the shore to the ice, open water, huts partially submerged where someone took a bath and left their stuff etc.. It sucks when the weather prevents solid ice, but the most accurate report is your own
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Will call Hogans Hut today and let you know
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was told by Hogans Hut the police were telling people to get off the ice this morning
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i'm not surprised. didnt believe it was 4" anyways. not with all that snow. don't understand why people gotta lie about conditions. lie about catching fish, not safety.
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Thanks for that accurate report sidge69!
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NO Go for chaut lake. im making the 3 hr drive out to oneida lake this weekend and if that isnt too good just guna head north...gota use the gear. long weekend good time for a vaca to the mountains
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Hey guys people are not lying there are areas you can fish safely for the past three days. Did it myself. You just can't walk out every where. The best way to check the ice is to take a spud, friend and a life vest. The ice on the lake varies greatly always does. If you want to fish the lake this weekend you can, with a little bit of driving and knowledge. Shore ice scares many away. First ice is wonderful and most find out about it too late.
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My friends are fishing parts of the lake which we deem safe, many may not. I will fish on 2" of ice even with snow on top, many will not and I do not blame them I spud every step . Just because there are people out there does not mean it is safe, I saw a guy fall in before the warm up and I bet this is the case for many of the folks who got wet, he did not once check the thickness, he saw us and assumed. I will be fishing on chatauqua lake tomorrow and will give the best report I can. BTW before the warm-up when there were many wet fisherman we were told by Hogans Hut the ice was safe in a few places I would not even have dared trying. I know it sucks coming from a distance , but this year you really need to look and decide for yourself what you consider safe. Meatball Burtis Bay is 4-6 fow weeds spikes and waxies on your favorite jigs will catch fish, Happy Hooker a few miles up the Western Shore (394) Lakewood side is an excellent baitshop that is well stocked and should have all you need.
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Heavy snow coming in late tomorrow,not good for already iffy ice.To go out on the ice after several reports of people falling through is a very bad decision.All reports are different and continue to be inconsistent and unfortunately i think people are just posting BS to stir up more icemaniacs to post updates.This BS has to stop or someone will fall through the ice and may not be lucky enough to get out.So lets keep it real.
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Heavy snow coming in late tomorrow,not good for already iffy ice.To go out on the ice after several reports of people falling through is a very bad decision.All reports are different and continue to be inconsistent and unfortunately i think people are just posting BS to stir up more icemaniacs to post updates.This BS has to stop or someone will fall through the ice and may not be lucky enough to get out.So lets keep it real.
The REAL fact is that lakes don't freeze like hockey rinks. On most lakes in this region the early ice conditions are very "inconsistent". There are places that people have been fishing for the last couple days. There are other places no one in their right mind would try to get on. All on one lake. Like Marcus said, if you're careful and have the right equipment you can get out and fish. Anyone who takes anything on this sight as gospel is an idiot. You still have to use common sense and check the ice as you move around. It doesn't hurt to make some real local friends who ice fish and will give you an honest report of the conditions. I'm too bitter to make new friends but I am susceptible to bribery!
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Those spud bars are priceless when the conditions are weird. I miss 2008!!!!
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Has anyone checked out any areas of Chautauqua Lake ice conditions ?
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There are plenty of people off the north side of long point. Some at Pendergast as of Thursday.
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anybody getting out off long pt or dewittville
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I ask this every year and never get an answer but can someone pm my how the ice is off bemus point I do not know this lake well enough to go anywhere else and always do decent there
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any of you guys try the deep water off of vikings or the bell tower?thanks if anyone cares to report on these areas.
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No one off Bemus Point today, at least this morning. Ice isn't great anywhere.
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Bumb.
Ice conditions?
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Soon as the wind slows, I'll be out... Gonna try dewittville and MS
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Went off of Pentergast Sunday. Ice was shotty, 2" to 3" of ok ice under slush. Caught a few doz. grass perch. Guys around Long Point and Bath House. Was told no one was down near Mayville and saw no one at Bemus.
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hows snow situation on the ice?
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any information on vikings or mayville are the fishing there ?
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:icefish: :icefish: derby on or off rescheduled?
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going over my notes temps and stuff... and it just hits me, what went wrong with the ice this year?
I mean, yeah I know snow and melts IS what went wrong this year.
but on the other hand.
isn't heavy lake effect snow happen every year (time) bitterly cold water comes over the lakes? and I kind of recall that Many years have midwinter warm snaps. its Not just an 00 thing. back to the 80's; mid winter warm snaps were the bane of this kids sled riding adventures.
Several years back when I first started to ice fishing (08?), I could barely drill through LP with over a foot of ice. What did that year have that this year didn't??
would we be on barely drillable ice if we haven't had the big melt the jan 30th?
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:icefish: :icefish: derby on or off rescheduled?
Canceled - Can't reschedule, as that would push the event into late March. So the next NYS IPA event for Chautauqua Lake will be next year.
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A look at the NOAA stats as to whether or not Lake Erie was locked up with ice or was open. When the lake is open we get more lake effect snow and the temps don't matter as much due to any ice formed will be covered by deep snow and rotted. If Erie is frozen over then the existing ice on Chautauqua gets a chance to thicken clear ice giving us a safer and longer season. No freeze Erie means no real season on Chautauqua.
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Chautauqua needs a good 5 inches of black ice before BEFORE we get the heavy snows. Otherwise the snow insulates the thin ice, and it doesn't thicken to a good solid safe base.
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does any body think the ice will be safe this wk end?
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Absolutely! Get out there. Great ice making weather tomorrow. I'd call happy hooker too and ask them. They love it.
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does any body think the ice will be safe this wk end?
depends on your definition of safe? friends are fishing right now, and for the first time since 2011 I am taking the kids out because I feel it is consistent enough, may not be too thick, but at least in the area I am fishing it is the same thickness throughout the area. My friends are saying the ice is about the same thickness as it was this past weekend minus the snow on top. Conditions are far from ideal, but good enough for me.
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thanks for the help man. im going to take the trip down. hopefuly i can get on the ice for the first time this season. thanks again
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Well, it took to February 13th to lock up the Chaut. report page, happens every year. Nobody ever learns...reports only! Jeez
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Checking Toms Point in AM with Hanger, and Chautauqua Lake Eddy. Only have till 9AM. Buddy ad 1 sub par keeper at LP, today.. managed to feed a pack of Hungry coy dogs a pile of perch..
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Checking Toms Point in AM with Hanger, and Chautauqua Lake Eddy. Only have till 9AM. Buddy ad 1 sub par keeper at LP, today.. managed to feed a pack of Hungry coy dogs a pile of perch..
what a sad waste of fish :'(
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any reports on mayville or vikings thinking about taking a run to vikings or mayville friday
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Well, it took to February 13th to lock up the Chaut. report page, happens every year. Nobody ever learns...reports only! Jeez
so what happens now? will they reopen it??
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A sad waste of fish sticks.lol..theres millions more where those came from adkroy.
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I know where you are coming from, adkroy. I am one of those guys that hates to see people just taking bucket after bucket of fish and then complaining when there aren't any. Especially if they are what you consider "throwing them away". Please understand this this is a very different matter. I have fished dozens of lakes in this area and have never seen the amount of small perch the are in chautauqua. This has been going on for several years. As as avid fisherman of that lake, I can tell you that other species have really suffered due to the sheer numbers of perch that have exploded. What pshooter is doing is both legal and a big help to the overall health of the lake. When I go there again this weekend, if I am once again swarmed by small perch, I will be taking my 50 small ones out of the lake as well.
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to bad they don't stock chautaqua like they do to oneida. i read a thing on oneida that they stock 50million walleye fry a year. crazy and doesn't even account for natural reproduction. Oneida is only 5 times the size of chautauqua to. I'd take 10 million fry. hahah need abundance of predators in that lake to thin them out.
another thing is of the thousands of perch myself and friends of caught... i've never caught or seen one that i would call a "jumbo". place like honeoye is a fraction of chautauqua and they have jumbos? just doesn't make sense
i'd love to hear from a DEC biologist on why.
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I know where you are coming from, adkroy. I am one of those guys that hates to see people just taking bucket after bucket of fish and then complaining when there aren't any. Especially if they are what you consider "throwing them away". Please understand this this is a very different matter. I have fished dozens of lakes in this area and have never seen the amount of small perch the are in chautauqua. This has been going on for several years. As as avid fisherman of that lake, I can tell you that other species have really suffered due to the sheer numbers of perch that have exploded. What pshooter is doing is both legal and a big help to the overall health of the lake. When I go there again this weekend, if I am once again swarmed by small perch, I will be taking my 50 small ones out of the lake as well.
Just to set the record straight, Pshter has not caught perch and left them on the ice for scavengers. If he did I would not be fishing with him.It was another fisherman who left them to waste and rot. I don't think a DEC Officer would like to see this done or I am sure whoever did it would be reading about it from his wallet.
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Anyone have an ice report for Burtis Bay? I got yelled at for asking on the reports and conditions page after I mentioned that there have been guys out there every day this week, just wasn't sure how much ice there was. I didn't mean to offend anyone, I am just trying to get out and do some fishing this weekend, but I don't want to be on iffy ice. Thanks!
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depends on your definition of safe? friends are fishing right now, and for the first time since 2011 I am taking the kids out because I feel it is consistent enough, may not be too thick, but at least in the area I am fishing it is the same thickness throughout the area. My friends are saying the ice is about the same thickness as it was this past weekend minus the snow on top. Conditions are far from ideal, but good enough for me.
Marcus - where you going out of? I would like an area of consistent ice to feel better with my kids also! Thanks, Duke
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they really ought to .. temporarily... allow unlimited harvesting of yellow perch.
after all, Isn't the PURPOSE of game limits to help us as fishermen be sustainable with the fishery?? well, the most "sustainable" action that could possibly happen with all these yellow perch is some massive kill, and preferably a heavy harvest (rather than some kind of disease that would dampen the fishery after numbers have been brought under control).
think of an aquarium, if somehow we don't deal with the overcrowding, some kind of disease is all but inevitable.
If you want an example, within this very waterway. think white perch. I remember when there was everywhere, now that some rot has set in their numbers have plummited.
besides, is there not lakes within NY that actually have unlimited creel limits of Perch? if not NY, somewhere regionally. I recalll reading about folks selling whole buckets of fish. This kind of pressure might be enough to move the needle on the problem.
unfortunately, with a sketchy ice year, I bet harvest is low. and just as likely winterkill will be nonexistant. NY Dec the really IS a problem- are you going to do something!?? (prolly not :'()
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what did they ever do before us humans came around and made everything perfect... bwahahahaha ,inevitable fish kill = mothernature at her finest,, thins the herd and stops the weak links from propagating. ;D
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parts of jefferson county are no limit on perch and those are jumbos. haha ya last year chaut had no real ice and i can't remember about the year before that so atleast 2 years of no winter kill off. To bad there wasn't a Chautauqua Lake Walleye Association. I'd join if my dues went to stocking eyes in the lake.
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to bad they don't stock chautaqua like they do to oneida. i read a thing on oneida that they stock 50million walleye fry a year. crazy and doesn't even account for natural reproduction. Oneida is only 5 times the size of chautauqua to. I'd take 10 million fry. hahah need abundance of predators in that lake to thin them out.
another thing is of the thousands of perch myself and friends of caught... i've never caught or seen one that i would call a "jumbo". place like honeoye is a fraction of chautauqua and they have jumbos? just doesn't make sense
i'd love to hear from a DEC biologist on why.
well said and a VERY good point. i know Walter is in there but maybe make a lesser creel limit for the eyes and stock fry for couple years to balance it out
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2012 they stocked chautauqua with 75,000 musky. not sure how many walleye but i know they do stock fingerlings. no clue if they are in there but some smelt wouldn't be bad either.
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My buddy Christopher keeps as many small perch as he can. He pickles them whole and we pick at them during hunting season. I'm not a big fan of the skin, but the flesh is superb. Not to mention battering and blanching the roe. Divine meal. If anyone has eaten Baluga Sturgeon caviar, then you know what I'm talking about. Liquified heaven that just eases down your throat.
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any ice reports for vikings or mayville was going on planning on friday but warm temp don't want to take that 70 mile ride and have unsafe ice heard that snow in the forcast 1 or 2 feet but may make a run out sunday
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Im affraid that fingerlings are what you need on your lake and they cost money to raise so guess what.The senecas have built a fingerling program on the river not real far you guys. Egg sack fry are wiped out by the hoards of perch. The squeakey wheel gets the grease or in this case the walleye fingerlings. ORGANIZE and get squeakey.
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Its hard to understand what yoy guys are actually saying abiut the perch on chaut. As a die hard walleye fisherman I can tell you that even when I'm out strictly for eyes, I catch perch. If its a size issue then stop fishing the perch daycares at mayville and ither well known places where there water is shallow and is safe fir tons of small perch. Big water equals bigger fish, plain and simple. As to the comment on reducing the creel limit for walleye, thst is crazy. Just a few yrs ago the creel was 5 15's, now its 3 18's. I've been hitting the lake hard for years and have only limited a handful of times. I have respect for any fisherman, but when you catch tons of fish, whether big or small and still complain, that's when I start to disagree. Its not like perch fisherman are in it for the fight of the fish, theyre in it for the meat. So stop complaining, put yout time in, find a new spot, and enjoy the fishing we have on the great lake of chaut.
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To my knowledge Chautauqua is stocked with fingerlings annually, the coastline is far too inhabited to sustain a walleye population without help.
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Eyesniper there is just so many of them and most are small. Me and the wife are headed down to help with the perch population in a few minutes.
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Marcus, I wish more perch fisherman had the attitude that you have. Just enjoying fishing for what it is and for the sport snd traditions. I just don't like to hear complaining and them not doing anything about it. Bottom line is small fish will grow to big fish, just gotta find those big ones. Believe me they exist.. As a die hard walleye fisherman I'm very familiar with disappointment, but my didappointment is not catching a single walleye in hrs of fishing. As opposed to perchers catching tons of small fish and being disappointed. Once again I applaud your attitude marcus and wish they all thought like you.
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botom line is this boys!they all fry up the same,whether they are 6 inches or 12 inches,if you know how to artfully work an electric filet knife you will get a filet off a 6 inch perch.bottom line!keep whatever size you want on the perch,it aint nobodys business but yours!!just dont go over the daily limit,which i think it should be 100 in that lake anyways.if you guys get out give me a shout,dying to get a bucket of perch sticks,the freezer is mt.
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i agree with this guy. i will filet them up if u guys dont want then. my kids eat them like they are candy... can anybody tell me how the ice conditions are? i would like to head down tomorrow and try to fill a bucket myself.
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I agree too. Ice is good most places, depends where you go though. Bring a spud bar just in case and spud out to where you wanna fish.
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be there in the am to weed out the little one yum bigfish :icefish:
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is there safe ice on pendergast or bell tower? Or just long point?
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If you chase smelt in the spring,then whats the difference,a 4" smelt or 2 4" perch fillets?
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I fished misway park the ice is goos there 2 layers but 8-10" total white and black hard and slick, it was snowing pretty good when we left to get lunch at Tom's had an excellent burger. Fishing was very fast but tiny perch up to 5" or so 24' 32' 12' 6' 9' it didnt matter the depth same results everywhere. ice is looking nice people all over. I would still suggest the spud bar especially near shore.
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Fished Midway yesterday 35 FOW Caught 45 perch & kept two at 9". Ice was fine although pressure crack behind us 1' wide w/no ice was covered with snow...Be careful!!
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We were at Midway too. Beautiful day for fishing but only 2 keepers! Some big pressure cracks around...
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2 more posts and you can access reports and conditions board and then you can post this there. Just reply to this twice and you're good to go. Thanks for the report and word of caution, yeah the ice sure has been busy making more ice the past cpl days
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??? ??? >:( >:( >:( ???to the weekend warrior fisherman in the black f250 with the silver rack that was parked in the far lot at.prendergast this morning i have the garbage that you dropped out b4 u left had to b u only other truck besides ours parked there its the little.things like that cause real sportsman to lose more and more access each season thumbs down for that kind of behavior :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :%$#!: :%$#!:
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Going out tommorrow AM to Long Point, going to see how everything is off the ramp straight out. Thursday may either go There (Long Point) or Midway super early and ride the bucket before setting up the ice cube (Gonna Jig for old Walleye) . To be honest Ive never caught a walleye before (Actually iced a Steelhead once, not here obviously)on Chautauqua. Two questions- one how are they about parking down at Midway (down by the water /lower area), and two for walleye where do you get the best hits on the walleye in the deep holes or closer to shore where the small feeder fish can get wedged between the land and the ice? I was gonna jig with a Jigging rap, a swedish pimple or a rattlespoon, tipped with a shiner head. Ive seen fellas sittin on the buckets with a lantern , I assume going for walleye. Ive done well here on perch, gills , crappies, but never caught that illustrious marble eye. hate to sound like such a novice, Ive got good gear, have fished the Big E for Slobs, but just havent gotten the W on the Big C. Any comments would be soley appreciated, I have gotten quite a education from so many of you, and I am very thankful for it. have a nice day- Brian
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Brian be willing to change up the lure/bait combo, I usually have a couple goto lures for eyes but this morning I had to go outside the box and caught a healthy one at 21" I have had no issues since midway became a state park parking is not too bad.
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Thanks for the advice...Just havin fun fishin but would like to be able to help others too....Gonna post twice so I can share my news...
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fished midway vikings was only able to get dinks small perch between 5 and 7 inch ice was like 7 inches white then finished the day at mayville same story small perch there was other guys getting some bluegills and lots of small perch too ice was about 4 or 5 inches of good ice lake is making some serious ice loud noises on the ice
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Went out of bell tower yesterday...what everybody else is saying...dinks...but lots of them. Ice seemed pretty good out to.fifty feet.. staying at webbs resort and was hopin to fish all day while wife and.kids hung at pool at webbs but water is disgusting and cold so I'm gonna entertain wife and kids during day and get out tonight around 5 and fish till whenever. Was gonna go out of mayville for crappie. Appreciate any advice or tips. Anyone lookin to go nitefishing send me a message. Thanks
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We have stayed at Webbs man many times and not once did we find the pool dirty.Did you let someone know about the problem? Mary Ann is a very nice person and I am sure if someone knew about it they would try and remedy the problem.Glad you had a great time otherwise.
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Whats the scoop? Why we on lock down? I heard a rumor that their bringing back the 15 " limit on Walleye on the lake, but dropping it to (2) anyone else hear that? We need to bump the perch quaota up to Unlimited, maybe put a bounty on those 5 inchers.
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Oh my goodness! What a weekend, especially Sunday. The wind was dynamic, and really made for some difficult times, but we pounded the snot out of the eyes that morning, and filled another bucket with larger perch. Finally got into the perch after some trial and error. Error being we were using too small of bait, trial meaning it took a few hours to get them honed in. I'm not sure how many more fish fries my friends and I can have. I swear Karl and Robert's ice armour suits are going to pop! LMAO! That evening we shared a few bottles of Wicked Wench Stout, battered the eyes in bluemoon/breadcrumbs and dipped them in some homemade horseradish and dill sauce. The night ended by the fireplace with Karl playing his 1967 stratocaster to Pink Floyd and we dozed off into a slumber. Had to work today.
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At ms now was greeted with seeing a gentleman relieving himself 30 yards from the road facing the houses and folk walking their dogs. Dont think i want to play with the 4 inch perch will head to the deep water. Keep it up boys
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Fished Mayville today on 4 inches of loud crackling ice.Caught around 20 dinks.It was great just getting out and fishing..
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Hi guys -
Looking at my 1st ice trip to Chautauqua on Wednesday. Planning on Long Point as access seems pretty straight forward and ice reports good. Is there a weedline at somepoint out from shore there and is there a way to get on near the bathhouse (if I decide to go to that side instead) or do you need to work your way out and around the point? I understand from reading many past posts that the perch are running small in most cases, but would love to have a shot at a walleye and I'm sure my 8 year old son is more than willing to pick through the small perch just for fun. Any tips appreciated.
Tight Lines and Hard Water
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What is the lastest to stay out fishing? Is it worth staying out past dark?
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depends on what u want to catch crappies and eyes will somtimes bite at night
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What is the lastest to stay out fishing? Is it worth staying out past dark?
Hour after dark for eyes. Bring a light and make sure you know your way in, be safe.
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My self and the wife were out a mayville today
iced over 40 perch between 8 - 4
kept 11-6" got home went to town with the knife added a little butter onion salt & pepper couldn't ask for a better taste to end the day
nothing left to do but wait till next weekend -planning to go out of long point
one more thing " thank you Chautauqua lake" your awesome !
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… fished the West Side today, 36’ – 42’ of water, major small perch issue again, never kept a one, caught an easy 100+ … ice is 5”, less than half black, smooth patchy crust, slick top, but stable (for now) – partner nabbed an eye right off (couldn’t get it to crack the line) … sunny high 20’s on the ice, +/- 10mph winds out of the south today.
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Fished Off Prendagrast today, bite was so so there on wax worms, caught fish, just none worth keeping( sorry 4-5 inchers dont cut it) I was there till 130, was the only one left in the parking lot. Everyone else seemed pretty discouraged due to the small perch program. I think im heading back to Mayville Thursday AM for Gills, figure at least they are good size. ICE was making noise all day, only bad thing was a monster crack on the one side of the launch ramp, there was standing water all along the crack that headed across the Lake going towards Midway Park area. When I got back to the ramp there was about 4-5 inches of water and a shelf near the ramp entrance. I had best luck with mimic minnows with a treble, and buckshot rattle spoon, all baited chandalier style. Sometimes the bites were so light they just robbed the bait. Hopefully ice holds up and doesnt get to sloppy after tommorrow. was thinking about jiggin for eyes on thursday am at midway before going to mayville. what time do you guys tend to like better for the eyes, like 4-6am or like 6-8pm? Anyways have a nice day.
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My self and the wife were out a mayville today
iced over 40 perch between 8 - 4
kept 11-6" got home went to town with the knife added a little butter onion salt & pepper couldn't ask for a better taste to end the day
nothing left to do but wait till next weekend -planning to go out of long point
one more thing " thank you Chautauqua lake" your awesome !
It doesn't get any better than that.
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how the ice chautauqua lake ?
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Fished off MS/Midway today away from the pack and had a great day. The weather was nice, the bite was consistent, and I was able to sort out 25 or so 8"+ from the few hundred that bit. The ice was 8" where I was, with 4 of that being clear, white on top...although with the temps the last few days, the white is decently hard. Walking out from MS, there was a pressure crack going acros the lake, which I crossed on my way out this morning, and it was about a 1 inch crack. The lake was really booming and popping today, a few times everything moved underneath. On my way off the ice today, it was 2-4 feet wide and open water...
I was buzzed by a snowmobiler by about 50 yards who was doing 60mph...that guy sure had some guts to be out on the lake.
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fished chatauqua lake again today mayville lots of small perch was able to get a few 8 and one 10 and caught my first gill on a jig and wax worm ended up with 3 gills fished by the same two guys they ended up with some nice big gills and two guys coming off the ice when i was getting on did good on the big gills in the am about 5 ices of ice and about 30 or so guys fishing today @at mayville good luck fishing & catch some fish heard that there was about 100 guys at burtis today
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Fished vikings sat pm & sun till 2:00pm dinks to many to count sat was great sun not so
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fished vikings monday dink city all small fish a few 7 maybe one or two 8
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Big Dynamite yes there is a road to the bathhouse side. Have not fished this year, but usually a good time with a lot of fish caught though small. Not sure there is any weedline. From reports the perch are getting smaller this year, and can`t really understand it. Over population, or over fishing???? Food for thought. Remember my friends getting some big perch on jigging rapala`s for walleye, when we were using small jigs with spikes for perch.
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I too wonder if the lake has been overfished, and we've culled out a lot of the big ones. Who knows..I'm not a marine biologist..but there are LOT of dinks!
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Thanks Dave -
Weather may encourage me to go somewhere to the east to avoid snow. Will have to see what they are calling for.
Tight Lines and Hard Water
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No snow as of yet. Lake is going to be slick. Bring your cleats.
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Well planning my trip down too Long Point on Friday afternoon to Saturday morning, unfortunately looks too be the only one to Chautauqua this short season. I will try to thin out the perch as best I can and hopefully a walleye or two. What I was going to try was a little nite time crappy fishing and was looking for any tips as to locations around LP for crappy. I usually fish off the peninsula, if I remember right the water is about 40 feet deep or so but I havent been down that way since the year before last so my memory might be fuzzy. This will be my first time trying for crappy on Chautauqua but a few years ago some old timers told me off the point was a good place to find crappy, is this still the case?
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gonna try the lake maybe sat what are you guys using for bait and where you getting them from? im coming from attica so there arent ant bait stores here..any help would be appreciated
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Mayville or burtis for Crappie is a better bet
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you can stopped by the happy hooker in lakewood or stop by hogan hut in stow if you are driving by westfield you can stop by raynor's
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If your going for crappie Mayville seems to be a good bet, Ive stayed overnight there, and have gotton some superb Crappie with my wife and daughter. Go out from the launch, to the left and go out till you line up with the little lighthouse and can see the neon signs from the bar/restaurant across the street. As far as lures and bait, mimic minnows or jig a whoppers (Flashy little spoons with a treble) laced with wax worms do the trick. Be prepared, there are some nice gills in there too. Im going out Thursday super early, was contemplating walleye at Midway, but Im not so sure Im that good to get one (never got one), and with ice being sketchy lately mayville is a square deal. Personally I dont even care what I catch, it usually tastes good with butter and onion rings. By the way, walleye guys, is Midway park, between 4am till sunup a advisable time to jig for the W?, I fished across from there Monday and that pressure crack honestly was a bit unnerving (the one going from Penda across). Oh well if your in Mayville On Thursday look for the Tundra tuff shanty with the pierogi cookin, Ill be present- brian
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It doesn't get any better than that.
Good times
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The question is how to get into the crappie with all the dink perch around
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The question is how to get into the crappie with all the dink perch around
after dark is a good start, not saying the perch won't hit after dark just usually a lot less of them. Brian I catch very few keeper sized walleyes, very few walleye actually, but latching into a good one will help you to realize why you keep trying. Midway is a decent place to start if you have electronics just move and jig until you see them on the screen then usually we switch baits/styles until we get one to hit . Without a flasher you can jig within a few feet of bottom for a few minutes before moving and changing baits. I get skunked quite often when after them, but the 1 or 2 I get here and there makes it worth while. Basically you'll never get your first if you dont give it a try. The crappie fishing gets better as the year progresses, so putting them off for a bit to focus on walleye isn't a bad idea.
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Thanks Marcus! I figure I will ride the bucket and in the words of Sarah Palin "Drill baby drill!!!" prob try each hole for a bit, change up presentations, and go for it. Honestly I cant wait for may to get my canoe out and cast/verticle jig for them after the season opens up,. Thanks again and have a good day!!!
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Friday is the last day for the happy hooker, so they may not have bait. Millers in Sunset has what you need.
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if your targeting walleye and don't have a flasher or sonar i wouldn't bother. I've never tried to target eyes in chautauqua but from my experience at oneida if you don't have one your wasting your time. im sure alot of guys with flashers would agree. I've caught alot of eyes this year in deep water (30ft +) and most were suspended way up or didn't hit my lure til it was less than 10ft below my hole. funny fishing that deep and when you hook up its only a couple cranks and in ur lap. just my .02 i have a vexilar but my buddy has a marcum and loves it. his was also $200 less than mine
on another note about the crappie. I know most guys say night time with lanteen but i don't see why you can't catch during the day suspended. I wish the lake froze earlier because i bet you can find them deep around belltower area suspended. we went to a lake thats predominately crappie this year and crushed um all day long suspended in deep water. can't see how it couldn't be the same at chautauqua since there are tons. they have to be somewhere close all day before they come into the shallows.
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I have had that same feeling about the crappie and aside from a straggler here an there, and one freak day on the mayville flats we have been unable to find them before dusk at least. I think they are there just not actively feeding or something. I agree kind of, with your statement about walleyes and flashers, but I have seen it done plenty , not by me I love my electronics, but by others. That trick you say about pulling fish off the bottom and havin them hit 10-15 ' off of the bottom is a common occurance on chatauqua and a flasher is extremely helpful for this . 10-15 years ago people were piling up the eyes and most were doing it without flashers, so it can be done. I ran into Brian at a store in fredonia this am on the way to work and he gave me the news about the shop, but he also said there may be someone willing to get into the business and open a shop in Mayville with the happy hooker's connections and help, I really hope this happens mayville is very close to home . I understand the reasoning for closing the shop wish I had the money or time to consider it , but I like to fish too much. Brian is pumped to be able to fish now though...hope he is bringing the bait ;D Hogan's Hut still has bait so we are still ok. I like miller's, but it is a bit out of the way going to chatauqua. Also I have seen the man in green a few times and the bait at miller's isn't "certified". Not getting into that discussion, but hearsay is those regulations will be loosened more for the 2013-2014 season.
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Im sure it can be done but someone wi th flasher will outfish without 99 percent of the time. I use to think you didnt need one til I bought one and really honed skills this year. All I know is im from buffalo and if I forgot my vex n I was going for wally id drive back to buffalo to get it and come back. Haha. Oldtimers who dont use got serious skills
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Im sure it can be done but someone wi th flasher will outfish without 99 percent of the time. I use to think you didnt need one til I bought one and really honed skills this year. All I know is im from buffalo and if I forgot my vex n I was going for wally id drive back to buffalo to get it and come back. Haha. Oldtimers who dont use got serious skills
I have turned around for the marcum. My friend helped me load up and assured me he grabbed it, well he hadn't and I made him turn around and get it. Luckily we were only 20 minutes from home . Got back home , sure enough it was on the front porch.
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Why is the Hooker closing? that was my "go to" when i fish Chautauqua!
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whats going on with the hooker closing?
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i'd think that a couple bad ice seasons in a row put the hurting on those local bait shops for sure. Atleast Hogans has gas, food, etc so its not dependant on fishermen. I was only in the happy hooker a few fimes but if i remember its just fishing supplies.
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I tried Long Point last night from 7pm-930pm in search of Crappie. We set up in about 10FOW on the weedline and got skunked. My normal spots for Crappie would have been hell in that wind last night so we tried something different. Now we know not to do that again, lol.
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Traffic court at 9:30 tomorrow then I will be down for the rest of the day and to fish into the night.. Not sure where to go..Fished out from the pier on the north side of LP last friday and didnt fair to well..
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thinking of hitting Mayville late afternoon and into the night tommorow. Has anybody been evening fishing at Mayville, and were there any good reports?
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Brian got a job in Buffalo last time I talked to her. She didn't want to run the place by herself and be away from him. They had it up for sale for year and a half but no one could come up with the money to buy it so they are closing for good. There is going to be an auction some time?
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Too bad about the Hooker, but if there might be a new shop in Mayville that would be great!
I'll be on the lake at sun up tomorrow, better get back to the hockey game!!!
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any one fish dewittville yet? seen two huts sun.
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Fished mayville Yesterday from 6:00-noon. First set up was in the weeds and produced only a few bites. Moved another 100 yards or so out, no weeds and had hundreds of iced fish. Most not being large enough even for the electric filet knife. It's fishing!!! I am curious of those who were out at the bell tower, deeper water, were you finding any success with larger perch. We had a really nice muskey hit a rapala in mayville yesterday as well, go it to the hole to successfully release it with out bringing it all the way out of the hole. That was a awesome treat caught on video.
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Fished the bell tower last weekend. Lots of small perch, but only 2 or 3 over 8" >:(. The only excitement was when a musky swam under the hole (probably eating the small perch tossed back in). Trying Midway this weekend, there has to be larger fish somewhere!
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Stopped in the Happy Hooker to say goodbye, they will be missed.
Picked up a few things just for old times sake.
Today is the last day. Sad to see another shop bite the dust.
Love this economy... :(
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Hey guys...
Just a couple ?'s. what do you think the reason for all of the dinks is? lack of fishing pressure? we went out on presidents day and kept a few. only one that was near 10". even the ones i kept were questionable on any other day. i mean a majority of them i could have swallowed whole! Sushi anyone? we tried going with bigger bait etc. and it helped but holy crap!
also i am headed out early tomorrow to hopefully get a walleye...is there anything special i should know? never tried for them before. deep, shallow etc? figured i would jig a bit and set up a couple tip ups.
thx and good luck out there.
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Hey guys...
Just a couple ?'s. what do you think the reason for all of the dinks is? lack of fishing pressure? we went out on presidents day and kept a few. only one that was near 10". even the ones i kept were questionable on any other day. i mean a majority of them i could have swallowed whole! Sushi anyone? we tried going with bigger bait etc. and it helped but holy crap!
also i am headed out early tomorrow to hopefully get a walleye...is there anything special i should know? never tried for them before. deep, shallow etc? figured i would jig a bit and set up a couple tip ups.
thx and good luck out there.
i personally think there's just too many of them plus there was no winter die off last year either since there was little to no ice. it would help if there were some more eye's in there feasting away..... don't mean i'm right but, it's just my simple opinion
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Stopped in to the hooker around 5:30 last night and saw a sign on the door that said they were closed. Brian saw me pull in and opened the door. Told me I was his last minnow sale and the doors were closed for good. Those minnows got me my first walleye through the ice, a nice 22" female, right before dark.
Good luck to Brian and Lisa, the hooker was a great shop.
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Just wanted to say to watch it out by the pressure crack at Long Point. Stepped across it and 1 leg went through up to the thigh. Heart hasn't pumped that hard in years!
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Thats scary! My friends were down there today I read this from other people posting and seen they cancelled their tournament. Those reasons made me go else were today.
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scary for sure. Most of the lake is holding some decent ice though chris, I have fished 3 different areas in the past few days and have not found less then 8" total ice. One spot was close to 10" and it wasn't "layered" it was solid top to bottom with about half being black/clear. Have seen another area that was 8" with a little gap then about 2", which I know doesn't really count as 10", but enough to feel comfortable. I assume you are ok I suspect this was the big crack that was a couple inches open one day then near a foot wide after the wind blew, probably froze that foot wide gap and then a llittle snow to cover the very thin new ice. I did not see it myself but my buddy fished the southern end of the lake, very long walk from burtis and said he had well over a foot of ice and very little snow on top. The ice is in good shape.The same guy also told me, I will be seeing them tomorrow, that they caught some true jumbo perch. When I see him I will get pictures before that I will not post what he told me for size . Be careful out there although I said the ice looks decent it is still a bit funky never really froze right. I felt fairly comfortable where I was with my daughter this morning, but I still used the spud when moving around...which wasn't needed much today ;D
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Fished all day saturday. Tried for walleye in morning and evening and no luck. It was great ice every place i stepped. Get out and fish. The perch have all been small. I kept 4 all day.The best part was a quick try at Mayville for some night fishing. I fished a few holes and caught some small gills. I was having trouble keeping my eyes open so I called it quits. On the way in I talked to a couple guys and offered them some bait. I wasn't half way home when I realized i left my bucket with perch on the ice. I was so tired I just kept going. The eyes are there, you just have to be in the right place and time.
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Anyone heading out in the am. Might have to fly solo and don't like being the lone sole
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FISHED MAYVILLE TODAY DINKS CITY MANAGE A FEW 9 SOME 8'S SOME 7 'S MOVE AROUND ALOT FISHED SHALLOWS 25 OR 30 GUYS WHERE OUT IN MAYVILLE TALKED TO THE AMISH KID AND SPOKE WITH HIS FATHER THEY SAID THEY LIMITE OUT ON THE GILLS I SAW WHAT THE KID HAD AND HE HAD SOME NICE GILLS
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Zad,
Are you with the BFD? If so, you were long gone by the time we discovered that you'd left your bucket behind. Thanks for the bait. Since I received the bait, my buddy, the PostMaster, stuck me with your perch and bucket. I still have the bucket in my garage. Nice meeting you Sat night.
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Thanks frabilkil. Good chatting with you too. Keep the bucket if you can use it.. Works great as a minnow bucket. I'll pick another one up this spring with the pool supplies. I was so tired by the time i left that I don't remember driving home! Did you or your buddy get out to the walleye grounds?
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hows the vickings this weekend? was at d'ville no eyes lots of dinks
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Zad,
We didn't stay too much longer after you left. No 'eyes. I'm batting .000 (0 for 5) on walleyes here. I still have the bait, aerated in my garage. PostMaster and I are going to try lower Chautauqua this evening for panfish. Thinking of poking around Long Point on Friday after my dental appointment. On Saturday I'm taking my son and 5 yr. old granddaughter out after her ballet class to fish. Planning on setting up my son's underwater camera to keep her interested. We're uncertain if we're going to try Chautauqua or ASP-Red House. It is contingent on ice/weather conditions. Best of luck.
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im from erie PA and i have to pay $70 for a licence and i only come up for ice fishing, and i'v got a 13 year old son whose an expert on ice fishing and he wont stop buggin' me about getting out very soon, you guys think miller bell tower is safe yet ? anything more than 3 " is fine. but anything less i wont take him out on. Really need a report on miller bell tower ice ASAP please ??? , next week looks great for building ice . hope it lasts.
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Not sure about the parking exactly this year but the ice is good there, bring a spud, but the ice will be well within your 3" standard. It is sloppy right now, but barely above freezing and supposed to get real cold again friday for a while should be no problems. I have been bringing my kids and I need more than 3" for them. The only reason I suggest a spud is if you read back on reports or this page you will see a guy found a weak spot would hate to see your kid find an open crack that will be hidden by snow by the weekend.
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Was going to head down to MM on Saturday and was wondering about the parking. I planned on going early AM. I mean early early AM. and was wondering if this will be a problem. Its been along time since I was last there. 15 years or so. If memory serves me correctly its private property. I dont want to ruin it by walking thru someones property at 3am. If someone could give me a heads up I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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any new reports from today on chautauqua
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MM is private, only a few people have permission to park. Thete were problems in the past so I don't suggest parking there. I know the people who have permissipn and they have worked hard to keep access permission. Your best bet is to park at dewittville and make the long walk or I know some people park on the side street.
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looking to hit the lake sunday with my son, do you think the ice will still be safe ? we're driving from no. ton. and don't want to use a tank of gas if the ice is not safe. will prob. start at mayville. thanx for any info.
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Ice at Mayville is good will be tons of people out there this weekend. Went out last night bluegills are easy to catch. No worries about the ice on the lake as long as you stay away from the creeks.
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I see our "reports" page is locked again...jeeze. Same ever year, a bunch of questions and no reports, and nobody wants to look a post or two above. Guy, BS here, report ONLY there!
See you ALL on the ice in the morning...
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anyone out at lp today? hows the drag ? might go out early sunday.
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any Mayville reports from today? Planning on taking my son out tmmrwto build some memories!
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Went out today. Alot of small perch. Good times for the kids!
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Monster musky out of MM this morning. great fight on 6lb test, couple quick picks, and away she went, the Flag up! we had another one on a tip up! Too cold and numb from the first one and my buddy ended up breaking it off.
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Fished Burtis from 7:30 to 10:30, VERY slow, only saw a few fish on the camera, moved up to Long Point, tons of perch, all in the 6-7" range. Ice great, drag VERY easy,
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Fished mayville today-lots of dink perch. Kept 8 perch and 5 gills-ice was 8-10". Lost a big Muskie at the hole also my cell phone . The drag was easy. Guess I'll drag myself to the Verizon Store tommorow!
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what size perch and gills and what did you catch them on ? good luck fishing
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Anyone have any luck with the perch today?
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little ones at LP for me and my daughter today. Little ones in Maple Springs yesterday.
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fished mayville from 6:45 a.m to about noon today, caught at least 150 perch , got one 11 incher , had about 10 good keepers, seen three muskie in the camera , i only fish walleye and perch , so seeing those muskie were pretty cool , one of them covered the whole camera screen. good ice, about 5 " of black ice with about 2 " of snow ice on top of that, pretty easy dragging . happy i got out at least ! :tipup:
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Any one out on main lake? Prendergast Bell tower. Hows the ice?
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icefishing freak, did you have your son with you ? i think i talked to you on your way out. i had my 20 yr old son with me. we fished mayville from 12ish til about 5. lots of little perch. caught a 12 and an 18 inch bass. the bigger one was a trip on 2lb test line. had to have my son lip him for me. came home with 20 something big bluegill. got pretty windy and snowy later. good day out with my son though, he gets busy with work and school, and is being deployed to kawait this july with the air force so i'll take all the time with him i can right now !!!!
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by the way, everything on spikes. nothing on emeralds or rosies.
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I hope I can make it there this year. Live about 2hrs away makes it tough to get there. I've heard good things about it there. Hope it stays cold a little bit longer. Not ready to stop yet.
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Went to Mayville on Saturday. Got some very nice gills just before dark on spikes, action was non-stop. Fished until about 11pm and only got 3 Crappies after dark. Ice was solid. Very nice day on the ice!
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heading down tomorrow thinking either lp or pendergrast. hows the ice in these areas
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Chaut reports... ;D ;D ;D
Hit Mayville (7.5 fow) this morning. Windy and cold, Ice was great, drag was easy.
Lots of dinks, but landed and keep 8 perch at the 10" range. Always a welcome suprise! Kept a few palm sized gills too.
Great day on the ice.
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Has anyone fished the Bell Tower lately?
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hit 36 ft off pendergast .. drag wasnt bad plenty of ice ,,, DINKVILLE !!!!!!!!!!!!
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anymore reports from today in mayville i hope i can hook into those musky or a musky and get some big perch and gills good luck fishing
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Be careful,muskies are out of season so its best not for to try for them,never know who's watching.
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;) Fished Kinzua 6 days over the past three weeks. Limits of walleyes for the first two weeks, but seems to be slowing down lately. Biggest eye was 22 inches. Also caught 26 jumbo perch, 4 pike over 26 inches, 1 channel cat, and a couple of crappies. Ice is very good (6+ inches of hard ice). Find the structure and key depth changes.
Fished at least 4 days at Chautauqua from Burtis to Mayville. Nice perch in certain spots (just need to find them). Limits on jumbo gills on a couple of those days. Crappies are spotty, but they are biting when you find them.
It's been a wonderful ice season between these two lakes. Freezer is filling up fast.
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;) Fished Kinzua 6 days over the past three weeks. Limits of walleyes for the first two weeks, but seems to be slowing down lately. Biggest eye was 22 inches. Also caught 26 jumbo perch, 4 pike over 26 inches, 1 channel cat, and a couple of crappies. Ice is very good (6+ inches of hard ice). Find the structure and key depth changes.
Fished at least 4 days at Chautauqua from Burtis to Mayville. Nice perch in certain spots (just need to find them). Limits on jumbo gills on a couple of those days. Crappies are spotty, but they are biting when you find them.
It's been a wonderful ice season between these two lakes. Freezer is filling up fast.
Where do you access the ice at Kinzua? I've always wanted to try it just didn't know where.
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My friend Thomas and I fished yesterday from 6am till dark. We packed a nice healthy lunch. We started the day limiting out on eyes, and then moved into perch grounds. Caught fish, between the two of us, in upwards of 300+. We through back 3/4 of them and maxed out a few 5 gallon buckets with 9+ inchers. The best day yet on Chautauqua. Although tired at the end of the day, we made a fabulous meal together. With panko-lime crusted walleye filets fried in bacon grease, perch dipped in tequila batter served with homemade horseradish relish and a side of italian roasted potatos. Thomas was funny. His belly was so full he popped a button on his trousers and sewed it back on with some homemade catgut.
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You can access it in many areas. Best walleye fishing is out of willow bay at the northern end of PA or north of that if you have a reservation license. Sugar Bay is also another good area for walleyes (early ice), along with northerns and perch. Primarily all tip-up fishing.
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You can access it in many areas. Best walleye fishing is out of willow bay at the northern end of PA or north of that if you have a reservation license. Sugar Bay is also another good area for walleyes (early ice), along with northerns and perch. Primarily all tip-up fishing.
where did you fish out of ? Pendergast, mayville?
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hoping to get out this weekend on Chautauqua if the ice holds up for some last day walleye fishin, need to know where they'v been biting. would really appreciate it ASAP. thanks !
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Went out today at Mayville, ice was 7-10inches everywhere. Lots of dinks but I did manage to get a couple nice perch and gills, all on jigs tipped with spikes. I fished from 3ft to 15 ft, seemed fish were more active deeper earlier in the day and as the day progressed I moved a lot and the bite got shallow. I hope this helps anyone heading out next couple of days.
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I like the sound of the panko lime walleyes, yummy
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First one on the ice at Mayville this morning...lots of dinks in the first set of holes...moved 50 yrds and started getting bigger gills. Ended up with 40 gills, 2 calies, and 2 perch. Caught 3 largemouths also. With the camera, it was easier to pick and choose, and also noticed that downsizing to a very tiny horizontal jig made a big difference. Tipped with wax worm or perch eyes. Saw 1 musky too.
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i need to know where there hittin
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fished mayville had one of my best days on the ice manage a few 10 some 9 lots 8's and lots of 7's talked to this other guy and he was catching lots of undersize crappies and manage of few keepers and some nice bluegills too about 20 guys out on the ice and lots of snowmoblies too a guy was flying a small plane and landing of the ice and taking off about 3 times pretty cool to see that great day lots of sun and blue skies and no wind
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Any suggestions of where to go for a first timer to Chautauqua? coming from the east on I86 heading west. Looking for pan fish(gills,perch&crappie). It's a 2 hr drive so i wanna make most of my time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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burtis bay, mid way park vikings club , mayville ,and long point are all good places to fish perch gills and crappies calies calico's you can stop at hogan hut bait shop and skip the guy that run the bait shop can tell you where to fish or give him a call at hogan hut in stow new york
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Not asking for spot on spot, where have you been fishing out of ? Want to head out monday for some eyes. Was planning on starting around pendergast.
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Not asking for spot on spot, where have you been fishing out of ? Want to head out monday for some eyes. Was planning on starting around pendergast.
They have been getting a few at Mission Meadows. You park at the Viking Club and go out to your right. There will be others out there. Best at night or dawn and dusk. A few at Long Point also.
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prendergrast point take a hard right off the launch into whitney bay of the end off creek 25-28 feet at dusk lotta people walking off snug harbor road turns into a city at dusk saw a 26+ incher caught last night buddy caught a fat 17 1/2" lotta small perch good 8-10" inches off ice, couple of sleds and a four wheeler out
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what is ice condition at pendergast
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Ice is good. Lts of sleds and 4 wheelers. 8 - 10 inches.
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prendergrast point take a hard right off the launch into whitney bay of the end off creek 25-28 feet at dusk lotta people walking off snug harbor road turns into a city at dusk saw a 26+ incher caught last night buddy caught a fat 17 1/2" lotta small perch good 8-10" inches off ice, couple of sleds and a four wheeler out
Wow ! Thanks for the info !!!! That was where i was going to start my target monday morning....... Thanks again !
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How's the ice?
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whats with all the little perch's? kill'em all boys . this is not good for lake.
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they should have perch tourney at chautauqua instead of that other tourney they were gona have. heaviest 50 perch limit wins. ha
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should be no limit on them.
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For sure
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Been doing my part, fingers all cut up from filleting the little *****s . Took a break from the chatauqua dink factory and hit some smaller waters and came home with a fish fry or two and didn't need a 55 gallon drum full to make the meals. Gonna try and hit the eyes while the ice is still there and at it's best conditions this weekend. It really shouldn't be hard to find where they are hitting, predictable areas this time of year, and there is usually a shanty city set up. Good luck. Been hearing lots of people hooking up with musky, I have a question about that, if I tie into a big one can I take a quick pic? or do I have to release without removing it from the water? I have absolutely no interest in taking any home just wondering if it is legal to gently remove it and take a pic?
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I have been calling the DEC office on questions, they have been very friendly and can give the right info too...
Like the 1 or 3 points on Mepps or spinners in Lake Erie tribs
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What will you catch next year if you kill all the small perch? I think most perch aren't born 9" or bigger. Pretty much common sense.
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I thought maybe it was overfishing, but now I think over population. With my aqua vue I saw at least a dozen perch on my lure every time I dropped it down. The north side of the lake has 13 inches of ice between maple springs, and mission meadows. I was not expecting that.
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Anyone have any info on Belltower area,haven't seen any reports in that area ,anyone fishing there?
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need info on the miller bell tower waters ASAP , thanks !
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The days i have fished the north end this year i have only seen a handfull of people, or nobody out at the bell tower.
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On saturday last week there was a shanty town set up off the bell tower I cannot give a fishing report as I have not launched there this year, but everywhere I have been has had between 8-14" lots of it white ice, but still pretty solid. You will be fine there this weekend after the 60 degrees they are predicting sunday watch the shoreline until it gets cold again monday night-tuesday. Beemer the numbers are ridiculous if there are 1000 5-7" for every good one out there, which size group gets the food? Constant competition for the resources and the numbers are winning over quality.
I am not a biologist by any stretch, but there seem to be far too many perch in this lake.
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Southtown walleye org shld donate to hachery to stock more walleye ;D. I pay my yearly dues. Might have to go to a meeting and bring it up. More predators needed. Wish it was a better fishery. I drive to oneida every weekend for walters n lale erie jumbos.
Everytime I see someone say they caught a 12 in perch outa chaut I have to laugh. Out of the 1000s me n friends caight ive never seen a perch that big or close to it
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I have seen a few at or above 12" and they look like monsters on that lake. I have caught thousands easily and my biggest out there is still 11 1/2 , but I have seen others with some true jumbos...very few and far between though
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I caught a 12 1/2 "perch last weekend at Chautauqua.I've been fishing their for over 10years and this is the largest that I've see in that lake.I took a picture of it with a yardstick next to it with my cell phone.I'm not good at posting pictures but I can email it if someone would like to see it.
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I hear ya but those small perch are feeding the big walleyes u guys are starting to pull out of there. Also next year and the year after those perch will much bigger. Its all a cycle.
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. Also next year and the year after those perch will much bigger. Its all a cycle.
Yeah, that's what I used to say ,but it never rings true.
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my largest perch came from Bemus 2 yrs ago. Wardens were out on the ice that day, and they used their ruler to measure it at 13.25 inches. I'm sure it was just a freak catch, because I have never heard of anybody getting more than 1 or 2 of these at a time. it is now on my wall, and it looks nice!
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There were people fishing out of bell tower on wednesday not sure of ice thickness that side though. After years of perch fishing chautuauqua I don`t think I have even got an 11" fish. I think there needs to be more predator fish. The lake definitely regressed this year. I catch bigger perch out of my pond. I`m sure some people catch the occasional big one, but there should be a lot more.
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I hear ya but those small perch are feeding the big walleyes u guys are starting to pull out of there. Also next year and the year after those perch will much bigger. Its all a cycle.
IMO, a healthy lake would have a balance of small, medium and large sized Perch. Chautauqua is way out of balance. I was at the sportsman show yesterday and wanted to to with the fish biologist, he was right next to the DEC officer, but I didn't get the chance to do so. I'm sure there will be lots of Chautauqua fisherman at the show this weekend, maybe someone could stop and talk with him.
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Yea, problem with this lake is the eye population is horrible. Use to be easy to find these critters... can find them now, it just takes ALOT more effort with little results in comparison to other lakes in the area.
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Oh my, you fellas are not going to believe this.
how very intuitive of you.
I will gladly be outfished by those that are swayed by the brilliance of maurice and monique. though I am very curious- what is a "concrete form stripper"? ???
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i believe it as much as i believe the story about jumbos.. maybe one here and one there but ne1 who says they consistently catch "jumbos" on chautauqua has never seen a true jumbo or is telling fish stories.
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Oh my, you fellas are not going to believe this. This very subject of these big perch came up just yesterday while fishing with my charming friend Maurice, on the southerly most lower west quadrant of the lake, in what seemed to be a wallowing channel just below us. We spoke in depth of this very subject. Maurice always seems to have the most logical graphic approach to describing his vigilant manner in which he pursues his perch fishing. Often he will speak candidly of the large perch, as if they actually had an impact, in direct conjunction with the walleye population, and the respective size, or even the density of the fishes flesh, which will increase it's weight per inch ratio. His vast knowledge, precipitates an unknown, yet influencing phenomenon, that bears relevance to the various duty points of the lake. Meaning the where's, whys, and how comes are most likely best left to the higher powers, and to focus more on the things in life, and fishing techniques we have the ability to manage ourselves. That Maurice always shares the best kept secrets, and I've been listening to him for years. He's learned most of this from his "Sister" Monique, a concrete form stripper of all things, about the science, and math of picking apart a known given, and modifying it to have the least direct impact, in conjunction with all the various variables that might, and can modify a balancing biological system such as the Chautauqua Lake Eco system. He said, she said, that on any given day, a diligent fisherman should be prepared for the worst case scenario, and then to hope for the best. Hence, for this weeks fishing outing, he says. "Go to Walgreen's before this weekend, and buy the three pack of Banana Raspberry Chapstick", because they are having a wonderful sale as we speak. Believe it or not, it's 10 cents off right now. That's right fellas, that's a 10 cent savings. Then he says, to take this Chapstick, and to rub it all over a number 12 Gamagutzu style stainless steel treble hook, using it sparingly on the tips of course, and your minds will be blown by this product, and it's powerful unknown secret ingredient that interacts with the stainless steel, (almost like the WD40 theory of fishing), and as it culminates with this select Gama steel, it resonates almost as a tuning fork of sorts, to attract "only" the biggest fish. I personally have not tried this shared phenomenon myself, but if Monique shared this with her brother Maurice, my friend, it has to be true. I just wanted to take this moment to "Let The Cat Out Of The Bag" per say, and unravel some of the secrets to catching those bigger perch in this lake.
When does the second edition come out! Sounds like a best seller! Very entertaining!
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Oh my, you fellas are not going to believe this. This very subject of these big perch came up just yesterday while fishing with my charming friend Maurice, on the southerly most lower west quadrant of the lake, in what seemed to be a wallowing channel just below us. We spoke in depth of this very subject. Maurice always seems to have the most logical graphic approach to describing his vigilant manner in which he pursues his perch fishing. Often he will speak candidly of the large perch, as if they actually had an impact, in direct conjunction with the walleye population, and the respective size, or even the density of the fishes flesh, which will increase it's weight per inch ratio. His vast knowledge, precipitates an unknown, yet influencing phenomenon, that bears relevance to the various duty points of the lake. Meaning the where's, whys, and how comes are most likely best left to the higher powers, and to focus more on the things in life, and fishing techniques we have the ability to manage ourselves. That Maurice always shares the best kept secrets, and I've been listening to him for years. He's learned most of this from his "Sister" Monique, a concrete form stripper of all things, about the science, and math of picking apart a known given, and modifying it to have the least direct impact, in conjunction with all the various variables that might, and can modify a balancing biological system such as the Chautauqua Lake Eco system. He said, she said, that on any given day, a diligent fisherman should be prepared for the worst case scenario, and then to hope for the best. Hence, for this weeks fishing outing, he says. "Go to Walgreen's before this weekend, and buy the three pack of Banana Raspberry Chapstick", because they are having a wonderful sale as we speak. Believe it or not, it's 10 cents off right now. That's right fellas, that's a 10 cent savings. Then he says, to take this Chapstick, and to rub it all over a number 12 Gamagutzu style stainless steel treble hook, using it sparingly on the tips of course, and your minds will be blown by this product, and it's powerful unknown secret ingredient that interacts with the stainless steel, (almost like the WD40 theory of fishing), and as it culminates with this select Gama steel, it resonates almost as a tuning fork of sorts, to attract "only" the biggest fish. I personally have not tried this shared phenomenon myself, but if Monique shared this with her brother Maurice, my friend, it has to be true. I just wanted to take this moment to "Let The Cat Out Of The Bag" per say, and unravel some of the secrets to catching those bigger perch in this lake.
Holy Post!!!!! What was that????? BROKE BACK FISHING TEAM????
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i've been reading some of these comments about the lack of perch size in the lake. only once did i do really good with sizes and that was 2 and a half years ago pre-ice in month of november. caught my limit of 9-11" in 2 hours on my little 12foot dingy boat 200 yards off shore. i was shocked and happy. didnt have a 12" in the batch but closest i had was 11.5". Any other time i was there, i get tons of 7-8" all day but never really did push in size. that being said, i really have a hard time believing consistant catches of 12"+ perch. It needs more walleye's. that's the bottom line IMO. If you're catching dinks ALL DAY, then i believe its overpopulated.
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The evening, prior to today, had some remarkable happenings. My good close friend Silvio amongst others were out last evening for the miraculous walleye. We came across a good school and put a solid beating on 9 of them. It was a pleasure chatting and laughing out on the lake with space32, walleyehanger, eeriedeerie, jackie bushman and the conklin brothers.
We decided to play a game. Kind of like, toss the credit card in and whoever gets picked, picks up the bill. Thus, my good close friends always choose the most extravagant establishments because the odds are better but that's neither here nor there.
The game consisted of a bottle of cherry brandy, a baseball bat and close to 30 tip ups. Whenever a flag would hit, a shot of brandy was poured, a quick 30 second spin around the bat with forehead attached and off you went to the tip-up.
Oh the comical evening we had together. My dear friend spaco32 took a horrific tumble on to an auger and split his chin open, ronny conklin ran so far past his flag that we had to utilize gps to get him back, Hanger fell face first into his Rhino side by side and had one nasty shiner, and I chose just to sit back and sip the finest brandy while being entertained by my good friends. Silvio does not fish, but was there purely for the "man" aspect of the evening.
The memories we made last night and the entire season will live on forever. The 9 walleyes we did catch, we let go. It was the only ethical thing to do since none of us could, or would, be able to masterfully handle a filet knife with confidence.
On a side note - bbq out there this weekend. More food than we know what to do with. Come one, come all.
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Holy Post!!!!! What was that????? BROKE BACK FISHING TEAM????
. Sounds like broke back every evening on Chautauqua.
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where hijinks I will bring beer I am down for the BBQ? I got venison I could bring if need be? Im not sure how to take your posts , but if you are fooling then I will just have to do my normal fishing thing no big deal, if you are being serious I bet you guys are a fun crew to fish with. I am personally hitting my local honey hole for crappies tonight with my boy. Good luck
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Got a crew going tomorrow. 20 plus guys. Bringing a beer pong table and propane smoker. Be out there from 6am till ? See you out there.
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BsR n full of it. Dudes a joke
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BsR maybe, but I enjoy the posts honestly. I have been around here for a while and I get as tired of the same old lazy people not willing to do the leg work and are hoping to be put on a spot to catch fish without doing the work some of these guys have done over the years. This is not an attack on anyone at all, and I have no issue with asking a question here and there, but sometimes people expect to be given GPS coordinates and just sit down and catch fish. I have to work in the morning so good luck to anyone who makes it out, I am thinking the afternoon...anyone have GPS numbers for 6 lb+ walleye? I dont want to have to walk too far so I only want the best spots ::)
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Southtown walleye org shld donate to hachery to stock more walleye ;D. I pay my yearly dues. Might have to go to a meeting and bring it up. More predators needed. Wish it was a better fishery. I drive to oneida every weekend for walters n lale erie jumbos.
Everytime I see someone say they caught a 12 in perch outa chaut I have to laugh. Out of the 1000s me n friends caight ive never seen a perch that big or close to it
You have never been to a meeting, comon nah.
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fished mayville lots of dinks manage a few 7.5 and a few 8 and only one 9.5 bite was slow not as good as tuesday about 30-35 guys out on the ice today friday a few crappies caught and gills saw a pic of 5lb largemouth bass nice fish over 20inch most everyone was saying small perch again
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Beer Pong? hmmmm, that sounds enticing lol
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walleye pong! you catch an undersized one, you chug!!!!
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Damn right - game going right now. Perfect day. Got about 25 guys, their kids and girlfriends out here. Good party. Perch all over the ice. Kids are loving it, and the food is awesome! Still got time for you internet fisherman to come out. Be here till the sun goes dowwn.
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Where are you fishing at?
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Chautauqua lake. About 45 mins south of buffalo.
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how was the fishing saturday on the lake any bigger perch and how was the bite on the gills and cali's calico's catch some fish
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Oh my, you fellas are not going to believe this. This very subject of these big perch came up just yesterday while fishing with my charming friend Maurice, on the southerly most lower west quadrant of the lake, in what seemed to be a wallowing channel just below us. We spoke in depth of this very subject. Maurice always seems to have the most logical graphic approach to describing his vigilant manner in which he pursues his perch fishing. Often he will speak candidly of the large perch, as if they actually had an impact, in direct conjunction with the walleye population, and the respective size, or even the density of the fishes flesh, which will increase it's weight per inch ratio. His vast knowledge, precipitates an unknown, yet influencing phenomenon, that bears relevance to the various duty points of the lake. Meaning the where's, whys, and how comes are most likely best left to the higher powers, and to focus more on the things in life, and fishing techniques we have the ability to manage ourselves. That Maurice always shares the best kept secrets, and I've been listening to him for years. He's learned most of this from his "Sister" Monique, a concrete form stripper of all things, about the science, and math of picking apart a known given, and modifying it to have the least direct impact, in conjunction with all the various variables that might, and can modify a balancing biological system such as the Chautauqua Lake Eco system. He said, she said, that on any given day, a diligent fisherman should be prepared for the worst case scenario, and then to hope for the best. Hence, for this weeks fishing outing, he says. "Go to Walgreen's before this weekend, and buy the three pack of Banana Raspberry Chapstick", because they are having a wonderful sale as we speak. Believe it or not, it's 10 cents off right now. That's right fellas, that's a 10 cent savings. Then he says, to take this Chapstick, and to rub it all over a number 12 Gamagutzu style stainless steel treble hook, using it sparingly on the tips of :whistle:, and your minds will be blown by this product, and it's powerful unknown secret ingredient that interacts with the stainless steel, (almost like the WD40 theory of fishing), and as it culminates with this select Gama steel, it resonates almost as a tuning fork of sorts, to attract "only" the biggest fish. I personally have not tried this shared phenomenon myself, but if Monique shared this with her brother Maurice, my friend, it has to be true. I just wanted to take this moment to "Let The Cat Out Of The Bag" per say, and unravel some of the secrets to catching those bigger perch in this lake.
WOW :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :unsure:
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I know that. What area is guess I should have said?
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Don't want to ask on the reports and conditions page but could someone who fishes till end of day Sunday at Pendergrast please report conditions of shore and lake ice? I would like to try one more time Monday but don't want to drive 65 miles to find no access! Thanks, Duke
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What a party!!!!! Hijinks and crew sure know how make it happen. What did you do with all those perch????
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Spaco, Harold and myself were up till 2 am fileting them. Not sure what the final count was but it was close to 500 we ended up doing. All of them were over 8 inches. Just a note to all the "whistleblowers" that all the fish were from our crew and we volunteered to clean them for a nominal price of a bottle of larceny bourbon. It was a party though. Final head count was 28 folks. We finished all the food met some new friends and put some fish on the ice. Highlight was the musky from ktronss kid. 44 inch slob. Out this pm to put some more eyes in the freezer.
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Slow night. 3 of us only managed 6 eyes. Few subpar 18 inchers and only 1 good 22 inch. We kept two for a fish fry. Be out as long As the ice lasts this week.
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Check the other page. I reported on there.
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HOW WAS THE FISHING IN MAYVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND ANY BIG PERCH GILLS OR CALI'S HOW IS THE ICE HOLDING UP WITH THE WARM TEMP GOOD LUCK FISHING AND BE SAFE
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We got close to 500 perch this weekend with our crew. Made runs to the dollar general for freezer bags more than once.
My good friend Sal had an amazing receipe for perch roe. He decided to take about 8 of the good sized females we caught, and lather them in coarse sea salt from the coast off Italy, a honey brine mix derived from new zealand popluation of honey bees which only feed on juniper blossoms, and a hint of jasmine. Sal only uses Cattleman lump charcoal for his cooking because of it's sweet earthy flavor. He got his cooking egg up to roughly 430 degrees and just a simple toss on each side to char them through. We enjoyed this topped upon stone ground french croquettes and the finest pinot noir. Heavenly. If you ever have a chance to eat perch roe, I highly suggest it. Just do it properly. The other roe sacs we either froze for future consumption, or coated in borax to make skein for steelhead and salmon season. I'll share my successes on myfishfinder.com
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ATTENTION : ice survived, my friends out right now. ill post how ice conditions are when he gets back to me. :thumbsup:
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;) Kinzua remained good to the end. Fished Saturday and two of us limited on walleyes by noon. Headed to Chautauqua and picked up 50 gills the last hour before dark. Awesome day on the ice. With the warm-up, Kinzua is basically done because they are now raising the water. Shoreline is shot. Boats to the north of us targeting the eyes before the season goes out. Presque Isle is basically all open water now. Look out crappies. They are next on the agenda. Hope the Chautauqua ice holds through the warm up.
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Fished a popular eastside access last nite the ice was good fishing was even better Hardley anyone around only 8 guys that brings me to my reason for the post the parking at this spot is usually limited on a busy day but was wide open last nite some genius decided that he didn't want to walk the last 63 yids from the parking area so he drove his white Lincoln navigator onto the ice and parked now the shore ice at this time of year is our weakest link not to mention that this would be a perfect reason for the residents of that neighborhood to stop our access at this point of entry i have seen many many stupid things in my years of hardwater but this takes the cake big thumbs down to you driver
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It's a shame when idiots only think of themselves and not how their actions impact others. Last time I was out at Mayville on my walk back to the parking area I picked up at least 10 empty pop bottles and numerous food wrappers. Why do people act like this?
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Fished a popular eastside access last nite the ice was good fishing was even better Hardley anyone around only 8 guys that brings me to my reason for the post the parking at this spot is usually limited on a busy day but was wide open last nite some genius decided that he didn't want to walk the last 63 yids from the parking area so he drove his white Lincoln navigator onto the ice and parked now the shore ice at this time of year is our weakest link not to mention that this would be a perfect reason for the residents of that neighborhood to stop our access at this point of entry i have seen many many stupid things in my years of hardwater but this takes the cake big thumbs down to you driver
Thats Hangers vehicle... You should have confronted him. He's a nice man. Very cool headed.
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hows the shore ice holding up
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Thats Hangers vehicle... You should have confronted him. He's a nice man. Very cool headed.
This is better than reality TV .. I just burst out laughing !
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yeah, my friend told me about that Lincoln navigator on the ice by dewitville , so far the ice is 10 " at dewitville as of last night. going somewhere for some last walleye night bite on Friday .
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I've been reading about someone catching big perch in this lake. I've have not seen a big perch in this lake in years. If you want to catch big perch take the time and go to oneida lake it is the to go,go to the oneida bs thread start at page 226. Have not fished this lake this year but coming down thursday and friday to end the wally season. Can you get out at dewittville? Any help would be great Thanks
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Need a report on Pendergrast- can you still get out? How did shore hold up?
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Big perch = 8" ;D
As for jerks...I fished Mayville at first light, and walked past a big pile of dead frozen perch and garbage. I picked up the garbage in a bag I carry. I hope its nobody on this page. It just gives sportsmen a bad name, and we DO NOT need bad press.
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the other morning I was the first on Mayville, and picked up 2 empty propane cylinders. These are much lighter when you leave the ice, so take them with you! Also, they can be refilled, which I did as soon as I got home. Thanks! Any predictions on the ice for this weekend? Just wondering if this cold spell will leave the shore ice.
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Ya that is B.S. people leaving garbage on the ice. Leaving perch on the ice is being a real jerk. If you want to help out the lake by taking some of the dink perch. Catch them and take them home and throw in the garbage or in your garden . NOT ON THE ICE. THINK PEOPLE THINK!!!!!!!!!!
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i agree i fished mayville and some other people left dinks perch on the ice last week come on take with you and please don't leave on the ice
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Ya that is B.S. people leaving garbage on the ice. Leaving perch on the ice is being a real jerk. If you want to help out the lake by taking some of the dink perch. Catch them and take them home and throw in the garbage or in your garden . NOT ON THE ICE. THINK PEOPLE THINK!!!!!!!!!!
Been on this lake for 50 years plus... never seen it this baad with little perches. i for one hate em, would'nt even consider fishing for them. it does no good to throw them back and there hard to fillet. it's the cycle of life. feed the birds and coyotes
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Thats Hangers vehicle... You should have confronted him. He's a nice man. Very cool headed.
I agree. A nice friendly conversation with him about where to park and how to do it properly would go a long way.
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Any reports on conditions ? Id like to try and make it out this monday if possible.
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::)Any updates on the shore ice conditions. I see that the channel at Celeron is open, but Burtis still looks frozen. Anyone been on the ice at Mayville lately? How about Maple Springs?
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Anyone going to finish Walleye season Friday at Dewittville? With the previous warmup I just don't want to be on the ice alone!
Thanks, Duke
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Ya that is B.S. people leaving garbage on the ice. Leaving perch on the ice is being a real jerk. If you want to help out the lake by taking some of the dink perch. Catch them and take them home and throw in the garbage or in your garden . NOT ON THE ICE. THINK PEOPLE THINK!!!!!!!!!!
I personally don't think people should kill any living thing unless they plan to consume them like I do daily. I wouldn't recommend throwing them in your garbage. Cats, yotes, dogs and even rats can infest your home or worse.
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I personally don't think people should kill any living thing unless they plan to consume them like I do daily. I wouldn't recommend throwing them in your garbage. Cats, yotes, dogs and even rats can infest your home or worse.
i think this is the smartest thing i have ever heard this guy say!
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Ya I sure don't believe any of his other stuff.
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i think this is the smartest thing i have ever heard this guy say!
Thank you. If everyone took a stand and policed the lake we wouldn't have reduced access to the critical spots where we know the fish are. I'm not the smartest man but I know that killing and discarding of gods creatures isn't in my blood or any of my brothern on is.com.
Please take the time to be thankful for all that we have and respect what gracious gift we've gotten from a higher power than any of us could imagine.
Doug
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been fishing off bemus pt the last couple weekends,caught mostly small perch.did catch a nice 6 lb walleye on pike chub off a tip up
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anyone know how the ice is on chau. lake gonna try to fish on sunday
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Fished lp (bath house side) last night. Ice was fine. Lost about two Inches of white but gained some black. Some slush for the first 50 yds. Ice was talkin out there pretty good when I left at dark
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just off the ice at Mayville...7-8 '' of good ice. Water was murkey from the melt, but could still fish with the camera. Very slick without creepers. The snow was blowing around and not really accumulating.
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how did you do in mayville any good perch ,gills or calico's was there many other people fishing there see any musky on cammar ?
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Was at Long Point and Mayville yesterday, ice is still 6-8 inches thick, water murky due to melt and LOTS of wind. I caught perch and gills at both spots, one really nice 12" perch at Long Point and a couple more keepers at Mayville. While fishing Mayville I was catching dinks one after another and while pulling one up something big grabbed on and broke me off. I never got a look at it and only had it on for maybe 30 secs.
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What would one say the ice conditions are like on Chatauqua lake?
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probally a big musky broke off your line how is the fishing in mayville any big perch gills or calico
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look on the reports an conditions board :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ oh thats right theres to much BS over there..... ;D ;) ;) ;)
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Yep
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Its the same every year, I never understand why the same do it.
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How's the ice holding up on Burtis, Pendergast and also Mission Meadows? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advanced and tight lines!
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I was in Dewittville bay yesterday and there was 10 inches of ice and good shore ice .I think there's a good chance of getting out this weekend again.
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go to toms point for eyes. you'll thank me later.
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go to toms point for eyes. you'll thank me later.
Whats the story on this Lock Down?? Am I missing something???
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WAY TO GO HIJINKS. Not only did you get the reports page locked up again but you also blew up a spot on the lake that every one on the internet will be searching out. Mods please remove his posts from the reports page. Thank You !!!
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Aren't they out of season now?
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WAY TO GO HIJINKS. Not only did you get the reports page locked up again but you also blew up a spot on the lake that every one on the internet will be searching out. Mods please remove his posts from the reports page. Thank You !!!
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That's funny. It's a public lake. If blame your friend crappie rod for his foul language and others for getting it locked. Not me.
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Not happy with them either. Just don't be surprised when there is a crowd in that spot next year. Look at what happened to the bell tower 2 years ago.
Just saying
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Mods. Please remove all game hogs posts. It's a reports and conditions website and we offer help and understating for fellow ice anglers to enjoy this beautiful lake and its bountiful harvest.
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Not happy with them either. Just don't be surprised when there is a crowd in that spot next year. Look at what happened to the bell tower 2 years ago.
Just saying
Yep. People decided to fish there and enjoy it. Sorry I they took over your lake.
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I don't fish either spot no biggie to me. Was trying to help you out actually.
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So you were targeting and catching walleye out of season is what I gather?
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And musky and stripers and landlocked salmon.
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I think it was an honest mistake...typo error... But why were the photos deleted? It was a report done correctly on the right forum, and yet they get deleted??? Why???
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Crappie Rod threw a few f bombs and other foul language out and now its locked.
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Heres the fish from the final day... PB 10.7 lbs . alot of shorties, but some real pigs iced the last 10 days...... Somewhere on the northern end of Chautauqua. Dunkirk Observer with, FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2013 date., for verification. #7 rapals /tipped. All ready got tagged REMOVED???
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Heres the fish from the final day... PB 10.7 lbs . alot of shorties, but some real pigs iced the last 10 days...... Somewhere on the northern end of Chautauqua. Dunkirk Observer with, FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2013 date., for verification. #7 rapals /tipped. All ready got tagged REMOVED???
Nicee. great catch. 2 guys cum in the See Suhr house for ,wings and wiskey, talking about them friday nite. thought their bs n me.
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Heres the fish from the final day... PB 10.7 lbs . alot of shorties, but some real pigs iced the last 10 days...... Somewhere on the northern end of Chautauqua. Dunkirk Observer with, FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2013 date., for verification. #7 rapals /tipped. All ready got tagged REMOVED???
.....................Snafu.............Nice way to end the season................ ........its nice to see somebody catching walleyes........
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Wow id hate to keep those slob females but I wouldnt b able to l et them go either. Nice catch man
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Season must be slowing down. The posts change in quality.
We need to focus our anger on Albany for the ban on soft plastic fishing lures that was proposed today.
Land of the free... I wish!
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I'm with Gamehog on this one. It's one thing to give good reports and accurate conditions. To call out lesser known access spots and then throw up those types of pictures is over the top. Right or not people are going to see those fish and think that's what they should expect when they come to chautauqua lake and fish for walleyes off "tom's" or anywhere for that matter. Anyone who fishes walleye on this lake knows that the bite the last week of the season was exceptional this year. It takes skill and TIME to catch walleye on chautauqua lake all year. All those posts will do is crowd the lake up with (more) novices next year at the end of the walleye season. Look forward to more beer cans, coffee cups, cig butts on the ice!
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Season must be slowing down. The posts change in quality.
We need to focus our anger on Albany for the ban on soft plastic fishing lures that was proposed today.
Land of the free... I wish!
What! Who's behind this one? Duck Unlimited again? All soft plastics? First my 10 round clips, now my Mr. Twisters?! I still think huge walleye pics are a bad idea but this is a REAL problem!
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they were talking about this on wyrk this morning. BassMasters web site had it too.
Some b.s. states about animals dying after eating plastic....jeez
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Lets teach those bstrds and all vote for a 3rd party candidate in the next general election!
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Great fish snafu. Congrats on a great finish to the year.
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hmmmmm.... gamehog, it seems the moderator gods have spoken!
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Give me a break Hijinks. One little word isn't gonna get the other site locked down. Atleast I post truthful post to help other people. I don't make stuff up.
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Give me a break Hijinks. One little word isn't gonna get the other site locked down. Atleast I post truthful post to help other people. I don't make stuff up.
Don't worry about him, he's taking a forced vacation right now. ;)
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Thanks it about time.
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I have been fishing lake Chautauqua for over 25 years. I made it down there this weekend for the first time in probably 5 years. Although it was exciting seeing the action, it absolutely amazes me how dinky tiny all the perch were. The largest fish caught was 8" however i did manage to catch about 80 fish total...avg size 4-6". seems there needs to be more of a predator to eat these up. To comment on the walleye fishing above, those are very nice fish and exciting im sure. Out of the 25 years fishing on that lake, those photos are the single best outing for walleye i have ever seen. nice job on the catch.
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by looking at the bellies on those walleyes, I think its safe to see they have been doing their share of cutting back on the perch population!
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ANYWORD IF THEY ARE STILL FISHING MAYVILLE AND IF THEY ARE HOW THE PERCH GILLS AND CALI'S FISHING GOING ?
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Mayville only gave up small perch and gills for me on Saturday. Found better quality fish on Burtis Sunday.
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by looking at the bellies on those walleyes, I think its safe to see they have been doing their share of cutting back on the perch population!
i'm guessing it's belly is full of eggs, not perch
As for the proposed ban on plastics--- :cookoo: :%$#!:
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Don't worry about him, he's taking a forced vacation right now. ;)
Thank u so much for that. I am guilty sometimes myself of walking the thin line to a vacation but atleast i report the truth to help people out and not mislead them..sorry i walk the line but truth be told i have no time for bs reports and there are alot of them on here. Thanks again
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Probably won't get up there any more this year but what is the parking and access like at Burtis? Lots of people have posted about fishing there. Never been there.
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Nice big parking lot with easy walk on access.
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Parking lot is big enough for 40 vehicles. Water is shallow with lots of weeds. Great place for pan fishing. Snowing like crazy here now.
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How much snow on the ice?-looking for 1 more time Sunday at Dewittville. Keep everyone posted as to ice conditions and if it is still possible to swing out and to the left around the creek from Meadows Rd. Seems like this snow is never gonna stop! :o
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Is it down by the fish and game club? Is there a parking lot at the boat launch and one bigger parking lot across the road? I think I fished out of there a few years back in April. Ya I didn't like how shallow it was at the launch. Prop flew up mud for a ways out.
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The big pond continues to be productive with the crappie bite improving with time. Three of us fished the past weekend to the tune of 300 jumbo gills and 17 legal crappies. Two great days on the ice. You just can't beat the taste of a bluegill dipped in egg wash, coated in Italian bread crumbs, and deep-fried for just under two minutes. Mmmmmm.
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wow good job what part of the big pond did you fish and what bait did you use small jigs spikes wax worms minnows etc etc
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Here we go again.....more recipes
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Here we go again.....more recipes
As this is the BS thread it probably is the right place for a recipe. From what I am reading last few days, I guess no one is fishing anywhere but Burtis or Mayville. Anyone after perch at Pendergrast, Dewittville or Long Point?
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Looking to head out tomorrow afternoon. Can somebody give a report as to snow/ice conditions at Mayville or Burtis? PM if need be, much appreciated
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Ice is good at Mayville and Burtis. No worries at all
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Thank you Rd
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I fished Prendergrast Sat. and there was at least 8in. of ice. Don't think it would have changed, maybe for the good other than more snow? May be there sat. or Sunday?
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Another day on the ice tomorrow. Got a lot of spike I have to feed to the gills!
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Will be up in the A.M. Don't know if will hit Prendergrast for dinkville or find some gills?
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Dewittville Sunday for some perch-found some bigger ones a week ago! Anyone else gonna try there Sunday?
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Fished dewittville today.12" of ice.I caught 6 or 7 perch from 2pm till 4:30.only 2 keepers.
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Seanile - where did you fish at Dewittville? Did you go around creek to the left into the bay or fish straight out from Meadows Rd? Thanks for any info, Duke
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I was to the right of Meadows rd into the bay.
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Fished Predergrast and the dinks didn't dissapoint. Check out my post on Report page.
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limited on big gills at Burtis. Sure beat the sorting through the dinks at Mayville. Smallest horizontal jigg I had in the box worked best. Tipped with a piece of wax worm. Fished from 9:30 til 3:00pm
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fished birts last sun with my sun caught sum nice gills but lost my black rod bag with all 4 rods went to go fishing today and realized this if anyone found it 716-310-6255 much appreciated
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saw the possible NYS record white perch taken this weekend, waiting on confirmation from DEC.
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Nice crappie from Mayville Saturday Night
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Nice crappies ICEMAN.... you still enjoying that nice camo boat you bought from me? ::)
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Now that I cant get back up there for a few weeks, I'm thinking about getting out in the boat. Judging from what we now have in way of ice (and about a week? more of freezing nites at least), anyone have a guess as to an "ice out" date? Thanks.
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Nice crappies ICEMAN.... you still enjoying that nice camo boat you bought from me? ::)
Just cleaned it out and taking it to Texas later this week for vacation
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nice cali calico's crappies good job
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What are the condiction at birtis today ,how much snow fell yesterday Thank!!! any report helpfull.
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Was wandering myself on how much snow?
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20 miles away and we got none at all . I am in casssadaga where it snows even when it is not snowing at all, I doubt they got much?
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I looked at the webcam up there and didn't look like much on the ice?
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177" as of yesterday
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Ice is getting sloppy on top. Shore is getting shaky and there is 4 to 5 inches of slop on top in spots.
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Are people still going out? Crazy guys!
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177" as of yesterday
Lot of ice for late march lol
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Web cam showed guys fishing Burtis today, may drive over to check it out for myself, may fish it one more time this year!!!
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How's the gill bite been the last couple days?
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just back from Burtis...slow bite for me....moved around alot....outside of the main pack!
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I realized this week that I dropped one of the poles to my hut somewhere on mayville bay. About 3' aluminum pole. I went off and on near the gazebo. I plan to go back to look for myself tmrw. Just wondered if anyone had seen it or picked it up. I will report ice conditions in the evening. Hope i can fish or at least find my pole.
Please pm me with any info.
THANKS
Be safe.
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Found the pole in the deep snow and big rocks on the bank right in front of the Gazebo. The fishing was slow but the ice was nice. About 8" half white half black. A mixed bag of a dozen keeper panfish between 5-10pm. Plenty of 'entertainment' on the ice tonight. If the forcast holds up we may have at least a few more days. There are some weird areas and washout holes forming so be careful going out and take a GOOD light to get back in.
Thanks to anyone that kept an eye out for my hut pole.
Have fun and stay safe.
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Is there open water? Or open boat launch? Im dying to get the boat out... any help would be great I live 2 hrs away and have no way of checking..thanks
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Very little, I,m not done yet pretty soonnnnn... ::) @) @)
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Done now ;D ;D Moving to myfishfinder[panhandler] good luck this year!!
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Put all my ice fishing stuff to bed today. See ya guys next year.
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I am going tomorrow night for one last hurrah then the gear will be put away...maybe
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Got mine cleaned up and put away last night. Time to hit Dunkirk Harbor.
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Be careful Marcus!
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I didn't make it out, long days at work are killing my motivation.
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ya just wondering if any of you ice guys fish the lake the summer months and if there is any decent size perch to catch ? The last two years nothing but dinks cant even keep the biggest ones . mayb 7 inchers during ice time ?Hope maybe this is the year they reach 8 or 9 ?
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Won't be long now. Southern end had ice up past ashville yesterday.
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... 95% ready here - it's 'bout that time !
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ya just wondering if any of you ice guys fish the lake the summer months and if there is any decent size perch to catch ? The last two years nothing but dinks cant even keep the biggest ones . mayb 7 inchers during ice time ?Hope maybe this is the year they reach 8 or 9 ?
Keep all the 7s you can this year and maybe next year ...
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Ill take all the 7" ers you guys can catch,if you fillet with a sharp small fillet knive,no problem,once you get your thumb in the back just pull!
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So what's the status on ice on the lake?
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Check out the new Infisherman magazine page 15 Adventures. It mentions the outstanding ice fishing for walleye up to 8 pounds and perch up to 14 inches in Chatauqua Lake. What a load of bull, dink perch and walleye through the ice are far and few between.i would hope that such a reputable magazine would get accurate honest information to share with its readers and NOT some BS from some local business owner looking to make a few bucks. I can assure you that this local contact will never get my business. Honesty is the best policy!
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Check out the new Infisherman magazine page 15 Adventures. It mentions the outstanding ice fishing for walleye up to 8 pounds and perch up to 14 inches in Chatauqua Lake. What a load of bull, dink perch and walleye through the ice are far and few between.i would hope that such a reputable magazine would get accurate honest information to share with its readers and NOT some BS from some local business owner looking to make a few bucks. I can assure you that this local contact will never get my business. Honesty is the best policy!
I've actually heard the complete opposite from a local of the lake, not saying any names but seems a bit crazy to me... I have to ask how often do u fish the lake???
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I log countless hours in on Chautauqua lake its my favorite lake, yes there are a lot of dink there but I slam some nice 12-13 some pushing 14 inch perch every year! My old lady caught the biggest crappie I have ever seen off mayville last year. Walleye is a hit or miss, but can be very productive at times although…. I end up hooking up with more musky than walleye at times. Honestly for perch fishing ON Chautauqua its all about lure size "IMO" bigger seems to be better keeps the dinks off.
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I agree In Fisherman really exagerated the fishing. This is not a lake I would make a trip to from out of state. You would be much better off planning a trip to the eastern end of Lake Ontario. Out there you really do get big perch CONSISTENTLY. If the magazine would have mentioned the gill and crappie fishing they would have been closer to the truth.
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Has anyone ever tried spoons on Chautauqua lake? If so do you have any advice?
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Has anyone ever tried spoons on Chautauqua lake? If so do you have any advice?
In Fisherman has a nice article on beaded spoons for perch and walleyes. It's something that might be worth exploring.
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Check out the new Infisherman magazine page 15 Adventures. It mentions the outstanding ice fishing for walleye up to 8 pounds and perch up to 14 inches in Chatauqua Lake. What a load of bull, dink perch and walleye through the ice are far and few between.i would hope that such a reputable magazine would get accurate honest information to share with its readers and NOT some BS from some local business owner looking to make a few bucks. I can assure you that this local contact will never get my business. Honesty is the best policy!
I have always believed that publicity of a lake, river,etc had far more to do with the amount of effort (actually money) spent promoting it.
Anyways, I'd much rather have the publicity aimed at something like chautaqua a really LARGE lake that can really handle the pressure rather some small honey-hole lake that is doomed when a big crowd shows up and starts stocking up their buckets. and thats another reason to be grateful that really big icefishing venues (like the pro-am) pick this lake over others.
The last statement is the most curious. If you had sunk your livelihood in some small tackle shop and tried to make it work with NY's rigid, anal laws.... would You write
"Chautaqua lake, a big population of tiny yellow perch and a few large walleyes that are next to impossible to find (and pattern) without dozens of obsessive trips to this waterway"....??
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Bring in the crowds-- and plead for them to take as many small pech as they can stand and maybe one day, the average perch will be a bit bigger!...
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It's great to be back! Have a awesome season everyone! Can't wait to meet some of you and split bread.
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it on like bing bong jack! well not yet but it won't be long
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Hows the skim ice holding up?
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Did anyone catch stihl outdoors on chataqua this morn? It was from spring on the outdoors channel? No shortage of smallies I see...
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Did anyone catch stihl outdoors on chataqua this morn? It was from spring on the outdoors channel? No shortage of smallies I see...
I did. Was it the episode where he dropped his rod in the water after trying to horse one out? Plus he told that stupid story about his wife and the owl.
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I did. Was it the episode where he dropped his rod in the water after trying to horse one out? Plus he told that stupid story about his wife and the owl.
Yep that's the one, nice to see the lake like that.
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Well boys the ice held. It's suppose to be teens and 20s for highs for the next week at least. Unless we get a ton of snow the gills are in trouble Saturday. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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37 pages already :o hahah should start a new BS thread
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my dad gets an out of state resident New York license every year because we live in Erie PA so it cost's extra and we buy it just because of Chautauqua so we want to get fishing as early as possible this season so we can get our money's worth , i'm 15 so i'll have a license next year but anyways i just wanted to know if anybody has some accurate measurement's on how much ice there is in mostly mayville. I saw on wunderground that the ice held up so good days are in our future if this cold spell creeps our way
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Welcome to the site YoungOutdoorsman14.. Hope you and your Dad get on the real soon...
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THIS SNOW IS not going to help...
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every time i go to view a webcam its pitch black...
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every time i go to view a webcam its pitch black...
Maybe it's your timing??? :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:
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any new spots for bait ,on the lake?
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The temperatures continue to hold well below freezing. 9:00 this morning it was 17 and now at 1:30 its only 20. The Sun has not come out enough to say so. The 10 day shows next Thursday being the 1st day with above freezing temperatures during the day at 35 degrees.
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You guys were saying where the bait shops by the lake were and I cant remember where the one was. Was it buy Dollar General near the Big Tree road? What's the name? I saw where the one is on Fluvanna.
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bump
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I don't see the 2014 thread anymore was it eliminated?
anyways, besides a "bump" is anyone going to be brave enough to try the safest parts of burtis this weekend. feel free to pm me if you'd really not say it loud and clear.
I don't think I'm willing to try this saturday for the bay is now surely snow insulated and gaining ice very slowly. But I'd feel a little better trying it on tuesday if ppl are trying it on saturday....
not to say that I need some rumor to give it a go. my spud will be the final authority on whether or not I walk on water.
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I'm heading down to my in-laws cottage in Celoron this weekend. Going to take all my ice fishing gear and hope I can get out. Otherwise it will be a relaxing weekend around the cottage.
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I don't see the 2014 thread anymore was it eliminated?
It was merged with this one since its still going strong....
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I don't see the 2014 thread anymore was it eliminated?
anyways, besides a "bump" is anyone going to be brave enough to try the safest parts of burtis this weekend. feel free to pm me if you'd really not say it loud and clear.
I don't think I'm willing to try this saturday for the bay is now surely snow insulated and gaining ice very slowly. But I'd feel a little better trying it on tuesday if ppl are trying it on saturday....
not to say that I need some rumor to give it a go. my spud will be the final authority on whether or not I walk on water.
I agree and will give it a try on Tuesday myself. There has to be some fishable ice by then. Snow slows down ice-making but it doesn't stop it. Spud, spud, spud.
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Good deal!
I feel better already.
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Be safe out there and no swimming aloud!!!!!! Good luck to all this season
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When looking at the Burtis webcam can someone tell me if where you walk on the ice is to the far right or far left of this view?
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in the past viewing the Burtis cam - I have first noted individuals out on the ice down near the point at the outlet - then when the numbers begin to build you may see people to the left on the screen however seeing more then a few usually doesn't happen. Folks seen to the right are sitting over shallower waters or have walked in from the parking area near the ball field. Keep in mind that lot is not plowed as is the parking area at the boat ramp. Park across the road - parking at the ramp side requires a handicap sign or ticketing can occur.
Without a handicap sign your allowed to unload near the ramp - but then move across the road to park .. Good luck in the coming weeks - I'm also anxious...
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how safe is it to actually eat the fish from chautauqua? i've heard that the water isn't the cleanest, as it is part of the lake erie basin.
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Where did you hear that? There are no fish consumption advisories for Chautauqua Lake fish... fillet away. Btw, Chautauqua Lake is not part of the Lake Erie basin. It actually drains towards the Allegany.
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I have no reservations about eating from chautaqua.
it doesn't hold any of the heavy industries that have created water issues in many other places. On the other just about every body of water I have ever fished has gotten a generic advisory for mercury. Mercury can be airborn on dust particles. There'e no escaping that pollutant. AND I'm sure there's a certain unspecified and more-than-they'd-have-you believe amt of mercury in beef, chicken and pork.
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What I think is missing from alot of the very cautious threads about this subject is that A) fish is very healthy good food (espacially if you bake them) B) all the ocean fish have pollutants in them too.
the latter issue is sensitive and major fish producers have applid I think alot of strong political towards not exploring just how polluted some major fishing grounds really are.
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the long and short of this is that there is no perfectly pollutant free food (there's manmade pollutants literally in every animal and plant on the planet). A balanced and good diet could easily contain quite a haul of fish from one the areas most fertile lakes and if you fry everything, like I do, make your fish meal a little more occasional.
we (my family) have a big filling fish fry 1-2 a month. again nearly all of it from chautaqua lake. Everyones healthy. We need to eat more chautaqua food and less mcd's. IMHO.
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Where did you hear that? There are no fish consumption advisories for Chautauqua Lake fish... fillet away. Btw, Chautauqua Lake is not part of the Lake Erie basin. It actually drains towards the Allegany.
In PA at least there is a generic once-per-week general advisory that applies to everywhere.
Not in NY?
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Not sure if the practice is universal, but in PA the testing was done for a time using the entire fish, ground up whole. This means the liver and fatty tissue, where pollutants can be concentrated, are also in there. So the numbers can be exaggerated. For my money, Chautauqua fish are yummy!
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Hi guys,
Can anyone tell me how much snow is on the lake,the 11 oclock news said Jamestown only has 5" of snow,with all the wind we got this last week I'm sure if its locked up most of the snow should of blown off,Thanks and a good Holiday to all!
FISHN NIK
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years ago while ice fishing at Maple Springs I ran across a guy from I believe the northern part of Allegany Co that gave me a recipe for bluegill/perch fish patties.. It was super good especially in the morning after warming for a minute from the freezer in a microwave. Lost the recipe however if anyone has a tasty proven for fish patties - i would appreciate your sharing.. Thank you
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In PA at least there is a generic once-per-week general advisory that applies to everywhere.
Not in NY?
There are fish advisories here too in NY. I'll try to find them and post a link. A lot of them say one meal a month.
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Webs would prob be the only ace to snowmobile to the water. The whole lake is pretty developed so there's not a lot of trails along the water. Honestly though, I've lived here for 4 years now and wouldn't take a sled out on the snow. The lake is very very narrow with several access points along the length of it. Just not worth it to me to risk a heavy sled out there. Everything is within walking distance of an access point.
This year is shaping up to be much better than the last few, but you wouldn't of caught me out there the last few years with a snowmobile or atv.
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Lovetoshoot if im not mistaken the Happy Hooker is closed and will not be reopened for the season. A couple days ago i saw a post where the former shop area has been redone into a garage... Brian and Lisa will be missed as well as the products they sold... Check back in pervious post and two stores were mentioned for sources of bait... Good luck in the up coming season - be safe and enjoy - living in the area I sure wouldnt want to run a snow mobile or even walk out yet - guessing another week if were lucky - hope some one else has better news
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The hooker is def closed for good. And it will be missed, they were great people. There is a new shop just down the road from the hooker, in the dollar store plaza, near the lakewood cinema. I've stopped in a few time and the folks there seem to be very good. They are very interested in getting the stuff people want and they love getting feed back and suggestions. They also support local tackle makers which is pretty awesome. If your near the lakewood side of the lake, make sure to check them out.
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if you worried about pollutants there's a lot you can do to make your fish a little cleaner.
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The hooker is def closed for good. And it will be missed, they were great people. There is a new shop just down the road from the hooker, in the dollar store plaza, near the lakewood cinema. I've stopped in a few time and the folks there seem to be very good. They are very interested in getting the stuff people want and they love getting feed back and suggestions. They also support local tackle makers which is pretty awesome. If your near the lakewood side of the lake, make sure to check them out.
Whats the name of the place by dollar general?? Thanks
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I believe it's Chautauqua Reel Outdoors.
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Yep...Thanks
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Has anyone glanced North when crossing the bridge in last few days? Wondering about Bemus Bay and Stow side in particular up to Tom's Point? I know the far north is apparently open with all the wind. Wondering if Bemus/Stow area to Toms Pt has a skin yet such that there may be some hope for getting out there around New Yrs. THANKS
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Did anyone go near long point state park yet? If so is there any skim Ice yet? Thanks
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We got nailed with a lot of snow, so the ice which is there, is blanketed making it unsafe and sloppy. I'm getting the itch to go out like everyone else. I had my last bag of perch filets this weekend. I drenched them in pan searing flour, dipped them in an organic egg wash with a hint of oregano and flash fried them in a cast iron skillet. They lasted about 5 minutes, especially dipped in a velveta cheese and guiness dip. Outrageous!
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Hopefully after the rain this weekend the temps will drop back down and help us out!
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sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the info on potential pollutants!
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Well the warm up is over. With the rain it should have gotten rid of the snow. Did the ice hold at Burtis?
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check out the web cam it looks like it held
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Does anyone know Brian318??? I can't get ahold of him on here for some reason...
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Fishfry,
Where do you find the webcam I can't remember,thanks.
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theres a link on the first page of reports and conditions I have no idea how post a link or I would post it here
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http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/
this is the web cam for viewing Burtis Bay -- good luck in the coming weeks
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Anyone see the webcam today in daylight?,just wondering if any ice left?
FN
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This is only a drive by, but we were at the south end all the way to the north end from one side to the other today and there's ice from shore to shore. I have no clue on what kind of ice were looking at though. Any one even see what shore ice is looking like?
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anyone checking burtis today too long of a drive for me
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Hope the coming cold snap of the next 4 days locks up the southern end with safe ice for this weekend. Ice gear is organized and ready to roll/slide.
Jamestown, NY
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I was there this morning before it started snowing. It's iced over, but there were no tracks out on the ice. I made no attempt either. Only my guess, but experience tells me that it isn't up to snuff yet.
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happy new year and good fishing. how are the conditions at longpoint, any info much appreciated. rudefish
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How is the ice on the lake is it safe to try this weekend
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I'm planning on taking a ride down sunday morning to fish ,my guess would be burtis bay for any safe ice. I'm taking my nephew with me,he can be the first one out lol
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Hey FraBilKil , you heading out this weekend?
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HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR ON THE HARD WATER AND BE SAFE
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Is there any safe ice on long point state park yet?
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How is the ice on long point? Is it safe?
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Buffalo Bob,
Hope to get out for the first time someplace this weekend. Waiting to hear from my fishing buddy, The Postmaster.
Last year our first outing was at ASP-Red House. Waiting for the 'Safe Ice' reports. Will probably hit the south basin if possible.
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Anybody know if the Redwood in Bemus Pt is open? I think the bait shop closed but the lodging is what I'm looking for. Thx
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Looks like you guys got some snow with this storm
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About 8" fell in the last 48 hrs. -3 out this morning. Hope last nights wind was strong enough to blow most of the snow off the deep.
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is there any word on burtis thought about heading that way tomorrow but its an hour drive
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Haven't seen any reports on the Mayville area. Would also like to make the trip, but it's an hour away for me as well any information tonight would greatly be appreciated. Thanks :tipup:
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Davejr,
Redwood Ranch is now Bemus Point Lodge on the Lake. 716-386-4275
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Check lake reports. I just took a drive around.
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I'm doing a drive by Burtis tomorrow. Will post results.
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Thanks now I've got one more reason to head down there this weekend! Fish well my friends.
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Any info on how thick the ice is?
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looks like on the web cam people fishing burtis I cant get it to work right only shows night time can anyone confirm ice thickness don't,t care about your catch just want to know if its worth the drive
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I've been out on Burtis the last couple days/nights. the ice is fine with 2-4" about half black. Definitely not time to bring the 4 wheelers and the Noah's Ark size huts but a sled and some gear is fine. The bite is spotty. You can find the gills if you move around. seems like the perch are a BIT bigger than last year but nothing like the In Fisherman picture. Early morning and late afternoons are definitely more active than mid day at least for the last two days.
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Big body of water to freeze
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'3. Tournament Limits:
1) All Pro-Am teams must enter and exit the ice from the assigned ice access location(s) ONLY (shotgun locations). Anyone leaving the ice at any location other than the designated access point will result in team disqualification from the tournament.'
The above is from the NY ICE PRO-AM tournament website. I have a few questions. First, does anyone know where the "assigned ice access location(s) are for the chautauqua lake tourny? Second, does this mean that if Burtis and/or Mayville are the "assigned locations" I can't enter the Pro-Am division and get on the ice at Prendergast or Long Point?
I'd think I could compete in the Pro-Am division but I don't have a snowmobile or a 4-wheeler and don't want to be limited to a couple access sites.
Can anyone clear this up? Thanks
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Panamaniac thanks for the info I think I will head that way in the morning
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that is correct. they said there should be 2 or possibly 3 launch sites for the pro/am but the open division can enter from whereever....
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I spoke with Tim Thomas about the open anglers. Open anglers can enter the ice anywhere, but they must return to the weighin location via the ice. So if you park at ms and fish there, you gotta walk to Pendergast.
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I haven't seen many reports on safe ice or many fishing reports,with the next storm system supposedly dropping another foot of snow this could doom the ice making process,I dont see the tourney going off again this year,but I believe there is a backup date this year.This is a real shame with all the volunteers working so hard to get this off the ground,if we can only get lake Erie to freeze but we're running out of time.Lets hope Mother Nature is good to us this time and freeze all that snow!!!!!!!!!!!
FN
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Don't know when the web cam updates but I just drove by Burtis and there is 30 guys out there. Camera pic doesn't show a single person.
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Glad to hear that Game Hog, I have a room booked for the tournament. It'll be my first and I'm really looking forward to it
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Question specific to Chautauqua. What size perch are you guys keeping. I caught about 100 perch today in a couple hours. 90% were 7-71/2". Maybe half a dozen over 8"
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Made my day Tim...thanks
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Any time! @)
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Question specific to Chautauqua. What size perch are you guys keeping. I caught about 100 perch today in a couple hours. 90% were 7-71/2". Maybe half a dozen over 8"
I will sometimes keep the 7and halfs kept a couple today any less is just not worth it imo I keep 8s all day long three years ago did caught alot of 9s some 10s and a few 11s
dont know where they went but im looking
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Chautauqua usually mirrors Sodus Bay for ice so I can't imagine there isn't safe I've there, plus I've heard from multiple sources of safe ice. Despite really wanting the tournament to happen, neither Mike nor Craig would give me false info to run the tourney on unsafe ice. Please continue to express your concerns with specific locations so I can verify any potential dangers.
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Longpoint bathhouse side had 2" of ice in 8' of water. Wouldn't dare to go on the marina side.
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Hey Tim,
I fished LP bath house today. There is with out a doubt safe ice. There are also areas where the ice would be considered by some to be too thin. I walked out from the bath house to the 32' flat. Approximately .3mi. I used the spud every couple steps and found the ice was very inconsistent. I found ice from 3" of white soft ice to 5" of clear black. People just need to use their heads and be careful. I fished a hole with 5", walked 15' and the spud went through with one whack.
If the snow doesn't kill us, there should be no problem with being ready for the tourney.
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Some one said down by the bell tower is the hot spot!
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Game hog, I was at the bath house all morning. Were you in or near the guys with the big clam flip over? If so another 100' from where you were was an easy 5" of ice. 110' feet was back to 2" white ice.
My point is not to dispute you, but point out that people need to check for themselves. Reports on this site are great and very helpful, however nothing will replace a spud bar and common sense.
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Thank you for the info! Hopefully the snow this week will stay away from the lake!
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Thought i saw accuweather showing a warm up next weekend. Would be good to melt some snow om top if ice
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we were at the bathhouse this am,we were the two guys farthest out.28ft of water. there was a good 3in of black hard ice and 3in of the softer stuff.i was out there wed afternoon and there was only 2 of good black ice,so its getting better.
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I was out towards you guys with the big red sled. How'd you guys do out there? I didn't catch anything until I moved in shallower. I noticed you guys didn't move much until you left. Any sizeable perch or any walleye?
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just a bunch of small perch. I c that the snow compacted a lot overnight and its gona get way cold later today so I bet the slush on top is gona freeze,so it should make travel a lot beter.
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Did a drive by of Burtis just before dark tonight. Lake looks great last nights rain did us a favor. No snow on top and all the slush looks froze tight. Creepers are going to be needed if venturing out in the am.
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Anybody finding the crappie on the ice just yet? What depth are they at?
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Streamcreeper-
Who was that shady dude with the 1980s fishfinder you were out there with? I heard he was the dumbass that thought the two of you should drag all the way out there for a few tiny perch! lol. call me about later in the week.
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Going to try Burtis tomorrow and brave the weather. Ill report how it went.
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Going to try Burtis tomorrow and brave the weather. Ill report how it went.
Good luck and stay safe! Anchor that shanty down!! ;)
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Anybody finding the crappie on the ice just yet? What depth are they at?
Crappie fisherman are the most tight lipped of all!
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6:30am and about a mile from burtis, I was getting -15 and haven't seen any snow all night.
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6:30am and about a mile from burtis, I was getting -15 and haven't seen any snow all night.
NICE!! @)
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that sounds like a perfect temp!
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6:30am and about a mile from burtis, I was getting -15 and haven't seen any snow all night.
Freeze baby freeze!!!!!!
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;D good hopefully lots of ice made with little snow
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panamaniackattack..
I found some old rap-jigs in the old colors.not the color u wanted though.ive got one more old spot im gona check,if he has em il buy all ov em.the vexilar is on its way!!!!
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Glad to hear no snow with the cold temps. Good to go this weekend. Different story near Buffalo. Most of the roads closed, and travel bans. Snowing, and blowing like crazy.
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Guys,
Is the North end locked up and how long,no reports from Mayville or Belltower,anyone know what it looks like?thanks
FN
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Has anyone checked long point yet. At the north end of lake.
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south end had OK ice on the shore, and 6 from there on.... about 4 inches of snow on the ice too..... , north end was very bad spud when threw every wack at the shore line some guys were brave and went out any ways, this blast of cold should make the shore line harden up
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i checked the bell tower to, no one fishing and ice and the was moving..... looked very thin to skim ice,
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Thank you Grapeman
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any one having luck finding bait??? spikes or mouseys??? i'm striking out.
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I'm pretty sure Chautauqua Reel Outdoors: http://www.chautauquareeloutdoors.com/bait-tackle-shop-chautauqua-lake/
Has them in stock. At least I got spikes from them 2 wks ago. They even got the young lads trained to tell the difference between a spike and a waxie unlike some of the millenials at the Hut. Great selection of fishing bait and gear overall.
Mike,
I'll be in to talk about my sponsorship for the pro-am.
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what can be done about the dink perch problem on Chautauqua lake? everybody take 5 fisherman with them and everyone keep their limit? think it will ever come back as a good perch lake as far as good sized perch?
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what can be done about the dink perch problem on Chautauqua lake? everybody take 5 fisherman with them and everyone keep their limit? think it will ever come back as a good perch lake as far as good sized perch?
Introduce 100,000 northern pike ;D
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The lake is already overloaded with Musky,used to have high population of eyes but crashed somewhat,still has plenty of bass, and crappie are rebounding so plenty of predators.I've heard a couple of reports where the perch are avg.7 to 71/2" so some improvement is there.
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It def seems to be a problem. I was out last Sunday and caught pretty close to 150 7-7 1/2" perch and prob two that were 8 1/2-9". The bigger ones were def fatter and if I would had a bucket of those, I woulda kept them. I just can't bring myself to filet the 7-8" perch. Just doesn't seem worth it to me.
Will these fish ever grow up or are the numbers just so high that they grow way too slow? Will everyone keeping a limit of 7-8" perch help this out?
Bass and musky are doing great, and although they elude me quite often, I hear walleye are getting better as well.
I really wish the perch would grow up though.
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where did you catch all the perch if you don't mind me asking?
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It def seems to be a problem. I was out last Sunday and caught pretty close to 150 7-7 1/2" perch and prob two that were 8 1/2-9". The bigger ones were def fatter and if I would had a bucket of those, I woulda kept them. I just can't bring myself to filet the 7-8" perch. Just doesn't seem worth it to me.
Will these fish ever grow up or are the numbers just so high that they grow way too slow? Will everyone keeping a limit of 7-8" perch help this out?
Bass and musky are doing great, and although they elude me quite often, I hear walleye are getting better as well.
I really wish the perch would grow up though.
Were the perch really 7-7.5"? If so I would like to know where you were too. I will keep a limit of those. They are the sweetest fish you will ever eat. Keeping a limit may not help but it definately can't hurt.
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I didn't measure every fish, but they all looked to be the exact same fish. 85% were 7-7 1/2" with a few bigger and a few smaller. The problem was those 7- 71/2 are pretty slim, the 8" we're much fatter. That's why I didn't bother to keep them.
After cleaning 50 undersized perch, I'm so sick of them I don't even wanna eat them.
All were caught north of long point.
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Thanks for the warning I'll try over by the town park in Mayville.
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what can be done about the dink perch problem on Chautauqua lake? everybody take 5 fisherman with them and everyone keep their limit? think it will ever come back as a good perch lake as far as good sized perch?
Keep every single one you catch... Feed the gulls and coyotes. These little pricks eat and consume everything when growing. They make way too much competion for young of the year walleye to survive..
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Has the ice on long point held up and gotten any thicker?
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has anyone been out at bemus pt? I usually do pretty good there for perch and an occasional walleye. 50 7 to 8 in. perch works for me.
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Perchmaster I will let you know first hand at about 7 am
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i have to admit to catching my fair share of peewees over the years, but i can you tell that the spring time perch fishing the last 2 years has revealed bigger perch than i have ever seen in that lake. seriously lots of 10s and 11s with some bigger and of course many shorts too. i have never been able to bag these nice perch through the ice however. in may we beat em up in the weedlines with salted minnows but i have no clue through the ice, but my point is that they are there and there are more of them than you would think. i am sure this will draw a thousand "where were you fishing" questions and a bunch of "your full of crap" comments but it is the truth weather you think so or not. 12-15fow across from webb's or near the watermark resturant is where we did most of the damage in may but again, have never seen perch like this through the ice. good luck
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x2 prchmike
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I heard happy hooker closed, hopefully that's not true, but hogans hut usually has everything
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Happy Hooker is closed, Hogans Hut is still open.
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Long point north side ice is 5 solid black. 32' of water
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As stated earlier, Hooker closed. Hogan's is open but had very little last several times I've been there. If you're looking for a place comparable to the Hooker, check out Chautauqua Reel Outdoors. It's in the dollar store plaza next to the lakewood dipson theaters.
I've been in several time and they've always taken care of me.
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As stated earlier, Hooker closed. Hogan's is open but had very little last several times I've been there. If you're looking for a place comparable to the Hooker, check out Chautauqua Reel Outdoors. It's in the dollar store plaza next to the lakewood dipson theaters.
I've been in several time and they've always taken care of me.
Do they open early and have bait?
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Thanks, Bschrock55
I will have to stop in there and check it out.
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They def have bait. Last I was in, med and lg emeralds, lg goldens, and fat heads. They also had waxies, spikes, and mousies.
Not sure when they open, but I'm guessing they'll be open according to demand.
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I was just thinking about the dink perch situation a lot of the prch i have been catching have those white grubs in them do you think that could have anything to do with them being stunted. i mean they are a parasite. just a thought.
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Anyone know the ph# to Chautauqua reel Outdoors,thanks
FN
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FN
I've got their card in my car, I'll post the phone number when I get out of work. 4ish
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Anyone know the ph# to Chautauqua reel Outdoors,thanks
FN
http://www.chautauquareeloutdoors.com/bait-tackle-shop-chautauqua-lake/ (http://www.chautauquareeloutdoors.com/bait-tackle-shop-chautauqua-lake/)
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does anyone know if it is still ok to park at the Vikings?
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I was just thinking about the dink perch situation a lot of the prch i have been catching have those white grubs in them do you think that could have anything to do with them being stunted. i mean they are a parasite. just a thought.
Have caught many 13-14 inch perch at red lake up north and they had the grubs. Didn't seem to stunt they're growth....
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Have seen them in monster perch in Port Bay and Sodus Bay, so I would also agree that the grubs don't affect size.
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Thanks C Dawg!
FN
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Anyone been out? What do you guys think about fishing tomorrow with all the flooding that is supposed to happen?
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Need some info. Does anyone know if it it still ok to park at the Vikings Club?
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I parked there the end of last year with no problem but haven't been this year. If not you can go to Midway or at worst along the road in Maple Springs.
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Can someone answer where we are able to park in maple springs. I know their was an issue with that years back.
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Is long point safe to fish yet? Wanted to go out over weekend.
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There is actually no public access in maple springs.. its all private property, I should know cause I live 5 minites from there.. get to know the land owners and just ask, most of them dont care.. just respect it and normally there isnt any problems
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Delmar is listed as second starting location for nys ice pro am. where is it? cant find it on a map for Chautauqua?
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Was out today on Burtis - from eleven til two - all in all it was a pleasant day - guessing there was about forty fisherman on the ice - Tried out my new Ion auger - neat machine.
Guessing there is any where from seven to eight inches of ice. Surface yesterday required grips - today about two inches of snow made pulling a shelter a little harder but it was not bad. Did limit out with about half and half of smaller gills mixed in with slabs. Felt marvelous being out there. Most gills were caught with small jigs with wax worms... Good luck
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Delmar is listed as second starting location for nys ice pro am. where is it? cant find it on a map for Chautauqua?
South end of the lake at Burtis Bay Park on the ice.
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South end of the lake at Burtis Bay Park on the ice.
thanks tim. cant wait to fish the tourney. going tomorrow for test run. will post updated conditions and such upon return
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Thank you for updates on ice guys looking forward to tournament first time on lake and new to this style of fishing just hopefully lots of safe ice. The trip is over 5 hours hope we catch some fish. Any help on what locations that might have more luck would be helpful I can help in return on any place up in Jefferson co. thanks hope to meet some of you guys next weekend.
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Was out today on Burtis - Tried out my new Ion auger - neat machine.
you showed me the ion jst before you left...pretty sweet!!
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What would u say about hitting it tomorrow , live in newfane but wanna make the drive
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How is the ice holding up.? Is it worth a trip in the am
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If there was 8" of good ice, im sure the ice will hold up "ok"
I planbon coming up monday morning as long as some good reports come in. Guys, dont forget to check the conditions page as well as this thread
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cant seem to find out a whole lot about the ice tourney.can I register the morning of the tourney?how to they judge the fish?the longest,the heaviest,the most weight any help would be appreciated.
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is there anyone I can call and talk to about the tourney? I have a lot of questions about it?
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Was out on Burtis today about four hours and caught three fish - day before i limited out on gills guessing the south east wind had something to do with it - appears Wednesday the lake water may harden up with colder weather predicted, so i may sit back and hope all gets firm once again. At present in areas there are as much as two inches of water but it seems to be flowing back down through open holes in the ice. Also ice cleats to me are a must till we get some snow back on top..
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Chuck-the answers to all your questions are on nysiceproam.com
You can also email the tourney director, he'll get back to you pretty quick.
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Guys, whays the ice like ? Looking like a trip up monday is on the itennerary. But some condition reports would help!
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Feel free to PM or call me with any tourney questions. @)
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Has anyone been out near Warner's at all? Was thinking of going out later in the week.
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Just got it from Warner's, ice was good 6", guy out on a wheeler
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I am looking to hit Mayville or Burtis Tuesday evening, any reports on the shore ice would be appreciated! I am hoping it will hold up even with these temps above freezing the next 24-36 hours. Thanks!
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Just got it from Warner's, ice was good 6", guy out on a wheeler
Thanks for the info. Going out tomorrow.
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does anyone fish Ashville bay for gills
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a buddy of mine has a cottage down that way...I'll ask him if he knows of anybody who fishes Ashville!
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I guess the biggest issue with asheville bay is access. Smith boys and all private land...i
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What about ashville marina they let you fish there in the spring
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I know a guy that lives on Ashville bay but don't ice fish ill have to check it out and let you guys know
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I usually fish out of Mayville, but haven't been down yet this year. Is the usual 6-8" of slush on top of the ice right now?
Thanks,
Tim
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I am also looking for an ice report on Mayville, want to go tonight, but the weather has not been cooperating, I will probably have to wait until the weekend :(
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check out the water on top of the ice using the Burtis Bay web cam site -
http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/
going to wait until colder weather to refreezes such surface water,
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Yeah that water does not look fun. I'm mainly concerned about shore ice as the main ice is probably okay. Maybe ill just take a ride after work and make the call when i get down there. Thanks!
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The real question is..Johnny's or Aj's? ::) ???
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Johnny's hands down. Water on top is not as bad as it looks. Was just at Burtis and there is spots where it's high and dry. Pools of water look to be an inch so deep
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Johnny's hands down. Water on top is not as bad as it looks. Was just at Burtis and there is spots where it's high and dry. Pools of water look to be an inch so deep
Thanks for the report...I'm a southside kid..Aj's on foote all the way!
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for you guys looking for the eyes i normally don't do this but since i will be gone for 4 weeks and cant fish the ice tournament on the 18th Cedwell is the place to be in 35-38 ft of water is the ticket. For those of you that have the #11 jigging rapalas you will get the bigger pigs, you can't find or buy them anymore go get um boys little bit of a walk but sure worth it.
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For this former Southside boy...A J'S over Johnnys no doubt..its close though!!!
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For this former Southside boy...A J'S over Johnnys no doubt..its close though!!!
I thought there may be more out there...def close though!!
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Yep, just hit them up last month when I was home bro, got 2 jars of the slime sitting at home in South Buffalo. I did the grand tour of Jimmytown for food, a pie from Lenas, dogs from AJ's , and pink stipe cookies from Eckloffs..grew up on East Virginia Circle, how bout you
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PM me Nate so these guys can get back to Chautauqua B.Sin...lol
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Yep, just hit them up last month when I was home bro, got 2 jars of the slime sitting at home in South Buffalo. I did the grand tour of Jimmytown for food, a pie from Lenas, dogs from AJ's , and pink stipe cookies from Eckloffs..grew up on East Virginia Circle, how bout you
Giving these good ol boys some places to eat...if they dont already know!
pm sent...
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Johnny's hands down. Water on top is not as bad as it looks. Was just at Burtis and there is spots where it's high and dry. Pools of water look to be an inch so deep
Sorry it's the old Abbott Texas Hots in South Buffalo! - Heading to LP on Saturday!
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Lol Abbott Texas hots IS good! Right down the street from me!
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going tomarrow 1/16/14 i will report back.
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The ice is good on the lake. Water not an issue as of 1/14/14. Fished Burtis, had to work for the sunny's, but got some beauties. Lots of small ones also.
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Does any one use atv on lake to travel or is everyone walking
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Haven't seen a machine since the warmup.
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I think were going to try Burtis for the first time on Saturday, Sounds like we can find some gills there, anybody know if they get into the perch there or would we need to go to deeper water to find them. Went out of Vikings a while back and got a limit of 7 1/2s but was just wondering about them in Burtis. Thanks so much guys! (Not fishing the tourney either just looking for a little help)
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Haven't seen a machine since the warmup.
sent you a PM
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I see that. I will be out in the am call you later on.
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was on Burtis this morning at eight am - wind at the time was gusting to about 14 mph from the south. Tried three different areas and four choice of lures and baits without seeing a fish or feeling a tap.. Again it seems that south wind messes up there feeding habits, now that im home and checking the web cam sight I see the wind has shifted to the west. Three hours later im noting again via the web cam for Burtis - setups that were near have left also.. Water on top of the ice has refrozen however i did wear ice creepers and glad i did... Good luck hope you do better then i did...
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Does anybody get into numbers of perch, (I know there mostly all 7ish) at Burtis, were going Saturday and would like to get into the perch and some gills, or are we better off going midlake and deep for the perch , then head to burtis for gills after? Any info would be great!
Jeff
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Does anybody get into numbers of perch, (I know there mostly all 7ish) at Burtis, were going Saturday and would like to get into the perch and some gills, or are we better off going midlake and deep for the perch , then head to burtis for gills after? Any info would be great!
Jeff
Good call man, Burtis for gills and mid-lake and north for perch. Try off Long Point , Midway , and Mayville for perch.
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Does anyone know if access is still permitted at Mission Meadows? I know that you can get ticketed for parking on the side of the road too early in the morning. But, wasn't sure if access is still permitted down through Mission Meadows private property......any info appreciated, thanks!
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Lol Abbott Texas hots IS good! Right down the street from me!
In W Seneca now but grew up near the old Jimmy's Abbott Texas Hots when he was near mercy hosp - he sold the recipe to the guy who has is now .- did ok at sbh but need to go deep at lp
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heading down this wknd from hamburg for hopefully a nice bucket of perch. gonna start out at bemus ,usually do pretty well there. I see some concern about the walleye population, just a suggestion but maybe practice catch and release for a season or 2. or release all the bigger fish,i fish deep water on lake erie for walleye in the summer I release anything 8 lbs or better cause those are the breeders.
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How much ice is off long point? Want to get out but it's a hour and a half from lockport. Long drive for no ice.
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Plenty of ice out there. Haven't been there since tues and the was 6"+. Lake has made an inch or two since.
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How's the walking? Are cleats needed?
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There is just a dusting of snow on top of some smooth ice. Cleats are not a must but I'd recommend them.
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I'd like to try mayville tomorrow hopefully no slush
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Where is everyone headed tomorrow? I will probably start at Mayville. I know a lot of people might not tell since the tourney is this weekend. I am not in it, but good luck to all who are!
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How is the ice off the bell tower??? Has anyone fished there yet??
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I saw people fishing the bell tower last Sunday during the warm up, I would imagine it is fine now!
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How big of a contest is it out there?
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My brother talked to a guy at Hogan's and he said there was only 50 guys signed up?
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Heading to lp early tomorrow anyone know how the shore ice is. Also how much snow they get out there
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check out conditions thread. sounds like shore ice is fine
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Only a few inches of snow..not even enough to really effect the drag
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any results from tournament today?
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any crappie being caught yet. :tipup: :tipup: ;)
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Was there yesterday (sat) ice was great set up in 19 foot of water off meadow springs caught about 60 perch only a dozen in the 8 to 9 inch range alot of 7" perch out there.
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Few crappie here and there...as far as the tourney not sure..was at burtis yesterday and stopped by the weigh in station and nobody was there..I wasn't in it but from the sounds of it I prob shoulda entered
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Been out on the ice a dozen times so far haven't seen any garbage yet way to go guys!!!
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My brother talked to a guy at Hogan's and he said there was only 50 guys signed up?
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There should be alot more ppl doing the tournament it is by far the best one in NY great guys who run it plenty of great prizes and cash pay outs
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The tourney def didn't have that many people registered. Around 30 pro/am teams and around 50 open anglers. The fishing was as slow as ice ever seen. Obviously it was bad fishing, but the tourney it self seems to be out together very nicely. They had a great setup at the fire hall near hogans hut. Weighin seemed to be run well. And, they handed out thousands of dollars worth of prizes. As a door prize I ended up with $100 worth of tip ups and there were several other nicer prizes.
My question is, why was there little to no local fisherman? I met several people from all over the state, but no one else from chautauqua.
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Was a great run tournament we drive 4 hours each way stayed over in hotel 2 nights spent over $50 at local bait shops and ate out each day so to support local business sad on local turn out of competition my partner and just missed out of placing in top 5 but was a fun time. We caught perch that would have placed if we did open class had a .51 lbs was told that's great size for out there. Thanks for the people that did support the tournament.
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Just my opinion but could be people that fish it all the time know what the fishing is like here. Its great if you like 7inch perch . Tough to find crappies during the day and even tougher to get a walleye . I read none were weighed in.
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One walleye was weighed in, and I've never seen a slower bite than we had this weekend. I'm not a pro by any means, but on most days I can usually bring home an eye or two. This weekend was very unusual how slow it was. I've never fished crappie, but I do her of guys getting them through the ice. And crappie fishing is pretty if on this lake in the spring.
It seemed like a good tourney that for only being a couple years old, is run very well. They procure a ton of sponsorship support and it's a shame do few people came out to try it. It looks like it has a lot of potential to be a great event, just need the people to come fish it.
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The "one" walleye that was weighed in was a classic to watch!! Anyone around that area knows what I am talking about.... I must say - they deserved it by the walk they made !! :)
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Never caught a walleye thru the ice was thinking of comin down in the am to give it a shot. Was thinking about trying pendergrast but was wondering if there is a better place to start. Thanks for the info in advance
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Your right...Prendegrast is probably the best place to start. I know they catch them out in front of We-Wan-Chu campground in the summer but i don't think there is any access there in the winter. its almost a 1 mile walk.
at Prendegrast i know guys usually veer off to the right in the bay there for Wallys
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Really wanted to get in tourney but timing wasn't on my side...will look forward to it next year if we have ice.
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I agree with fishfry95. Plus I had a commitment on Saturday. Heard not a single legal walleye was submitted on Saturday. Big surprise, if the information is accurate.
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The thing that killed me was that I've read several reports last year about all these members catching all these walleye like they were like gills!Alot of the guys in tourney sad the walleye were there but wouldn't bite,maybe the night bite is best?I helped to promote this event and am very surprised there weren't more entries with all the great door prizes and other gifts.Thanks again Tim for a great event,a real shamethat people don't know a good thing when they see it,fishing is part of event,but meeting other people not from here and promoting the region is a big part of a event like this.Too bad more area residents didn't help out in that respect,and the local economy always needs a shot in the arm!
FN
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I agree nick. It was a great time by all that we're there. Didn't understand why the low turnout. Fishing was tough but that's fishing. I'll be doing sodus if any one wants to head up for that one
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Maybe they need to advertise it a little more??? Never saw a single ad on it near me. I'm about a half hour south...
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Looking to come up and fish Saturday and Sunday. Can anyone tell me a good reasonable placeto stay Saturday night? Thanks, Bernie
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Bulldawger,
There were fliers in all tackle shops in area from Silver Ck to Mayville and in local bars, supermarkets, and Con.Clubs,it was also in Gene Pauzak's column in the Observer for a month so I don't know what to say except sorry you missed it.The event has been talked about on here for 2yrs. also.
FN
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Guys this is the best run tournament I have ever been a part of. Tim does an excellent job running it me and my partner have now fished both Chautauqua this year and sodus last year. Both events went off without a problem. To all of you Chautauqua boys that missed this event come fish sodus it's a great area and you will get to see what an actual perch looks like you don't need top end gear or transportation to be in the running to win last year we walked 5 miles to our perch grounds 2 days in a row to end up in second this year was 4 miles round trip to our walleye spot maybe a 1/4 mile to our perch spot try this event you won't be disappointed. Team Mitchels bait and tackle
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Guys this is the best run tournament I have ever been a part of. Tim does an excellent job running it me and my partner have now fished both Chautauqua this year and sodus last year. Both events went off without a problem. To all of you Chautauqua boys that missed this event come fish sodus it's a great area and you will get to see what an actual perch looks like you don't need top end gear or transportation to be in the running to win last year we walked 5 miles to our perch grounds 2 days in a row to end up in second this year was 4 miles round trip to our walleye spot maybe a 1/4 mile to our perch spot try this event you won't be disappointed. Team Mitchels bait and tackle
Heck we cant even buy a license yet...p.s. i'm in Pa
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wheres the parking at Mayville?
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I want to thank the Chautauqua Lake and Jamestown area where I stayed during the tournament. People were pleasant and helpful with pointers for fishing the lake. Also to thank Tim Thomas for hosting another great event, its always a pleasure being in one of his well run events. It was great to see everyone and making new friends . This was my 3rd Pro Am Tournament, look forward to many more. Fishing the Walleye Challange in Sacandaga this week end. Hope to see all the Chatauqua guys at Tupper Lake, then Sodos Bay…. Thanks again, Tim Captain Team Eat Me
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Jeffro,
You can park across from the Kwikfill on rt.394,access to ice to the left at boat launch,the bank is a rocky dropoff.
FN
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Will the results be in the Buffalo News for the contest?
A brief report would be great to read.
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Final results will be posted on the tournament website later today with a National press release created and sent out in the next day or two. We once again had 100% of the fish not kept by the anglers released with no dead fish. The low numbers were definitely disappointing especially considering the number of pre-registrations we had and the number of people "talking" about coming to the event. If local Chautauqua anglers are still hostile towards tournaments (as a result of the one back in the 80's), they really need to learn about new tournaments like ours that have a focus on fishery conservation and promotion. @)
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Thanks again Tim,
I've noticed that the ones that griped the loudest weren't entered so shame on them.The real shame was it seemed all the out of towners had a good time so what's wrong with the locals?Thanks again for a very well run tourney and if you x us out we only have ourselves to blame.
FN
Nick
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I would like to get in on this tourney next year! I was too busy to fish the two days in a row this past weekend. I wonder if the shaky ice conditions prior to the tourney might have deterred people from entering the tourney? I know the ice was great this weekend, but maybe people didn't arrange plans in advance due to the ice a week or two ago. Just a thought?
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We provide daily ice and weather forecasts starting a week in advance. This year all forecasts were positive for the event, with the only possible question being whether we could allow motorized transport, which was cleared days in advance. @)
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I would like to get in on this tourney next year! I was too busy to fish the two days in a row this past weekend. I wonder if the shaky ice conditions prior to the tourney might have deterred people from entering the tourney? I know the ice was great this weekend, but maybe people didn't arrange plans in advance due to the ice a week or two ago. Just a thought?
Why wait till next year come to tupper and/or sodus it's definitely worth it
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I wish I could, the wife only allows one out of town ice fishing trip per year, lol. I am headed to Oneida this weekend. I have to save time to hunt and fish for lake erie walleyes in the summer too...Too much to do, so little time!
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To all interested in Pro/Am results,
I just talked to Tim about the results presently posted,they are preliminary results not final so be paitent,if you have any questions email Tim.
FN
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We are locals and fished the event and had a great time. We finished second and seen the walleye that knocked us out of first caught right next to us. We were fishing out of Mission Meadows and those guys walked out there. Congrats to the first place finishers. It was funny listening to them walking towards us in the dark, trying to judge were they where. We fished Mission Meadows and Chedwell for walleyes each morning without getting a walleye but seen several get caught day one. Only one was caught day two that we seen. We then moved to Mayville and caught two hundred gills over the two days and at least 60 to 70 perch. We regularly catch perch between 8 and 10 inches and sometimes bigger. Although this weekend we caught only a few over 10 and one 11 inches which wieghed .51 lbs. We did catch 5 gills over .5 lbs day two which is a good batch. All of are big perch came off a live shiner with a little split shot 3 to 4 ft under the ice. We regularly fish way inside the normal pack out of Mayville.
We will be at the Sodus tourney fishing were ever the guys from Mitchell's bait and tackle are. We will give you a ride out if you need one. There are a ton of small perch in Chautauqua, but if you go out first and last ice you can really get some nice fish. Tim ran a great tourney and we were happy to be part of it. I do believe ice conditions did play a part in the low attendance. I try not to post conditions on this page often because last year some guy told me my report was incorrect. Here is the truth there is a group of guys who were fishing the lake weeks before the first report on this web page of safe ice came out and the local bait stores are hesitant to tell people ice conditions. Congrats to the winners, we were the first losers. Thanks again Tim see you at sodus.
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Many have said it and I will say it as well. Chautauqua lake is a great fishery you guys have and had a ton of fun this past weekend. We came up Friday morning and prefished for the tourney and it paid off. 3rd place is fine by us. We mainly fished the north end and some of the east side. The walleyes eluded us congrats to Mitchell's bait. Jamestown was great and spoke with several locals who were helpful as well. Tim and his team put on another amazing tourney and #Teambrotherdads was glad to be a part of it again. This is our 3rd pro-am an will be fishing the next 2 tourneys as well. We're gunning for u mitchels...:) great job Tim and thank you again. Awesome tourney!!!!
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Thank you RD and toxic u and ur team mates were awesome as was all the teams entered cant say enough about the great group of guys and girls that have fished these events the people are what make it fun again can't thank Tim enough for the work him and his family put in to these events and RD we do like to have fun out there glad we could put on a comic show for u and don't worry ill have my sled legal for sodus no need for a ride out to grounds n be careful following us im known for going way out of the way drill a bunch of holes and then move to the real spot maybe lol cant wait for the next tourney see u guys there t
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new here just gettin back in to this after retiring .... was the word on Chautauqua lake condition catches etc ....
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Put up 2 more posts & you can go to the Reports and Conditions
page and get all the info you need. Good luck
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... although I haven't fished the lake "yet" this year - there's been a few postings of 10", and 11" perch being caught on the Chautauqua threads, by a few of the IS members this season ... for reference, my personal experience has been (in the last 5 years of fishing this lake on the ice with my crews - with say +/- 300 - 400 man days) - the guys, and myself, have only iced a true 3, maybe 4 total fish that cracked the 10" line TOTAL ... that's out of nearly 6,000 - 8,000 perch iced during that time (only 1 in 2,000 perch) - so to hear of these allusive, and rare 10"+ perch being caught is a bit perplexing, yet encouraging.
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Although I haven't caught anywhere near that many perch, I have caught a couple over 10 ''. One just the other day at Mayville, and the other was 13.5 inches from Bemus. Game wardens came over and were very impressed by it, measuring it themselves ! Just had to put that one on the wall!
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This weekend http://www.niagarafishingexpo.com/
http://www.niagarafishingexpo.com/services.html
some good seminars
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One guy above said he puts a shiner down 3 -4 feet below the ice. A couple of years ago they were getting bigger perch suspended at the bell tower. Personally the last 5 years I got my by far biggest perch in Mayville a couple weeks ago it was 9 1/2" but like an Erie jumbo. Maybe 3/4# easily the size of 4 or 5 normal keepers. Got many 12" at private ponds, and Erie. Elusive at Chautauqua for me also.
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We have caught many over ten this year. Last year we might not of caught more then 4 or 5 and that is out of a group of us all year. Probably like stated earlier 1 per several 1000. This year out of Mayville has been good for a few bigger perch. My buddy I fished with in the tourney with caught a good bunch several weeks ago with several over ten and a 12.5 inch fish. We do catch the bigger ones suspended and if you get one big one you seem to get a few the same size. Most of them like I stated earlier came of a live shiner higher up in the water column. Now four to five years ago we would limit on 8" and better fish in the deeper holes. Most in that 8.5 to 9 inch range. We have not been catching them walleye fishing this year or last out deep.
10 to 15 years ago we used to catch huge silver bass and white perch off mission meadows and chedwell and haven't caught any in years although I hear the get them in the summer. It just seems to me the last few years are good batches of perch have all come in shallow water instead of out deep which was common place several years ago. We also stop catching any decent perch about now and then we start getting them again off Mayville in March mixed in with the Calico we get there.
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C-Bisket nice to see your still around!
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X2 on hearing from the bisket.
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fished in these winds today.There were four of us we all got skunked.Fish were not hitting today seen some nice eyes on camra.Any one have any luck on eyes today. :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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Skunked, for a week straight. Been out 6 of the last 7 days some days morning and night. Moved around the lake a bit and still nothing. Fished shallow, deep, and in between still nothing. First ice was great but this January low can go away. Going to switch over to the crappies for a bit
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fished in these winds today.There were four of us we all got skunked.Fish were not hitting today seen some nice eyes on camra.Any one have any luck on eyes today. :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
Check out the reports page. Guess a guy got his limit all over 6lbs
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Anyone getting any gills or crappies amongst the perch at mayville?
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Just curious because I've been fishin burtis and doin great with the gills with a few crappie in the mix but no one perch I could call a keeper...was thinking about switching it up a bit tomorrow
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Hope you find them,good luck
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Skip at Hogans Hut, thanks for putting us on fish Saturday. I will be back down next weekend and show you pictures.
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Hey guys need a favor from some chautauqua locals. I fished the pro-am tourney and when got home noticed my trailer plate was missing. We parked all 3 days at pendergrast point so if anyone finds a NY plate please let me know thank you in advance for the help.
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Fished small water Chautauqua Co. Caught 63 crappie. 4 keepers plus 1 bluegill. I needed to move and reposition, but it was too cold to do. Minnows from Skip @ Hogan's hut were the ticket. They hit a Custom Jigs & Spins Striper Special extremely light.
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anyone know how much snow is on the lake as of today?
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up to 4 to 6 inches at burtis with some bare spots
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Drifts were I've a foot on north side of lp
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Fished out of Mayville this morning. Lake was covered with packed and fresh snow making it a tough drag. Fishing was non stop action, perch and gills. No crappie where we were. Too cold and tough to move around today. Would like to thank a gentle man by the name of John for coming with his 4 wheeler and hauling us back to the parking lot after seeing us struggle back to shore. Maybe he's a ice shanty member. Thanks again john!
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I fished Mayville from dawn until dusk today. The snow was a real pain in the arse but we ended up with some nice perch and gills. non-stop action all day long and even a couple crappies after dark!
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I catch more walleye in the summer bass fishing than I do trying to get em on hard water
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Anyone been fishing out of long point, just curious how the perch action has been out there?
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was there on monday in about 45fow. very finicky bight most were 6-8inches nothing really bigger than that but tons of rockbass in the 3-5inch mark. Morning fish were very aggressive and about noon they wanted almost 0 action of the jig.
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Where can you park in Mayville? Never fished the lake in winter and really only know Prendergast and Long Point launches we use in summer. Thanks
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across from kwikfill on 394 and jst a bit further down the lake by the steamboat at the town park there is ample parking.
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Fished out of Mayville this morning. Lake was covered with packed and fresh snow making it a tough drag. Fishing was non stop action, perch and gills. No crappie where we were. Too cold and tough to move around today. Would like to thank a gentle man by the name of John for coming with his 4 wheeler and hauling us back to the parking lot after seeing us struggle back to shore. Maybe he's a ice shanty member. Thanks again john!
Were you with Jonnybobnibbler? Hes a legend in these parts
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Posted in r&c but placing here as well..
Seen this on Holiday Harbor facebook page...pretty sweet pic!
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Anyone been out the past couple of days? Probably heading out tomorrow morning. Mayville sounds like it has been the best bet recently.
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Ok, newbie to chautauqua,handicapped cant walk unassisted. So will be on my polaris ranger 500. Take it the ice is thick enough to support the utv and a out of shape 60 yr old . Also coming with a few other Older guys new to ice fishing. Looking for a good starting area. Area with reputation of holding fish. Not looking for your secret hot spots,just a good start area and parrell parking lot. Were heading out blind, and were by the run and gun phase of finding fish. Just to much stuff to pack up and getting around with walker on ice isnt the most secure footing. Will be there 2days 14&15. Will post both days whether successful or not, location, depth, presentation used and totals. From Rochester area, grew up in south buffalo. Would like to get to chaut at least once a year. If you feel comfortable helping some older guys out drop a line.
Tightlines
JM
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Panfish we did well in Mayville
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Put fresh blades on the auger. Ice is over a foot thick now.
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I'm staying at Mangolia's by this Friday and Saturday night. Wondering if there is a bait shop nearby? also, are there any kids in the area looking to drag a hut onto the ice for a few bucks. By hand or machine, don't matter to me.I had surgery a month ago and really aren't suppose to be dragging or pulling anything around yet but I can't wait any longer. Gotta get out, haven't gone out at all yet. If not, I just take it slow and steady. Thanks
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weres the little mule glenny?
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Fished small water Chautauqua Co. Caught 63 crappie. 4 keepers plus 1 bluegill. I needed to move and reposition, but it was too cold to do. Minnows from Skip @ Hogan's hut were the ticket. They hit a Custom Jigs & Spins Striper Special extremely light.
.....was the postmaster with you?
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Where can you park to fish burtis bay? Only have ever been to long point on hard water. thanks
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Just find the Lakewood Rod and Gun Club and go about 200 yards south. Make sure you park in the bigger lot across the road.
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.....was the postmaster with you?
Hunters08,
Yes, the Postmaster was fishing with me. He had to leave for an hour to pick up his wife who's helping an elderly lady who fell & broke her arm. He kept a couple crappie for her to sample some fresh fried fish. Lots of action, few keepers.
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I will be coming down tomorrow for the first time this year. i am bringing my little boy and two little cousins. looking to get them on some fish and keep them interested any ideas would be great. Thinking of heading out of mayville from what i am hearing the panfishing seems to be best outta there. Also i know its been pretty cold and would it be ok to bring the snowmobile down. have alot of guys been traveling on the ice with them and is there enough snow on the ice to get traction without studs on the track. I appreciate any reply.
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mayville would be your best bet. Ice is crazy thick with a few inches of packed snow on top. sled will be fine
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thank you for the help game hog. i was outta long point last year did ok. i know that it drops off to about 41' outta there. any good reports from there lately.
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:-\ Is johnnybonibbler the famed brown trout Burt Dam fisherman from western NY?
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Fished Mayville yesterday ice in the few places I moved around to was 10 to 12 in. Fish were biting all day the perch and gills were close to the bottom didn't pick any up higher in the water column. Had to weed through the small fish but eventually caught a bunch of keepers, it would be a perfect thing to keep the little ones interested all day. You won't have any problem having a sled without picks.
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Took my 3 year old for her first ice fishing trip to mayville today from 9-12..nonstop action, def perfect for the kids but got some nice ones in the mix too...she had a blast!...(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/jmbrnt81/961D738D-F381-40CC-B124-D5A21A685518_zpsicdrnrhk.jpg) (http://s827.photobucket.com/user/jmbrnt81/media/961D738D-F381-40CC-B124-D5A21A685518_zpsicdrnrhk.jpg.html)
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was in Mayville from 430 till 6 yesterday.... couldnt keep the perch off my line,,,, didnt try for the gills but lots of fun!!!! be back out today and hope to get a night bite for Mr. Crappy
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I am heading down tomorrow. Since I am bringing my own bait could you tell me what the preferred bait is.
Thanks,
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We used waxies and were gettin both perch and gills
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Took my 3 year old for her first ice fishing trip to mayville today from 9-12..nonstop action, def perfect for the kids but got some nice ones in the mix too...she had a blast!...(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/jmbrnt81/961D738D-F381-40CC-B124-D5A21A685518_zpsicdrnrhk.jpg) (http://s827.photobucket.com/user/jmbrnt81/media/961D738D-F381-40CC-B124-D5A21A685518_zpsicdrnrhk.jpg.html)
that is awesome and encouraging thats what you have to do get the kids on the fish and they are hooked for life. hoping the same happens tomorrow for my little boy
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that is awesome and encouraging thats what you have to do get the kids on the fish and they are hooked for life. hoping the same happens tomorrow for my little boy
...I would def recomend mayville then because it was nonstop..I didn't even fish cuz I wanted her to have a good time
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...I would def recomend mayville then because it was nonstop..I didn't even fish cuz I wanted her to have a good time
is there a certain spot in mayville or anywhere in there is good
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is there a certain spot in mayville or anywhere in there is good
..pretty much anywhere would prob work but we were in 9-10 fow
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How was it pulling your gear out onto the lake.
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Took my 3 year old for her first ice fishing trip to mayville today from 9-12..nonstop action, def perfect for the kids but got some nice ones in the mix too...she had a blast!...
Nothing better than happy kids with fish pictures..... :clap: :clap:
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Thought we'd attempt an early evening night bite. Fished small water Chautauqua Co. from 1630-2030 hours. I caught 28 crappie - 6 keepers plus 1 bonus 8.5" bluegill. The calico creeled were the Black species and averaged 9.5" in length. The Postmaster kept 4 crappie and was elected to clean them all, even though he has to work tomorrow and I'm off. He's a machine at fish cleaning & I'm definitely not. We thought hunters08 might join us? You didn't miss much as bite was slow and light. No wind and air temps 30°F warmer than our last time out made it much more tolerable. That combined w/ the Postmaster's specialty English Coffee made it for a great 'kickoff' to the weekend.
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I just see on the news that a a chick driving a sled went through a shanty last night in mayville. Be safe out there folks and watch out for others.
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you been doing anything as far as luck goes? I am working this weekend. I want to get out Friday. Leave for Arkansas again Saturday.
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I just see on the news that a a chick driving a sled went through a shanty last night in mayville. Be safe out there folks and watch out for others.
Wrecks Ice Shanty, Narrowly Misses Three Men Fishing
February 1, 2014
By The Post-Journal
CHAUTAUQUA - Police believe alcohol played a role in an overnight snowmobiling accident on Chautauqua Lake that could have had more tragic results.
Around 1 a.m. Saturday, Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies responded to a crash that occurred a short time earlier on the lake off of Lakeside Park in Mayville.
Police say Christina M. Black, 31, of Burghill, Ohio, was operating a 2006 Ski-Doo northbound about 200 yards from the shoreline when she struck an ice fishing shanty, narrowly missing three male subjects fishing a short distance away. The shanty, along with a significant amount of equipment was damaged or destroyed.
There were no injuries.
Following an investigation, Black was charged with snowmobiling while intoxicated, SWI with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or greater and not operating at minimum speed within 100 feet of a person or an ice fishing shanty.
Black will answer the charges in Town of Chautauqua Court at a later date.
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Look me up when your free Denny. Ill pm you my #.
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Thought we'd attempt an early evening night bite. Fished small water Chautauqua Co. from 1630-2030 hours. I caught 28 crappie - 6 keepers plus 1 bonus 8.5" bluegill. The calico creeled were the Black species and averaged 9.5" in length. The Postmaster kept 4 crappie and was elected to clean them all, even though he has to work tomorrow and I'm off. He's a machine at fish cleaning & I'm definitely not. We thought hunters08 might join us? You didn't miss much as bite was slow and light. No wind and air temps 30°F warmer than our last time out made it much more tolerable. That combined w/ the Postmaster's specialty English Coffee made it for a great 'kickoff' to the weekend.
Ended up going to Mayville till 945 only 4 keeper calico.
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Wrecks Ice Shanty, Narrowly Misses Three Men Fishing
February 1, 2014
By The Post-Journal
CHAUTAUQUA - Police believe alcohol played a role in an overnight snowmobiling accident on Chautauqua Lake that could have had more tragic results.
Around 1 a.m. Saturday, Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies responded to a crash that occurred a short time earlier on the lake off of Lakeside Park in Mayville.
Police say Christina M. Black, 31, of Burghill, Ohio, was operating a 2006 Ski-Doo northbound about 200 yards from the shoreline when she struck an ice fishing shanty, narrowly missing three male subjects fishing a short distance away. The shanty, along with a significant amount of equipment was damaged or destroyed.
There were no injuries.
Following an investigation, Black was charged with snowmobiling while intoxicated, SWI with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or greater and not operating at minimum speed within 100 feet of a person or an ice fishing shanty.
Black will answer the charges in Town of Chautauqua Court at a later date.
surprised this doesn't happen more often - had many close calls at mayville at night over the years .
might want to bring an extra lantern for outside the hut
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I started hanging glow sticks on the outside of the hut to make it a little more visible....no reason for them to ride out near the huts anyway...go around us..
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I put reflective tape on my Clam, all four sides and big pieces.
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Clam makes flashing red warning lights that Clip on the outside of the hut. I use them on weekends when there is lots of sled traffic. Can be seen from 100 yards or so.
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Went to mayville in the rain Saturday. Seemed the fish were moving around a lot. Tried drilling more holes but seemed to be the same. Lot of dink perch.
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Anybody get a line on crappies this year? I tend not to bother with Chautauqua perch but the calicos would be a pleasant change.
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havnt found only a crappie here and there.is the lake a slushy mess right now?
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Went to Mayville Saturday with Game Hog. The perch weren't big but I managed to get about 25 of them. Tip-downs with Turqouis and fluorecent orange jigs tipped with active minnows were the best thing for me. A silver small jig with a green plastic mite tipped with a active minnow worked for the gills.
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Took the kid down to mayville saturday for his first time out on the ice. He did awesome and was out on the ice all day. We found the fish and kept him interested all day. We managed some pretty nice perch and some pushing 1lb.
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If you want to catch calicos we do our best starting in march out of Mayville. We start fishing about 4pm into the night. The half hr before dark until an hr after dark seems to be the best for us. Emerald shiner fished usually 3 to 4 ft down. A lot of times we get them on the drop with the minnow struggling. I have not caught a calico this year and have been out probably 6 times for panfish, but haven't stayed past dark.
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u really catch crappie at mayville at night there.I was always told burtis bay
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SHOOOSH stop talking about it, more for me, Seriously yes there are lots of crappie in mayville just gotta put in your time some nights to find em.
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New to lake, appreciate tackle/ bait locations for different sections of the lake.
Thanks
John M
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thanks chris i will have to try one of these nights lol .private message me and i can put on some eyes .Been doing ok with them seeing alot on camera. Plus in the bucket lol good luck to u @)
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Best spot on the lake i found for bait is Hogan's Hut. Get to know and talk to Skip and he will put you on fish. Very knowledgeable.
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Probably heading down to Chautauqua Fri morn anybody else going out?
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I Am Headed Out Sunday For The DA...Mayville Or Long point
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I think i may try for eyes again this monday!
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I posted a 2 1/2 acre lot that I have for sale across from Long Point State Park with lake rights and a great lake view.If interested , check out the For Sale ad on Ice Shanty.
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I meant to post this on Monday. Did anyone notice on Saturday the large octagon holes someone cut into the ice. It looked like someone put a hut up and cut two holes about 3ft by 2ft. If they were covered with snow on Saturday and someone wasn't paying attention they would of gone thru the ice.
Am I wrong or is that a little overboard as far cutting a fising hole. Game Hog spotted them first thank god.....
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That's def too big of a hole. Some people don't think before they do things. ???
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Good thing eyes were open going out. Would not have seen them if it were like this am. Snow is deep.
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I meant to post this on Monday. Did anyone notice on Saturday the large octagon holes someone cut into the ice. It looked like someone put a hut up and cut two holes about 3ft by 2ft. If they were covered with snow on Saturday and someone wasn't paying attention they would of gone thru the ice.
Am I wrong or is that a little overboard as far cutting a fising hole. Game Hog spotted them first thank god.....
Where on the lake were those big holes cut? Mayville? Were they near the path walking out? Just wanted to make sure so I know where to avoid.
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Mayville. Out from parking lot across from kwickfill. I'd sat 150 yds out. Should be solid by now
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When I fished Mayville for the tournament there was a guy cutting his holes with chain saw haven't see that in many years be safe always have to watch for holes
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Thanks Game Hog. I'm heading there this Saturday. Hopefully there will be no fresh ones cut by then.
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They were straight out from Kwik Fill. Right in the middle of the usual group.
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I think it was Aaron Wiebe. He's one of my personal hero but he has been known to cut rectangular holes in the ice and fish through them lately.
I'm all for cutting any size hole in the ice and fishing through them. I think it would be a good idea to build a little mound around them to mark them. In this weather they will lock up overnight and Grizzly Gary could do Hot Yoga on the same spot in the morning and stay dry!
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I don't think a small mound would be a good idea. A young child may be drawn to the mound out of curiosity . No need for any hole bigger than 7-8inches . With these temps, lets hope it has refroze overnight, and not drifted over before freezing.
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Plenty of sleds out to pack some of the snow down making the drag a bit easier. Next weekend is the winter feet in mayville. That end of the lake will be a zoo. Everyone be safe out there. Sat night they will be having fireworks. Neat to watch from the ice.
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I am going out early tomorrow to try for some walleye. I haven't fished for them through the ice at Chautauqua. I have ice fished the lake for 20+ years and I am ready to try something different. I think I have a good location scoped out with the help of another IS member. I am not looking for any locations, but does anyone have any advice on presentation? My first thoughts are jigging raps with a minow head. Might also try pimples and buckshot spoons. Do guys get them jigging or deadsticking? Any info greatly appreciated!
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I am going out early tomorrow to try for some walleye. I haven't fished for them through the ice at Chautauqua. I have ice fished the lake for 20+ years and I am ready to try something different. I think I have a good location scoped out with the help of another IS member. I am not looking for any locations, but does anyone have any advice on presentation? My first thoughts are jigging raps with a minow head. Might also try pimples and buckshot spoons. Do guys get them jigging or deadsticking? Any info greatly appreciated!
I dont know what the usual presentation is, but I caught 2 so far. Off Mayville, 9 fow. The first was a small pimple and a minnow, the second was a small jig with a wax worm. Maybe they were just hungry that day.
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I am going out early tomorrow to try for some walleye. I haven't fished for them through the ice at Chautauqua. I have ice fished the lake for 20+ years and I am ready to try something different. I think I have a good location scoped out with the help of another IS member. I am not looking for any locations, but does anyone have any advice on presentation? My first thoughts are jigging raps with a minow head. Might also try pimples and buckshot spoons. Do guys get them jigging or deadsticking? Any info greatly appreciated!
Been picking em up on Rapalas. Haven't tipped with anything but maybe I'd be doing better if I did. Been jigging but some have been picking them up deadstickin'. Personal preferance I guess.
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I'm trying to find out were the aquarium is ??????? I think it is down near the viking club but not sure. any help would be appreciated best place to go of to get there and if it's walkable
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I'm going out to Chautauqua today I send report. Might go to long point.
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Went to mayville fished from 7:30-2:00. Caught about 120 small fish no keepers. About 12" of ice. Lots of sleds out today. Good luck.
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We also fished on Sunday and only small fish but lots of them. Good ice 12+" tons of people out.
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Just an update, I am not withholding any info, but I ended up fishing Lake erie Saturday instead of trying for some eyes on Chautauqua. I may be going out tomorrow evening for some crappie, either Mayville or Burtis haven't decided yet.
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Also trying to get the crappie bite tomorrow night. gunna try minnows and see what happens. POSTLETOWN i will probably see you there since there hasnt been many people waiting for the night bite. Crappie time baby
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I'll look for ya Catfish!
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Heading down thursday. Does anyone know if it would be a good idea to bring the wheeler? loking to go out of dewitville. Anyone know if there are machines going out there or is the snow pretty bad? Don't want to bring it if i can't use it.
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Didn`t see any atv`s lot`s of snowmobiles. Around 10 inches of snow one ice. The aquarium is Maple Springs. It`s between Long Point, and Midway park. Not sure on access at mineral springs. You can get there from the other 2 spots.
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can get to the aquarium from prendergast point fairly easily also.
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As far as hole size cut into ice , there used to be a state dec law for size limit but haven't seen it in reg guide . I'm not against cuttinga bigger holes but should have ccourtesy to mark hole or area after you leave. Walkers , a quad or sled comes by an hour after you leave could spell disaster. Up in Canada on simcoe when permanent huts are moved they back fill 3 by 5 hole with snow and ice and leave a Christmas tree or wooden stake as a marker .
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Seen some guys on the Burtis bay camera,any reports please?
FN
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Heading to Mayville sat am to take my brother inlaw icein for the first time.was there a couple weeks ago and got all dinks!(went in by park with tennis courts).really don't want a repeat if im gonna get him hooked.any suggestions would b awsome.how deep,how far out,where to pull out from,etc.i am not really familiar with the area as i normally hit prendergast or the belltower.(he wants to go there to meet up with family for ice festival)thanks to my fellow shantyites in advance for the help!! Tight lines ;D
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It's still been mostly dinks anywhere I have gone in Mayville lately, but there are occaisional gills with some size. Just gotta catch about 20 before you get one keeper. Still fun though, especially for a novice. I think catching those will be fun for him rather than catching nothing. Have fun!
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It's still been mostly dinks anywhere I have gone in Mayville lately, but there are occaisional gills with some size. Just gotta catch about 20 before you get one keeper. Still fun though, especially for a novice. I think catching those will be fun for him rather than catching nothing. Have fun!
thanks .maybe he'll get into it, he's from there. they live in Lakewood.I have lots of family down that way and some of them just don't think ice fishing is very fun. they think I'm crazy for traveling two hours down that way just a fish all day and not visiting them lol
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Was there Tuesday and it was dinkville. The drag was just that a DRAG!!! Fun day though caught a ton of fish. Good luck to all this weekend. Heading to Honeoye tomorrow. Cant wait
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I'd love to get some feedback on the walleye fishing this year.
I'll summarize my year so far, and give you all my theory... for whatever it's worth..Whenever.
I'm out There 4-5 evenings a week since we've had ice, around Jan 1st? I was out there on 2 inches or less spudding my way out...
I have been all over the upper end of the lake, from long point, to point Chautauqua, and everywhere in between (Victorias, preferfast , warner bar, Bell tower) been venturing out on the ATV to areas where we have had success jigging and trolling deep water in the fall too. Depth ranges from being on weed edges (13fow), to edges of deep holes 40fow or more)
Anywhere we drill a hole...perch, and more perch, and so many perch it's hard to see our lures on the flasher! Swarms of them.... every depth, 4-5 inch little dinks that just about drive you insane. That last hour of daylight or so, the perch activity seems to slow as walleye become more "active". They just will not hit!! We mark them, good size walleye, ( those who use flashers I'm sure can tell the difference marking a 5 inch perch vs. a 22 inch walleye...) they come right up to the lure, and go back down. Come up, back down, then gone. I've thrown ever lure and bait at them you could imagine, same thing. They just don't appear to be aggressive.
So my theory.... there is just SO much bait fish down there, do the walleye really have to go around searching for food? Couldn't they pick off a meal wherever and whenever they want? When they come up to check out our lures, why would they hit a questionable piece of lead when they know the sure thing is available anytime.
I remember the days, as I'm sure many others of you do, the limit of walleye was 5 fish and 15 inches, and there were very few times we'd come off the ice without a few keepers. And also I don't remember the constant perch!! Now it seems a great day is being able to bring one keeper home.
Ok, so maybe I've just lost my touch, but I grew up on this lake and have fished it my whole 29 years of life, and the last few years of hard water walleyes have been frustrating to say the least....
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I agree you can definatly tell the difference on the flasher they come up but will not hit. Very frustrating. I try the biggest jigs I have to keep the dinks off but that doesnt work either. I swear I have caught perch smaller than the lure I use.
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I'm renting a house
on Hartfield bay....was wondering if anyone has caught crappies out in front of the canal....any advice would be helpful
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How bad is the slush under the snow? I have a hole in mypac boots found the hard way so if its slushy ill wear my rubbers
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Not much for slush but def plenty of snow to make the drag suck
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How much ice is out there now
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to much ice!!!!!!! over a foot...
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Ok thanks
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fished out of prendergast in 30 fow 14" ice measured almost all clear . snow wasnt too bad hardly any slush. I brought home 14 perch all about 8" threw back a bunch. quite a few guys out there.
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fished out of ms, 48 ft , .3 of a mile out, plenty of ice & snow no slush. non stop action @1-5, limited out of 8-11 inchers mosty 8-9. drag was much better this week with my new smitty sled, dont think id of made it without it.
silver pimple w/eye
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I've been out 20-30 times in the evening for walleye and it really is frustrating when they don't hit. Try jigging with a buckshot or rattling flyer and have a dead stick or tip up close by with a medium shinner. All my fish have come on the dead stick this year.
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to much ice!!!!!!! over a foot...
No such thing... get a power auger :) lol
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Got a couple big 11inch white bass or white perch or silver bass whatever the heck they are I kept the are they any good eating? How big do they get
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similar in length to yellow perch they will get to 16" or so, I think .They are good eating have to eat them fresh though they dont freeze well.
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They do not come up to your lure, they come from the outside of your flasher cone and appear to come up but they are just getting closer to the center of the cone.
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Fished out of long point yesterday for the last few evening hours, kept about a dozen perch, threw back about as many, and iced two rock bass. Little slushy in some spots but nothing horrible. Ice was at least 12", best I've seen in a while. Not bad for only fishing for about 2 1/2 hours.
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Does anyone know where there's parking to get to Dewittville bay
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Does anyone know where there's parking to get to Dewittville bay
Meadows Road.
Anyone fish Mayville at night over the weekend? How did you do? I am looking to go tonight, but if it has still been slow I am not going to waste my time.
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There was a big group to the north this am. Anyone on here in that group ?
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Meadows Road.
Anyone fish Mayville at night over the weekend? How did you do? I am looking to go tonight, but if it has still been slow I am not going to waste my time.
fished mayville during the day today and was a lot slower than it has been and not one crappie
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fished mayville during the day today and was a lot slower than it has been and not one crappie
I was there too, bite was super slow.. had my boy and brother in law with me, there was a group fairly close to us with a bunch of kids, using tip downs, they were catching fish, but didnt appear to be getting alot... i think we may have caught 30 fish between the 4 of us... shouldve stayed where we were in the a.m.!!!
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Got about 15 white perch on Erie Saturday 1 14 inch tank that was like 5 inches from belly to back fried Em up today along with about 8 nice yellows taste is about the same maybe a little gamey just eat fresh don't freeze
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I was there too, bite was super slow.. had my boy and brother in law with me, there was a group fairly close to us with a bunch of kids, using tip downs, they were catching fish, but didnt appear to be getting alot... i think we may have caught 30 fish between the 4 of us... shouldve stayed where we were in the a.m.!!!
ya they came and set up next to us..it slowed down shortly after that but was good to see that all the kids did catch some and they def seemed to be having fun...I walked out about 100yds and started catching them again
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Yes I was there also I hope they didn't bother you'll they were boy scout on there first time out and yes they had a great time.
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I figured it had to be something like that..and no they didn't bother us..suprised u didn't hear my dad and I laughing in our hut about how good a time the boys were having..we def have no problems seeing a group o youngsters gettin into any outdoor activity..especially fishin or huntin..like I was saying, once it seemed to slow down I just ventured out about 100yds and started catching again..don't ever feel bad about getting anyone out there for their first time..if anyone gets bothered they can move..love to see anyone gettin into fishin..keep up the good work!
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Got a couple big 11inch white bass or white perch or silver bass whatever the heck they are I kept the are they any good eating? How big do they get
Where were you fishing when you got those???? I have got plenty in the summer but would love to get them through the ice... change things up a bit and catch something other that yellow perch and gills.
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Burtis bay. saw a few more on camera bu wouldnt hit. also saw 3muskie well maybe the same one 3times but it was neat to see
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Yes I was there also I hope they didn't bother you'll they were boy scout on there first time out and yes they had a great time.
Only thing that bothers me is that it didnt seem like they were running to those tip downs enough ! Bite couldve been better for them.. Its AWESOME to all those kids on the ice!!! The future of our sport! Great job getting them out there!
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not sure how many wallls r in the lake. have not heard much on success of stocking program the last few years.
most wallls we catch thru ice r either off prendergast or mission meadows. tough bite go small. 7s or #5 raps
seem to produce even when a live minnow wont. do not tip rap with anything.
about 15 yrs ago we pulled white perch 22 n 24in thru the ice of long point. these fish were breeders.
never saw in lake before that. makes me wonder where they came from. also that seemed that was beginning of end for
chaq's great walleye fishing.
can anybody verify this? about 4 yrs ago there was an apparent carp die off. i understand carp eat tons of
perch eggs; this mite explain all the dinks. either way this good ice shld help reduce nos....
if u feel like cleaning 7 inchers. either way chaq sure isnt what it was not that long ago.
tite line my friends!!!!
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not sure how many wallls r in the lake. have not heard much on success of stocking program the last few years.
most wallls we catch thru ice r either off prendergast or mission meadows. tough bite go small. 7s or #5 raps
seem to produce even when a live minnow wont. do not tip rap with anything.
about 15 yrs ago we pulled white perch 22 n 24in thru the ice of long point. these fish were breeders.
never saw in lake before that. makes me wonder where they came from. also that seemed that was beginning of end for
chaq's great walleye fishing.
can anybody verify this? about 4 yrs ago there was an apparent carp die off. i understand carp eat tons of
perch eggs; this mite explain all the dinks. either way this good ice shld help reduce nos....
if u feel like cleaning 7 inchers. either way chaq sure isnt what it was not that long ago.
tite line my friends!!!!
24" White Perch??? Might be a record for that!!! Maybe they are some other kind od White fish????
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I wasn't with them I just help with the set up of tent so they cook and get warm. The guys that were set up were friends of mine. I was fishing with one of there dad and some other friends. Yes it was great that young men and lady took the time to give these kids some great memory. It was great to hear them boys talk about how many fish they caught and just seeing them having a good time sure did make my day!
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cld be wrong... wldnt be 1st time but fished chaq since 75 n never saw a fish like that til then. never even saw a white perch in the lake til
about 2000. yhey reminded me of a striped bass but were not white bass, caught plenty of those in erie.
these were big fat fish with more rounded body than long.... more like a white perch than white bass.
wish i had pictures now but that was 99 n no cell ph with camera in my arsenal back thenl
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cld be wrong... wldnt be 1st time but fished chaq since 75 n never saw a fish like that til then. never even saw a white perch in the lake til
about 2000. yhey reminded me of a striped bass but were not white bass, caught plenty of those in erie.
these were big fat fish with more rounded body than long.... more like a white perch than white bass.
wish i had pictures now but that was 99 n no cell ph with camera in my arsenal back thenl
white bass have the black stripes on them and white perch don't..that's how I was always taught to tell the difference
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And anything over 19" would most certaintly be considered a record in NYS
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cld be wrong... wldnt be 1st time but fished chaq since 75 n never saw a fish like that til then. never even saw a white perch in the lake til
about 2000. yhey reminded me of a striped bass but were not white bass, caught plenty of those in erie.
these were big fat fish with more rounded body than long.... more like a white perch than white bass.
wish i had pictures now but that was 99 n no cell ph with camera in my arsenal back thenl
Almost sounds like a hybrid striped bass. Did the dec ever experiment with those? I know pa stocks them in several places but I dont remember ny ever doing so.
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Very well could of been a couple of hybrid stripers accidentally thrown in,would be cool to have DEC stock some in our area like Erie or Chautauqua,anyone know how we can lobby for this to happen,don't know if they are breeders or not,most likely not.
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(http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag179/grantvincent22/White_Perch_zps4a6e3238.jpg) (http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/grantvincent22/media/White_Perch_zps4a6e3238.jpg.html)
Here's a 15 incher I caught in Dewittville a couple weeks ago.
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Pretty sure that's a white bass because of the black stripes...nice fish!..I prefer to smoke them
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definitely white bass.catch them in lower niagara river all the time !
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Ps. thanks to whoever posted on finding the 9to10 foot hole off the park in Mayville!! hit it about 300ish yards out and cleaned up on big perch and a couple mystery breakoffs (to big for 1#line)or toothy ?admittedly though,i did get alot of dinks till i found the spot!even then they only hit the dead stick!figured that out after getting bored and taking a beverage and munch break. ;D
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Go to NYS/DEC fish identification. White bass has 8 spikes in the dorsal while the white perch has 6-7. Also the white bass has 8 lateral lines while the perch does not.
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Anybody get into the evening craps yet at mayville or Burtis.?
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Ps. thanks to whoever posted on finding the 9to10 foot hole off the park in Mayville!! hit it about 300ish yards out and cleaned up on big perch and a couple mystery breakoffs (to big for 1#line)or toothy ?admittedly though,i did get alot of dinks till i found the spot!even then they only hit the dead stick!figured that out after getting bored and taking a beverage and munch break. ;D
Not a problem. Glad you had some luck!
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Anybody get into the evening craps yet at mayville or Burtis.?
I went out two weeks ago trying to find some and only got 1 short one. Skipped it this week and went to a smaller lake and got some. I will be trying Mayville again next week, will let you know how I do.
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anybody got any word on Bear Lake? It's kind of quiet on here about that.
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anybody got any word on Bear Lake? It's kind of quiet on here about that.
I was wondering the same thing haven't heard anything about it this year. I'm tryin to find some crappie. Maybe I'll try there this evening.
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i also caught these white bass in chaut,are they good to eat ? If so how do you cook them?
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i also caught these white bass in chaut,are they good to eat ? If so how do you cook them?
Eat them fresh only (do not freeze). Cut all of the red meat off the filets, pan fry them without breading, seasoned only, don't over cook. The flavor is good, all of these steps are to insure they don't get mushy. White bass are better than white perch. IMO
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I am glad the rain is melting the snow, but not too thrilled about the creeks rising and dumping into the lake. Anyone else concerned about their spots on Chautauqua getting risky this weekend?
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I think the shoreline will be the riskiest
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Took my son out at Mayville today for his first time this year. Using camera, we ended up with 4 slob craps and a dozen descent gills. Didn't find the large perch everybodies been talking about, but its a large bay to narrow down. Tried 9-10 ft, then 8-9 ft, and ended up in 7 ft and weeds. That's where the craps came from. Lost one more at the hole and saw 1 more on camera. Seem to be scattered throughout the weeds.
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Looking to hit up Chautauqua maybe this weekend or next any pointers on where the decent perch r I don't mind dinks but where's the best place to walk out. How deep of water. I'm taking a buddy out for his first time so dinks r us is ok but if we could get a couple decent ones would be nice
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Try mayville, you can walk right out from the town park.
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Surprised this is the first time the conditions board is locked this season..a lot of helpful info with way less bs than normal..goin to mayville Sunday..will post results here
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I will admit I prob made a few posts there that weren't reports or conditions..sorry if its my fault but hopefully it will be unlocked soon
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It always seems to happen when the conditions page is needed most..be safe out there and just report here..lol
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I started a thread questioning it and they moved it but didn't reply to it. I'll check out the lake in a bit and let everyone know.
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Thanks gamehog, you da man!
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sad thing is there is just as much BS on the other threads but Chautauqua is the only one that gets locked. Someone feels like flexing their muscles I guess...
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don't start that next thing to do is lock this one out!
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warn the perpetrators, don't punish everyone.....just sayin.
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Thinking I'll start my own conditions thread. Post #1 will be from today.
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Just went for a quick ride mid day to check the ice. All conditions were recorded from 12:30pm to 2:00pm.
Long point. Standing water on top. Edges opened up in spots near bath house. Launch was deep water but looked Likely to hold up.
Dewittville. The creek has chewed its way out to the walking path. Bunch of brush and a 20' log on the ice now where the path was. Water on top looks like its deep.
Mayville. The ice looked the best out of all spots I checked. Not much left on top as the winds out of the west are helping a ton. Shore ice looks great
Prendergast. Shore ice looks spotty. Puddle do water at the launch looks deep from the drifts. Creek doesn't look to be flowing the far out yet. May take a day or two for that one to chew out. Surface doesn't look terrible.
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It may be locked out because of my comment on Waltman. I meant nothing bad about what I wrote, I was just saying that if you have met him, you may understand him....that's all....sorry
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Nice report......good info and will help a lot!
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Thanks for the report Game Hog. Answered a lot of questions about my game plan for tomorrow.
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Moved me again. My report was on my own thread.
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Just a break to keep the reports on track. Not aimed at anyone in particular. I'll open it back up after some housekeeping.
RG
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Why delete my thread. I did not wish for it to be put in this thread. I put it there for reference to a bunch of guys Pm-ing me for conditions.
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Well, I didn't move your post. But, there's already a topic here and in the R&C just use those please.
RG
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I was deleted too. ???????? Simple fishing report.
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What's the deal with the ice on the north end of the lake after the warm spell?
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just returned from Mayville....ice was good and solid...14 inches...creepers are a must!
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Finally met up with another ice shanty member out on mayville today and want to give out a huge thank you to trebblehook who let me use his electric auger this morning..very helpful! Very nice guy with a lot of good ideas..sat in his hut for a second to check out his camera and what an awesome tool to have in ur arsenal..he just dropped it down there and there were perch everywhere..very cool..between trebblehook, my dad, and myself we were able to cover a large area but pretty much the same results, lots of little ones to weed through to get a keeper..good day out on the ice with some good people..look forward to doin it again soon
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If you guys were using a camera I guess the water clarity is sill ok. I wondered with all the run off
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It was a little cloudy but I was able to see plenty of perch and weeds
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Anyone know how the ice held up around dewittville creek? Is it staring to freeze back up?
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Ice is good. Creek chewed out about 100 yds is all. If you go there angle to the right to get away from the open area. With this cold spell it will lock back up but who knows how thick it will be. Surface is slick and now rock hard.
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As gamehog said, ice is slick and drag is litterally effortless.. Cold windy morning to be without a hut... IM a dummy!! Glutten for punishment i guess.. :)
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We made it out to 63 feet of water off the harbor Sunday. Did well on perch. Got a few pushing the 14 inch mark. Filled up a bucket with 14 good perch all around 9-10 inchers. 5 of us. State cops and local polize were checking for helmets and two bars. Parking was difficult. I have an extended cargo van, and had to park up top. Be safe!
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??? Where is the harbor? Only hole in the lake that deep is off chedwell. Is this where you mean.
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He was at sturgeon point he posted in wrong thread
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SCARY REMINDER!!!
I've seen it mentioned before, but thought I'd bring it up again due to a wake up call..
There are a lot of artisan springs in Chautauqua! My sister and brother in law did some walking around on the ice out of Dewittville on Sunday, when suddenly by sister broke through ( she weighs all of 100 lbs) .She went all the way in and under, and my brother in law was able to get her on top.
We all get a false sense of security after the winter we've had, you could be standing on 2 1/2 ft on one spot and take a couple steps either way and be swimming.
just thought I'd share..stay safe and tight lines.
Jay
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DAMN! hope she's ok!
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X2. Any details on where abouts she was. Would like to mark the area out so others don't do the same.
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That's crazy.. We were there most of Sunday and at barely daylight if you're not careful and not familiar with the creek flow, you could walk onto thin ice. I was hustling to get out was looking up only periodically and in low light it barely looks any different. Someone even gave me a heads up and I was shocked how far out the creek keeps things open. I chased tipdowns all around it Sunday but we were well off the creek. We watched a guy tempt fate with a spud bar and get close to the water and he finally stopped. Then a guy walking out mid-morning walked right between the guy on the bucket and open water. He had no cleats on and was barely waddling along .. It was a sight to see ! Scary stuff ..
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when in doubt stay away from creeks. i think creek runoff water rots the ice from below fast. its moving water n
n probably a degree or 2 warmer. always a prob at end of wall season as fish move towards creeks n so do the fisher people.
reprt off magnolia sunday. same as everywhere else...lots o fish but few keepersn creepers a MUST!!!!
14 in of ice in 10 ft of water
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Game Hog I'm working to get you a more precise location on where she went thru so I can post here for you guys..All I know is that they were far away from where the creek comes out from Greenhurst..
She is ok, just a little shook up...my brother in law was quick to get her warm and out of wet clothes quickly..not sure if she will be going back out there anytime soon
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That's really unfortunate. I'm really glad she is okay though! It is definitely a wake up call for all of us to stay alert out there.
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After further talking to my brother in law, she fell in about 50-60 ft off the boat launch out of Greenhurst, not Dewittville ...sorry for any confusion!
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In between Vikings and chedwell, basically if you walk out of chedwell rd and head out at a 45 degree angle. A few years ago there was a couple open holes out there possible due to gas bubbles they were in about 25 ft. I fell in one and went under on 10 inches of ice. I am not a beginner out there and had a good idea were they had been the week before but with the cold weather I figured there would be no issues. Also the weather was so cold and blowing snow made them impossible to see. I should of known better but got lazy. Made it to the truck just about the time my knees stopped bending.
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Thanks for the update. Glad she is ok. That was a bit nerve racking going out at 5am with a fresh 3" of snow. Greenhurst is a bad area for that. There is also a creek that flows in there. Lucky it's not a popular spot through the ice.
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Ok I know Chautauqua but were is Greenhurst on Maryville side or DeWitt Ville gonna go out sat don't know the name of road its by the Crosby mart there's a canal that runs parallel hope not to go swimming
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NO SWIMMING ALLOWED!!!!!! Good luck out there and be safe
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Neither. Opposite end of the lake across from Burtis bay.
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Could anyone give me some tips on walleyes at Chautauqua? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Has anyone been out on Burtis Bay this week. Planning on going there Saturday, do I need to watch for any bad ice along there?
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I fished with GH Wed morning and after we left the ice I checked Burtis. First of all it was so windy it was a virtual whiteout on the lake. There were 2 tents out there, but there were 2 spot marked with stakes and yellow caution tape. I didn't venture out to see what was going on with them, and said screw it.
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Are there any bait shops near the north end of the lake that sell minnows? Thanks
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Anyone been fishing near Ashville Bay ? Know anywhere to park.
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Just wondering what everyone does about the white grubs in the perch fillet, only and all the perch seem to have them.
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remove the obvious ones while cleaning, then roll in egg white and Italian bread crumbs , a little lemon pepper seasonings, lay them in hot oil! close your eyes and enjoy! they pop out with the tip of a knife after filleting. If the fillet has numerous amounts, toss it and move on. Plenty of perch to choose from!
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I inquired about the grubs with the DEC a few years back. They are harmless and won't hurt you. A little extra protein.
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remove the obvious ones while cleaning, then roll in egg white and Italian bread crumbs , a little lemon pepper seasonings, lay them in hot oil! close your eyes and enjoy! they pop out with the tip of a knife after filleting. If the fillet has numerous amounts, toss it and move on. Plenty of perch to choose from!
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Exactly what I do.
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Are there any bait shops near the north end of the lake that sell minnows? Thanks
Closest one is Hogan's Hut. http://hogans-hut.com/ (http://hogans-hut.com/)
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Closest one is Hogan's Hut. http://hogans-hut.com/ (http://hogans-hut.com/)
Thanks. Is long point park open? Where do you park when fishing off long point? Thanks.
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It`s open park on either side of the point.
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It`s open park on either side of the point.
Thanks, newbie here looking for somewhere other than mayville to fish.
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Fished off meadow drive today ,, the ice North of the creek for the first hundred yards has sand or dirt in in ,,we got bored of six inc perch and went in to 7 fow ,, after one hole my nephew brought me my brand new drill and said it won't drill... he was right one hole and the blades were shot.
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Sharps. Where is that located. Never herd of sand ice mix on Chautauqua. I am quitting on the eyes. Reached my goal. Watch out crappies.
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Sharps. Where is that located. Never herd of sand ice mix on Chautauqua. I am quitting on the eyes. Reached my goal. Watch out crappies.
Liar, liar, pants on fire!!! Why quit??? I say.... SET A NEW GOAL !! :P
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Sharps. Where is that located. Never herd of sand ice mix on Chautauqua. I am quitting on the eyes. Reached my goal. Watch out crappies.
So I guess were changing up our plans for tomorrow morning?
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You got me. Couldn't sleep was on the ice by 6. Hyde will meet at 6am. Same spot if your in.
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Should have went after the craps. Perch are relentless today. 13 more days for the eyes. Think I'll make it. Don't see this ice going away any time soon.
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You got me. Couldn't sleep was on the ice by 6. Hyde will meet at 6am. Same spot if your in.
Im in for anything....PM our meeting place and time, I'll be there.
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Don't know if it was sand or dirt ,just know when we drilled bits of black stuff was mixed in . Whatever it is that new set of blades were done for the day.....end of meadow drive
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Just wanted to revive the thread. Awful quiet on here you guys must be pounding the monster perch, lol. Fished Mayville last Saturday with my son, and his friend. They had a great time. The friend is 15 and, already buying a hut, and found a friend that could drive to take him back on Sunday.
I`m going to hit Chautauqua 1 day this weekend. Long Point been any good for perch this year? Usually I fish there, just never made it so far this year. If any of you guys have not fished Erie before, this is that 1 out of every 4 years where it is safe 16 inches plus. Just have to watch the winds. Been slow at least for me, but the perch are huge. Finding them is the pain in the butt. Got some 10" that must have weighed a #. My buddy got some 13" that looked like 2#.
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took my 41/2 yr old granddaughter fishing off magnolia yesterday afternoon just about had the ice to ourselves she was just about the best ice partner I have ever had and I have had a bunch over the years we got into the perch and it was nonstop for an hour all smalls but no matter she is strictly a catch and release gal . she cant wait to get back out was up at 6 this morning tying to get me to take her back out
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sounds like you created a monster! A good monster! Glad she had fun...that's what its all about!
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We made it out to 63 feet of water off the harbor Sunday. Did well on perch. Got a few pushing the 14 inch mark. Filled up a bucket with 14 good perch all around 9-10 inchers. 5 of us. State cops and local polize were checking for helmets and two bars. Parking was difficult. I have an extended cargo van, and had to park up top. Be safe!
Where was this? Do the police check for helmets often? And what do you mean two bars?
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think in wrong thread sounds like erie
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It was Erie. Went to Mayville with a friend after we heard it was raining on Lake Erie. Caught a bunch of perch, but not a lot of keepers. The bite definitely slowed down since last week. Still a lot of ice.
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Do we have a lot of water on the ice? I plan to go tonight, I will post conditions when I return!
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Either way what does two bars mean? Typo?
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Yes, a typo. I'm sure he meant tow bars
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Yes Tom "two bars" was a typo...he meant tow bar as u need to have one while hauling a sled or shanty behind you on an atv/snowmobile
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Ok, thanks. Didn't know you needed a tow bar. I guess I can't pull my shelter with a rope then.
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Went out for crappies on Tuesday night. Only managed 4 keepers. Got a couple shorts and missed some good hits. Wasn't much water on the ice, just an inch or so of slush. Now I am wondering how much snow is on the ice!
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me too!
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Crappie action should be picking up. Guna head out tomorrow possibly.i will post report
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Not a bit of snow on the ice. Top was wet but firm. Easy drag out and the bite was on. Got off just as the front hit.
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Can anybody give me a few pointers about Burtis Bay? Where the parking is and access to get on the ice? How far out is the fishing grounds? I've never fished the south part yet and wanted to give it a try soon. Only been to Mayville, Dewittville , and Long point. I'm not asking for honeyholes. Just a point in right direction. You can PM me if you want. Thanks in advance.
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Can anybody give me a few pointers about Burtis Bay? Where the parking is and access to get on the ice? How far out is the fishing grounds? I've never fished the south part yet and wanted to give it a try soon. Only been to Mayville, Dewittville , and Long point. I'm not asking for honeyholes. Just a point in right direction. You can PM me if you want. Thanks in advance.
parking is across the street from the lakewood boat launch / Lakewood Community Park-531 E.TerraceAve.,Lakewood. .the fishing grounds are strait out 3 or 400 yards or so .
we did good at first ice on big gills and crappie in 5 - 6 ft in the weeds .crappie fishing should be picking up again as it usually does in mid to late march , early mornings and evenings and the gills bite all day,didnt get many perch there.the bigger crappie 12- 14" were mostly on caught on minnows - got the gills and some smaller 9 - 10" crappie on jigs and waxies
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thanks ROBBOB1964, appreciate it the info :thumbsup:
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Mayville was great today not to bad to walk easy drag but had a few slick spots had some good luck in 15 fow
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Went out Saturday morning. Planned to go to Erie, but decided not to with the vicious wind and unsure conditions so we got to Chautauqua later than I would've liked. Fished 8am-2ish. Dink perch and gills, no crappie. Ice was fine, a bit of water on top, but I am sure its solid and slick now! Gunna try again tomorrow night.
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Fished away from the crowd today,Mayville is a real pigsty,picked up what I could that wasn't frozen in ice.IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT GREEN BARREL IS BY THE PARKING LOT,IT'S CALLED A TRASH CAN FOR ANYONE TO THROW TRASH IN,I USED IT TODAY AND IT WORKS PRETTY WELL SO GIVE IT A TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Our parking privlidges are in peril if the trash continues like this and I won't be surprised if they are revoked so please don't be a lazy slob,and if you see someone who is please let them know.I also iced over 100 perch and weeded out a limit.
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Fishin nik I agree 110%. People are lazy slobs. A few of them are going to ruin it for the rest of us. If you bring it, take it with you. Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
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everywhere I go I see that. I'm always picking up garbage. Its really not that hard. take what you bring with you!
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A simple philosophy to follow is to treat your fishing grounds like it's your front yard. An example - I fished Burtis Bay with Skip from Hogan's Hut yesterday. The lid blew off his waxies and he chased it down to retrieve it. My hat is off to guys who police up areas where others trash.
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If you fished with Skip you must have caught some, he always puts me on them. I hope he has a good tip for me, i plan on getting up there Sat. afternoon and stay till dark.
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If you fished with Skip you must have caught some, he always puts me on them. I hope he has a good tip for me, i plan on getting up there Sat. afternoon and stay till dark.
Yes. As usual, he out fished me 4 to 1. It was good getting out with him. It was the first time this year I was able to get Skip on the ice to fish with me. We stopped at his house afterwards for a cocktail. Good trip.
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You guys got to be kidding me,no one fished the lake all weekend?Must be MarchMadness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I just got home from the lake.
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I was the only one fishing Cheney's point Sat. late afternoon until after dark. Thank you Skip at Hogans , you did it again. Caught 31 calicos kept 14 , 4 real nice. I'll show you photos next time down.
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Anyone know shore ice conditions at Mayville. Thanks
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Was at Mayville last night. Shore ice was OK. Lil soft spots but nothing major.
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A simple philosophy to follow is to treat your fishing grounds like it's your front yard. An example - I fished Burtis Bay with Skip from Hogan's Hut yesterday. The lid blew off his waxies and he chased it down to retrieve it. My hat is off to guys who police up areas where others trash.
Maybe not-I've seen some pretty messed up front yards. But I get your point-unfortunately there are those that just don't care..
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We would like to get one last day in sat or sun. I was just looking at the radar and it looks like u guys are getting a pretty good shot of rain. Any ice reports will be appreciated we are 2/1/2 hours away. Thanks
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Has anyone heard from Doctari lately?
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my auger blades r done. can anybody recommend good place to get em sharpened? many thx!!!
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my auger blades r done. can anybody recommend good place to get em sharpened? many thx!!!
"Dull Blades Suck"
Scotia, New York
They have a web site. Check it out. They did two sets of laser blades for me, Better than new. Price is right.
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Ice condition 3/31/2014 9:00am (midway state park) , near shore very thin! Had to find an area with more snow build up to walk on. Main ice thickness is 12+ inches, dragging was a breeze since the warmth have packed the snow down. Perch bite was kind of slow due to the water clarity condition.
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"Dull Blades Suck"
Scotia, New York
They have a web site. Check it out. They did two sets of laser blades for me, Better than new. Price is right.
http://www.iceaugersharpening.com/
I found it, for any one having difficulties looking for it
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This is definitely going to be the last few days on the ice. Last night was probably my last trip and it ended pretty well. Ended up with only 8 crappie, missed a bunch of light biters and had to toss back a lot of shorts. Prior to dark, I was pulling in gills on every drop with a jighead and a waxworm, some had some nice size to them. All in all, it was a great ice season with its ups and downs for me. Thank you to everyone for the posts and reports. You guys on here are always very helpful and I hope I have been helpful for others as well. Anyone that is still venturing out this week, good luck and please use caution! See you on the open water!
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This is definitely going to be the last few days on the ice. Last night was probably my last trip and it ended pretty well. Ended up with only 8 crappie, missed a bunch of light biters and had to toss back a lot of shorts. Prior to dark, I was pulling in gills on every drop with a jighead and a waxworm, some had some nice size to them. All in all, it was a great ice season with its ups and downs for me. Thank you to everyone for the posts and reports. You guys on here are always very helpful and I hope I have been helpful for others as well. Anyone that is still venturing out this week, good luck and please use caution! See you on the open water!
It was nice meeting you yesterday. Weather was perfect and the bite was consistant enough to stay out there all night. Unfortunately I had an 1 1/2 hr drive home.
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Same to you! Yeah it was a beautiful night out there. The bite shut off at 930 or so for us, so we took off.
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http://www.iceaugersharpening.com/
I found it, for any one having difficulties looking for it
just type in Dull blades suck, hit search, you'll be taken right to the site.
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do you think the perch this year will be mostly dinks?would be my guess. if we ever get on the ice.i think it will be mid to late jan.before we get enough ice. :tipup:
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My guess is the weekend after x-mas for Burtis and weekend after new years for rest of the lake. As for perch it's a guessing game where the decent perch are but enough searching will pay off.
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I sure hope your right on the ice prediction.
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I always hit Chautauqua 4 perch or the bluegill sunfish.this year I think I'd like to concentrate my efforts on hooking into some nice crappie! Kind of tired of the dank bite although last year I took my brother in law out of Mayville for his first-ever ice fishing expedition and we hooked into some serious perch all of pretty quality size
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I just checked the webcam at Burtis. Is that ice starting to form?
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It certainly looks like it to me!!! Still a little open water but it's great news for sure
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bump
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Is anyone fishing the open water and how's it going?
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When me and my Dad went out there to fish it last weekend there was no open water, 1/4" of ice across the whole lake. Is the open water back? Prior to freezing over my Dad said he was catching lots of perch off long-point, If its fishable from shore again we'll try heading out there again this weekend.
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hey C-ster nice to hear that your dad was catchin some perch down at long point . just wonderin if there was any size to them this year ? like making the trips to Chautauqua but havnt the past two years cause of the lack of size . maybe things have changed ?
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Went back to longpoint today with my dad, open water was back. We each got some perch, the bight wasn't too hot though. Good news is the few perch we did catch were decent size. My dad said the perch have been on average bigger this year. Hopefully Chautauqua lakes's perch population might finally be consistently keeper size this year. Today just made me even more impatient for ice season.
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Seen some post on this subject last year , After hand drilling thru 3 ft. of ice on Erie last year guys were adapting there augers with cordless drills , Well decided great idea so made up adapter at work just need the drill ? any one know what drills have the power to cut thru this amount of ice ? Hoping we seeErie this year ?
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Seen some post on this subject last year , After hand drilling thru 3 ft. of ice on Erie last year guys were adapting there augers with cordless drills , Well decided great idea so made up adapter at work just need the drill ? any one know what drills have the power to cut thru this amount of ice ? Hoping we seeErie this year ?
lots of good info on this thread link http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=273421.msg2816848#msg2816848
how much do you want to spend? best drills as I can tell at this time for use with a auger---Milwaukee 18V fuel cell hammer drill, 725 in. lbs of torque. kit comes with 2 4.0Ah batteries and charger $299.00, Milwaukee just came out with an optional 5.0 Ah battery $129.00. or piece it together and get the drill motor, charger and one 5.0Ah battery and save some money. this drill is brushless.
Or the Makita 18V hammer drill brushless 1090 in. lbs 4.0 Ah batteries. No 5.0Ah battery at this time.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-Fuel-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-1-2-in-Hammer-Drill-Driver-XC-Battery-Kit-2604-22/203205419?N=5yc1vZc8wtZygZzvZ12l6
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Went to Long Point yesterday. No ice. If you're in the right spots you can fill your bucket with yellow perch. Almost all in the 7" - 9" range. A few bigger and the occassional runt.
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just curious , we're you out in a boat or on the wall at long point ?
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From shore on the wall. And for the personal messages I received I'm not set up to reply yet but the only thing biting were perch. There were a couple big splashes next to shore. Don't know if it was just a dying fish or something grabbing a throw back.
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Either way look out because Sunday I'll b pressing my luck an I guess I'll b bringing long poles!!
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What are they biting?
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I was catching them predominately on worms. I think the other guys were using minnows.
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Did the bait shop on Fluvanna Ave. ever open up? Looking for shops since Happy Hooker is gone. I know Hogans has bait, but looking at south end.
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Fluvanna bait shop was only open during the summer. I just see a sign on the pet shop saying they have live bait. Shop is on Washington street just short of tops. I'll swing in and see what they are going to have. Only other one I know of is Chautauqua Reel Outdoors in Lakewood past the mall. Mike usually has anything your looking for. Was in there last week and see that he has more than doubled in size.
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there's the little gas station / bait shop on the other side of the bridge from Bemus. They've got everything you need, stop there all the time to get minnows when I head there!
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yeah that's called hogan's hut . anyone remember the bait pond ? that guy used to make jigging rapala's with glitter lol ???
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Burtis Bay webcam looks like a lot of snow... Anyone in the area got more detail on the ice conditions?
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The webcam looks like alot of dark
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What about Al's bait and porn on j&g . .used to ride bike there when i was a kid . .stop there before going to carlsons to fish the docks . . . There is Raynors in Westfield. Looking fwd to some eyes ths year! :o
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I remember Dave & the bait pond, it was what I would call a old time bait shop not much tackle but all sorts of live bait & hand made jigging rappallas, I still have a few wonder if they are woth anything ?
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anyone fishing at the state park today?
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I remember Dave & the bait pond, it was what I would call a old time bait shop not much tackle but all sorts of live bait & hand made jigging rappallas, I still have a few wonder if they are woth anything ?
oh yeah i can still smell that place lol guess i'm getting older i remeber lonnie at the happy hooker great guy used to get some great deals from him. i miss all the people i've met down there over the years
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Roger that prchmike,I thought it was my site so thanks for pointing that out.Anyone else getting a pic on webcam besides a midnight scene?
FN
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Dave at the bait pond was awesome,very old school. How about the redwood ranch ? another excellent place , Pat did her best after her husband died. Do they even rent rooms anymore ?
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Yeah that place hadcstuff i never seen anywhere else they had cool looking ice rods with hardwood handles i always was gonna stop and get one but i never did
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Just wanted to say hello to everyone again as we are all waiting impatiently for some ice! Hopefully these frigid temps will get us out there asap!
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The webcam is a waste. It has been on a night shot for days now.
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Not sure why you are having trouble viewing the webcam Prchmike. It has been working fine for me. Weird?
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is it showing any ice at all?
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It shows nothing but ice.
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how much ice do you think is on burtis? do you think we will get as much snow as they say we will? hopefully the wind will keep most of the snow off the ice.
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is the webcam at Burtis broken? Been showing a night shot for several days.
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is the webcam at Burtis broken? Been showing a night shot for several days.
SABOTAGE...........
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SABOTAGE...........
Damn Tree Huggers
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I think THEY have been fishin non-stop since the camera went down.....
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http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com
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;) working fine for me.
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NickVic thanks for sharing
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Cam works fine for me also !
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Im watching not seeing anyone out there yet. Nice cold spell hope the snow doesn't screw this up. Anyone know how thick the ice is yet?
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Geez, that bait/porn shop was great. Remember that and the Swamp bar. Weird cross street!
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It very well will NickVic.No one needs to die over a stupid fish,one death already over the New Year in Ontario Canada,bad ice reports on Scugog lake but this fisherman had to risk it and now he's no longer with us,be safe and smart!
FN
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Ya I like fishing but I don't like cold swimming.
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is the lake totally frozen? Anyone try to adventure out on It yet?
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Nobody's even spudded at burtis yet.
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I'm getting pretty stoked for some hard water action! My family's been sending me pictures all they froze over Chautauqua taunting me lol
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Nobody's even spudded at burtis yet.
There are reports of ice on burtis on the reports and conditions page. From what I remember its a mix of a couple inches each of junky white ice and good ice. I haven't seen anyone fishing or heard of anyone fishing yet. The wind and bitter cold the last couple days would have made it challenging, good ice or not. This weekend is a toss up...be careful.
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There are reports of ice on burtis on the reports and conditions page.
Happened after I posted that. I've been checking burtis all week. I work down the road from it. I saw that post too. I also heard something about a propane crockpot. I'll bring the front shoulder venison roast. Let me know where this shanty restaurant is!
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I tried going out at long point yesterday. There was one guy fishing at the end of the point that was braver than I was. There was maybe 2 inches if white ice and some soft spots. Spud was going right through. I made it out a ways but decided to retreat and wait a couple days. If we don't get a ton of snow the ice should be good soon. Be safe.
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Any word on conditions at may Vile?
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Hogan's Hut in Stow just called Skip back from layoff effective Monday, January 12. He's got lots of new ice fishing inventory he's going to putting out then. He was uncertain as to the live bait presently available, but he'll be securing an order ASAP if it isn't there already. It must be that safe ice is close if they're bringing him back to work.
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any report
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good to hear Skip will be back. I called Hogan's and they said he was laid off. Last year he was 4 for 4. I fished Chautauqua 4 times and he put me on fish 4 times.
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Looks like there is someone fishing Burtis Bay according to the Lake Cam. I haven't been out, but maybe I'll take a ride over there.
http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/camera50.html (http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/camera50.html)
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Looks like a loner so probably no report will come from him. ??? ??? ???
FN
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fished burtis earlier today caught some perch. nothing great about a dozen dinks and 4 or 5 8 to 9 inches long.
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Hi Icenut,
How thick was the ice? I'm hoping to get out later this week.
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7 inches
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just back from Burtis...ice was at least 4-5'' everywhere I checked. Was out about 400-500 yrds. A few perch in the 7-9'' range, and same on the gills. Landed 3 largemouths, largest at 19.5''...first time out this year, felt good!
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Skip at Hogan's Hut tells me they have Emeralds, Fat Heads, Rosie's, and Pike Shiner baitfish.
He also has Waxies, Mousies, and Mealies in the store. He's got lot's of inventory, too, including
a bunch of ice rods. He says "the game is on."
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Any one know what time they open
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Anybody have a snow report ?
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Hogan's Hut hours currently:
6am-9pm Monday-Friday.
7am-9pm Saturday-Sunday
These hours are at least for another week.
They are arranging to open @ 6am weekends,
possibly beginning the weekend of January 24-25.
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Has anybody been out on Chautauqua? Good, ok, or no ice?
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my buddy texted me,he was on Burtis for most of the day sunday,says he caught a couple perch 1 bass ice was about 5 inches. only couple guys out around him.
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TS,
I don't know myself? There are so many conflicting reports you just don't know what to believe,I would think it's a go by now but concerned about that heavy blanket of snow.Last year at 1 and only Pro/Am. I put my foot threw the ice at Long Point 3 x and we had a Polar Vortex.Very little on Mayville so I'll have to take a ride this week and find out myself.
FN
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As I reported on Sunday on Burtis Bay,....... .I drilled 14 holes, and never found anything more than 5'' of ice, measured with a tape measure. The deepest snow encountered was apprx. 4'' at most.
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As I reported on Sunday on Burtis Bay,....... .I drilled 14 holes, and never found anything more than 5'' of ice, measured with a tape measure. The deepest snow encountered was apprx. 4'' at most.
appreciate that! Looking forward to this week . .hoping the snow stays at 4" !!!
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Any body fish off prendrrgast by the creek mouth ?
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Dose anyone know if the creek that dumps out by smith boy effects the ice at all? I'd like to get over and try out side of the marina this year.
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Anyone getting out to deep water yet 30-40 ft if so how is the ice?? Thanks
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thanks for the updates
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Firman/Heregoes them creeks are some dangerous spots. With the ice still spotty I wouldn't recommend fishing either. Later on in the season I wouldn't hesitate.
DML. I will post back tonight. Headed for deep water tonight.
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Thanks
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Made it out to 32'. Ice was 3.5" measured. Be careful out there.
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So no reports from the north end? If I want to fish I should head to burtis for good ice?
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I have been watching guys on the camera the last 2 night out of burtis I would assume that the ice there Is pretty good
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So no reports from the north end? If I want to fish I should head to burtis for good ice?
3"
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Thanks hunters08 i probably won't venture out till next weekend then.
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Thanks hunters08 i probably won't venture out till next weekend then.
If your talking way north for the panfish in Mayville there were about 20 guys fishing there today.
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Heading out onto lake tomorrow, maybe bemus , long point or Viking . Anyone out on the ice around that area ?
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Does anyone fish around the point from Burtis Bay out in front of Celeron. Just wondering if you could get some gills there.
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Fished Mayville today. About 20 huts out. Lots of action. Caught perch and crappie. Four inches of ice. Brutal cold wind today.
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Gonzo I have been a few times. Bathhouse side of LP has good ice.
Any one else notice the lake level is up over a foot or is it just me. All my marks have been deeper than what they should be.
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Fished mayville Friday afternoon. Tons of bluegills with some crappies to boot. Fished north side of LP this morning with a guy from work and we both caught 2eyes, but only 1 legal fish. Both spots had 3 1/2" clear, 1 1/2" white ice.
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fished Lakewood Saturday. slushy near shore but good ice a few hundred foot out...about 4' black 4 'white ice. bite was bad..few perch
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Fished bemus pt on Saturday , kept about 30 perch all 8-9 inches. Picked up a nice 30 inch musky early in the morning, first fish I caught this yr through the ice .
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Hammered the gills at Mayville. Small jigs with mousies & spikes. 8 FOW
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heading out tommorow was planning on hitting mayville area stopped after work sunday and people were catching lots of fish but had to weed through to get the keepers but the action seemed good. Was also thinking about trying for eyes after a couple hours of perch fishing, where do you think the best spot for eyes would be? I was thinking probably longpoint or belltower in the deeper parts for my best chance at hooking one, but i was planning on targetting them around 3m and fishing just past sundown and dont know if going shallow would be a better option? I guess where ever im fishing ill set tip ups at different depths and see if i can key in on them based on where i get bits from tip ups.
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Also how many tip ups are you allowed to have set per person out on the lake. And if anyone doesnt mind me asking what do you think the best bait to use for eyes on a jigging rod i was thinking a small spoon tipped with a minnow.
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Allowed 5 tip ups per person must be marked with users name and address. Baits for walleye vary, good options are jigging raps with minnow head, Swedish pimples and halis with a whole emerald work well too. I've seen them taken on tip ups with small-medium puke chubs also. The spots you said are great for walleye but my best luck on Chautauqua for eyes has always been the hour or so before to an hour after sunrise. But later evening into the dark is good also
I fished Mayville tonight for crappie. Bite was slow, got 6 keepers between 10-12" and about 20 7-8" perch too. If all else fails try dewitville for eyes and maple springs/midway for perch usually less crowded there too
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fished mayville sat. eve. 9-9.5' kept 30 nice gills with a few crappie mixed in and one perch. gill bite continued till about 9pm.
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Any Machines out yet?
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Any ice reports on pendergrast
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Saw 2 ATVs out at Mayville sunday afternoon with all that slush on top. If it refroze it should be even better
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Any report on ice conditions around Magnolia and Mayville area would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Magnolia was a no go last time I checked there on Friday. I can see there from where I've been this week and have yet to see a person over there. The top froze up nicely so far this week. Minimal slush. Water is staying in the hole.
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Cool thanks. Might just stick to perch fishing for another week.
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Game Hog
Is Pendergast launch area ice OK?
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Haven't been on the west side of the lake yet this year. I do see people fishing that area. I might stop there in the am. Will let you know.
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The Prendergast ice is just fine. Walk anywhere you want. Haven't seen a machine out there yet though. I'd walk right now.
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looking to take my son out for first time this year. i was thinking mayville because i believe it is the safest ice and i know he will have a good time catching Dinks steadily. i was wondering after hearing pendergast is a good spot with bigger perch and possibly some walleye last post said ice pretty safe. Any replies are much appreciated.
thanks
stay safe
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looking to take my son out for first time this year. i was thinking mayville because i believe it is the safest ice and i know he will have a good time catching Dinks steadily. i was wondering after hearing pendergast is a good spot with bigger perch and possibly some walleye last post said ice pretty safe. Any replies are much appreciated.
thanks
stay safe
You got it ... Mayville's your best bet -- ice is pretty good (I was there a few days ago) , you don't have to walk far to be on fish, and your searching efforts will be less drilling and more fishing (good for the kids) -- size wise, you'll be in the known small fish, but abundant amount of fish part of the lake -- great spot for the kids !
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Thanks C-Bisket you da Man.
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You got it ... Mayville's your best bet -- ice is pretty good (I was there a few days ago) , you don't have to walk far to be on fish, and your searching efforts will be less drilling and more fishing (good for the kids) -- size wise, you'll be in the known small fish, but abundant amount of fish part of the lake -- great spot for the kids !
C-Bisket you the man for good ice reports. You got a Bell Tower ice report yet?
keep on hauling
Perch Chaser
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Any reports on dewittville yet. Looking to walleye fish
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Can anyone tell me where the parking is for burtis bay? Is there a launch or state park? Thanks
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Imfishking there is a small parking lot directly across the street from Burris bay boat launch. I'm mean small, enough room for maybe 20 vehicles. Get there early because it fills up fast. Other than that I'm not sure where else to park. I'm going to try mayville in the morning. Lots of parking up that way. Hope this helps. Good luck and stay safe.
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Went out at magnolia yesterday. No luck but the ice was about 6 inches.
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Any snow on the ice? Creepers a must?
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Snow on 90% of the top. Creepers are not necessary. Any one know of the DEC stocking 8-10" eyes in the lake recently. Seems to be quite the population of them this year. Maybe just had a good spawn 2 years ago.
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I think if dec stocks eyes its only fingerlings. But thats a good sign for the future
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Any ice reports for dewitville can't seem to find any in the previous posts
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Was fishing there. The ice is plenty safe there. Last hole I drilled there was about 9 inches. About 4 of black ice and 5 white.
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Any word on the bite Burtis Bay ?
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Went straight out off the launch and to the left (north) at Prenedgast good ice about 4black and 2 white no slush layer can be slippery where there is less snow on top can be ice does vary from 6 in over the deeper area and up to 9 inches in spots bite was slow lots of sniffers for us
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Stopped at Mayville this afternoon....WOW!!!!!....I have never seen so many huts in one location before! Poor fish!
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Thanks game hog. Going to head out of mayville tomorrow try to find 10-12' and hope for something bigger lol. At least the dinks keep me entertained lol.
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Where's the hot spots on the lake for perch or wallys??
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Where's the hot spots on the lake for perch or wallys??
In my opinion. The perch arnt worth it bunch of 8"ers and I can't catch a walleye on this lake to save my life lol.
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Was out off Mayville yesterday and as bad as watching the thundering herd congregate in one area, lets hope a mountainous pile of perch are being removed. We got their early and set up shop in an area that we knew the herd woundnt venture to because it would require slightly more than a bare minimum worth of effort ;D We got into the perch really well. Size of course was an issue but managed to fill the bucket with enough for a camp fish fry. Weather was great, ice was great.
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They are stocking more and I believe from what I have read that consistent naturally reproduction is not substantial enough maintain a good fishery on eyes for chautauqua. That being said I landed 12 eyes yesterday between 8 to 12 inches off mission meadows. They were so thick that two of them were foul hooked.
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took my son out of Pendergast on Saturday we were furthest ones out in about 35 F.O.W found a good spot and the perch were under us all day and did not have to move we lucked out. Kept my little boy interested all day. had to weed through them but managed to take some with us. Ice was good a couple guys out with wheelers flying around and snowmobiles going by.
stay safe
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Watch out folks the King is on the lake!! :o ;D ;D
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Where's the hot spots on the lake for perch or wallys??
Long point
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Where's the hot spots on the lake for perch or wallys??
Hot spots for perch are ANYWHERE IN DEEPER WATER! As the eyes, I got nuttin
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Fished 32 ft today kept 18 perch 8.5 and bigger
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Stopped at the hatchery at Prendergast last year my buddy thought it was closed I wasn`t sure. There was 1 guy working there. I forget what size he said the walleye were when they stocked them. I remember the muskies were double the length. I think 6-8 inch for walleye, and 12 inch for the muskies. Last ice season perch really seemed to be smaller than usual.
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On the subject of the little walleye, we ran into a handful of them (they were ~7-8 inchers) in Oct between LP and Tom's Pt schooled up with perch and thought just THAT was a very good sign for future. What I'm reading here is even better. Prior to Oct, had not seen one juvenile walleye in the lake in 3-4 yrs of spending a decent amt of time on it. Let's hope the perch run interference and sacrifice themselves every time a muskie gets after one of these little gems.
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When I was catching and marking the little eyes 8"-10", they were definitely hanging with the bigger ones. Seemed that one of the little ones would come up and peck at the rap then fly back to the bottom...and then whammo...keeper time.
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Nice first post TST. RUB IT IN SOME WILL YA. I'm now a whopping 0 for 17 trips. Glad I didn't waste my $ on a new fillet knife. Nor'easter did us no favors either. Put the fish in lethargic mode.
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they were timid that's for sure. I was glad to get out there four days in a row though. It was a great mind clearer. Now it's time for another vacation! haha
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Get back to work. I'm getting dressed for the afternoon shift. Hopeful their moods have changed.
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thanks for rubbing that in! Work sucks when there's Ice out there.
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thanks for rubbing that in! Work sucks when there's Ice out there.
Just when there is ice????
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Just when there is ice????
You got that right!!!
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Anyone going Sunday? Maybe do a meet up since I enjoy talking more than catching dinks some times haha.
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DEC stocked 230,000 1.5 inch walleye in 2013 and are stocking another 250,000 this year. this year has been my best January for walleyes in a long time!!!!! cant wait to see how the end of February is going to be.
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DEC stocked 230,000 1.5 inch walleye in 2013 and are stocking another 250,000 this year. this year has been my best January for walleyes in a long time!!!!! cant wait to see how the end of February is going to be.
well, maybe having more walleye's will help out in thinning the herd of the dink perch, if the musky's don't get to the 'eyes first.... don't want to get ahead of myself but maybe we're seeing a good upswing to this lake.......
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I was planning on taking my daughter to Mayville on Fri. for her first day out on the ice this year, but looking at the weather it is supposed to be pretty windy - NW up to 30mph gusts. Are there any areas that are worth fishing and would be somewhat protected by the wind? I'm still learning the lake.
Maybe off Prendergast to the south?
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East side of longpoint.
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well, maybe having more walleye's will help out in thinning the herd of the dink perch, if the musky's don't get to the 'eyes first.... don't want to get ahead of myself but maybe we're seeing a good upswing to this lake.......
yes...they also stocked almost 800,000 muskie a lot of them 8 inches long
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sorry in advance but this might be a noob question but where is a good place to park to start fishing
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Lots of places to park long point state park thats wh err e I go alot. Prendegast. Mayville. Just to name a few
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Hi Guys,
Seen some huts at BellTower today,any reports on the action or is it still a ancient Chautauqua secret ??? ??? ??? ???Thanks if you report,
FN
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Bell tower has always been good to me.
Went to Pendergast last week, about 28FOW, got one 9-10" eye, and kept 12 - 10" perch out of the 60-70 I caught.
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800,000 Muskie, how about 13,000!!
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Wow thats alot of muskie
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The Muskies are what Chautauqua is all about,the eyes are just stockers,not sure how often the 2 meet habitatwise.What really needs to happen is more weedlines for the panfish to congregate.
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They cut all the weeds down for the pleasure boaters and lake front owners. That is why I thing the perch population is dropping. Used to pull up to any weed line and catch perch and sunnies all day. Not any more.
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C_R,
I can get the jist around the marinas but do they also dump gallons of herbicide also because there are no heavy weedbeds anywhere.
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Hi Guys,
Seen some huts at BellTower today,any reports on the action or is it still a ancient Chautauqua secret ??? ??? ??? ???Thanks if you report,
FN
Bell-Tower is good but a small parking area. I was at the state launch at Long-Point Sat. lot of parking and a straight out walk to deep water. Sorted (35) 8-9" and some 10" mixed in. Caught a lot more 5-7". Used a small white jig on the bottom with a small split shot above for weight to get down faster in deep water. Started with spikes but changed to the larger perch eyes for the rest of the day. Talked to other fishermen and they were catching the same. I'll be back this Sat.
Keep on hauling
Perch Chacer
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They cut all the weeds down for the pleasure boaters and lake front owners. That is why I thing the perch population is dropping. Used to pull up to any weed line and catch perch and sunnies all day. Not any more.
I totally agree I was out over the summer and the cut the weeds in the whole damn lake it was horrible. You would think the DEC would step in on something like that totally ruining habitat. The get fisherman for not following rules I would think this would be totally against the law its destroying natural habitat.
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Good point bills, the weeds are where all young fish hide from predators, the same predators that rely on them all winter long...........
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The weeds also expell o2 for that long winter when lake freezes up!,also creates warmer water pockets,fish magnets all the way :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
FN
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The weeds also expell o2 for that long winter when lake freezes up!,also creates warmer water pockets,fish magnets all the way :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Nick .... now, for the REST of the story:
... weeds will only produce oxygen when they are actively growing. (requiring sunlight) and will greatly benefit the resident fish, and aquatic life ... During the winter months, with ice, and snow cover, when the weeds die, or are decaying, they actually give off a significant amount of Carbon Dioxide .. so - they produce oxygen for the fish during the summer months, but when vegetation dies in the late Fall, and Winter, they actually rob oxygen from the lake, and then product Carbon Dioxide, which can, and will cause significant fish winter kill - especially in smaller farm ponds, etc.
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Thanks CB,
I didn't know that,I wonder why we still find fish in weeds icefishing ???Could it be a food source even though o2 is low in area?Are there certain types of weeds that still live in winter or do they all die ???
FN
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Nice to now thanks for info on that c b
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Anyone no how think the ice is out of long point
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Does anyone know if it's ok to park at the lot of the Viking Club to access Dewitville. I know there was a problem there a year or two ago. I like that spot for Wallys
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Good Science lesson CB! Alot of mis information is flying around on this board lately. The lake ecosystem is complex and there are natural as well as human factors at play. Making uninformed statements about lake management and false assumptions about fish-fish and fish-habitat interactions helps no one.
If you want the most accurate information in terms of what's going on in the lake get in touch with any of the Staff listed on this website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/32616.html
You pay their salary, they study fish and wildlife for a living/professionally, and they are all really great people who would be happy to chat with you.
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hello, i was wondering if anyone can give me some good spots to try for perch, is Longpoint any good? What about Mayville?
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hello, i was wondering if anyone can give me some good spots to try for perch, is Longpoint any good? What about Mayville?
welcome aboard, newbie... Mayville is a great spot for the gills but don't plan on a large number of keeper sizes but long point is a good spot for you to try for the perch.
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if you have read the reports ahead of yours, either one of those places will get you perch. the size?????? anybodies guess! sort through them for a meal
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Question for you guys. There is a dec parking area on west side by rt86 ramp. I think it says stow farm. Can you acess the lake from there? Might be a long drag but never seen anyone there
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Yes you can access the lake from there. Fished it many years ago, didn't do well. But, you never know.
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Welcome to the site jake. If you post two more times then you will be able to see the reports and conditions page. Good luck out there and be safe
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thanks for the help, i didnt end up going out this weekend because of the storm that was supposed to move in, mabe next week
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After 3 trips catching lots of gills at the north end I tried for some crappie after dark... Early after afternoon is usually when I'm done fishing but this past week didn't set up til 3pm... Both days fish turned off the bite before 6... Fished till 8 with no craps on the ice ???.... I hope this snow keeps off the lake...
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just curious how much snow fell on Chautauqua lake last night and how much is on the lake right now?
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ice nut so far this year the area has had 88 inches of snow - and last night im guessing we had eight to ten inches of snow - walking on the ice in Mayville wasn't bad last Thursday or until yesterday due to the snow mobiles traveling on the ice but now the drag of a shelter could be a problem... Good luck in any attempts made...
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I think I stated this before but it's time for the Smittysled :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Anyone plan on going out tomorrow
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I'm heading out in the am come hell or high snow banks. Been shoveling/snow blowing all day today. We ended up with about a foot over night.
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I think I'm going to try and make it out of Pendergast or long point
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I think I stated this before but it's time for the Smittysled :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
How good do they work in the slush with your shanty on top of it?
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How good do they work in the slush with your shanty on top of it?
I built one thinking it would make the drag easier plus my sled wasn't big enough to haul my hub shelter anyway. Last Friday we went out in the slush and 6" - 8" of snow at longpoint. The drag out wasn't bad, but coming back in I think the slush froze to the bottom of the skis and made things worse. I'm not looking forward to the next drag in 6"+ unless everything is completely frozen.
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Where is everyone encountering this slush?2 wks ago Mayville had slush by Mud ck.but it was all frozen solid last Wed.How deep is the slush also?
FN
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Where is everyone encountering this slush?2 wks ago Mayville had slush by Mud ck.but it was all frozen solid last Wed.How deep is the slush also?
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Read the prior post to yours, Rando3369 said Friday out of Long-point was slush. I myself have not run into slush of any significant degree out of Midway, Pendergast or Mission Meadows I have fished the last 2-weekends.
Perch Chaser
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It might be a good idea to take a snow blower. Make a path out to the fishing grounds.
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It occurs to me that maybe smitty sled owners could take advantage of what those suicidal skiiers use on the bottom of their skiis............... wax. It will keep the frozen slush from sticking.
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It occurs to me that maybe smitty sled owners could take advantage of what those suicidal skiiers use on the bottom of their skiis............... wax. ...........
nothing like preparing for a Griswold moment ;D
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How much better is a smitty sled for the drag with all the gear?
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how much more snow hit the lake last night?
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check the other site
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a good 6" over night. Wind drifted any packed trails in. Now the slush is building. Getting deep out there. Please use caution going out. It's a workout just to walk through it.
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check the other site
ok.
This site is the BS thread and any good question is OK
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Does anyone on this thread know anyone that goes by the name Opie[spelling]? Met him at Long Point a week or so ago. He was going to Bear Lake and said he was going to contact me on this thread.
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Does anyone on this thread know anyone that goes by the name Opie[spelling]? Met him at Long Point a week or so ago. He was going to Bear Lake and said he was going to contact me on this thread.
LOL, you got stood up bro...let it go ;D
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were is all the slush? if there is any and how much snow is out there?
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Does anyone know if the Winterfestival is this weekend or more tward the end of Feb.?
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Anyone have an up to date ice conditions report/are sleds doing fine?
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Last week in febuary
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Sleds seem to be doing fine out there. Slush is wherever a hole has been drilled. Winter fest is always Presidents' Day weekend.
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Thanks guys,
FN
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Does mayville have safe ice with all this snow? Looking to bring my son out with me. Let him catch dinks till his arms get tired. Any info would be great guys. Got a 2 hr ride and if the ice ain't good I'd rather save the gas and just wait. Thanks
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No worries on ice thickness. Have fun.
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Anybody been hittin Burtis lately? Can't believe u cant fish there this year.
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opie was on the Chautauqua reports threads earlier
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ANyone know if there is slush on the ice? how deep is the ice? should we bring the gas auger? Where is a good spot to park?
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Going to try Chautauqua for the first time, any tips?
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Who said you cant fish burtis. Iwas there last week. Fishing is slow just perch havent found the gills. There arent any weeds this year. At least i havent found any yet but it was tough to move around
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Who said you cant fish burtis. Iwas there last week. Fishing is slow just perch havent found the gills. There arent any weeds this year. At least i havent found any yet but it was tough to move around
sorry...i just meant nobodys catchin any gills and sunnys there yet.
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Going to try Chautauqua for the first time, any tips?
what are you targeting?
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Fished out of long point park. About 6" of ice with a good 6-8 of slush on top. Not fun. Tough walking.
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I fished pentergrast yesterday in 25 flow and had 8" of black ice with 3" of white with 3-4" of slush and water and 4" of snow on top of it fishing was slow all day
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Anyone make it out this am ? Heading out this pm and was wondering what the surface is now like.
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came off the ice last night about 10. easy drag with nice crust of freezing rain over the snow, stayed on the beaten path. crappie bite is picking up!
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Was planning a trip to chautaqua at the end of February! I live in Ohio but I fish this lake every summer. I do very good catching smallmouth and walleye. Does anyone have a report for walleye or smallmouth? This will be my first time on the ice at chautaqua
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Smallmouth?
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Smallmouth?
I caught a few crappie fishing in the spring in the boat
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Was planning a trip to Chautauqua at the end of February! I live in Ohio but I fish this lake every summer. I do very good catching smallmouth and walleye. Does anyone have a report for walleye or smallmouth? This will be my first time on the ice at Chautauqua
According to my NYS fishing reg's you can only target Black Bass as catch and release with artificial lures from 12/1 - the Fri preceding the 3rd Sat in June. don't waste your time with bass, go for walleye and perch.
Perch Chacer
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Thanks waltman for the info, I guess since Im new to the board I cant reply to PM. Went out before you replied, did ok better than sitting home!
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Sorry I missed your post fishinjohn, was hoping to catch some perch, caught a few had fun.
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Glad you had fun! Lots of perch to kill!
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i found an auger at chatauqua last week sometime. pm me with a description and where you lost it if it was yours
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finally made it out. stopped at Hogan's Hut for bait and snacks. Skip put me on some fish did alright keep 33 perch from 8 to 12 1/2. a few borderline calicos and smaller blue gills that I put back.
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hmmmmmm.... somebody went to Mayville?
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that's funny...i was in mayville sat and caught only 1 perch...happy bout that...hopefully there getting thinned out...
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that's funny...i was in mayville sat and caught only 1 perch...happy bout that...hopefully there getting thinned out...
Doubt it
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anyone know how the slush is out of longpoint? i was out saturday and it was tough walking
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I was out yesterday near LP and these were the conditions. Walking wasn't bad. I was following a snowmobile track and not breaking through. A bit slippery actually. When I got off the track the top was froze enough that the sled would stay on top but each step broke through about 6" of hard snow. Got to where I was fishing and shoveled a small opening in the snow. 2" of water on top. Drilled a hole and now 4" of water. All in all wasn't bad just a bit ruff on the legs.
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ok thanks
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Anyone go out today? Wondering how the drag is, im going tomorrow if the road condition arent too bad
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Anyone go out today? Wondering how the drag is, im going tomorrow if the road condition arent too bad
I was out at Prendergast this morning and the southern basin in the afternoon. Both had areas of hard crust that I would break through and then probably 4" - 6" of slush. Made for some hard walking. As someone said above walking on the snowmobile tracks was easier - sometimes. At least the sled stayed on top. Hopefully it hardens up more overnight. Caught a bunch of small perch only a few over 8". Some tough conditions out there. Stay safe.
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Anyone go out today? Wondering how the drag is, im going tomorrow if the road condition arent too bad
Fished mid lake off the point in 38 FOW. There is a 3" crust over the remaining 4-5"of slush and the main ice is 10" thick below that. On foot we did not break through, but the crust is rough and with all the snow and wind today there are some deep drift out there. Another couple of days and there will be 16" of solid ice once the remaining slush freezes. 40 MPH winds and blizzard conditions started around 11 am, but we stuck it out till 3 pm when wind got to bad.
Perch Chacer
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I just saw on channel 4 that snowmobilers are to stay off the lake do to conditions of snow and slush!!!
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Read that. Lots of snow/slush out there. My thoughts were pleasure riders out there for this past weekends festivities. Hard to believe how much that snow can insulate things. Truck read -24 at 7am.
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Snowmobiles went by us in all directions all day Saturday and didn't seem to be having any problems.
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i found an auger. if its yours please pm me where you lost it and description and ill gladly return it!
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I was at long pt sunday and was walking on top of crust, and not breaking through.
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Fished Chautauqua for the first time. I went out of pendergast and fished nothing but big jiggin Rapalas to weed away the lil perch. I landed a 6lb eye and lost a big musky at the hole and marked a few other larger fish. I Feel Chautauqua lake is.making a turn around with the walleye.. any opinions? Anybody else fishing the eyes w any luck?
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Been out 30 times this year with out catching a legal eye. Be thankful you found one that was hungry.
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Fished Chautauqua for the first time. I went out of pendergast and fished nothing but big jiggin Rapalas to weed away the lil perch. I landed a 6lb eye and lost a big musky at the hole and marked a few other larger fish. I Feel Chautauqua lake is.making a turn around with the walleye.. any opinions? Anybody else fishing the eyes w any luck?
The amount of small walleyes being caught is certainly a very good sign of hopefully better fishing.
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looking to go out on thurs. will I be able to use my atv? I would assume that after all these negative temps that the slush is frozen but I also don't want to make an ass out of myself! Thanks
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anyone catching crappie at nite yet
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I agree with Game Hog. I only fish big jigging raps and have only managed one keeper eye at Chautauqua this year (22"/5lbs), but have caught a lot of 6-12 shorts. It came at noon in deeper water mixed in with the perch. It spit up several 3" perch that it had been feeding on. I think the big ones are still there.... just well fed with all the dink perch around. Hopefully everyone can get on them as we get closer to the end of the season...
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I fished pendgrast today 16" of ice with 4"-6" of snow and we didn't find any slush out to 30 fow a couple of sled seemed to be getting around ok
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I'm headed over tomorrow and want to fish Midway/Pendergast area. Which side is best parking situation for snowmobile trailer...or do I have to come up from Long Point?
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hows the slush out of longpoint?
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Fished LP Tuesday. There was no slush and a much easier drag than other spots on the lake that I have been fishing.
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What has been the magical depth this year? This year I have tried a lot of different depths, but the one I have had the most success is 13 fow right outside of the weed bed. Has anyone had success in deeper water or shallow water?
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What has been the magical depth this year? This year I have tried a lot of different depths, but the one I have had the most success is 13 fow right outside of the weed bed. Has anyone had success in deeper water or shallow water?
What ya fishing for? Gills shallow and perch deep all Winter so far.
Perch Chacer
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Anyone have plans to fish off mayville next week at all? Haven't fished there before but I want to this year. Only fished Chautauqua once years ago. I would appreciate it if I could meet up with someone who is more familiar with the place.
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Hey guys can anyone help me out with an address to the vikings club my father in law took us out there last year. 5 min easy walk to deep water with decent sized perch. I tried to take a buddy for his first time walked 2+ miles on Erie I caught 4 slobs one buddy a 26 inch lake trout first timer got skunked. Thinking Chautauqua might be better just for fun. How has it been this year still mostly dinks?
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4923 RT430 Bemus Point NY
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Anyone have plans to fish off mayville next week at all? Haven't fished there before but I want to this year. Only fished Chautauqua once years ago. I would appreciate it if I could meet up with someone who is more familiar with the place.
You don't need a guide. There are always huts out of Mayville and they clump together. Just get near the group. Use small jig with grubs or fish eyes and you will catch gills and perch. You will have to sort through them in order to keep the larger ones to take home. Parking is at the lot across the street from the Gas station and the 2nd parking lot is just down the road further at the town park. Have fun.
Perch Chacer
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I've heard about a lot of people catching a lot more short Walleye than years past. Do you think it may be because of the huge white perch die off last spring. I've heard people say that they are an invasive species tobyhr lake, and they ate Alot of the walleye eggs and walleye fry. Was wondering if you guys think maybe that huge die off is in fact helping the walleye hatch possibly make a comeback?
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Possible. These eyes are a couple years old. They are everywhere from shallow to the deepest holes.
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I dudnt realize there was a white perch die off. Most years i catch a lot of tbem in burtis none this year
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The lake has been heavily stocked the last 2 yrs.with eyes.
FN
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We fished deep water Sat, same areas as past weekends. The ice is 18" thick no slush - 10" black and 8" of white solid frozen slush. There was 6-8" of snow on top and a few deeper drifts, the pull was tough due to sled pushing snow. The top surface of the ice is rough due to ruts where the trails and fishing areas were established over the past weeks. Snowmobiles looked to have no problems but we saw no ATV's out Sat. The bite was on and off all day not like the constant bite the past weekends. Still using perch eyes with larger jigs. Two of us sorted out (26) nice 8-10" perch, caught over 40.
Perch Chacer
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Thank you for the update Perch chacer! "Weather permitting" I will be up there next weekend and hopefully find some perch or eyes!
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Headed out in the a.m. to chase the eyes down.. hoping to be one of the few to ice a couple
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Haven't hooked any walleye yet. Have done well on perch in the deeper water of 35+. What do you do different to attract walleye?
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Haven't hooked any walleye yet. Have done well on perch in the deeper water of 35+. What do you do different to attract walleye?
When I fish for eyes, I'm NOT where I fish for perch. Structure I fish is different for eyes than perch.
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Hit the ice this a.m. drag wasn't awful, BUT, it was far from good.. fished in 24 fow.. should've been deeper I think..had a couple really good marks that followed the jig, but wasn't aggressively interested.. ended up skunked and off the ice by 9
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We're running out of time, with temps rising as forecasted. The drag will be a slushy mess soon.
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Anyone been out of Mayville or Longpoint lately How was the slush and drag
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Anyone been out of Mayville or Longpoint lately How was the slush and drag
On Sat. out of Long-Point the ice was 18" thick no slush - 10" black and 8" of white solid frozen slush. There was 6-8" of snow on top and a few deeper drifts, the pull was tough due to sled pushing snow. The top surface of the ice is rough due to ruts where the trails and fishing areas were established over the past weeks. If you read back a few days you can most likely find an ice conditions report or go to the conditions and report section.
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Just left mayville a while ago had steady Acton on some 5 in perch couldn't seem to find the big ones today drag was not terrible but it's not easy either
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Thanks guys sucks to have such cold temps and still have to deal with slush in places hopefully we get a phew more weeks
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fished mayberry tuesday eve 6-10 pm, drag wasn't so bad, wind was howling,no slush. the bite was way off. a handful of dink gills, no perch, and no craps. a lot of come see'rs on the vex, few takers. a bad day of fishing is always better than a good day at work......
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With it being as cold as it's been and going to be we still have time. Slush is all froze up for now but it will be back
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fished mayberry tuesday eve 6-10 pm, drag wasn't so bad, wind was howling,no slush. the bite was way off. a handful of dink gills, no perch, and no craps. a lot of come see'rs on the vex, few takers. a bad day of fishing is always better than a good day at work......
Where is Mayberry - Is that where Andy and Barney live - "lol"
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i plan on fishing chautauqua tomorrow, anyone know how longpoint has been producing
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only a few huts last sun when i was at prendergast.
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we went out on long pt yest, got out around the point & walked north a few hundred yrds. 4 of us limited out 200 between 8-11 inches. each of us caught over a hundred fish ,lots of throw backs . bite all day long . couple small walleye assuming those were the stockies. most of them on minnows & perch eyes
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Anybody been out from vikings yet?
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Anyone heading out tomorrow? I'll be heading out solo either lp or dewitville at sunlight
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fished mayville Saturday, ended up with our limit, caught many more
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Drug home 34 over 7" gills and sunnys today and two crappys. One slab. Very windy today. Drag was pretty much a drag.
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Plan on going to Chautauqua on Tues AM for perch. Where has the most consistent action been? Long Point or Vikings??? Thanks.
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bulldawger why was it a drag?
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first hundred yards was about a fresh foot of snow. After that it wasn't too bad cuz of the snowmobilers.
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thinking of dropping some money and getting our NY licenses.... my 13 yr old daughter got bored our 1st day on the Kinzua Reservoir and has not been out with us since.... 3 of us are looking for an area to go..... we usually go to Long Point but somewhere else would also be ok if you have any suggestions
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thinking of dropping some money and getting our NY licenses.... my 13 yr old daughter got bored our 1st day on the Kinzua Reservoir and has not been out with us since.... 3 of us are looking for an area to go..... we usually go to Long Point but somewhere else would also be ok if you have any suggestions
Took my daughter to Mayville a couple weeks ago and she had a blast. We caught mostly perch - I was pretty much unhooking fish for her for 3 hrs. I hear they're still getting perch, gills, and some crappie there.
I fished long point last weekend and the bite was pretty good but a little slower than Mayville. Lots of kids there too.
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Anybody been out from vikings yet?
Ditto, slush report?
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Just got in from Dewittville. Only slush I found was from the shore out about 50 yds. Only reason for it was the creek was flowing pretty good. Surface was hard enough for the hut to ride on top but every other step broke through 6" of snow. Perch galore out there tonight. Never marked an eye. Hope that helps.
Jeepers. Get some bait and go for it. Perch are chasing up to 7' off bottom.
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Pretty sure I will be going to Prendergast..... I've never been there so it will be different.
Its almost an hr drive from my house which is about the same as Willow bay on Kinzua which is my 2nd choice....
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Just got in from Dewittville. Only slush I found was from the shore out about 50 yds. Only reason for it was the creek was flowing pretty good. Surface was hard enough for the hut to ride on top but every other step broke through 6" of snow. Perch galore out there tonight. Never marked an eye. Hope that helps.
Jeepers. Get some bait and go for it. Perch are chasing up to 7' off bottom.
Where ya park at Dewittville?
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jeeps I may be there at at long point in the A.M.
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Fish Nik and I will be going out of Long Point in the A.M. as well. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the bite and conditions. Supposed to be windy.
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I didn't think you could park at Dewittville. I'm pretty sure it's private property on both bays. We knew someone who lived there and were able to park in their driveway, and the fishing was really good at times, but they moved. If anyone knows of public access around there, I'd like to hear about it, too.
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Anyone know the cheapest motel near the lake?
Thanks,
J.
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Fish Nik and I will be going out of Long Point in the A.M. as well. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the bite and conditions. Supposed to be windy.
jeeps I may be there at at long point in the A.M.
Any way for me to know what you guys look like? or what your sleds or huts look like or where abouts you will be?
I will be pulling a sled and my woman will also have one and my daughter is going. I'll have black carharts on and my woman will have pink bibs and a camo coat..... that is if we go to Long point... still not sure yet on that or Prender?!?
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I will be headed out tomorrow to Pendergast how is the snow on Ice I want to bring my snowmobile to make it easier than dragging any info is appreciated is there a lot of slush
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Fished Prendergast Friday PM. Snowmobiles and 4X4s out. Slush minimal. Ice about 16" where we fished.
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my buddy limited out on the perch at @vikings 8-10 inch perch sayed the perch are bigger this yr
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Me and my dad went out at long point earlier today, he wanted to go out to 40 feet so we went there. We caught about 7 keeper perch and threw back only 3. My first fish of the day was my first ever crappie that was 12 inches long. it came unhooked at the hole but i managed to stick my hand in and get it out. My dad hooked into a really big fish, probably a nice keeper walleye. Most likely going to head back out tomorrow at prendergast and try for some perch.
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I will be headed out tomorrow to Pendergast how is the snow on Ice I want to bring my snowmobile to make it easier than dragging any info is appreciated is there a lot of slush
no slush it was just hard snow that sometimes you could walk on top of it and sometimes you couldnt.... when you couldn't it was probably 6-8" deep
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Most likely going to head back out tomorrow at prendergast and try for some perch.
prender sucked for us good luck!
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fished saturday at prendargast drag out was'nt to bad crusty snow and some hard spots.Nice to meet frank M and john. fished deep30fow caught around 100 perch all from seven inches to eleven inches. :clap:
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Nice to meet you yesterday Fishy. It was a good day out there.
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Fished Prendergast Saturday , all day, 830 - 630. Went straight out from the launch to 30 ft of water, caught ~ 150 perch, mostly 6-9 inch, kept 8 that were 9 inch or bigger, inc two 10 1/2 inch hawgs. Walk out was OK, ~ 4-6 inches of snow with a hard crust on top. Sometime you break through, sometimes you don't. We were the farthest hut out, most stayed in closer to 15-20 ft of water or so. Coming in at 6:15 was tougher, new 3-4 inches of wet heavy on top of crust, walk was a bit tougher. Good day out there though, enjoy them while they last.
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Anyone been fishing at the bell tower this year ? Any reports from there
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Anyone been fishing at the bell tower this year ? Any reports from there
I was out there today. Conditions were the same as other areas posted. 4-6" of snow with a hard crust on top. We fished till about 2:30 and it did soften up but not too bad. Perch were suspended about 7ft of the bottom in 46FOW. They were closer to the bottom when we moved shallower ~35FOW. Jiggin Raps work best for us. Most fish were between 8-9" with a few over 10. Went home with a couple dozen.
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I'll be at lp in the am hopefully I can get on the fish likeast week
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Sorry, Wejeepers, I didn't see your post until this morning.
In the future, I'm guy with the black snowmobile pulling a blue 2 man clam. I wear a green ice fishing suit.
Anyone is more than welcome to stop by and say hello. I'll be more than happy to fill you in on how things are going.
John (JR)
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Fished Mayville yesterday from 2pm-8pm. Caught a ton of gills and a few perch. The walk out was great as there is a nice trail beaten down. No crappie :(
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gonna make the drive in the morning coming from the west. anywhere to get bait ?
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For bait, whether coming from the east or west, it's Hogan's Hut north of the Stow Exit off of I-86. If Skip is on duty he'll give you advice on where to go, too. Tell him FraBilKil sent you. Best of luck.
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Fished Long Point yesterday ventured around point to the North ended up in 37 fow. Caught perch steady all day and left with 30 respectable keepers.The average fish was bigger than years past and they seemed to hit whatever we dropped down, awesome day.
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How long is the receipt for minnows good for? I still have mine from the weekend and would love to use them this coming up weekend!
I'd like to go again on saturday but not sure if I am interested in getting wet on the way out and back and hiding in the hut the whole time!
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Minnows are good for 10 days from the date of purchase
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minnows are good until they die,we live on lake erie , vhs is a bunch of crap.,ohio ,pa., Canada all on erie also,do not have all that phony regs....
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They are even good after they die if salted properly!
FN
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My wife and I just about limited out only fished drone 9-11 and could still be sitting there pounding them outta the vickings club. I agree much nicer size this year we only threw back about 10-15 small ones they we slamming everything but the bigger ones seemed to like the pink minnows. Got to play with the new vexilar and man what a blast fish bumping into the camera flasher lit up like a Christmas tree little slushy hopefully she holds out another week or 2 for us
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anybody cathchin crappys?
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we caught beautiful perch in mayville
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How's the ice out of longpoint? Any slush ? Think it will still be safe to get out this Saturday out of longpoint
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I was wondering the same about mayville on Saturday. Do you think there will be safe ice?
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Ok guys, I'm not looking for your hot spot just some info. Never fished Chautauqua before. I'm coming in from I90 looking for a spot to fish with a short walk (bad knees). If anyone can point me in a good direction that would be great. Mayville, Pendergast, Longpoint? Bait Hogans hut? Pm me if you have info for me. Thank you. :icefish:
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Ok guys, I'm not looking for your hot spot just some info. Never fished Chautauqua before. I'm coming in from I90 looking for a spot to fish with a short walk (bad knees). If anyone can point me in a good direction that would be great. Mayville, Pendergast, Longpoint? Bait Hogans hut? Pm me if you have info for me. Thank you. :icefish:
What are you looking to fish for?? For a short walk for perch, I'd say Mayville or bells tower is best bet.. hogan hut for bait!
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If you're looking for emeralds, I would call Hogan's Hut ahead of time. 2 days ago all they had were pike bait golden shiners.
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Fishinjohn, I would love to get into the perch, but I'd take some gills. Where's Bell tower?
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Whats the parking like for all these other areas listed? I've been to Long point and Prendergast but that's it. They all have parking lots and a boat launch
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long point fished it Wednesday after noon,sun was out,short walk, ice was good, plenty of parking, fish are there, work didn't call!
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Fishinjohn, I would love to get into the perch, but I'd take some gills. Where's Bell tower?
Pm sent
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anyone fishing longpoint or mayville saturday morning i can meet up with and fish with i have all my own gear hut auger etc just dont wanna go out alone
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We3jeepers,
You have parking and access in Long Point and Prendergast (as you know) as well as Mayville, Lakewood and Bemus Point. I can't speak for Bemus, but the rest have room to park and a trail onto the lake.
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Hogan's Hut is out of emeralds until April. They have Fatheads and Golden shiners left.
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I'm sure I will be able to get them here in Warren @)
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Make sure to bring enough for everybody!
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Ok guys, I'm not looking for your hot spot just some info. Never fished Chautauqua before. I'm coming in from I90 looking for a spot to fish with a short walk (bad knees). If anyone can point me in a good direction that would be great. Mayville, Pendergast, Longpoint? Bait Hogans hut? Pm me if you have info for me. Thank you. :icefish:
Vickings club right up the road from long point easy walk only a couple hundred yard and ur in 35-40 fow my wife and I damn near limited out after 3 hours all 8-10 inches a lot less throw back s this year was a little slushy though temps haven't dropped overnight. We hope to get out one more time Saturday anyone reading out tomorrow please update reports I would hate to drive 2 hours to be unable to get out there
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^^^ make sure to stop in a grab a beer or something to eat while at the Vikings! They are nice enough to let us park there, doesn't hurt to patronize their business!
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Can anyone tell me what exit to get off of I 90 for Mayville?
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Can anyone tell me what exit to get off of I 90 for Mayville?
Westfield. Take a left when you exit and that drops you right into Mayville. I believe the route is 394.
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We have a couple weeks of safe ice yet. Mayville really turns on late in the year when creeks start flowing.
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Heading out on Saturday.... hoping to get on the ice earlier then we have been! Going to be stopping at Schuyler's Country Kitchen
Which is at 4477 W Fairmount Ave inLakewood its close to the 394/474 intersection and has great breakfast!
BTW where do you guys go (what forum) during soft water season?
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Fishing out of Long Point tonight through Sunday. I'll post report on Monday. Good Luck, everyone.
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Heading out on Saturday.... hoping to get on the ice earlier then we have been! Going to be stopping at Schuyler's Country Kitchen
Which is at 4477 W Fairmount Ave inLakewood its close to the 394/474 intersection and has great breakfast!
BTW where do you guys go (what forum) during soft water season?
Myfishfinder
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anyone going to long point Saturday.... It will be me with a camo hat and all black carhart's and my woman will be with me in pink bibs and camo coat. Jiffy propane auger and a blue killzone hut. We will each have a jetsled jr. stop by and say hi if its not pouring
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Fishinjohn, I would love to get into the perch, but I'd take some gills. Where's Bell tower?
Mayville at the Northwest end is your best bet for perch and gills in the same spot. Pendergast - South shore, Midway Park and Longpoint on North shore for perch has been good all year. Did well at Pendergast on Sat 3/7 and Wednesday 3/11 in deep water.
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Any one fish vickings midway or lp today looking to drive up in the am don't wanna drive 2 hours and not be able to get out
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Hello fished at long pt today 7 till noon with two buddys killed them early slowed later on jiggin rap perch color with an eye worked well fish very in size as normal my budzgot them on small min they got tight liped had to get them to chase the rap six ft before that would hit 32ft of water hundred yards orso off shore .the ice still thick but not real hard my auger chews it up has to be millions of perch down below seenlots on the vex
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Yeah I just bought the vexilar fl 20 with the camera combo man it was soo cool I wish I could post a video thing was lit up like a Christmas tree and the camera is crystal clear can't wait to get out there and use it again
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Another half day at the Vikings 4 more limits even my wife's blind uncle caught 50 keepers lol all 8-10 couple close to 11 had a blast with the camera absolutly no snow once u get 25-50 yards out only about a couple inches of water which if gets cold like it's supposed to could give us a phew more good weeks. Good luck guys fish on!!
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I had my atv on ice today. No issues. Caught perch in morning in 32 fow from 7 til 10 ish then they moved. Went to 60 feet caught a few. Then moved to 40 feet and non stop action. As soon as u hit bottom fish on. Didn't matter what u had on for bait. Artifical or live. 2 guys. Limited out by 2. Was a great day.
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anybody have luck out of longpoint today? plan on fishing it tommorow.
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anybody have luck out of longpoint today? plan on fishing it tommorow.
Guys were out there seems like that whole area is loaded u should have no trouble finding them. We fished the Vikings club Wednesday and today essentially the same spot as lp and limited by 1 both times in 35-40 fow Bring ur creepers no more slush on our drag in from the rain just a skating rink with 2 inches of water on top
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Were there may people at long point? It was a city last Sat. Might try it Sun. on way home.
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thanks for the update
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Probley at least 20 shantys a lot of people on buckets. Mark
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Couple of pics from Saturday... Wear ice cleats! lots of ice still. I tried jigging a swedish pimple for the 1st time and caught a lot of perch on it. also we caught them on Rosies and a little red plastic jig that comes in a tube at the counter at hogans hut.
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Fished Chautauqua for the first time ever. I had a nice pile of perch on the ice and here comes this group of about 7 or 8 guys and they set up right on top of me about 10' maybe 15' away. **censored**. :%$#!:
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Fished Chautauqua for the first time ever. I had a nice pile of perch on the ice and here comes this group of about 7 or 8 guys and they set up right on top of me about 10' maybe 15' away. **censored**. :%$#!:
that happens but doesn't mean that you will catch less fish.
got a pic my woman took of me with the smallest fish of the day!
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finally got into some walters
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Fished Chautauqua for the first time ever. I had a nice pile of perch on the ice and here comes this group of about 7 or 8 guys and they set up right on top of me about 10' maybe 15' away. **censored**. :%$#!:
Don't broadcast. If your in a hut they won't see the fish, if your on a bucket put the fish in the bucket and they won't see the fish. Lesson learned from years of fishing.
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Hammered the 8-9 inch perch Friday afternoon and all day Saturday at Long Point. We were out around the point and north in 33 ft of water. Sunday was real windy and we stayed inside the point. Still did well, but not quite as good. Fish were biting everything you threw down when they were on. The bite came in waves over the course of the day.
Sorry for making so many trips with the snowmobile back and forth to the marina. We had a bunch of guys and some of them had medical issues so walking on the ice was very rough for them. I tried to go slow and stay as far as I could from the people fishing. I've had it with guys on sleds going 80 miles an hour 20 feet from where your fishing. I definitely try not to be that guy.
Congrats to the guy with the huge Musky next to us on Saturday. Awesome fish, I hope it survived. Hopefully he posts a pic of it in the near future or I might just have to do it for him.
Good fishing with you, Jason. Hope to do it again. Congrats on the great fishing in the hole Saturday and killing the big ones on Erie Sunday.
Sorry I didn't get your message until it was to later, We3jeepers. I was looking but didn't see you.
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if you were on an older loud sled around dark Saturday I did see you.... you went by me on one or 2 of your trips back Saturday.
I was ahead of my woman a ways that way I could get our white 4 door chevy tracker. Pretty sure it was you because I was thinking how nice it was the guy on the snowmobile make a big arc around everyone!
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Thinking of hittin chataqua for the first time ever either tomorrow or friday. How long will the ice be good enough to fish on? Does anyone have any good spots they could give a first timer? Any info is much appreciated.
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Thinking of hittin chataqua for the first time ever either tomorrow or friday. How long will the ice be good enough to fish on? Does anyone have any good spots they could give a first timer? Any info is much appreciated.
A lot of info on the 81 pages of "BS" go back and just read like 6 pages and I'm positive you'll have at least 5 spots worthy to try
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Thinking of hittin chataqua for the first time ever either tomorrow or friday. How long will the ice be good enough to fish on? Does anyone have any good spots they could give a first timer? Any info is much appreciated.
Go out of the Viking Club or Midway and get to 20+ fow water and you will catch perch. You will get all you want in the 8-9.5" range.
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I want some in the 10-12" range ;D
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I think you need to be on a bigger lake for that size perch, Jeepers! I want them too, just debating the logic of trying Erie. Chautauqua is the safe bet, Erie is the high stakes gambling. We will see what the weekend brings.
Bbrown, Fishing John is right, just look back over the last 5 or 6 pages and just about all your questions will be answered. Pick what kind of fish you want to go after and you can find a spot. Bluegill or occasional crappie is Mayville, perch is 30-40 foot deep anywhere there is public access. When in doubt, look for a group of huts and just set up around them. (giving them some room, of course). Just remember your ice cleats, they will be absolutely necessary this weekend.
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A pic of a guy with a monster Musky caught off Long Point. He didn't want to hurt the fish by holding him up, but I begged him to. It's the picture of a lifetime. 45 inches long and we have no idea how much it weighed. He got it back in the water right away and that monster is still swimming around today, gentlemen. I can only hope to be lucky enough to have my picture with it someday.
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Tip up or jigging pole? and what was he using? I'd love to catch a musky!
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must have been accidental catch. you can't target them. out of season
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Holy smokes what a fish! Probably caught it on a perch that bit a pimple and was on its way up to the hole. My buddy joey got a big boy at the same spot a few years back. Think its on YouTube still. Beautiful fish!
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awesome, that's one to remember for a lifetime
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I want some in the 10-12" range ;D
That's what she said. ;D ;D ;D
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That's what she said. ;D ;D ;D
Actually she did cause she goes fishing as well!
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He caught it on a tip up trying for Walleye or big perch. He had used a 6" auger to drill the holes and had to get a bigger one to lengthen the hole to get it out. Even then managing to get it out of the hole was a feat. This was after fighting him by hand for at least 1/2 and hour, maybe longer. He definitely "earned" that fish. I hope he gets a replica to mount on the wall next to his picture of it.
My friend a week ago caught one on a jigging rapala of Dewitville Bay that he says was 48 inches and a foot across the back. He didn't have a camera (or phone) to take a picture, though. Most guys I wouldn't believe but he actually doesn't even have a cell phone and fishes all the time.
When Musky season opens, I'm going to have to give it a try here. I'm sure my wife won't mind me spending even more money on the poles and lures for another kind of fishing. Especially when she finds out we won't be eating it, and could be paying more to mount it!
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We used to catch muskies all the time trolling with Rapalas at night for walleyes. They can be a nuisance. They are fun to catch but difficult to get a Rapala unhooked from as they tend to thrash around a lot.
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Anyone know how the ice is holding up at long point or the vikings? Thinking about making the 2 hour run tomorrow. Thanks.
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Anyone know how the ice is holding up at long point or the vikings? Thinking about making the 2 hour run tomorrow. Thanks.
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X2 tomorrow will be my first time making the trip to Chautauqua this year ND would like the same info, thanks!
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I fished here last weekend. Am i crazy for going this saturday or do you folks think it will be safe ??
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I fished last night. Conditions haven't changed much. Not saying it's totaly safe out there but I'll be at it for another week.
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I want some in the 10-12" range ;D
I caught three 12" perch this year at Chautauqua and a couple 11" but mainly 8-10" fish in this lake this year. I was out over a dozen times. If you really need the 10 TO 12" perch in quantity Chautauqua is the wrong lake for you. Try Oneida it is still safe or Erie but Erie may not be safe anymore.
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Nice catch Big Fish! We've been going to Chautauqua. Perch aren't as big there, but still decent sized. We're up to 980 (three weekends, a group of us). All 8-9 inches.
Everyone that I have talked to that knows this lake, and has fished it as their main lake, have caught that many or more perch. Keep on catching those perch, we need to reduce the population so they grow bigger. But you know, it has been this way for quite some time and the size of perch haven't increased much in the last few years, so it will probably be the same next year.
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I agree with you that even with the large numbers of perch people are taking from the lake, it is actually helping because there are so many perch in it. I find it very possible that the shear amount of perch in the lake is the reason we aren't seeing some of the other species as much. The millions of perch have to feed on something, so fish eggs and small fry would seem to be one of their targets.
On the other hand, it seems to me that the huge population explosion started 4 or 5 years ago. I remember going anywhere in the lake and catching 4-5 inch perch. Then it seemed 5-6. This year seemed 7-8 with a lot leaning toward 8. I, for one, am looking forward to the next few years of perch fishing here. I'm hoping next year will be a majority of 9 inchers and maybe 10's the year after that. By that time the fisherman will be pulling them out in huge numbers until the population gets under control. It would have happened already but they were to small to fillet. Then I'm hoping the cycle continues and another species becomes the main fish caught. (Come on Crappie!) I truly miss the days of limiting out on slabs all the time. But so did everyone else, that's why the lake isn't packed with them like the perch. But as soon as the perch are "Jack" sized, you can bet everyone and their brother will be coming.
Especially after reading the reports from other lakes in Western NY, we seemed to have hit the jackpot here at Chautauqua this year (in comparison). Although they aren't Erie sized Jack Perch, I for one, can't wait till next year. Come to think of it, I have a boat and probably won't! Between the perch, the hopeful spring crappie, and the now burning desire to have my picture taken with a monster Musky, I plan on spending some quality time here this year.
Just my 2 cents.
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perch aint changed much in length in the last 5 years...jmo
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perch aint changed much in length in the last 5 years...jmo
Or the last 20 that I can remember maybe even 30 years. seemed to always be that length.
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I am 62 years old ,and when I was 16 the perch are still the same Today as then!
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I understand what u vets r saying but I'm only 26 and I can honestly say the fish I think overall r getting bigger average size last year was 6 inches or less this year 7-8 with some close to 10-11 but this year I cuaght nothing under 6 inches like the past few years. We have been hitting limits of 7-10 inches in half days it used to take all day to weed thru the dinks. Maybe just a good year but I hope they keep getting bigger that's for sure. I love fishing the big Lake Erie pulling up 14+ inches but if I can keep filling buckets I'll take a limit of nice keepers over walking and draging 2+ miles for a handful of jumbos.
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I caught three 12" perch this year at Chautauqua and a couple 11" but mainly 8-10" fish in this lake this year. I was out over a dozen times. If you really need the 10 TO 12" perch in quantity Chautauqua is the wrong lake for you. Try Oneida it is still safe or Erie but Erie may not be safe anymore.
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Now keep in mind this was 20 years or so ago so I was young but I remember my Grandpa taking me across the bridge to bemus and going up one of the side roads.... it was somewhere between S Ralph St. and S Clifford St. He stopped at the end of the road and we went out on a dock and he told me to let the line down with a minnow on it. I had one of those wire fish baskets and 2 hrs later when he came back it was full.... I swear they were in the 10-12" range cause they were huge but I was like 12 or so so who knows....... He has a camp on hadley bay
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He caught it on a tip up trying for Walleye or big perch. He had used a 6" auger to drill the holes and had to get a bigger one to lengthen the hole to get it out. Even then managing to get it out of the hole was a feat. This was after fighting him by hand for at least 1/2 and hour, maybe longer. He definitely "earned" that fish. I hope he gets a replica to mount on the wall next to his picture of it.
My friend a week ago caught one on a jigging rapala of Dewitville Bay that he says was 48 inches and a foot across the back. He didn't have a camera (or phone) to take a picture, though. Most guys I wouldn't believe but he actually doesn't even have a cell phone and fishes all the time.
When Musky season opens, I'm going to have to give it a try here. I'm sure my wife won't mind me spending even more money on the poles and lures for another kind of fishing. Especially when she finds out we won't be eating it, and could be paying more to mount it!
That muskie is most likely DEAD! If that dude fought it in cold water for more than a half hour and then held it out of the water for god knows how long just so you could take a picture it got very stress out and probably died.
In fact it is illegal to remove them from the water out of season. I hope your buddy gets tracked down by the DEC and ticketed (not likely). If you truly have respect for the fish and hook them through the ice you should break them off imediately unless you are SURE you can remove the hook/lure without taking them out of the water (also not likely).
If you want to target them during the season that's great and I encourage it. Winter is a rough time for muskie and they don't recover well from long fights and being out of the water in cold air. Even in open water a long (15 min+) fight and handling will kill a lunge long term.
Any real musky angler will tell you the quicker they're in the net, released, and back in the water the better.
Please don't target them through the ice and if you hook one don't play with it and try to ice it. Please.
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Out yesterday off long point from 2-7 with my girlfriend. Got 80 between 8 and 11, but only one 11
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i have to agree with panamaniac on not trying to fight a muskie on light tackle.
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Planning on trying out of the Vikings club for the first time tomorrow, and usually grab a bite for dinner someplace (Mayville usually) when I finish fishing. I've read that the club lets non-members in during the off season. Is this still the case? if so, how's the food? Prices? Cash only?
Thanks
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That muskie is most likely DEAD! If that dude fought it in cold water for more than a half hour and then held it out of the water for god knows how long just so you could take a picture it got very stress out and probably died.
In fact it is illegal to remove them from the water out of season. I hope your buddy gets tracked down by the DEC and ticketed (not likely). If you truly have respect for the fish and hook them through the ice you should break them off imediately unless you are SURE you can remove the hook/lure without taking them out of the water (also not likely).
If you want to target them during the season that's great and I encourage it. Winter is a rough time for muskie and they don't recover well from long fights and being out of the water in cold air. Even in open water a long (15 min+) fight and handling will kill a lunge long term.
Any real musky angler will tell you the quicker they're in the net, released, and back in the water the better.
Please don't target them through the ice and if you hook one don't play with it and try to ice it. Please.
GOOD! All those stinky, slimy, good for nothing fish do is devour the bass and walleyes. Kill em all as far as I'm concerned. JMO.
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Last Saturday I noticed a large 3" wide pressure crack about 50 yds off shore at the Bell Tower. It crossed in front of the Bell Tower and went out across the lake towards Midway Park. It was froze across last Sat. Does anyone know if this crack has opened up with the warm weather?
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Went to long point yesterday. Perch bite was awesome. Still good ice. Great day out. Since this was my first time on chautauqua lake I was very impressed. Will def be back next year!
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That muskie is most likely DEAD! If that dude fought it in cold water for more than a half hour and then held it out of the water for god knows how long just so you could take a picture it got very stress out and probably died.
In fact it is illegal to remove them from the water out of season. I hope your buddy gets tracked down by the DEC and ticketed (not likely). If you truly have respect for the fish and hook them through the ice you should break them off imediately unless you are SURE you can remove the hook/lure without taking them out of the water (also not likely).
If you want to target them during the season that's great and I encourage it. Winter is a rough time for muskie and they don't recover well from long fights and being out of the water in cold air. Even in open water a long (15 min+) fight and handling will kill a lunge long term.
Any real musky angler will tell you the quicker they're in the net, released, and back in the water the better.
Please don't target them through the ice and if you hook one don't play with it and try to ice it. Please.
well said!
i wish the DEC had more of a presence on this lake. The Chautauqua lake musky is a unique sub-species of the muskelunge. Native primarily to this lake and to a lesser extent the upper ohio river. Due mostly to a good breeding program here on Chautauqua this sub-species is doing pretty well here. if you hook one through the ice, just break it off. Save your trophy pic until they are in season.
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any update on conditions today?
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any update on conditions today?
Wet! In Mayville ice is still ok at about 12" but mostly white. Starting to soften up a bit on top in places. Edges are still good as of late this morning. Caught a bunch of sunnies, a couple bass, and one crappie. Most of the fish I caught were small. Probably about 25 guys out this morning.
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Tomorrow I want to try long point for perch it will be my first time there any pointers other then 30+ fow thanks for the help
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The bite is so good at long point it does not matter what you put on they will hit it a buddy of mine and me did 84 in 4 hours last weekend they where hiting minnows waxies spikes bare jig it did not matter what we put on could have limited out many times over only kept 9.5 to 10 inchers
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It's been awhile since I've been to Chautauqua. Isn't there a boat lanch on east side of lake near where the ferry use to cross.
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It's been awhile since I've been to Chautauqua. Isn't there a boat launch on east side of lake near where the ferry use to cross.
Yes, the boat launch on the East side is Long Point state launch. Very easy to find from the main road, signs show the way. I have fished Long Point, Midway, Pendergast and Bell Tower many times this year, let me report the actual perch size being caught this year. 7"- 9" are common with most being 8"-8.5" and throw in a few 9.5"-10", but only a few. And yes an occasional 11" or 12" may be caught for the entire season. Any reports that say perch size 9.5" and above are common may be stretching the fish a little. Anyone fishing this lake this year knows this to be true. Ice today at the Bell Tower and Long Point was 15" thick (6" white and 9" black). The rain did not hurt the ice today. Shore ice is good. It was 30 degrees when I left at 7pm.
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It's been awhile sence I've been to Chautauqua. I'snt there a boat lanch on east side of lake near where the ferry use to cross.
Yes its on Springbrook Ave
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Thanks PC,we3. Was thinking LP was one of the others.
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GOOD! All those stinky, slimy, good for nothing fish that do is devour the bass and walleyes. Kill em all as far as I'm concerned. JMO.
Stickbow, spoken like a true sportsman.....NOT!!!! Chautauqua has historically been a MUSKIE lake, with an active stocking and rearing lake with a hatchery that supplies stocked muskies for many bodies of water throughout NY, PA,and OH. Your statement is ignorant and is indicative of the type of person you really are. Chautauqua as a whole as been flourishing as a fishery for the last several years,for ALL species. So you and your ignorant post hold no weight.
Muskies....all other fish are just bait!!!
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I plan in making one last trip tomorrow afternoon, let's hope the perch will cooperate!
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fished yesterday and had best day of the season. Only kept 8 1/2" or bigger, still had 44 between 2 of us, and saw 20 feet of fish on the sonar all day long. Caught hundreds of perch, 7-9 inches, and one musky grabbed a #11 jig with a small minnow, got a good look at him through the hole - 40 - 45 inches, I'd guess. He broke the hook shaft.
sonar shot below, was like that all day The solid orange are fish stacked on each other. Never went more than a minute without a bite and hook up. Not as many on the bottom, we'd jig a minnow at ~ 25 feet and caught consistently. With each catch, a dozen or more perch would follow it right to the hole.
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a very slow day at Long Point today...lots of marks, but very picky..minnows took the bigger perch..also one 12" calico
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Stickbow, spoken like a true sportsman.....NOT!!!! Chautauqua has historically been a MUSKIE lake, with an active stocking and rearing lake with a hatchery that supplies stocked muskies for many bodies of water throughout NY, PA,and OH. Your statement is ignorant and is indicative of the type of person you really are. Chautauqua as a whole as been flourishing as a fishery for the last several years,for ALL species. So you and your ignorant post hold no weight.
Muskies....all other fish are just bait!!!
I'm glad you like em, follow me, you can take all my dead ones. I'll take all your walleyes and bass. Deal?
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I think I was in front of you today in the camo blind. I heard you talking to a guy when you were leaving. You said you had 25 and it was slow. Hard to believe I was getting them all day. Never left that spot all day. limited out and threw back just as many. I told the guy you were talking to when you were leaving to come over and fish my holes. Best day for me this year. Probably my last. Ice was getting thin around the boat launch at Long Point.
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I was in the green bibs, and was with the guy in the white hut...I had fish on the screen everywhere I went, and caught around 45 fish. Did some wandering around looking for "the spot"! I'm sure if I would have stayed in my original holes, I would have gotten a few more keepers, but I wasn't really into cleaning perch when I got home any way! Gave them to my buddy. he had 25, I had 14. Lots of 7.5 inchers were thrown back. Just kept the 8.5 and up, with one 11 incher.
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Pulled this up on Saturday, never expected it to be a perch
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Nice fish! Of course, if she's been drinking those 16 oz energy drinks, she probably has lots of pep for eating lots of those smaller fish....
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yup! tHAT LOOKS LIKE A BEER BELLY! What were the measurments?
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Pulled this up on Saturday, never expected it to be a perch
Wouldn't it be nice if you could catch a lot of those 11"-12" perch instead of only a few for a season? I managed a few of those myself this season, but common perch for me were 8" -9" with a few 10"ers each time out. One more time this weekend, with all the safety gear on board and a partner, don't fish alone anymore in case you need someone to throw you a rope.
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Thanks guys, i found a small crappie in its stomach. The perch measured 12 inches. I was totally shocked to catch this out of chautauqua, my biggest perch was 14 1/2 inches and that was out of Lake Erie. I swear the huge white perch die off has helped the yellow perch grow bigger? I wonder what the age/size classes for perch are in Chautauqua?
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Now that's a perch. I hope they keep growing that big. Chautauqua starts producing even a phew of those bad boys every year I'd never drag my as on Erie again lol.
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I say this now but know I'll still be walking my ass 2 miles out for those 14+ inches I just can't stay away no mater how much my body says ur dumb lol. Hi my name is Andy and I'm a slobahaulic lol. Seriously I was pretty down on Chautauqua after that past 2 years but this year was great and hopefully a sign of good things to come. I hate this time of year I got to use the new vexilar 2 times and now I gotta pack it up and wait till next year. Stay safe boys I'll see us next year
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I say this now but know I'll still be walking my ass 2 miles out for those 14+ inches I just can't stay away no mater how much my body says ur dumb lol. Hi my name is Andy and I'm a slobahaulic lol. Seriously I was pretty down on Chautauqua after that past 2 years but this year was great and hopefully a sign of good things to come. I hate this time of year I got to use the new vexilar 2 times and now I gotta pack it up and wait till next year. Stay safe boys I'll see us next year
Learn to walk the plank onto the ice and go for one more weekend like the rest of us perch ahaulics. Maybe even two more weekends. It's been a long time since I ice fished in the morning and trout fished in the afternoon, we use to do that back in the 60's and 70's.
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Learn to walk the plank onto the ice and go for one more weekend like the rest of us perch ahaulics. Maybe even two more weekends. It's been a long time since I ice fished in the morning and trout fished in the afternoon, we use to do that back in the 60's and 70's.
I unfortunately called into to work to many times and the next couple weekends we r busy so I gotta call it for the year. But I was referencing lake Eire. I would still hit Chautauqua if I could my in laws r on the ice at the Vikings as we speak ill post a report when they r done
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Been skunked the last two times out. Not even a bite! Came at the 10 -4 time period, and they just shut off. Unusual for Chautauqua, especially Mayville. Might have to redeem myself this weekend. Deadhead88 I talked to u at sturgeon point in parking lot when u guys got those Lake Trout. Drove by Hamburg beach today, and flat blue ice with guys out. Wish we had that earlier this season. That shove ice, and slush was bad this year.
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Been skunked the last two times out. Not even a bite! Came at the 10 -4 time period, and they just shut off. Unusual for Chautauqua, especially Mayville. Might have to redeem myself this weekend. Deadhead88 I talked to u at sturgeon point in parking lot when u guys got those Lake Trout. Drove by Hamburg beach today, and flat blue ice with guys out. Wish we had that earlier this season. That shove ice, and slush was bad this year.
Try the middle of the lake; Bell Tower, Midway, Viking, Prendergast, Long Point. You can't not get a limit of perch there. They are jumping in the buckets. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks Prchmike I just was there when they shutdown. Never happened to me even once in the last 15 years. Usually at least the dinks are hitting. Guys were getting them before, and after I left, lol. I can`t believe how hard the ice is this late in the season. Fished my pond near Chautaqua Sunday, and needed creepers.
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Thanks Prchmike I just was there when they shutdown. Never happened to me even once in the last 15 years. Usually at least the dinks are hitting. Guys were getting them before, and after I left, lol. I can`t believe how hard the ice is this late in the season. Fished my pond near Chautaqua Sunday, and needed creepers.
Yeah the ice is great once you get on. I can relate, I'm the main target of the saying "you should have been here yesterday'. Good luck, we should have another week as long as we can get on. The shore is deteriorating fast.
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Been skunked the last two times out. Not even a bite! Came at the 10 -4 time period, and they just shut off. Unusual for Chautauqua, especially Mayville. Might have to redeem myself this weekend. Deadhead88 I talked to u at sturgeon point in parking lot when u guys got those Lake Trout. Drove by Hamburg beach today, and flat blue ice with guys out. Wish we had that earlier this season. That shove ice, and slush was bad this year.
Right on I remember. And I know right the path out sucked this year. Here's to another cold one next year
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In laws both hit they're limit by noon at the Vikings said shore is good to go for another week or so if we're lucky. To the 2 guys in the brown Pop up cabellas hut must u set up 10 feet away from someone? It's a big lake guys give people a little space out there please
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does anybody no if they are fishing by smithboys yet the creek must be open thanks for any info
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Froze solid still. Checked it last night.
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fished pender today lots of ice lots a fish and lots of wind an rain......... easy drag ;D
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how is the shore ice
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anything going on at burtis ?thinking about having last outing party!
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So anyone going to be fishing saturday out of long point?
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Went to Mayville Monday evening. Fished from about 5-10pm and only got 2 very small perch and a pumpkin seed. Was hoping for some calicoes. Moved all over the place and threw everything I had at them. There were 2 other guys out still when we left, not sure if they did any good.
Fished long point yesterday from about 3-8pm. Shore ice is definitely deteriorating but the docks jut out past the problems areas. The rain had water pooled up on the surface and it was vary slick. The main sheet of ice is still solid. Maybe 3-4 inches of black below 7-8 inches of white. Fished with my brother and we ended up taking home about 40. We were pretty picky and threw back a lot of 6-7 inch fish. Got a few bruisers for Chautauqua. Biggest one was almost 12. Other guys out said they did well also.
Good luck guys stay safe out there.
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i'm thinking about giving it one more day on saturday off vikings -midway area. anyone been out there recently like today? any info on ice cond would be greatly appreciated . erie ice not as thick & getting to dangerous for me. thanks
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I'll be at the Vikings Saturday at sun up gonzo. It's gunna be cold enough to hold up for sure low teens
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might try vikings sunday?
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I wanna fish vikings sunday also. can i meet up with anyone sunday morning there to walk out with. Or to show me where to park atleast and get on ice. Thanks. Never fished out of viking. Always longpoint.
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My friends are a bunch of vaginas said they don't feel safe on only 12 inches of ice so I'll be alone out there tomorrow lmaomore for me I guess come say hi if ur out at the Vikings tomorrow
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hunter i have never been there before either. hopefully i can find it.
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Drive past long point st. Park it is a camp ground. We will be there also for one last run. I put all my stuff away two weeks ago and had to get it back out. Mark
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Any reason everyone seems to be going to Viking rather than Long Point? I was at Lake for 1st time ever last weekend at Long Point. Did pretty well. Want to go Sunday so just wondering.
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Sunday I want to try midway for my first time any help would be greatly appreciated
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unless you're trying to get into the 2 deep holes that are north of the vikings club, there is really no difference from any other deep water spot. biggest difference is that the vikings club has been kind enough to let people fish out of their lot. it is privately owned and can be shut down if people don't respect that fact. people screw things up by littering, tearing up the lawn when the ground is soft, peeing in the parking lot or in view of the restaurant windows, parking near the building so their members don't have room, etc. long point, prendergast point, bell tower are all near deep water and fish are caught easily at all locations. mayville is normally a shallow water fishery, with more bluegill/sunfish and crappie, although perch are there also.
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Did anyone fish long point today? How was the shore ice and were the fish biting? Thanks :tipup:
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I stopped by long point tonight. There were 4 groups of guys fishing. Looks like to get on you need to go off the end of the dock. One group said they did well. 30 fow with shiners. I'm going in the morning either there or at vikings. Anyone else going out? I'll be out by myself and hoping there is at least someone else out there.
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Pretty good day out there today slower than last trip. Fished a half day kept about 35 nicer ones. There are some nice looking jumbos down there on the camera but only hit dead stick but spit it out at the hook every time.guess they didn't grow that sizeby being dumb lol. I switched up between a 3 jig rig and a single puppet minnow which seemed to weed out some of the smaller ones morning bite was good after 11 seemed to turn off a bit but shore was great drag was great good way to end the season for myself but anyone looking to scratch the itch one more time the ice was at least 16 inches 8-10 inches of black ice and it has been cold enough to hold up another week I'd say. Good luck stay safe here's to a cold one next year and continued fish growth
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I will be there in the morning by myself, hope you see you there good luck fishing. I have a nanook clam 2 man if anyone wants to join just come by
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be at vickings at 8 or 9 am
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Will be at Long Point about 8.
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Pretty good day out there today slower than last trip. Fished a half day kept about 35 nicer ones. There are some nice looking jumbos down there on the camera. Shore was great drag was great good way to end the season for myself but anyone looking to scratch the itch one more time the ice was at least 16 inches 8-10 inches of black ice and it has been cold enough to hold up another week I'd say. Good luck stay safe here's to a cold one next year and continued fish growth
Not a bad report but you negelated to give the area for your ice report so how does anyone know where to go to get to this safe ice???
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unless you're trying to get into the 2 deep holes that are north of the vikings club, there is really no difference from any other deep water spot. biggest difference is that the vikings club has been kind enough to let people fish out of their lot. it is privately owned and can be shut down if people don't respect that fact. people screw things up by littering, tearing up the lawn when the ground is soft. Long point, prendergast point, bell tower are all near deep water and fish are caught easily at all locations. mayville is normally a shallow water fishery, with more bluegill/sunfish and crappie, although perch are there also.
The Bell Tower is also a private access and parking area. I again today picked up paper wrappers and beer cans in the parking lot and I noticed that the edge of the lower driveway near the parking area is extremely rutted from vehicles parking where they shouldn't. I would not be surprised if we loose this access and parking area, and who to blame but the ignorant fishermen that don't care. I can not see Chautauqua Institute putting up with this mis-use for much longer. Please use this access properly, don't litter and only park where you are suppose to.
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Not a bad report but you negelated to give the area for your ice report so how does anyone know where to go to get to this safe ice???
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Your right my fault but read prior posts this report is outa the Vikings. My inlaws were there Wednesday I gave a report and was out yesterday I'd say 10-15 other huts out in the long point/Vikings area
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How do u guys post pics on here again don't u have to use another app or website or something goofy. I'd love to share and show off a bit to look back at a good year out
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Maybe a few of us should offer to the institute to fix the Bell Tower ruts sometime this spring. A few guys spending half a day with hand tools and a few bags of mulch and seed could go a long way to preserve access to this great spot. I think for the most part icers are clean and considerate when it comes to using access spots. No point in having a few inconsiderate users ruining it for the rest of us.
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How do u guys post pics on here again don't u have to use another app or website or something goofy. I'd love to share and show off a bit to look back at a good year out
Go to the 1st level page "Ice shanty community" then open "Ice fishing media" , then "Ice fishing Pictures" In that section you will find all you need to know about how to post your pic's.
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Was off Vikings Sat, good day, lots of perch - kept 26 9-10 1/2 inchers and another musky (that's 2 in 2 weeks for my fishing buddy) we broke off at the hole. if, last month, you'd told me you could catch musky with a 1 1/4 inch buckshot jig, I'd of laughed at you.
Was my 1st season on the ice, and was great. Learned a lot from the folks on here, and a big tip of the hat to Deadhead88 and Waltman for the help they gave in getting me on the fish. This is a great fishery, and met a lot of super folks out there.
Peace!
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Anytime rob I don't mind giving pointers here and there guys on here have helped me just don't tell too many people lol 😉
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Was at Vikings today. All I can say is DINKVILLE. Got 50 or so and maybe 6-8 keepers. Threw all back. I,m done!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hello I am two hrs away to far to check my self is any one fishin the creek by smithboys yet or is it to early for crappys to be there thanks for any info
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Thanks for the good reports. Jealous now that it's over for me. (My only trip up was late Feb and had auger problem so was limited to one spot, so not much to report.) Anyone have an ice-out prediction? Now that it's over for me, trying to begin to plan toward getting dock and boat in as soon as feasible... I'm guessing around Apr 20...
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Hello I am two hrs away to far to check my self is any one fishin the creek by smithboys yet or is it to early for crappys to be there thanks for any info
Lake still has 16 inches of ice it will be awhile for calico in the canals
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this weather is going to suck. (Warm). I have all next week off >:(
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tis the transitional season!u still might be able to get out bring planks and be safe gl!
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just checked lake cam,,, geeez is that blizzard or fog!!!!! cant see nada
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Its Freekn snow!!! :o
supposed to get 5 or 6 inches today
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we got 5 inches down here.
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going to be in the 60's Thursday be safe out there
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Ours is melting a little. the ground got a chance to warm up which made the roads crappy this morning. it will be gone for a few days but its supposed to snow again Saturday
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This snow will cover the bad ice, so go with a partner and be safe.
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did every one give up already ???
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did every one give up already ???
I did! I'm ready to get my kayak out. I've even been picking some things up to add to it :)
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did every one give up already ???
Can't afford to buy a 2nd freezer. lol
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Two guys out on burtis right now, wonder if they are getting into any?
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Two guys out on burtis right now, wonder if they are getting into any?
Not much. Fished till around 9:30 this morning. A few perch and one nice crappie. Saw a couple of others pull up a few small bluegill. Still well over 12" of ice. No problem getting on...but that may change by tomorrow. I'm done for the season.
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Not much. Fished till around 9:30 this morning. A few perch and one nice crappie. Saw a couple of others pull up a few small bluegill. Still well over 12" of ice. No problem getting on...but that may change by tomorrow. I'm done for the season.
how was the shore ice? I fished upper lake ice still 16" shore was bad in spots. The rain made a lot of water on top . Left the ice about 530 shore was still good.
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how was the shore ice? I fished upper lake ice still 16" shore was bad in spots. The rain made a lot of water on top . Left the ice about 530 shore was still good.
Shore ice was fine. I walked out from the boat launch.
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any one out today ???
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any one out today ???
Would like a shore ice report for the Bell Tower and Pendergast. Please note which location your report is for. Thanks in advance.
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perch chaser did you get any pm about shore ice?
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perch chaser did you get any pm about shore ice?
No, everyone must be done, I guess I will give it up also. See ya next year.
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Any guesses as to ice out? Stay safe any who are still giving it a try!
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It will probably be another 2 weeks till its compleatly gone
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will be retiring my stuff monday :'( . i'm signing out for the year. it was fun
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I think the fat lady is startin to sing...
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Don't forget to visit your private launch site and check for tire ruts and sled tracks across the grass to the lake. Now that the snow is gone and the ground has thawed you can rake the bad spots and drop some grass seed. I am not going to make this a community effort because I have tried in the past and only one or two guys show up and some years no one. I visit my sites at my leisure and do a little work when I have time. If you want to keep your access sites, please repair them if needed it really works.
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Please lets use this thread for chit chat about Chautauqua lake ice fishing and only post the ice and fishing reports on the report and conditions thread this year. We hear this same comment every year but we get people asking questions on the report and conditions thread such as how is the fishing or ice conditions, how deep is the snow on the lake, can I use a machine on the ice now or is anyone going fishing this weekend and etc and etc. Those comments and or questions are not reports and should be asked on this Chautauqua BS thread. If there is clutter on the reports and conditions thread there is a chance of getting the thread locked. Please report correctly and happy and safe ice fishing this year.
Thanks
Perch Chacer
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where do you find the conditions and reports.
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Burtis bay webcam shows it is locked up. Next weeks weather should get her going good. Mark
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where do you find the conditions and reports.
Click on "New York" at the very bottom of this page and then click on "Reports and Conditions" under the New York topic. You have enough Posts now to get on it. Good luck....
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driving to work today along 86 showed no open water from bridge down to Celeron and could see no open water above the bridge looking toward Long Point. If we make it through this weekend next week it looks real good fro making ice. Hope to be on somewhere the weekend of the 16/17th of Jan.
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Hopefully the lake effect holds off. Come on ice. :tipup: Mark
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where do you find the conditions and reports.
"Reports, and Conditions" link / page:
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=13651.msg3409772#msg3409772 (http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=13651.msg3409772#msg3409772)
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Had to chase two youngsters off the ice tonight. Went for a ride to look at the ice and noticed a couple of people out on the ice over by the brick bldg in celeron. Drove over to them and it's a pair of kids out about 200 yds. After a couple of good yells got them to come to shore. Didn't yell at them but gave them a stern warning on just what could have happened. Scared me to think that there wasn't a parent around. Please keep an eye out the next few weeks.
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Way to go game hog prolly saved their lives.hopefully see you soon
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Nice job Travis! Safety number one priority. Hope to see you out there soon.
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My brother in law sent me a picture today of Burtis Bay and it looks pretty locked up . Like said previously hopefully we get through this weekend and get some lower temps to lock it better
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I'm hoping to get on Chautauqua on the 24 after the is weekend it looks like we'll have temps staying in the 20s for the rest of the week
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Saw a guy fishing off burtiss today. He was about 200 yards out. It was tempting to join him. Just was 2 sketchy for me yet. He looked a lot skinnier than me. Haha.
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there looks to be a inch or two of water on top of what's left of the ice. If it makes it through tomorrow it should set up nicely.....barring 20 inches of snow.
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In back of my house in stow and across to bemus there is 3 1/2 -4" very clear ice... Shore is a little sketchy, but I doubt the ice is going anywhere anytime soon.
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I was on Burtis on Thursday. It was about 4 inches close to shore, 3-3.5 a few hundred yards out. As I kept going, I eventually hit 2.5. I don't know Chautauqua very well, so I didn't push my luck. Caught a bunch of perch. Some were respectable.
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I'm sure with the warm temperatures and all this rain there's No ice left at least not safe ice anyway
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According to the webcam looks like she is still locked up, at least by Burtis bay. Hopefully we don't get as much snow as they are calling for
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The snow stopped a few minutes ago and the lake looks like the puddles have froze,hopefully the wind will keep snow off if we don't get too much!Keep fingers and toes crossed!
FN
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Hope she locks up. Wind is roaring now at least in Erie county. Was at my cabin 1/9 and my pond looked like open water, but was solid clear ice I couldn`t break near shore, and I tried, needed a 5 gallon bucket of water. It`s 15 mile east of Chautauqua. Today I stepped on shore ice, and right through 1/10. Still locked up though.
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Burtis bay web cam looks like a little open water. Hope all that dang lake effect dumps into the open water. they get all the snow they say on top of the ice there is now it might be over before it starts. Fingers crossed sure would like to be there at the end of the month. :tipup: Mark
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Looks locked up on the camera I just wonder how the snow is down there
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I advise you don't listen to the naysayers! Burtis Bay is locked up and has 5 inches of ice my brother in law was out there today along with many other locals
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Really? Hogans just reported its fully covered but super thin ice...
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It would be hard to believe that all that open water froze over in the last day considering the winds that we had today. Easy to believe that the ice on Burtis Bay hardened up. I wasn't by the lake today either. Be careful out there!
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Has anyone checked on Mayville?
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I spoke to my brother in law again and he physically measured 5 inches where he was fishing other guys had reported three and a half to 4 and others said five at Burtis Bay. Was advised that Mayville and other areas still had a lot of open water though and it was not in their opinion safe yet
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I spoke to my brother in law again and he physically measured 5 inches where he was fishing other guys had reported three and a half to 4 and others said five at Burtis Bay. Was advised that Mayville and other areas still had a lot of open water though and it was not in their opinion safe yet
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Huh. Good black ice or white?
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If that's the case my lake in Amish country should be good to go this weekend
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how much snow did Chautauqua get?
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Does anyone know if the lake association did a late weed harvest on the south end this year??? I was told last year that September of 2014 they did a cut and removed the cover down there. I fished the south end twice last year and did very poorly. Fished the rest of the year on the middle a d north end.Hope there are weeds this year to hold fish!!
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That is a good question. Last year I fished Burtis a couple of times and Lakewood Bar once and didn't do well at all. There was hardly anyone fishing either area every time I checked them out. Talked to a couple people who fished those places and they said it was very tough to find them. I'm hoping it is better in the south this year - much closer for me to get to.
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Any one getting any fish on Burris ?
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My brother in law was out for a couple hours as I mentioned earlier and he caught nothing I asked him if you brought up any weeds and he said no that he did not even see them. He did not bring any sonar so we could only guess that he was in about 6 feet or so of water. I ask them how much of the ice was clear and he said there was only a white crust on top that most of it was clear. No legitimate measurement was given in the conversation though
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No weeds = the same problem that I had on the 7th.
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how much snow did Chautauqua get?
were is this lake new abion kid
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Two brave souls out out. Can see them on burtis bay web cam :tipup:
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Chuck66
Chautauqua lake is in the south end of Chautauqua County,Mayville is on the North end and Jamestown to the South.Rt 394 runs along the West side and 430 on the East.I fished the lake in Nov.and there were large weed beds in the cove just South of Prendergast boat launch to answer anyones question
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Chuck66
Chautauqua lake is in the south end of Chautauqua County,Mayville is on the North end and Jamestown to the South.Rt 394 runs along the West side and 430 on the East.I fished the lake in Nov.and there were large weed beds in the cove just South of Prendergast boat launch to answer anyones question
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Nick ... Chuck66 made this post back a year ago Jan. 2015 on the Cha. / Cha. Reports / Conditions thread - he was fishing Mayville then ... my uneducated guess is, he might know where it is ... just sayin' !
New York Fishing Reports And Conditions / Re: Chautauqua/Chautauqua
« on: Jan 26, 2015, 10:09 AM »
Went to mayville 10 fow , pink and white is the ticket for the big gills and crappie. Went out at 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm limited out on 9 to 10 in. Gills . Managed to get thirteen crappie also. Can't wait to hit Erie . Good luck to all
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I guess I missed the date of post,thanks CB,OOOOPS!
FN
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One guy on Burtis
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Lol not great
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I'm trying to put together a fishing trip at the end of the month for a weekend, with the temps below freezing for the next week, how much of the lake will be ice in your opinion? is it worth a drive from Ohio?
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I'm trying to put together a fishing trip at the end of the month for a weekend, with the temps below freezing for the next week, how much of the lake will be ice in your opinion? is it worth a drive from Ohio?
Worth is relative and different for everybody...With all the goofy weather its extremely difficult to say...The easy answer is yeah the lake should be froze and safe for fishing...The difficult answer is who knows how much snow is going to dump on the lake making travelling on the ice extremely difficult even though its "safe"...If its safe yet extremely difficult to travel on the ice is it worth coming from Ohio for a bucket of 9.25" perch ? Meh guess it all depends right?
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I have 2 questions for anyone checking the ice,how much snow is on lake and is it lake locked up yet??? Thanks to all replies.
FN
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Lots of open water around the Long Pt area Sunday, it has snowed over 24" in Catt. County where I live since I was there checking ice. Hope it missed the lake
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North East, Pa got 20 some inches so I would imagine the lake area got it too.
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any ice in Mayville?
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Just drove by the north end in Mayville and it looked to be totally ice/snow covered.
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What's the report for the Lakewood area? Any good ice?
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Are there any web cams of the Mayville end of the lake?
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I would imagine the whole lake should be froze over by now. I wouldn't venture out to far just yet though. Small boat harbor in buffalo getting fished now.
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Amount of snow/slush on top is bs. Wouldn't venture out anywhere but Burtis at this point.
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Thank you game hog for your honest opinion. Probably wait till next weekend just to be safe.
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I would like to try and hit the north end this weekend, any one have a report?
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North of the bridge was mostly water on Monday.
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Well that's good for formation! It was only 1 degree out last night. If it was open, no snow, cold windless nights. I'm feeling like we will be drilling holes sooner than you think
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It has 2 feet of snow on most of the entire lake FYI.
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Amount of snow/slush on top is bs. Wouldn't venture out anywhere but Burtis at this point.
Agreed!
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I heard some dumbass drove his truck or side by side through the the ice at small boat . . Use your heads ppl. . . Lmao!
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What an idiot.
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Yeah happened Wed night, some jerkoff tried to drive out on ice off Gallagher beach at the jet ski launch. He didn't get very far only about 4-5 inches of ice.
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Anybody out over deep water this weekend? Prendergast, Belltower, Midway or Long Point?
Thanks in advance
Perch Chacer
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Was hoping to take my dad to long point this Friday. Does anyone think it will be locked up by then?
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Well I've about given up on this year with above freezing temps even overnight it's gunna take a nice cold front to lock her up over deep water. I'm from buffalo though. Any local guys got an update
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I went by the lake yesterday around 12:30 and lots of water on top of ice.When I went by again about 4:30 the water was freezing nicely,if no real hard hit of snow,I think this will be the last week to give it a shot,after Friday it's"Syanara to the ice"!
FN
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Nik we will be there with a spud and rope fri-sun. Not really sure about fishing sun. But hopefully we pick threw a few by then. If u see a blue clam flip with an iceshanty sticker feel free to stop and say hi. Mark
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I'll keep my eyes open for you guys,thanks Mark.
FN
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As long as there is no drastic weather conditions you should be good to go this weekend. I sat over deep water tonight with 30 guys in eye sight.
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As long as there is no drastic weather conditions you should be good to go this weekend. I sat over deep water tonight with 30 guys in eye sight.
How thick was the ice?
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GameHog were you at mayville? Thanks
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3.5" of ice slick surface. Was not in mayville. Was over deep water
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LP?
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fishing should be safe between the 6th of feb and th 18th of 2016 .if your like me you like 10 plus inches.i fish this lake alot and i love it.
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???Where is Hijinks :afro: and Snafu??? Always get a laugh out of their humor and ball busting.
Some of these posts are classics…
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=5050 (http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=5050)
:roflmao:
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Must be nursing that bummed leg. :whistle: :whistle: ;D
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???Where is Hijinks :afro: and Snafu??? Always get a laugh out of their humor and ball busting.
Some of these posts are classics…
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=5050 (http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=5050)
:roflmao:
I'm at a meeting for work in Dallas and literally laughed out loud just now .. Classics ! Funniest guys out there.
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Burtis Bay Perch, Ice Fishing Chautauqua Lake:
Video from our trip to Burtis last Monday. Not a very exciting video this week but I figure I'd share it here considering it is Chautauqua lake. Catching the usually dink perch with the occasional keeper-sized perch. Didn't catch any other pan-fish but it was the middle of the day; gills, sunnies, and crappy don't usually turn on till evening when I had to go to work. It was nice for me and my dad to have the entire bay to ourselves for a change anyway.
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Is anything gonna be ok to fish tomorrow? Where you heading out from gamehog?
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Burtis Bay Perch, Ice Fishing Chautauqua Lake:
Video from our trip to Burtis last Monday. Not a very exciting video this week but I figure I'd share it here considering it is Chautauqua lake. Catching the usually dink perch with the occasional keeper-sized perch. Didn't catch any other pan-fish but it was the middle of the day; gills, sunnies, and crappy don't usually turn on till evening when I had to go to work. It was nice for me and my dad to have the entire bay to ourselves for a change anyway.
A little trick I discovered two years ago when fishing deep water for perch. Try the larger perch eyes and larger jigs. You'll catch more 8"-10" perch.
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Thanks for the tip but Burtis is only 5 to 10 ft max.I always use a perch eye and usually get bigger fish.
FN
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Well in the sports section of today's Post Journal (Jamestown's paper) there was a picture of a gentleman from Jamestown holding a big musky on the ice. The caption reads "King of the Muskies". No other text is given.
That photo is incriminating evidence for the gentleman who caught the muskie and delayed its release by posing for photos. The general regs read as follows:
"Fish caught during the closed season must be
unhooked and released immediately. They
may not be handled for any other purpose."
As an avid musky angler I want to make a couple points here.
Most likely this angler was targeting walleye and hooked this musky accidentally...It happens. Catching a musky that size under any conditions is exciting and likely a once-in-a-lifetime event....I get it. Given the angler likely caught it on walleye tackle it could have been a long fight. If it was a long fight and the fish was kept out of the water for pictures and whatever else, there's a good chance it died post-release.
Musky are an important fish in Chautauqua Lake. A good part of our local economy and the lake ecosystem depends on their survival. I encourage anyone who incidentally hooks one out of season to swallow their pride and do whatever is necessary to get them released and back in the water asap. That means skipping the photo shoot or even taking them out of the water. Best case if you're under-tackled may even be intentionally breaking off.
Shame on the Post Journal for publishing this photo which may inadvertently encouraging people to break the law.
I encourage the DEC to contact the individual and the newspaper.
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Wow Panamaniac that stinks. There was another guy that caught one last year who's picture was circulating in Buffalo muskie circles and I said the same thing.
Muskies shouldn't leave the water when accidently caught in the winter. I hope it was released unharmed.
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we had caught one a few yrs back a real slob and there was two dec officers on site checking our licenses and ive got a picture with both of them standing right behind my buddy with his 25 lber they didn't seem to have a problem with a picture but I hope it didn't die!!!
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Panimanic you really have way to much free time to worry about a man taking a picture of a fish. I was on the ice tonite talking to locals that said they troll for them in the spring. I am sure they take out way more Muskie than some poor guy taking a picture. Mark
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I will have to agree. Wishing ill will on a fellow fisherman for taking a picture has a really high pucker value...Its a musky, a big slimy walleye eating slime dart. Not exactly a delicacy either. Its claim to fame is being big. So, we must break our line on incidental catches??? They are stocked in the lake for crying out loud. They aren't even rare in that lake.
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He's well known and a hell of an ice fisherman. No doubt the fish was out of the water for maybe a few seconds. The locals know what they are doing. I've caught and lost dozens throwing jerk baits from shore in the spring. Yes. I bring them ashore to unhook them. Call the cops. A 5-1/2 inch broken off thunderstick has got to be worse than a 5 second photo op.
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Well in the sports section of today's Post Journal (Jamestown's paper) there was a picture of a gentleman from Jamestown holding a big musky on the ice. The caption reads "King of the Muskies". No other text is given.
That photo is incriminating evidence for the gentleman who caught the muskie and delayed its release by posing for photos. The general regs read as follows:
"Fish caught during the closed season must be
unhooked and released immediately. They
may not be handled for any other purpose."
As an avid musky angler I want to make a couple points here.
Most likely this angler was targeting walleye and hooked this musky accidentally...It happens. Catching a musky that size under any conditions is exciting and likely a once-in-a-lifetime event....I get it. Given the angler likely caught it on walleye tackle it could have been a long fight. If it was a long fight and the fish was kept out of the water for pictures and whatever else, there's a good chance it died post-release.
Musky are an important fish in Chautauqua Lake. A good part of our local economy and the lake ecosystem depends on their survival. I encourage anyone who incidentally hooks one out of season to swallow their pride and do whatever is necessary to get them released and back in the water asap. That means skipping the photo shoot or even taking them out of the water. Best case if you're under-tackled may even be intentionally breaking off.
Shame on the Post Journal for publishing this photo which may inadvertently encouraging people to break the law.
I encourage the DEC to contact the individual and the newspaper.
Go check the Susquehanna River thread on here. Your head will explode and you'll have a meltdown !! Your investigation can move quickly with his IP address. The guy who took the picture can probably be charged as an accomplice or aiding/abetting ??
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Hammered nice perch yesterday but ice was rotting fast.I wanted to go today but afraid of conditions.
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Well in the sports section of today's Post Journal (Jamestown's paper) there was a picture of a gentleman from Jamestown holding a big musky on the ice. The caption reads "King of the Muskies". No other text is given.
That photo is incriminating evidence for the gentleman who caught the muskie and delayed its release by posing for photos. The general regs read as follows:
"Fish caught during the closed season must be
unhooked and released immediately. They
may not be handled for any other purpose."
As an avid musky angler I want to make a couple points here.
Calm down probably his first Muskie, stop being so butthurt.
Most likely this angler was targeting walleye and hooked this musky accidentally...It happens. Catching a musky that size under any conditions is exciting and likely a once-in-a-lifetime event....I get it. Given the angler likely caught it on walleye tackle it could have been a long fight. If it was a long fight and the fish was kept out of the water for pictures and whatever else, there's a good chance it died post-release.
Musky are an important fish in Chautauqua Lake. A good part of our local economy and the lake ecosystem depends on their survival. I encourage anyone who incidentally hooks one out of season to swallow their pride and do whatever is necessary to get them released and back in the water asap. That means skipping the photo shoot or even taking them out of the water. Best case if you're under-tackled may even be intentionally breaking off.
Shame on the Post Journal for publishing this photo which may inadvertently encouraging people to break the law.
I encourage the DEC to contact the individual and the newspaper.
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Certainly not his first musky. He's not the first one to take a pic of one on the ice. But ignorance of the law won't help you if the DEC comes knocking at your door. Putting that pic out there to the media can be like writing your own ticket.
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Walleye eating dart, not edible..Jeffro,you're ignorance continues to grow with each post. You've contributed exactly ZERO to this forum since you got here..
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I'm glad I sparked a little chatter on here...I'd like to respond and clarify.
I don't wish ill will on anyone. I was trying to bring awareness to the way the DEC general regulations are worded and why. If I accidentally put a 55" inch walleye-eating snot missile on the ice this year I'll be shaking like a leaf and proud as a peacock. I may even try to get a friend to snap shots or video of the fight and immediate release.
What I wouldn't do is send the pictures to the Post Journal or put them on a public website.
As far as breaking off I'd assume everyone would be logical on this. If you have the proper release tools to extract your rapalas from a big musky during walleye season.....Cheers to you! By all means get your plug back. If one inhales your 1/16 oz crappie jig you're best just breaking off.
Lets hope for another year of ice fishing till April!
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Hahaha Panamaniac youre a man after my own heart..a 55" is a life - beast...and a pair of Knipex will work wonders for any angler. ..
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I'm at a meeting for work in Dallas and literally laughed out loud just now .. Classics ! Funniest guys out there.
Hi. Be patient. Snafu and I are just dandy and planning something epic for when the ice season comes into full swing come March or June.
We sent out telegrams to every Amish town this side of the Mason-Dixon.
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Went by Mayville yesterday and seen 2 guys really pushing their luck on that ice by the Belle,please use your head and be careful and safe,there's always the spring perching event.
FN
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It looks like there is still ice on the burtis web cam. We might still get some more fishing in yet after next week. Mark
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Took a ride/walk yesterday. The ice pack stayed together for the most part. Shore ice was gone for the first 10'. Creeks were rolling and chewing out into the lake pretty good. Weather this week says no ice making going on but next week looks promising.
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Shore gone in mayville too ?
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Didn't make it that far north. Every where else it was gone.
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Anyone been by Long Pt. recently? Its a two hour drive for me and I really want to fish there one time before the season is over. Im hoping by end of next week things should be in better conditions.
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Anyone been by Long Pt. recently? Its a two hour drive for me and I really want to fish there one time before the season is over. Im hoping by end of next week things should be in better conditions.
Look at Game Hog's 2/4/16 (9:46 am) post above.
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Stopped by again tonight. No one out. I wouldn't recommend going until next weekend. Shore has a skin on it but it going to take a bit.
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Just an FYI for anyone planning on fishing the north end this weekend. Mayville is having their winterfest. No ice castle this year but all festivities are going on. Please use extra caution on the ice.
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Just an FYI for anyone planning on fishing the north end this weekend. Mayville is having their winterfest. No ice castle this year but all festivities are going on. Please use extra caution on the ice.
In years past when there wasn't enough ice for the ice castle they would build it out of hay or straw bales and have the fire company spray it with water which would freeze and make it look like ice. But the cold weather this year is probably too close to the festival weekend to do that again.
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Game Hog... Did you check the ice in Mayville? Was anyone out?
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Did not make it up that far. Know they are getting pounded with snow now though. Not good...
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Did not make it up that far. Know they are getting pounded with snow now though. Not good...
No, not good at all. That ice never had a chance to recover and now it's getting a blanket...no bueno
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I live in buffalo and would love to get out for some deep water peach. Anyone been out near the Vikings club in mayville?
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Anyone fishing the Bell Tower, wondering how the ice is and if the fish are cooperating? Thanks!
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Fished Long Point today. Bite was very slow. Threw the whole kitchen at them today and couldnt get but a few dinks. Ice was 4-5".
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Burtis Bay Web Cam (click the link)
Current view of the ice/water:
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/towerclimber/1/show.html
10 day Mayville weather forecast: (click this link)
http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/14757?month=0
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Trying to get out Thursday early morning, taking out someone who has never been ice fishing. I figure that mayville is our best bet for numbers of fish seeing that is my main goal for this trip to get them interested in ice fishing. Also do you guys think it's worth it to try and get there before sun up to try and get a few crappies on the ice, just wondering if anyone has had any luck with crappie off mayville if it is even worth getting there that early to try for them. I've never fishes crappie through the ice, was wondering as well where in the water column would I target crappie say I'm fishing in 10ft of water do I fish right on the bottom like I would for perch for do you fish a little higher I've heard the crappie will rise to bite but will not lower due to the way their eyes are positioned. Just seeing what you guys would recommend not looking for secrets spots just technique.
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Or I may possibly hit mayville tommorw night sometime after 6pm if the crappie anyone can give me info if the crappie bite would be worth it? I know perch don't bite at night or I definitely would go and test the night bite eoth the newbie. If it was just me I would go and give it a shot either way and test it out but my main goal is to get some fish on the line to get my sister a few fish, to keep her interested, so I'm leaning towards the day time bite if anyone has any information it would be greatly appreciated. You can PN me if you want. Thank you in advance!!!
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Mayville's a good bet for panfish numbers. Ice should be good. Bite is usually good but a lot of small perch. Guys did decent on crappie last year there. Not sure what time of day but daytime crappie are not unheard of. I got into a nice school of decent size gills there last year. Small jigs and spoons tipped with plastics or spikes for quantity smalls. Jigs, larger spoons and jigging raps for occasional quality fish. Drill lots of holes right away and move around among them for a while searching for fish. A flasher or camera will greatly improve your chances. Look for weed openings in the 8 to 12 foot range to start. Gradually search deeper if no luck. Lastly, the Dave Genz method of panfish jigging really works great. It greatly improved my catch this year. Check him out on YouTube.
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This week I posted on the Reports page that I caught a few walleyes and mentioned the lack of other eye catch reports on the REPORTS page. Having some time this morning I went back from the first ice and mine is the only report of catching a walleye and there was one report of a crappie being caught. I find this more than odd. Saying you caught a fish will not mean all of western and central NY and northwestern PA will attack the lake. Chautauqua Lake is about 17 miles long so there is room for a few ice fishermen. If you catch one share the joy, there is no reason to expose the location.
I remember The Aquarium picture of a few years back, where it looked like the ice would sink on a nice weekend day with the hordes of people in a limited area. The guy who posted the info must have been run out of state since he has not posted recently. I do not believe a similar situation has happened since and does not need to happen again with sound, limited reporting.
In conclusion, I will let the cat out of the bag- there are eyes and crappie in Chautauqua Lake. The where, how, and when to catch them is part of what makes ice fishing fun and more rewarding if you get into them.
Please let's put the REPORTS back in the Reports and Conditions page so that the never ending discussion of dink perch can be kept to a minimum.
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I was one that fell for the aquarium that year...what a joke...Think that's what closed down parking along road in that area so maybe mission accomplished???
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I was out there the day the ice dropped about 4".
DMEYERS your in box is full
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I'm planning on a trip down to long pt or the Viking for perch. Anyone out in that area ? I see from a prior post the ice is roughly 4-5 inches thick. Short season this yr.
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Chautauqua County
This came out today from the DEC. It's a proposed change to the regs. If adopted, it would go into effect 4/1/17.
Remove special regulation for Walleye in Chautauqua Lake (2017_R9_01)
Email a comment.
Description: Remove the special regulation for Walleye, 18 inch minimum size limit and 3 fish/day, from Chautauqua Lake. Walleye regulations on Chautauqua Lake will be covered by statewide regulations.
Rationale: The Walleye population in Chautauqua Lake has increased to the point that the special regulation is no longer necessary. Survey results have indicated a moderate to high abundance of Walleye since 2006.
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WOW is all I can say. I would like to see a copy of them survey results. I find it hard to believe.
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WOW is all I can say. I would like to see a copy of them survey results. I find it hard to believe. Agreed. Very hard to believe. Go to a slot limit. Or shut down the stink biscuit facorty at prendergast and make it a walleye hatchery
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spent the day (8.5 hours) on the lake today, North of midway, >40 FOW
conditions: horrible dragging. 12-18 inches of snow, lots of drifts on walk out to fish. Ice had 1-2 inches clear at bottom with 8+ inches white on top of it. No slush while walking. Once we drilled holes, lots of water on top, had to bring in snow for foot rests as to not sit in 4 or 5 inches of water. Walking back to truck, still no slush, but snow melting fast and packing down. Very wet, and still a hard drag
fishing: quite a bit slower than usual for us. Would be solid action for 10 - 20 minute then the school moves on and nothing for next 10-20 until next school moved back in. Caught quite a few perch over the day , and ended with ~ 30 keepers. Was using white round head jig with minnow, or a rapala jigging rap for best action
hope for better next weekend. Tight lines everyone!
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This came out today from the DEC. It's a proposed change to the regs.
Description: Remove the special regulation for Walleye, 18 inch minimum size limit and 3 fish/day, from Chautauqua Lake. Walleye regulations on Chautauqua Lake will be covered by statewide regulations.
Rationale: The Walleye population in Chautauqua Lake has increased to the point that the special regulation is no longer necessary. Survey results have indicated a moderate to high abundance of Walleye since 2006.
If there is an abundance of walleye in Chautauqua as the DEC says then why aren't there an abundance of 14-16"
fish being caught.
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The numbers are gaining for sure but not to what they are saying. Hit 5 last night all 12-16". Not a single eye marked this am.
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I would like to try for some perch tomorrow. Any reports on ice conditions in the perch areas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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The numbers are gaining for sure but not to what they are saying. Hit 5 last night all 12-16". Not a single eye marked this am.
that's because I'm not with you. you are sure to get your limit then....me? Skunked. I'm ready for our crappie spot.
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Anyone out today? Getting warm and I would like to get out Sunday if possible.
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Ice was solid 6" on deep water north of long point today, however there's 3"-4" of standing water on top wear tall rubber boots.
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I would like to try for some perch tomorrow. Any reports on ice conditions in the perch areas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Go to the New York Fishing Reports and conditions section and look at the Chautauqua thread, hopefully you'll find what you want there if anyone posted.
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Anyone have any info on where to get Bait tomorrow morning? Headed to long point from buffalo and didn't get bait tonight
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Hogans Hut on Rt 394 west side of chautauqua lake has bait. They are right off the I-86 at the route 394 exit. If you're coming from buffalo you could also try Colville's- route 5 in Hamburg. There's also Dave's bait and tackle- route 5 in Derby. Not sure of their hours. I think Dave's opens at 7. If your going early Hogans might be open by the time you get there.
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Awesome I'll give hogans hut a try. Thank you
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Cabelas also has minnows for future reference if u needed a spot around the area. Went to long pt today and had probably my best day. Around 35 keeper perch and 3 crappie!
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Awesome I'll give hogans hut a try. Thank you
better call first...all he had for bait today were fat heads...no spikes or waxys...
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Yep I went and just fatheads, got some anyway as I didn't wanna keep driving for bait. Got a bunch of perch out of long point on them, whole and heads
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Dont pay $7 for a scoop of minnows. The perch are the same size and eat anything throughout the lake. You could put a piece of lunchmeat turkey and catch the same 6-9 inch perch same as a shiner. Have done it before. It doesn't matter where you are or what you use. The lake has been ruined by these perch. Keep as many as you can please. Throw them in the garden/trash or give them to an amish.
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Had a good evening at long point. Caught a lot of perch. Only kept 7 of them and they were all over 11 inches (and I measured them!) I had fatheads but the perch preferred perch eyes. Also caught a dandy walleye right before dark. Fished 30-33 fow. Ice was 6 inches and the surface was very slick. Please remember to clean up your trash!
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True. Can catch the perch there practically with bare hooks. I tried up sizing to a 2" pimple and the dinks still hit it!
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Dont pay $7 for a scoop of minnows. The perch are the same size and eat anything throughout the lake. You could put a piece of lunchmeat turkey and catch the same 6-9 inch perch same as a shiner. Have done it before. It doesn't matter where you are or what you use. The lake has been ruined by these perch. Keep as many as you can please. Throw them in the garden/trash or give them to an amish.
What has caused the perch to ruin the lake? Because there are so many of them? What could we as fisherman do to help?
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What has caused the perch to ruin the lake? Because there are so many of them? What could we as fisherman do to help?
Chautauqua is far from ruined. This year i've caught bigger perch than i've ever seen come out of this lake. Yes there are 11'' and 12'' perch in Chautauqua. I'ts definatly makeing a comeback.
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now if we can get rid of those silver bass/white perch!i used to fish there a lot at night in open water and used to be able to catch my share of eyes with 2 dozen worms and it got so bad I had to bring 8 to10 dozen!!!!
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anyword how the ice held up in mayville and how the shore ice is ? with all the rain and warm temps
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I'm hoping to make the trip down Sunday, also curious how the ice is holding up, thank you!
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there was a HUGE white perch die off 2-3 years ago in the spring, i'm talking thousands of dead fish and it was weird only white perch were the ones that died. i was in bemus bay and saw them in other parts of the lake also. anyone know what caused this maybe dec? or just water temp? im glad those are goners tho thinned out alot of them
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there was some type of virus a few summers ago that killed off a lot of carp. They were washing up on the shoreline at the cottage in Bellevue bay. It was so bad the dump had a big trench dug for people to come drop them and then they buried them. They smelled horrible.
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I'm hoping to make the trip down Sunday, also curious how the ice is holding up, thank you!
I wouldn't count on it. Took a ride around this am and didn't find one place I'd feel comfortable walking on. Every where their was a previous hole or pressure crack was open water. Some spots as large as a pickup truck. Moral of the story "The fat lady is hitting the high notes.
Just my observation and opinion.
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I wouldn't count on it. Took a ride around this am and didn't find one place I'd feel comfortable walking on. Every where their was a previous hole or pressure crack was open water. Some spots as large as a pickup truck. Moral of the story "The fat lady is hitting the high notes.
What a lot of you people don't realize is the weather conditions that we had this week have made very dangerous spots out there on the lake. After last weekend and through Tuesdays the ice was melting and the water was running down old holes and pressure cracks wearing away at the ice. Those holes on Tuesday were large enough for a person to fall completely through, see previous posts for the week. Then Wednesday and Thursday night we had temps in teens that skimmed over these bad spots but not good enough to hold a man. That is what Game Hog refers to. Then to make things worst Friday snow covered all these spots. I have ice fished for over 50 years and have my shares of fall-ins, so I know what I am talking about. Avoid the areas with the reported bad spots and if you must go as I am, use a spud ahead of every step.
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Wish I could get out but don't feel like taking the family out if not 100% safe....so, now I'm getting the boat ready
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"Perch Question for the Chautauqua Lake Regulars" !!!
Have the Perch in the lake, made it to point now, where they run 9" - 10" on a somewhat regular basis? ... a brief honest comment will do just fine - thanks in advance !!
Note: this question is prompted by the unusually high amount of 10"+Perch, being posted on the "Conditions Thread" this year.
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All times I've been out this year, mostly long point have been majority 8s with some 9s and very rare 10 .
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I was out late this evening fishing in 7 FOW and caught a half dozen perch that measured a tad under and over 10". I wasn't targeting them and once the sun went down they quit messing with my tip downs and deadstick. I measured 6 inches of ice in the south end of the lake.
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Last sunday i went home with 30 perch between 9 and 10 inches. But alot if 7 inchers inbetween.
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"Perch Question for the Chautauqua Lake Regulars" !!!
Have the Perch in the lake, made it to point now, where they run 9" - 10" on a somewhat regular basis? ... a brief honest comment will do just fine - thanks in advance !!
Note: this question is prompted by the unusually high amount of 10"+Perch, being posted on the "Conditions Thread" this year.
Makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing.
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Heard there's still guys fishing I'm surprised but that's good lol
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I have fished Chautauqua for years and here is my perch report without stretching the truth. As an example: this past Sat. I brought home 22 perch and caught 100-150, the bite was a little slow. The 22 were (4) 10"-10-1/2", (8) 9"-9-3/4", (10) 8"-8-3/4". I measured them prior to cleaning after reading "c-biskets" post. I keep nothing under 8", got measuring marks on the tubes in my hut. I have been on this lake enough to know the last few years, this is what you catch. I have caught an occasional 11" and 12" perch on other days this year but only an occasional. Someone who reports bringing home a large quantity of 10"-11" perch, I really don't know how. I know my reports to be true and accurate. Have a good day of fishing.
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Is there any chance that Bell Tower will be fishable next weekend. I see the weather is going to get cold again mid week. I want to fish Friday and Sunday but here to make the 2 hr drive if i cant fish.
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Ran into a guy in the maple springs area. Looked a lot like the ole doctari????? Showed me a pail of slobs. One was huge. Looked like Erie perch me....
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Ran into a guy in the maple springs area. Looked a lot like the ole doctari????? Showed me a pail of slobs. One was huge. Looked like Erie perch me....
Were you lucky enough to catch any slobs in that area?
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I'd like to be out there once more but im thinking I'll wait and next time will be in the boat
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Whatever happened to Doctari? I remember he had some great posts.
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Been lurkin' :)
Ice has been pretty good this year off Maple Springs this year, although I think I heard the fat lady warming up yesterday.
We have been doing very well on yellow perch in 42 FOW - a "new" spot for me, closer walk than off the creek.
Whopper-doodles is what we have been on. Many 10's and 11's this year. But DTrain yesterday caught the "unicorn", a 12 1/4" monster.
Ice was 8", but not super quality out there yesterday. Winds kicked us off the lake by 2:15PM. Shore was going to pot, and fast.
Lots of perch, but if you didn't get right to the bottom, your day was filled with 6" pesky pukes... Bottom? Whopper-doodles on!
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Whatever happened to Doctari? I remember he had some great posts.
Rumor is hes ALIVE and doing WELL. GREAT to see Doc and Dtrain. It's been a few years since we met up and hammered on some Chautauqua perch. Got enough piggies to possibly head back up next weekend. STELLAR 12+ incher :bow: :bow:
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How many guys get into the perch after ice out? This is my first year with a boat that's reasonable to pull down and am wondering if there usually in the same areas or what?
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Whatever happened to Doctari? I remember he had some great posts.
Been busy writing a documentary about himself.
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Does anyone have an ice report for the lake?
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Does anyone have an ice report for the lake?
look up 4 posts above yours
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WOW is all I can say. I would like to see a copy of them survey results. I find it hard to believe.
This past fall the DEC found YOY walleye in their trawl nets. First time since 1998 that YOY walleye have been detected, and apparently they found a LOT of them.
This means population levels are at the point that is supporting natural reproduction. This then triggers the limit changes.
Thanks
Rich Davenport - aka doctariAFC (or doctariAFC2, now)
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What has caused the perch to ruin the lake? Because there are so many of them? What could we as fisherman do to help?
The perch haven't "ruined" the lake. If you know where to fish, you can catch quite a decent number of sizable fish.
As best as can be surmised, the collapse of the walleye fishery back in the late 1990's/ early 2000's was the cause for perch to start growing larger/ getting to larger sizes. Large walleye prey upon large perch. When the large walleye numbers plummeted, and recruitment was stifled by white perch (invasive that is well known to chow down on walleye eggs), the larger perch were effectively free to breed, and breed they have. Now, when you look at the lake's populations, the white perch is down significantly - most likely due to the yellow perch feasting on white perch eggs.
Yes, there are a lot of YP that are tiny in the lake, but they are not stunted. Over time, what the smaller predators do not eat, more large perch will be seen (DEC trawl surveys are pulling some eye-popping perch, especially over the past three years). This will fluctuate as walleye grow in size, and there are many walleye in the lake again, thanks to stocking, and yellow perch munching on white perch eggs.
But to say the lake is "ruined" kinda seems like you haven't been fishing that lake for any good number of years (as an example I have been fishing that lake for 44 years now)
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Been busy writing a documentary about himself.
Been a while Hijinks, how ya been?
Too busy with deer management issues to write my autobiography ;)
Oh, the mandatory antler restriction thingy that has been being pushed upon the NY Hunters? That is now dead for at least the next 5 years.
You're welcome ;)
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Rumor is hes ALIVE and doing WELL. GREAT to see Doc and Dtrain. It's been a few years since we met up and hammered on some Chautauqua perch. Got enough piggies to possibly head back up next weekend. STELLAR 12+ incher :bow: :bow:
Great to see you again, too DBalm. Hoping the ice holds for one more shot - lookin like Sunday for me, as I have the Federation Banquet on Saturday...
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Doc, Thanks again for getting me and my father out sat! Tell Dane nice Fish! See you at the AFC meeting tues.
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Doc, Thanks again for getting me and my father out sat! Tell Dane nice Fish! See you at the AFC meeting tues.
No probemo Mikey! Glad you got into some good ones Saturday. See ya Tuesday, and perhaps with a little luck, we may get out one more time on them pigs... So long as the ice doesn't honeycomb too badly...
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How's the ice?
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How's the ice?
How to Spot a Sociopath: Always starving for attention, Untruthfulness and insincerity, Lack of remorse, guilt, or shame, Superficial charm, Lack of insight, complete disregard for rules, lie constantly, Never learn from punishments, Simple lack of conscious, Egocentricity, Lack of impulse control, Great boasting, Inability to resist temptation, Knows what they're doing is wrong, but simply doesn't care, Always in need of stimulation.
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How's the ice?
Yesterday we had over 8" under us in the AM. By 2PM the surface was getting a little soft, and the shore was deteriorating rapidly. Looked like the top couple inches was honeycombed pretty badly, but from there looked pretty good. God only knows what happened between when we got off the ice and now. I see on the Burtis cam the Chadakoin is opening up pretty good. Not good.
If the ice didn't get beat up super bad (at least we had no rain) we may be ok for one more run this weekend, but I see some rain coming this week down there which could end it.
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How to Spot a Sociopath: Always starving for attention, Untruthfulness and insincerity, Lack of remorse, guilt, or shame, Superficial charm, Lack of insight, complete disregard for rules, lie constantly, Never learn from punishments, Simple lack of conscious, Egocentricity, Lack of impulse control, Great boasting, Inability to resist temptation, Knows what they're doing is wrong, but simply doesn't care, Always in need of stimulation.
Oh come on, cut Hijinks some slack.... Any user that has the ballz to use the Dynamite Kid as his avatar can't be all bad!
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How to Spot a Sociopath: Always starving for attention, Untruthfulness and insincerity, Lack of remorse, guilt, or shame, Superficial charm, Lack of insight, complete disregard for rules, lie constantly, Never learn from punishments, Simple lack of conscious, Egocentricity, Lack of impulse control, Great boasting, Inability to resist temptation, Knows what they're doing is wrong, but simply doesn't care, Always in need of stimulation.
That's exactly how Christian Michael Longo aka "shortstop" was described.
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Yesterday we had over 8" under us in the AM. By 2PM the surface was getting a little soft, and the shore was deteriorating rapidly. Looked like the top couple inches was honeycombed pretty badly, but from there looked pretty good. God only knows what happened between when we got off the ice and now. I see on the Burtis cam the Chadakoin is opening up pretty good. Not good.
If the ice didn't get beat up super bad (at least we had no rain) we may be ok for one more run this weekend, but I see some rain coming this week down there which could end it.
Thank you for your swift attention to this matter. Please inform upcreekyours that in order to be respected on this site, you need more than 14 posts.
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good to see ya Doc on here! what happened to grizzly garys hunting and fishing?
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The Doc is back and dropping some serious knowledge! Probably also trying to build up enough posts to get on the reports/conditions page with this new account too!
Either way I'm glad to see him back. The old lake is challenging for sure in terms of success in catching anything but small perch. By no means ruined...Especially if you're willing to take advantage of the multiple species that live there. Despite the dink perch and the hungry Amish it continues to be a productive fishery for those that put the time in and learn from every outing.
It's great to hear about young-of-the-year (aka yoy) in the DEC surveys but I would personally be fine with keeping the limit where it is or even moving to a 4 fish 15-24" slot. I feel like the lake is close to a good balance in terms of the fish food chain right now.
Not sure if anyone's seen these guys out there or maybe THEY are on here. Their latest video is a good example of a typical day on the ice this year.
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That was a great video thanks for posting. Hoping to get one last weekend in. Goodluck and be safe out there. Mark
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Just an FYI... Chautauqua is on page 5
https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2800.pdf
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Just an FYI... Chautauqua is on page 5
https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2800.pdf
Can't find it.
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That's for Lake Erie, in Chautauqua county
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good to see ya Doc on here! what happened to grizzly garys hunting and fishing?
Methinks they got hacked...
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All done. Radio show is gone too..
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All done. Radio show is gone too..
Trav .. You can come fish with us ! We've got a spot for you .. !!
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Jim shoot me a text had to get a new phone heard you guys had a blast sunday
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Doctari nice to see you back!
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Having Doctari back in our iceshanty forum lives is like having a heat rash and jogging in thermals from 1973 on a humid 90 degree day.
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is ashville canals open would love to here from alocal pm me please with any info smith boys?
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is ashville canals open would love to here from alocal pm me please with any info smith boys?
When I went by Sunday pm it was completely iced over so I would doubt it. Maybe one of the locals could tell you for sure tho
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Watching and waiting. Still covered as of this am.
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Thank you for your swift attention to this matter. Please inform upcreekyours that in order to be respected on this site, you need more than 14 posts.
Will do, as soon as I hit 15 posts with this new account :)
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All done. Radio show is gone too..
That's too bad. he was fun to listen to when I was down in radio range..
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Having Doctari back in our iceshanty forum lives is like having a heat rash and jogging in thermals from 1973 on a humid 90 degree day.
Awww... You say the most uplifting things! Hey, at least its memorable :)
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Watching and waiting. Still covered as of this am.
Keep eyes on it. DTrain is thinking of heading down Fri or Sat to see if Sunday will be a go...
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Keep eyes on it. DTrain is thinking of heading down Fri or Sat to see if Sunday will be a go...
If he doesn't make it down Friday I will be heading that way sat so I will keep you posted
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If he doesn't make it down Friday I will be heading that way sat so I will keep you posted
Thanks D! Would love one more run at them pigs...
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Heard at the bell tower shore ice is getting bad people were breaking threw very shallow water. Hope it locks up for the morning looking to make a last trip down
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d-balm, how've a been ? i met you many years ago at the case lake tournement. it was great meeting/talking to you. i hope all is going well.
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hey dbalm I see u r from franklinville is bob love still arond
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hey dbalm I see u r from franklinville is bob love still arond
YUP. Him and my father r good friends and my little bro golfs with him
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d-balm, how've a been ? i met you many years ago at the case lake tournement. it was great meeting/talking to you. i hope all is going well.
Im doing well. How about you? That nasty 4 letter word called WORK is getting in the way of my fishing ;D
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how far of a walk of mld way to get eyes
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how far of a walk of mld way to get eyes
short walk. 33 FOW. Watch out for the creek
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how is walk and ice at dewitville creek
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How's the ice around mayville mo son wants to get out with me for my last trip of the season he's 9
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How's the ice around mayville mo son wants to get out with me for my last trip of the season he's 9
Not a good idea...
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Is there not any safe ice at all? BELL Tower?
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Dbaker call Hogan's Hut and ask them
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Don I did Skip was gone and the person on the phone said they didn't really know conditions
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Lots of other good lakes to fish that have current ice conditions you can try if you can't get any good reports on Chautauqua if you had your location on your profile it would be easier to point some of the out
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Thanks Don i have it in there now. I am new to this site and this is myfirst year ice fishing so I am new to figuring out where to fish and when ice is unsafe. So any help is greatly appreciated.
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Not a good afternoon for the Maniac. Drove from the bridge to prendergast on 394. From the road it didn't look good. BIG wet spots all over the south end. Open water under the bridge and WAY out from Ball Creek in Hadley. Bemus creek and the shore acres ditch had done the same thing on the other side of the bridge. Saw a few guys out in Whitney that must have walked on from their own private property between 394. I didn't want to piss them off because they may have yanked the board they must have had to get out there on me. I went to the prendergast boat launch and it was impossible without a LONG plank, raft, or floating bridge.
By this time it's 5pm. Race back to the bridge and over to LP. See another group of 6 or so across the lake in Wells. Not sure where they got on but there were no tracks at the boat launch. At least there was ice in the launch and around shore BUT it was not thick enough to hold me out to the good ice. In hindsight maybe toward the point from the launch may have been better to try. I went WELL over my muck boots pushing my luck around the launch and headed home a bit less than half wet.
The south end of the Lake from 17 looks very bad. Open water up almost to the upper end of rock island and the yacht club.
I live and work close so no big loss in travel time/gas.
Its going to be 20s-30s the next too days which is poor-mediocre ice making weather
This weekend you MAY be able to get to the fishable ice that's left but it could well be sketchy at best or disaster at worst getting off shore. I certainly wouldn't bring the wife and kids if they've never walked 12' of floating 2x4s tied together with bailing twine.
If you come out be careful and bring some safety equipment.
There's some good ice left out in the
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From this post the fat lady has sung loud and clear to me. THAT"S IT FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sad to say will retire all my stuff Sat :'(
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It really sucks I wanted to get one more trip in. Definitely not the best season to take up ice fishing but if I enjoyed this much this year. It will be great when I get a good season. I am stuck on the fence weather to go to Bell Tower tomorrow or put my stuff away.
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good to see ya Doc on here! what happened to grizzly garys hunting and fishing?
Gary let the site go. there are no plans of getting it back up.. Sucks as if we all had time we could have let everyone know of the other forums that we are on....
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Gary let the site go. there are no plans of getting it back up.. Sucks as if we all had time we could have let everyone know of the other forums that we are on....
No doubt... I'll have to get a hold of Gary and break his you know whats...
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Not a good afternoon for the Maniac. Drove from the bridge to prendergast on 394. From the road it didn't look good. BIG wet spots all over the south end. Open water under the bridge and WAY out from Ball Creek in Hadley. Bemus creek and the shore acres ditch had done the same thing on the other side of the bridge. Saw a few guys out in Whitney that must have walked on from their own private property between 394. I didn't want to piss them off because they may have yanked the board they must have had to get out there on me. I went to the prendergast boat launch and it was impossible without a LONG plank, raft, or floating bridge.
By this time it's 5pm. Race back to the bridge and over to LP. See another group of 6 or so across the lake in Wells. Not sure where they got on but there were no tracks at the boat launch. At least there was ice in the launch and around shore BUT it was not thick enough to hold me out to the good ice. In hindsight maybe toward the point from the launch may have been better to try. I went WELL over my muck boots pushing my luck around the launch and headed home a bit less than half wet.
The south end of the Lake from 17 looks very bad. Open water up almost to the upper end of rock island and the yacht club.
I live and work close so no big loss in travel time/gas.
Its going to be 20s-30s the next too days which is poor-mediocre ice making weather
This weekend you MAY be able to get to the fishable ice that's left but it could well be sketchy at best or disaster at worst getting off shore. I certainly wouldn't bring the wife and kids if they've never walked 12' of floating 2x4s tied together with bailing twine.
If you come out be careful and bring some safety equipment.
There's some good ice left out in the
Excellent report! Yes, I was also down there yesterday, as I had to take a couple new video servers down to Jamestown High and get them installed. Afterwards, after 4PM, I headed over to MS to see what was up. Shore is locked, but thin. Apparently the entire shore opened up from the creek south to past the old steamship pier. I could see the thickness was pitiful at best. Certainly some shifting occurred as some shove was piled up on the shore.
Didn't bother to grab the spud and check, don't think I would have gotten too far. As I pulled up, to the lake, saw my Dad heading out from the lake house. Spoke with him, he was down there for a couple days, and he indicated the open water the day before was pretty big. Also indicated that on Wednesday it was near 50 degrees down there. With the past two weekends ending in a thaw and standing water on the ice, I suspect some significant honeycombing went on.
Hate to say it, but I believe the fat lady is in full throat aria right now. Next week temps will be hitting the low 60's. Open water will be here before we know it.
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Of course, there also exists an outside chance to get out there one last time. Depends on where on the lake, and if the main plates didn't get too broken up, maybe.... But..... Most likely will be better to hold off and enjoy spring, summer, the hunt and a new ice season next year...
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Doc's right! It's done
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is it worth going Chautauqua, does anyone know how safe the ice is?
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is it worth going Chautauqua, does anyone know how safe the ice is?
There is already a thread for Chautauqua Lake on this Ice Fishing NY page. Check it out.
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Talked to Skip at the hut today said areas are fishable. Any one fish today? If someone fished at Bell Tower how was the bite?
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To all the fishermen that will be going out and crossing bare lawns to get to the shore. It would be a benefit to all of us if you and your partner would pick-up your hut instead of dragging marks across the lawns. This would help us retain the launch sites for the future.
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I'm shocked that the institute hasn't posted it up yet. They usually do when guys start falling in. May be closed tomorrow? The parking and trash are disgusting down there. So much private access lost in the last 10 yrs. If it's not public access or your own yard you might want to keep it to yourself.
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I'm shocked that the institute hasn't posted it up yet. They usually do when guys start falling in. May be closed tomorrow? The parking and trash are disgusting down there. So much private access lost in the last 10 yrs. If it's not public access or your own yard you might want to keep it to yourself.
You're right but it's ok. In a perfect world every Lakawanian, Hamburgian, Tonowanian, Clevelander, AND Local would clean up after themselves. There are pigs and good people who fish the lake. The state launches are the state's problem in terms of cleaning and maintaining. People get paid to do it and from what I see they do a great job....Let's hear it for the pigs keeping dozens of people in the DEC working!
The Chautauqua Institution/ The Bell Tower is private (gated) property. In the summer past memorial day you can't drive in there unless you're a resident or have a pass. During the season more than half the property owners leave and its not economical for them to staff the gate. If the cost to clean up the ice fishing "mess" exceeds what they can pay some kid to sit at the gate all day (about $9/hr) they will LOCK IT DOWN.
If you like fishing there I would consider making a trip down in the next month to do what you can to clean up. Same goes for any other place accessed on the lake...The state probably wouldn't mind some help either.
After you're done there may even be a good bite off the dock or in the canals....Unless the amish got ALL the crappie!
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Last time we where at the Bell Tower I took a half of bag of garbage with me I definitely didn't bring with me. Its a shame that a few pigs give everyone a bad name. It would definitely be a good idea for everyone to take a trip down and help clean up.
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Who's moving over to MY FISH FINDER.COM. The soft water sight?
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Last time we where at the Bell Tower I took a half of bag of garbage with me I definitely didn't bring with me. Its a shame that a few pigs give everyone a bad name. It would definitely be a good idea for everyone to take a trip down and help clean up.
Today I did not see any garbage on the ice or in the parking lot or along the drives at the Bell Tower. Thanks guys for keeping this access clean. One thing I do want to mention is you should not park on the beach. They don't allow it in the Summer and I know they don't want you to park there in the Winter. You run the risk of getting a ticket from the Institute police. Please park respectfully.
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What's everyone's guess for first chance to be out in the boats? Gonna happen soon!
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What's everyone's guess for first chance to be out in the boats? Gonna happen soon!
Go to MFF, they may be talking soft water already.
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What's everyone's guess for first chance to be out in the boats? Gonna happen soon!
The bay's might be open by the weekend. The main lake has 8" of solid ice still
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I was off bell tower yesterday furthest ones outband only measured 3 1/2
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With the rescue at the Bell Tower today, I am glad I called it quits on Sat.
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Anyone starting to get excited with the long term forecast?
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Absolutely Jake. Had to make a new account Can't remember my other one haha. Can't wait to get on the ice. You're on fishing nerds right? I recognize your name. Anyways the long term forecast looks really good. Let's hope it holds up.
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I had to make a new account too lol, and yeah, I'm on the nerds page, just gotta hope this ice season is longer than the last.
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Can't really get much worse than last year. Hoping to be on Chautauqua maybe a week after new years? Hopefully sooner we will see.
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Anyone have any idea of the currant lake temp. Thanks. Mark :tipup:
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I believe I jut saw it was 46 degrees still
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From the webcam it looks like Burtus locked up last night. I may have to take a drive by on my way out to the deer stand. The forecast looks great for makin ice!
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I saw that as well, if the weather stays like this we could have a long ice season.
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Depends on future snow fall as well. Good news is some small lakes near me are 90% locked up, with what appears to be just a few inches of snow on the ice. We got about 2.5-3ft in Amish country.
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Glad to see this pop up, i see it looks locked up on the cam(Burris) I'm hoping for new years weekend or that first week of 2017
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Anyone know how much open water is still on the lake?
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I think most of it is still open water and the earliest I remember going on (pendergrast or mayville) for me was dec 27...but I could probably have gotten out sooner if that whole work thing didnt get in the way....
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Any local reports on how much ice or snow is on the ice. I'm hearing over 2 feet but Burris bay cam looks like there's some clean ice out there or open water/slush
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My buddy Joshua is going for a ride around the lake today and going to check the usual spots.
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Shouldn't be very long before we can walk out there. Temps in the single digits the next couple days. I have a feeling it's going to be a long season!
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Just remember it's supposed to snow 12-18" down there and forecasted temps towards the end of next week are climbing into the mid to high 30's with rain. But the forecast can change within a few days. Smaller lakes around Chautauqua only have 2" crap Ice at best. I still think we won't be on Chautauqua until after new years. But I'm hoping I'm wrong. Still can't complain too much. We were in the 60's this time last year!
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just wondering...if anybody has any info on the weeds at Burtis this summer. I know last year there were not many during ice season, and the fishing wasn't very good? Any thoughts?
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:icefish: :icefish: :icefish: :icefish: :icefish:
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Burtis has got to be gettin close, anyone check ice thickness?
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I heard they were people on it yesterday :P
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caught more perch and eyes this year on the open water than in recent years in the past. should be a great winter.
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What size were the perch ?
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I went by Burtis Bay yesterday around 1:30. There wasn't anyone out there. You could see where people were checking the ice, but no one had ventured more than a couple hundred feet off shore.
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Do you think people will be fishing this weekend
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I went by Burtis, Lakewood Bar, Prendergast, and Mayville this morning. It was spur of the moment so I didn't bring gear to check the ice. No one was out and the only place that looked like the ice was checked was Burtis. All of the other places looked sketchy.
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What size were the perch ?
mostly small. 7"-9". There were days we caught 100. Kept none. Hoping this winter they'll have some size to em.
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We can usually limit out in a few hours on 9 and 10 inch fish. Once we do that we head over for crappie and eyes. Not uncommon to limit out on all three within a day. Just need to know where to go, and I never go without my propane crockpot filled with delicious chowder or venison with a nice red wine reduction.
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Won't be long now
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yes it will. warming up next week with rain.
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Last year I heard about people catching perch off of the bell tower by the institution, where is the easiest access point? Does the institution allow any access points for the public?
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The Institute gate is not manned in winter so you can drive right in. Tought to explain how to get there once inside. Just keep heading east and you'll hit the water eventually. Only three parking spaces at the tower then the rest have to park along the roads. Please be mindful that this is private property. People have left ruts and trash in the past which won't help keep it accessible to us fisherman.
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We can usually limit out in a few hours on 9 and 10 inch fish. Once we do that we head over for crappie and eyes. Not uncommon to limit out on all three within a day. Just need to know where to go, and I never go without my propane crockpot filled with delicious chowder or venison with a nice red wine reduction.
I've fished all over the lake the last nine years. I believe you about the fish; they're out there.
All I ever smell outside peoples' huts is beer, piss, and pot smoke! I think the whole chowder thing's a ruse!
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Thank you
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Looks like there's a couple guys out there on the Burtis bay web cam!! Hopefully this warm up doesn't last too long and we're looking good
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Anyone get on the ice today around Lakewood? Think I might head up in the morning and check it out.
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not me. will be a while before i venture any where!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anyone get on the ice today around Lakewood? Think I might head up in the morning and check it out.
Sent you a message
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Sitting on 6 inches of solid black ice right now near Lakewood.
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Three huts off Stow this morning
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Heard of some huts off long point. Probably going.
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i fished Lakewood and towards Asheville myself and sat on 6-8" of clear black ice all day. Fishing was slow. Did notice a few guys off Long Poin,t but close to shore, and off Bemis Point later on when I went for a ride. Anywhere north of LP is bad ice. Even noticed some water in some spots, so I would steer clear of anywhere north of LP for another week maybe two.
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Was planning on going to check out the lake but woke up to rain. Burtis bay cam looks bad, almost like open water at a quick glance. Anyone have eyes on the lake today after this rain? Hope ing the degradation isn't happening too fast
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Anyone know anything about the pro tournement they have on chataqua and when it is? Any info would be great
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There's guys on the Burtis Bay camera this morning....
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Deadhead88 sent you a pm
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H2O,
PM me if you need info on ice conditions,thanks and have a safe and productive NewYear!
F4W
Nick
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Thanks for PM,for some reason your handle is not listed so I can't reply back ??? ??? ??? My landline # is 363-0419 if you'd like to chat.Skip said the shore ice is a bit double layered but the ice looked like it never melted.
F4W
Nick
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Nick thank you for the replies, I plan on getting out there this weekend to check it out, temps forecasted look good. I will report back with conditions encountered
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Your Welcome,Ryan,
Give me a call if you would like some company,I'm right off the Thruway 1 mile.I still can't PM a reply to you, ??? ??? 363-0419 Happy NewYear to you!
Nick
F4W
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Would love nothing more than to head out to the Vikings club on my day off Monday! Please keep us up to date on conditions. Anything over 4 inches black ice and my ass will be there. It's been two years since I've got out because of the warm winter last year
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After Tuesday the cold temps will really tighten the lake up and probably add 2 or 3"to what is already there,IF the forecast is correct! Time to make a mad dash to the bait shop!
F4W
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Hoping someone will be kind enough to update the ice today. I'm coming in town for the holiday weekend and would love to get my pole wet while there. Lol. Did the snow really compromise the ice? Thanks in advance! Happy New Year!
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Called in sick to go check out ice conditions yesterday, lots of open water close to mayville. Was on anywhere from 3-4 inches of black ice with about 6 inches of snow on top closer to lower basin. Was all alone out there and landed this 49 inch Muskie while fishing for crappie, so I had to take a musky selfie
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Called in sick to go check out ice conditions yesterday, lots of open water close to mayville. Was on anywhere from 3-4 inches of black ice with about 6 inches of snow on top closer to lower basin. Was all alone out there and landed this 49 inch Muskie while fishing for crappie, so I had to take a musky selfie
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I'm telling your boss ;D Nice fish
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sent him the pics yesterday he fishes also. Thanks!
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Wow, hell of a fish.
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Nice fish man! It never hurts to call in to fish! I called in one day in august to troll for walleye out of sturgeon by myself and limited out in 59 minutes
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Anyone going out tomorrow? Would be nice to have someone else to walk out with just in case. Headed to long point tomorrow around 8.
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I'm considering it, pending my decision to hunt or not
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You guys have seen the reports right? ... Not looking good plus there's gotta be a foot of snow on the ice now.
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I live 10 minutes away, fish very safe if it's not possible I go home no harm in looking.
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What are you hunting for BigEarl?I'm guessing you have a bunny beagle?
F4N
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What are you hunting for BigEarl?I'm guessing you have a bunny beagle?
F4N
Ducks!
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We'll stay safe guys if you're going out tomorrow.
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Walked out this afternoon. Didn't bring my gear or crockpot. Grabbed a 30 stack of coors light and went home to make room in my freezer for a limit of ducks in the am.
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H2O,
That's a beauty fish,and the pic aint bad either,were you North or South of LongPoint?
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Nick
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Has anyone been on the ice this week. And if so what are ice conditions Thanx in advance
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Tom, get 1 more post and you can go to the reports & conditions boards. It has all the bodies of water listed. Good fishin, tight lines.
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Nice catch H2O
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Ice was good today but the fishing sucked! I must have caught 200 perch under 6 inches.
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Where did you go? Long point? I'd love to head up there Monday. How's the shore ice near mayville? Thanks guys
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Where did you go? Long point? I'd love to head up there Monday. How's the shore ice near mayville? Thanks guys
Long point, Mayville has a lot of open water.
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Has anyone caught any female perch or one over 8" yet this year? I can honestly say I have not been able to find them past couple times out from 15-44 fow
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That's because there's only 3 of em in the entire lake
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Laughed out loud when I read this :roflmao:
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They're in there killed the 9 inches all summer with some bigger ones
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Anyone out by long point today? Though i live ten minutes away I'll unfortunately be at work til 11 but will probably give it a shot tomorroe
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So, Earl,
You're the one that caught all the nice perch and left the dinks for us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks,for nuthin! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Lol I had a good pattern down this season hoping to find some tomorrow
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Can anyone tell me if bemus point has any decent ice? It's the only spot I ever fish on the lake and I usually did decent there
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Driving across the bridge on Saturday there was open water at each shoreline where the crossing was
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Fished long point today. Ice was not fair condition. 3.5
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To the group of guys that left all kinds of trash on the ice myself and another local picked it up for ya. Be a sportsman and take it off the ice with ya.
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Saw a bag left behind so I grabbed it. Can't tell who's a local but I am and to me it's all the same. Plenty of scum locally.
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To the group of guys that left all kinds of trash on the ice myself and another local picked it up for ya. Be a sportsman and take it off the ice with ya.
you da man! See you out there soon!
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Hope so. I see pics of your incredible deer season. Hopefully you made up some jerky.
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Anyone know where about their getting walleye off Long Point or other?
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Hello all, was thinking about planning a trip for Saturday/Sunday. I was wondering what you all thought the ice conditions would be by then or if I should wait
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Hello All,
I would also like to get down to Chautauqua Lake this weekend too. Where on the lake is fishable ice? I am coming down from the Buffalo area so any pointers are welcome, as it is an 1-1.5 hour drive for me.
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Depends on snow... calling for 8-15" of snow from now until friday. hopefully the wind can take some snow off the ice. and then maybe, just maybe. the cold temps can repair the ice and we may be able to get out on the weekend. i have my doubts though.
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Temps go back up in the 30s next week. Hoping everything locks up this weekend and doesn't thaw out again next week
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Agree with the above posts. Going to be a day by day thing.
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I posted on C&R board 10 min. ago that the lakecam is showing beautiful conditions in South basin,no snow on ice and like a sheet of glass,don' t know how thick.Weather is gorgeous looking also,partial sunny blue skies and not a snowflake in sight! ;D ;D ;D
F4W
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I posted on C&R board 10 min. ago that the lakecam is showing beautiful conditions in South basin,no snow on ice and like a sheet of glass,don' t know how thick.Weather is gorgeous looking also,partial sunny blue skies and not a snowflake in sight! ;D ;D ;D
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Wait 5 hours they'll be plenty of snowflakes for you to see lol.
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It may look nice, but you'll have to batten down the hatches if you want to get out there in this wind today!!!
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You location missing from your profile doesn't help but now that you have 3 post you can check the report and conditions page you can check with Hogan huts by calling or their Facebook page
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Anyone know where the parking is at Burtis bay? Looking to head up and check out how the ice is this weekend, anyone know how the bite has been?
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Anyone know where the parking is at Burtis bay? Looking to head up and check out how the ice is this weekend, anyone know how the bite has been?
I think most people go here. Parking is on opposite side of street from boat launch.
https://goo.gl/maps/NowQfviEXsD2 (https://goo.gl/maps/NowQfviEXsD2)
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Thanks, appreciate the help
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Hey guys anyone know of any access points to dewittville bay? Also how's the ice around the north end looking?
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Ice is shot at Chautauqua. Save your gas money. Read Game Hogs report on conditions page
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??? I guess it's been so long since I posted I need my 3 again.
So, Where does the walleye fishing take place? A friend of mine has been coming over there for 6 years and has only caught 1. And he's a good fisherman. But he brings home tons of perch.
His trick for bigger perch is Buckshot spoons.
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I messaged a member asking for some tips and they told me to auger a hole and jig. I laughed pretty hard at that message. Id also like to catch a walleye so if anyone has any tips I'd greatly appreciate it.
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This weather sucks
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Gonna go to long point sat morning and check things out
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Let us know how it is, how much snow you get out there?
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GameHog gave it a go yesterday and got wet! The ice is layered from the rain and snowmelt raising the lake level.Now the lake has a blanket of snow so the water inbetween will never freeze.Please don't go alone and make sure you have all the safety equiptment if you are thinking of trying the N.basin.Latest report from Hogans Hut on Mayville is still open water,the only safe areas are from Burtis bay to Lakewood,you should bring your spud for there too! The ice will be gone by next Friday if forecast is correct??After Monday the temps are to be in the 40's with rain the rest of the week. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( It looks like we've been cursed by the Ice Gods again,I'm looking at Canada again,(Simcoe)youtube reports say that ice is still sketchy!Stay safe and on top guys!
F4W
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That's a bummer for the ice there..My son recently moved to Jamestown ans was looking FWD to fishing chautaqua..Hopefully cold weather moves in
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Does anyone think Long Point will be safe enough by Sunday?
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If there is 4" of snow insulating the ice like Gamehog said longpoint probably no good even with single digits. I see the few days of 40`s wih rain next week. With accuracy of the weathermen I`m not worried about all the ice melting. Probably just melt the snow on top. We were supposed to get at most 8" of snow in Hamburg Thursday, and we got 28" in 6 hours!!
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Fished LP this evening with about 80 other guys hahaha. Ice was fine, even saw a four wheeler out there. I measured 6 solid inches and 2-3" of white ice and slush on top. Will be out again in the morning. Wish I knew how Mayville was, but didn't make it that far north. Good luck to all.
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Never fished long point. Is that perch grounds with some eyes mixed in?
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Steelie you had 6"of clear? I have gone thru 6" of white ice before, and I weigh 180. Did you get any perch over 7"?
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Limited on 8-9 with only a few over that. I didn't find 6 of clear, one limit 2 people
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Podted in reports and conditions. I found 5" max. I don't measure that top crusty frozen slush layer that you break through as ice. Ice was layered at shore and there's about 3-3.5" of ice at shore with multiple slush layers.
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Where's the best place to park and access the lake for an out of town first timer?
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Make it another limit and a couple bonus legal eyes :)
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I've ice fished Chautauqua once a few years ago. We parked at the train musuem in Mayville and walked out to the tent city about 1/2 mile or so out. We fished for about 6 hours and my daughter (about 9 or 10 years old at the time) literally had the time of her life! She (and me too) limited out on mostly perch. That day has set the hook in her for ice fishing! I can't wait to get back out and have another day like that with her! She asks all the time when we can go. I really think she prefers hard water fishing over fishing from the boat in the summer... and it was ll because of that one day.
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Same thing for me Tommy T. Took my 7 year old to Mayville a couple of years ago and she only wants to ice fish. Couldn't keep the perch off her hook. The wife will never forgive me though cause she walked my daughter out to me in high heeled boots through 6" of slush!
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Seen a lot of reports of people catching keeper eyes. Caught some 12-14" walleye ourselves Saturday... Anyways, I'm seeing lots of reports of keeper eyes. There was talk of dropping the limit from 18" to 15". Not sure how many people are aware that the limit has not changed. Would hate to see somebody get a ticket for not knowing what's true and what's not. Saw some Walleye coming off the ice that certainly didn't look 18" that's for sure... Hope people read and know the regs before they go out there.
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Just a heads up that the DEC was out at long point yesterday. Limit is still 18 inches plus and 3 total per angler.
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Were they on the ice or just waiting for people to come off the ice?
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Just a heads up that the DEC was out at long point yesterday. Limit is still 18 inches plus and 3 total per angler.
Yeah - I saw them making the rounds too. They checked our creel when we got to the road from our spot. The eyes we had were in the 19-22 inch range and they didn't even bother counting the perch.
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How thick was the Ice off of long point
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Back for another season of hard water fishing , hoping the ice makes it through this upcoming wk . Assuming the walleye being caught are the fish that were stocked 2-3 yrs ago. Anyone know if anymore walleye were stocked since ?
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How thick was the Ice off of long point
Make 3 posts and you can access the reports and conditions board for Chautauqua. As for stocking, you should be able to find that information on the DEC website.
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I'll give it a try this evening with the kids after school. Hopefully there's enough biting to keep their attention.
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anybody fished quaker or redhouse yet what was the ice conditions
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anybody fished quaker or redhouse yet what was the ice conditions
Been to Redhouse a couple times already, decent bluegill, and I heard of a few crappie being caught. I'm curious about Quaker, too. Haven't been by that one yet but would like to.
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Anybody know how the ice is at Mayville
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Make 3 posts and you can access the reports and conditions board for Chautauqua. As for stocking, you should be able to find that information on the DEC website.
thanks
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anybody fished quaker or redhouse yet what was the ice conditions
hogans hut facebook had a really indepth fishing report not only for Chautauqua but for a few other places. I thought that it had something on there about Quaker that guys were fishing it.
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Anyone know how the ice is in Mayville yet?
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Ok, I am very new to this.... how do I get to the reports and conditions?
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Ok, I am very new to this.... how do I get to the reports and conditions?
Here is a link to the latest posts:
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=13651.new;topicseen#new (http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=13651.new;topicseen#new)
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Thank you Rando!!
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Fished long point in am today. Caught a bunch of small perch , ended up with two nice calicoes , we were fishing 36 fow ice was 2 inches of black and three inches of white. No slush today it is all locked up , be safe and goood luck
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Thanks Ryan, and Earl for conditions and reports. Hope we will be good for the weekend. Maybe one of these years we will see a few 12 - 13" perch! They have to be in there?? I get a few out of a 1/2 acre pond with big walleye, and catfish. My best 1 9 1/2" fat as a beer can! That's after catching thousands. They taste good though!
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Thank you Rando!!
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Fished long point in am today. Caught a bunch of small perch , ended up with two nice calicoes , we were fishing 36 fow ice was 2 inches of black and three inches of white. No slush today it is all locked up , be safe and goood luck
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Thanks Ryan, and Earl for conditions and reports. Hope we will be good for the weekend. Maybe one of these years we will see a few 12 - 13" perch! They have to be in there?? I get a few out of a 1/2 acre pond with big walleye, and catfish. My best 1 9 1/2" fat as a beer can! That's after catching thousands. They taste good though!
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what bait?
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butter worms
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Will be hittin Chautauqua tomorrow to hopefully catch a limit of perch and maybe land a keeper Walleye. Will report back with how the day goes.
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what bait?
Minners...........
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buter worms? what is those?
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I'm going out today. I will be trying spikes and wax worms.
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buter worms? what is those?
Mr. Jenkins, Google and the search function on this site are your friends...
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Pretty sure Mr. Jenkins is also Mr. hijinks
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Pretty sure Mr. Jenkins is also Mr. hijinks
That' what I'm a thinkin' also..... ::)
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That' what I'm a thinkin' also..... ::)
Re-incarnation. They just keep coming back
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Can't wait to hear how today was on Long Point... Wanted to play hookey but the wind and freezing rain kept me at work. I hope the ice makes it through this week
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Next weeks temps look worse than this weeks....I'm so depressed
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Hey Everyone! I am new to this site and somewhat new to ice fishing. My son and I are looking to go out on Saturday 1/14. We have a place in Ashville and are looking to stay close by. We will be happy catching any panfish for first time out so I think we will be our near Smith boys. Any tips on what depth to be fishing at. Thanks.
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Other than the 4 nice sized crappie I got so far its been a dink fest here at Chautauqua. I cant believe the amount of small perch that are in this lake.
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Chauatauqua is full of little perch. Its hard to keep them off your line a times. I tried bottom bouncing for walleye last year and picked up some decent size perch but no walleye. They are fun to catch if you are with kids because it can be nonstop action. You just have to sort through them. 8-10" are eater size there and the 10" is a rarity
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My best Perch has been a 9 1/4". That`s after thousands caught. I have caught 13"+ in a 1/2 acre pond. My guess is even with walleye and muskie stocking there are too many prey, and not enough food for them so they stunt. I have seen the same in ponds. Tons of skinny bass, and the owner wants to try something else, and keeps every bass he can. Within a couple of years you have a few 5# bass. More food for a few fish. Still you would expect a few monster perch, but yet to see one.
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Other than keeping every single perch caught is there a way to increase the quality of the perch? Ended up with 6 crappie and about a dozen decent perch to take home. Musta threw back 100 perch today.
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That' what I'm a thinkin' also..... ::)
it wont be the first time he changed his name
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agree
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I'm thinking the amount and size of the walleye population should put a dent in them perch. May take a few years but it's going to happen.
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I will say every fish I catch is very healthy in Chautauqua lake. The walleye, largemouth bass, smallies and panfish like crappie and bluegill are eating well. I dont mind the perch in the lake. The trouble is that when you fish Lake Erie and catch a day of everything 12+ inches with some 14" the dinks that you catch can be aggravating. I have 2 kids and when they can catch their share of dinks it makes their day.
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I will say every fish I catch is very healthy in Chautauqua lake. The walleye, largemouth bass, smallies and panfish like crappie and bluegill are eating well. I dont mind the perch in the lake. The trouble is that when you fish Lake Erie and catch a day of everything 12+ inches with some 14" the dinks that you catch can be aggravating. I have 2 kids and when they can catch their share of dinks it makes their day.
True that
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Haven't been up for a few winters.
Any idea about Pretendergast ???
May head to Chautauqua if Kinzua blows out from the rain and melt this weekend. :P
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Thank you for everyone helping me. Son and I fished lp yesterday. Lil hard walk, but we got about 35 perch and threw back a lot more. Helped out a few fella s whos shanty went for a drift with wind.
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I feel Deja Vu from last year. Never made it out because a decent cold streak was always ruined by a warm spell the week that i could actually go!
you guys think it will hold up at LP for this weekend. Its not very often i get a kitchen pass nowadays and i did a ton of chores to give myself a free weekend! haha
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Dunno - It was start to get sloppy when we left and windy. I would b careful if u go.
My son caught a silverish fish yesterday. Not no crappie. Guy next to us said it was a shad or striped bass?
Kept losin our bait down there too. lot of little perch not big enough to try to clean. gots about 35 7-8 inch fish for the family.
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agree
thank you for the bait shop info waltman and places to go on the lake. we had a nice time.
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Does anyone know if the perch in Chautauqua are the same strain as in Lake Erie? If different then that could be why they are a much smaller.
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Chautauqua has grass perch...Lake Erie has jack perch. At least that's what my dad used to tell me many years ago.
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The terms jack perch and grass perch are local folklore and don't really apply to specific species. A large perch is called a jack perch and a small perch is called a grass perch. At least that's what they call them in this area. When they are babies they are grass perch and when they grow up they are jack perch. Personally I think the perch in Lake Erie are a different genetic strain than those in Chautauqua. Perch from the Allegheny River drainage have more of a snub nose than Lake Erie perch. Perch from Cuba Lake, The Allegany River and Chautauqua all appear to me to have that snub nose characteristic. I hope that doesn't make me a perch racist.
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The terms jack perch and grass perch are local folklore and don't really apply to specific species. A large perch is called a jack perch and a small perch is called a grass perch. At least that's what they call them in this area. When they are babies they are grass perch and when they grow up they are jack perch.
Frank is correct "catchin perch". It could be that there are too many perch and not enough food for them to get to the "jack" perch size.
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To the guys in the orange hut on the Burris bay webcam....... u guys are nuts be careful out there. Extended forecast showing 40s and above. I hope I at least get out a couple times. It's looking like it's gunna be a while
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Saw a pic of a 3.69lb crappie caught at long point in the buffalo news today
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Didn`t see it but that`s impressive to say the least! State record???
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The crappie was one ounce shy of the state record. Still a slab.
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What's the average ice thickness at Chatauqua lake? Thinking about making a trip from Pennsylvania!
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Pic of the monster crappie on the DEC website too. Its on the fishing hotline page.
I think technically their all yellow perch.
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About perch size,fish size is dictated by how large their body of water is,there are also variable factors such as structure,forage,weeds and more.Invasive species also play a role but if all these factors are minimal then more often than not all fish species should be above average size.Take the goldfish as an example,in their fish bowl they basically grow to the proportion of the bowl,however the same species will grow much larger than in the bowl when in a pond or lake.I think the fact that so many weeds are removed from Chautauqua,that the perch has less plankton and insects to feed on under cover.The perch take longer to reach larger size due to the fact that their always being hunted by larger fish that feed on them and they have nowhere to escape.This is what I've read anyway,it sounds plausible to me.
F4W
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51 out with a steady rain and high winds. Recipe for disaster. Stay safe if you venture to the lake the next few days. Going to take a walk at daylight to see how bad the shore got.
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me and a bud fished long point yesterday had 11 crappies over twelve inches=many on honey worms my personalfavorite panfish bait from berkley look just like wax worms but you can catch fifty fish on the same one and they need no refrigeration.wouldnt leave hone without them
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Congratts to the dude that landed the big crappie. Even though he waited a day before a official weight and , it's a state record any way you look at it
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Anyone know what the ice at long point looks like with this rain ?
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Was it a white or black crappie?,is one bigger than the other?
F4W
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Anyone going out on Saturday?
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tooks a drive down to fish. i aint going out on the ice after the warm
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Whites are bigger then blacks, did the ice hold up guys.
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Was it a white or black crappie?,is one bigger than the other?
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White crappie are slightly bigger then Blacks. Whites have 5-6 spines in the dorsal fin whereas blacks have 7-8 spines in the dorsal fin. Whites have black spots in vertical bars on their sides whereas the black have black spots randomly spaced on their sides and the dorsal fin is further back from the head on the white crappie.
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Fished Chautauqua many years ice fishing until catching nothing but dinks . 5 or 6 years ago caught keeper 8 -9 1/2 perch .They used to be loaded withfresh water schrimps. ( at lease thats what i thought they where ) wondering if that bait is not there any more causing the lack of size ? does anyone see that bait in the fish any more ?
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All the fish I've caught this year have been pushing up bloodworms. Perhaps those are what you're thinking of.
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From my point of view this am a guy could make a good buck with a grill and cooler at long point. Shanty Ville.
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From my point of view this am a guy could make a good buck with a grill and cooler at long point. Shanty Ville.
I often thought about how much money I could make pulling a cart out there selling hot dogs and burgers...
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I'd also bring a rod and a auger for when you run out of food ;D ;D ;D ;D The grill will keep you warm!
F4W
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Fished Long Point for the 1st time this year..ice was apprx 4.5 inches. It was making a lot of noise out the with all the cracking of the ice. Lots of huts and people. Many people without creepers, and many of them fell. Hope everybody is OK. Fishing was great...if you like 5 inch perch! It was a nice day on the ice, to bad the results weren't better.
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New to the walleye fishing through the ice. What type of jigs do ya use? Is jigging or tip-ups more productive and what's the bait of choice for them. I fished all weekend out of long point and guys where saying they where catching them but I caught nothing but perch. That was fun but no real size to them
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New to the walleye fishing through the ice. What type of jigs do ya use? Is jigging or tip-ups more productive and what's the bait of choice for them. I fished all weekend out of long point and guys where saying they where catching them but I caught nothing but perch. That was fun but no real size to them
you should check out the walleye section of ice shanty lots of helpful tips
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Hey guys how's ice holding up with this warm rain. I now shore ice was getting bad had to go out off docks. Like to go in am , any info would be good , thanks be safe
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Hey guys how's ice holding up with this warm rain. I now shore ice was getting bad had to go out off docks. Like to go in am , any info would be good , thanks be safe
Chautauqua county sheriffs office has warned anglers to stay off the ice last i heard. haven't heard of anybody out the past 2 days.
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Ok rynn thanks , just came back from new abion Amish guys fishing catching big blue gills thanks for info
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Ok rynn thanks , just came back from new abion Amish guys fishing catching big blue gills thanks for info
Those gills are gonna be a distant memory soon... I'm 10 minutes from there. Lake had just started to come back hope the bigger gills can make it through this season. It's gotten so much pressure already this year. Way more than usual for some reason. Wish I could give a report for Chautauqua. But I'm gonna wait until the cold returns. Stay safe if you go out.
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Looks like late next week we might finally get below freezing let's hope it stays that way. This global warming crap sucks lol
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I hope this isn't the 3rd year I missed out on Chautauqua.... I may have to head north
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Was thinking the same thing ^ anyone know how much it cost for a Canadian liscence and have any suggestions on where to go? Never been to simcoe before but have heard good things. If it's worth it and the only way to get out I'm down!
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They're saying colder temps the next couple weeks but the 3 feet of snow they're calling for down there all but puts the nail in this seasons coffin I think....... unless we get a brutally cold February
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I hope this isn't the 3rd year I missed out on Chautauqua.... I may have to head north
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Same thing here. 2 years ago auger blade cut 2 tendons in my hand, Last year short season and now this...
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They're saying colder temps the next couple weeks but the 3 feet of snow they're calling for down there all but puts the nail in this seasons coffin I think....... unless we get a brutally cold February
We'll be fine. There was 2ft of snow on the ice a few weeks ago. Went out and had only an inch or 2. Wind will take care of it.
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hmmmmm...... sounds like there may be some deals on used icefishing equipment coming soon!!!! lol
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hmmmmm...... sounds like there may be some deals on used icefishing equipment coming soon!!!! lol
Hogan's Hut is having a 20% off sale if you mention their facebook post.
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Was thinking the same thing ^ anyone know how much it cost for a Canadian liscence and have any suggestions on where to go? Never been to simcoe before but have heard good things. If it's worth it and the only way to get out I'm down!
Check out the Canada pages on this Ice Shanty site.
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I still think we will get out. We got to fish up there at long point the weekend of the 8th. It was nice to be out but the fishing was tought. Probley caught 50 with only 2 keepers. Tryed to get out of belle tower and Vikings but the spud went through in 1 hit. Hopefully those opened back up and freeze after all the snow this weekend. Mark :tipup:
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I believe it needs to get a helluva lot colder,we'll need at least a week or more of teens for the highif we have any chance.All that previous cold and the lake never did lock.I see on the lakecam that at least the South basin is still frozen,we may be able to fish LP again,but not North of that :'( :'( :'(!
F4W
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Open water from just above the ferry crossing all the way down to between Ashville Bay and Smith Boys. Ice in Bemus Bay looks like it could go at anytime.
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I haven't made it out there yet this year but I am looking forward to before it's too late
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Wish it opened back up like this while duck was still open!! We might have some days left too early to know for sure. I'd be happy to have the boat in there early or mid March anyway.
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Wish it opened back up like this while duck was still open!! We might have some days left too early to know for sure. I'd be happy to have the boat in there early or mid March anyway.
You may have gotten your wish, I heard the lake is open from Mayville to Lakewood, can anyone that has been by the lake confirm this to be true or false.
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Looking at the burtis and mayville cams both are covered with ice
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Would you please post the Mayville cam web page, I had it at on time but can't find it now. Thanks.
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May try to spud out Saturday. . Use caution as always
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http://chautauqualakeassociation.org/lakecam/
http://stream.chautauquasnow.org:86/nchplayer.swf?host=stream.chautauquasnow.org:1935&scope=BroadCam&streamName=live&bandwidth=0&src=4&autostart=true&redirect=&textOnOver=
2 live streams I found.
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http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/camera50.html
This one seems to update every 3 mins or so.
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http://chautauqualakeassociation.org/lakecam/
http://stream.chautauquasnow.org:86/nchplayer.swf?host=stream.chautauquasnow.org:1935&scope=BroadCam&streamName=live&bandwidth=0&src=4&autostart=true&redirect=&textOnOver=
2 live streams I found.
I knew about the lakewood camera and the burtis camera, but not the mayville camera. Way to come in clutch :)
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Thank you to all for the info. I'm sure I can find a cam now. Thanks again.
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Can't wait to get out there!!
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lake looks covered but has any one checked yet
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Make two more posts and you can see the reports and conditions page, someone checked an area today,( no idea where) said about a half inch of ice
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exactly why I asked the first question... post #2.
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I poked all around long point then tried Victoria and prendergast. It's all a no go and just for Tyrone I don't do mayville. That spot is all yours.
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thanks for the info game hog
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Thanks again. Those cams of the Mayville area were just what I was looking for!!
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Has anyone ventured out in mayville yet? Was hoping to get out Saturday
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what abouts mayville? anyone try that spot?
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he dont do mayville but i do
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Thank you ryan
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Damn it! I think we're screwed guys. It's supposed to hit 50 this week
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Yep. I think the big lake might be done. We'll be out crappie fishing early this year.
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Wouldn't mind getting the evil rude ready early this year ;D
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I have only been ice fishing here for about 7 years. When is the last time u guys ever had weather this wacky? This lake has saved our ice fishing season on more than 1 year. 2 years ago we left our house in march and my pond was open water and u guys still had 15 inches. I really think it might be over. the accu weather guessers make it look bad. Any good predictions out there?end of the month .... maybe next year. I am glad I skipped our muzzleloader season to come up begging of January or I might not been able to fish there this year. Mark :tipup:
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I have only been ice fishing here for about 7 years. When is the last time u guys ever had weather this wacky? This lake has saved our ice fishing season on more than 1 year. 2 years ago we left our house in march and my pond was open water and u guys still had 15 inches. I really think it might be over. the accu weather guessers make it look bad. Any good predictions out there?end of the month .... maybe next year. I am glad I skipped our muzzleloader season to come up begging of January or I might not been able to fish there this year. Mark :tipup:
My personal opinion... It's done. 2 more warm days with rain this weekend. Lots of open water, and the ice that is there is piss poor. I took a vacation for next week and was planning on fishing Chautauqua, but instead will be driving 5 hours to the northeast to fish safe ice. Days are getting longer, sun is going to be up more. It's not looking good. Maybe we will get a cold snap mid February into March but i doubt that it'd be enough to save the season. End of last ice season i said to myself "Wow. We could not have a worse ice fishing season than the one we just had" and here we are in early february with no decent ice anywhere on the lake. Incredible. I've given up on it for this year. I will be on my boat in late february/early march catching eyes.
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its open water again from the bridge down to almost Cheney's Point. There are some open water patches in the area of the ferry crossing. My opinion is it's done. I wish it would make up it's mind.
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anyone had eyes on what the water clarity is currently?
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anyone had eyes on what the water clarity is currently?
No one can get out to check, see the above posts.
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how ice in mayville? fixin to drop down this weekend for my family dinner.
tyrone
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did mayville lock back up any safe ice with this cold spell
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I think its funny how some people post ice conditions that are beyond true. I fished last saturday and sunday on good ice. Just because one part of the lake is open or unsafe doesnt mean its bad everywhere.
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did mayville lock back up any safe ice with this cold spell
How's about Mayville? How the ice
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What about mayville? Any ice lol
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I think its funny how some people post ice conditions that are beyond true. I fished last saturday and sunday on good ice. Just because one part of the lake is open or unsafe doesnt mean its bad everywhere.
Ok, that's because everywhere where most people check is not any good, if you want to try and put the people that are giving these reports down, then why don't you give an ice report yourself and say where there is good ice.
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Mayville ice?
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Mayville ice?
Lmfao Tyrone
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Lmfao Tyrone
The only thing that could make TJ's posts funnier is if he went with the name "Velvet Jones" .. Tyrone Jenkins name is good though !
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It is...and his trolling is excellent.
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I think its funny how some people post ice conditions that are beyond true. I fished last saturday and sunday on good ice. Just because one part of the lake is open or unsafe doesnt mean its bad everywhere.
Good ice? hahahaha ;D if you wanna play around on 2-3" honeycombed crap ice be my guest. just remember getting pulled out by the rescue crew is expensive! This year has been dangerous enough as it is with ice conditions. reports like that are gonna be the ones that get people hurt trying to find this so called 'safe ice' you speak of. me and my friend drove around that lake saturday and sunday looking for someone on the lake. must be just coincidence we didnt see you either day...
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i be fixin to give it a try in the morning. my sons got bait from skips at the bait shack down the road in jamestown. hogens hut gave him extra minnews. found me an ibeam from a scrpe yard i be use for a spud.
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No one can get out to check, see the above posts.
Sorry should have specified from like driving over the bridge or just looking down at shore, thinking about going out in the 12 footer is why I'm askin
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i be fixin to give it a try in the morning. my sons got bait from skips at the bait shack down the road in jamestown. hogens hut gave him extra minnews. found me an ibeam from a scrpe yard i be use for a spud.
Fishing license....$25 , rods and reels.....$50, augers....a few hundred dollars............... .quotes from Tyrone Jenkins...Priceless!
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The main guys on this thread are not posting here or on the reports and conditions page so I know what I am going to do.
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Well I guess the only way to really know if there's good ice on the lake is to check it out in person for yourself. Use good judgement though, 2 guys went through & drowned on long pond I think it was in oswego county. To many conflicting reports for me , Hogan's hut reported people falling through this wk on fb . Think I'll wait till March & get the boat out on Erie . Be safe.
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I was out sunday along with a few other guys long point south side 4" solid clear ice.0
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Weird. We stopped Sunday at noon and blew through 3" of ice with our spud 1 hit. Nobody else was out there.
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anyone know if mayville lock back up with the cold temp any safe ice anyone get on in mayville?
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Kinzua is blowed out again....thinking of heading north to Chautauqua.... has hijinks been out ???
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The ice is shot.
I'll be up north the rest of the season. Wish I could give a better ice update, but the moderators have decided to treat me like a child and need to review everything I post. Tight lines everyone. Signing off for good.
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Question 1 never been to Mayville, is there ice?
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Anyone know of a good ice fishing video game?
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Question 1 never been to Mayville, is there ice?
Call Hogans Hut Bait Store 3503 Old Bridge Rd, Stow, NY 14785, hogans-hut.com, (716) 789-3831. They are a reputable bait store with info. on Chautauqua Lake at the narrows bridge mid lake.
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I talked to skip on fri I live 2.5 hours away. He said people were getting on at long point but he said they were tippy toeing on a couple inches of ice and he would not recommend it. I know this is a couch report but he talked us out of coming so take it for what it is worth. Mark :tipup:
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Ice is not safe..... stay home and stay alive... OR fish open water... my ice gear is up for the year
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Ice is not safe..... stay home and stay alive... OR fish open water... my ice gear is up for the year
OR go north where there is PLENTY of SAFE ice still
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You guys think this cold spurt is goig to produce safe ice again by the end of the week?
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You guys think this cold spurt is goig to produce safe ice again by the end of the week?
I'm wondering the same thing... Wondering if long point or mayville could be an option. Maybe 3-4". Not sure if there is any ice on those spots now or not. I see burtis is locked up.
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how abouts mayville? tried calling hogens in jamestown but he aint got a report on mayville
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Drove by Mayville this morning. Open water a ways out. Ice looked like junk. I put my stuff away for the year when I got home. Maybe will firm up for the weekend. But I doubt it
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We gots some perch from shore this weeks. Goings to try this weekend and will let everyone now. Has a small boats.
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Chataqy I'll be down Memorial Weekend to do some damage.
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The Burtis cam is showing some ice. Anyone seen the middle of the south basin and/or the north basin? Kinda hoping most of it is still open so this snow doesn't pile up
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Burtis has been ice up since Saturday not sure about the rest of the lake. At least you can still see ice and it isn't all snow... yet.
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hopefully the lake effect snow wont screw up the early fishing
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Hoping for some consistency in the cold temps. Been a while since I’ve been on the ice in Chautauqua. Anyone fish over the summer? Wonder how the numbers and sizing of perch are.
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Hardly anyone will report on first ice,
Most likely you will have to drive there and find out, we are on Saturday morning.. everything here, Niagara county has 1.5-2.5",even 18 mile creek was frozen... 12 mile creek..also..so just be safe
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Open water at long point this evening. Lots of snow on top of the shore ice.
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Did you check else where? Vikings? Or to the south?
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All iced over from celeron to the north side of the bridge. Hopefully last night helped
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thanks game hog keep us updated!!!!!!!!!!!
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Game Hog is da man!
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Thanks for the ice report Game Hog. Hope to see you out there soon.
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For sure. Denny it’s not quite ready for you yet.
Took a ride around today. Everything stayed locked up from the tip of long point south. North side of the point was all busted up. FYI bathhouse parking lot is filled with job site trailers. Doing some work to the beach.
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Can’t wait to get out there
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You guys think we will have safe ice out there 28-29th. Panning in hitting honeoye the 28th seeing as they usually have safe ice just before Chautauqua, would like to get out big days depending on how we do the 28th at honeoye id like to check Chautauqua out the 29th.
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If the weatherpeople (not men anymore) are somewhat accurate with the temps, and snow kept to minimum there is a chance the lake will lock up. Bring on the cold! ;D ;D
F4W
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Looks like a very cold week coming up. Maybe we will be out there next weekend. Keep our fingers crossed. Game Hog keep us posted with your accurate ice reports thanks man.
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Anybody got a report on ice conditions out of mayville? I called Hogan’s hit and Laura told me to call back later for “the fishing guy” lol. Would love to try the Vikings club this weekend but I’m nervous of all the snow
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no ice open water off magnolia which is across lake from Vikings that was Monday afternoon
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Does anyone know what part of the lake the Chautauqua lake institute has there web cam showing I found it on YouTube the chat is useless
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Does anyone know what part of the lake the Chautauqua lake institute has there web cam showing I found it on YouTube the chat is useless
I didn't find where the institute has a web cam facing the lake, but the Chautauqua lake association has one in Lakewood. It's at the yacht club
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I didn't find where the institute has a web cam facing the lake, but the Chautauqua lake association has one in Lakewood. It's at the yacht club
Sorry - actually it looks like the association is further east towards the Lakewood Rod and Gun club. That camera is kinda looking out into the western part of Burtis Bay I think. maybe towards Elmhurst? For some reason I always thought it was at the "beach" in Lakewood.
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I talked to skip yesterday at Hogan’s hut. He said north half of the lake is open water. They are breaking up the ice near the bell tower for duck hunters. Told me to give him a call Friday for an update. The best webcam is the Burris bay one the only other one I can find is for snowmobiles and doesn’t really show the lake
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Links to the Chautauqua Lake webcams:
http://chautauqualakeassociation.org/lakecam/ (http://chautauqualakeassociation.org/lakecam/)
http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/camera50.html (http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/camera50.html)
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I'm pretty sure after last night the majority of the lake is locked
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Just got home from a complete ride around. East side of the lake has a ton of snow on top. West side is snow free in spots. Mayville has the only open water I could find. If the winds continue to die down the whole lake should be froze over in the am. Snow amounts were incredible in mayville. Closer to the bridge you got the less amounts you find. Long point was plowed out nicely. Mayville and prendergast not so much. Still lots of snow to move so be courteous to them plow guys. Did not see a single track of guys out checking.
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Thanks Game Hog for the report. Keep them coming!
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Just got home from a complete ride around. East side of the lake has a ton of snow on top. West side is snow free in spots. Mayville has the only open water I could find. If the winds continue to die down the whole lake should be froze over in the am. Snow amounts were incredible in mayville. Closer to the bridge you got the less amounts you find. Long point was plowed out nicely. Mayville and prendergast not so much. Still lots of snow to move so be courteous to them plow guys. Did not see a single track of guys out checking.
Welcome back Game Hog. G- H tells it like it is, with accurate reports. If there are duck hunters at the Bell Tower I hope they get cold and go home.
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I just hope all of this snow doesn’t slow down the ice from forming....
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I'm with you Steelie. Do you know if anyone has tried to get out on Eaton or Findley?
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Took the spud for a walk this am. Let’s just say as of 10 am there is not one spot on the lake north of the bridge that I’d be on. Side to side the conditions changed but overall the ice thickness is not there yet. Best I came up with wasn’t 2” of good ice. Some places you had to go in the slush up to your knees just to find the ice. Going to give it a few days and try again. Stay safe everyone.
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Haven’t heard anything from either lake. I have a hard time believing any ice is safe right now.
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Thanks Game Hog!
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You’re the man, Game Hog. I’ll never forget the day you returned my PA fishing license to me when you found it. Stay safe out there.
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Wow that was from a bit ago. Forgot about that until now. I’ll keep after it.
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Thanks Game Hog hopefully next weekend. Happy new year my friend
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Thanks for the update Game Hog!!!👍🏼
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Anyone think it’ll be safe by Monday? I wanna try mayville but with all the snow I’m not sure but i don’t care where ever is safe I just wanna get out there! Lol
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Fished this am. South end directly across lake from Smith Boys. Good to be out for first time this year. Surprisingly good ice conditions with no slush. 5-inches ice. Unfortunately so were the perch.
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Hello all. I'm new to this site and Chautauqua...well South end anyways. Anyone fish by the White Wall? Better yet any decent catches through the ice?
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Welcome Aboard SouthPaw,
Happy New year and season to you,I sent you a pm,
F4W
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no ice and this cold f's up the creeks so I can't steelhead fish, deer season just ended. I am getting cabin fever!
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Another year where Mother Nature played a cruel joke on us Chautauqua icefishers :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(!
F4W
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Big winds tonight hopefully it blows off some snow
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Any good ice guessing theres lots of snow
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I’m new to ice fishing and this site, and am anxious to ice Fish Chautauqua for crappie. I hear Long Point is the place to go, I think. Any reports? I was hoping to go tomorrow. Thanks!!!
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Has anyone been off of longpoint yet? I'm anxious to catch some short walleyes. Lol
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ANYONE GET ON MAYVILLE YET AND ANY GOOD RESULTS
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Hows the ice at Mayville?
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Everybody keeps asking the same questions. Nobody is answering long because the ice isn't ready yet!!! All the snow on the ice is hampering ice growth.
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I just talked to skip at Hogan’s hut. He said guys are fishing long point but not far out as ice is spotty in areas. Anything north of that is not recommended other than mayville. He said mayville has 4 inches good ice lots of slush then 2 foot of snow. Said the wind won’t help much. I’m gunna drive down tomorrow morning but would really appreciate any updates from anyone local between now and then
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one hut out on mayville right now
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Can't speak for any area of the lake except for south end. I live directly across the lake from Smith Boys. Haven't ventured out more than 500 yards but the ice is a solid 6 inches and no slush. Fortunately it locked up well before the heavy snow came. Going out this evening.
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I’m set on Bemus for tomorrow I have multiple reports of safe ice. Now the drive getting there tomorrow worries me but if the ice is good I gotta try it’s been two years since I drilled a hole with these warm winters. Only thing that would keep me home is unsafe ice
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I may be crazy but has anyone seen the Burris bay web cam? It looks like there is almost no snow on it and just this morning was covered..... maybe the wind did help a little bit
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I may be crazy but has anyone seen the Burris bay web cam? It looks like there is almost no snow on it and just this morning was covered..... maybe the wind did help a little bit
I was on Burtis last fri&sat like 2 in snow was all.
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Saw one hut on the Burtis cam. Not the tower climber, (don't know if that is still up). It was on the Chautauqua lake cons page
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Gotta be some good ice somewhere after that cold night...
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Long point had 4-5" of safe ice everywhere I looked. Plenty safe to fish. Good to go out to drop.
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What do you men by 'The Drop" and what happens then ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? report has more questions than answers
F4W
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Well...Game Hog is pretty quiet so that must mean he is fishing somewhere....Oh Travis...you there?
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Fished this morning off Bemus point. 12 foot of water 4-5 inches of good ice about 2 inches of slush pocket and only 6 inches of snow. Plenty of action all dinks though. Was great to get out though. Kept getting suspended marks on the vexilar probably crappies but couldn’t get them to hit my minnow heads.
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Thanks for the update DeadHead! Maybe by weekend the ice will be good up by Sugar Magnolia bay. Guess we’ll have to wait Til’ The Morning Comes! 🤣
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I’m here. Was out fishing. I wouldn’t say there is that much good ice. Found a few spots the spud went through with only one hit. Is getting better though. No snow on the ice past the first 50’. Fillet knife definitely needs to be sharpened. :icefish:
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Anyone know if Bell Tower is safe ?
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Heading to the soup pan in the morning. Jig up our limit of eyes, then head to the reef for perch.
Packing light except for the propane crockpot to feed the 8 of us.
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Heading to the soup pan in the morning. Jig up our limit of eyes, then head to the reef for perch.
Packing light except for the propane crockpot to feed the 8 of us.
Make sure you let us know if you catch your limit.
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Make sure you let us know if you catch your limit.
Will do - shouldn't take to long. Hoping to be home by 10:30am at the latest.
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Lol. Congratulations on your hall of fame inductation.
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Calendars are available for purchase if everyone would like to hang them in their shanties. That way you can say that you fished with the best. And a hall of famer.
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Lol nice !!!
Lots of snow moving to long point today from the north. Drag off wasn’t fun at all.
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I’m here. Was out fishing. I wouldn’t say there is that much good ice. Found a few spots the spud went through with only one hit. Is getting better though. No snow on the ice past the first 50’. Fillet knife definitely needs to be sharpened. :icefish:
I see what you did there...
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Has anybody ventured out today? Hoping these super low temps help the ice a little bit this weekend.
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I’m thinking about trying Mayville or Burtis tomorrow...
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I contimplating trying Vikings, Mission Meadows and Pendergast tomorrow.....
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I'll be at dewitville, pan handle and se, e, ne side of point Chautauqua.
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Only been to long point was gunna come down tomorrow where is a good place to get eyes???
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Not a single hut out at Mayville this morning... several feet of snow.
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I didn’t see one hut out there from Mayville to Hogan’s hut... Skip seemed pretty leery about any safe ice. Heard there were some folks at long point and it was a tough walk out... not worth going through for me. I’ll make the 150 mile round trip after good ice reports.
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I'm thinking just a bit to cold this morning , I ventured out onto the boat harbor in buffalo this morning. Few perch , froze my ass lol
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2 shanties out at the ferry crossing when I went to work today....
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How's the ice out of long point
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6 to 8in good ice at long point 15+ shanties out there 10 out at bemus 6 on burtis
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How's the ice?
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Cold :tipup:
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How's the ice at Terrace Ave and Lake Ave?
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Just to confirm, there is good ice at long point?!? I would be coming from Lockport so I would hate to drive 2hrs to find unsafe ice. I appreciate the advice!
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Is there any public parking around the dewittville area of the lake ?
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Hard to know what to listen to. I have been wanting to make the drive up there but I have heard so many different reports. Don't want to chance the drive to just turn around and come back home
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will have to wait till Tuesday after the weekend. I work every weekend for the next two months
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If Skip says stay off you should stay off,may be a few pockets of thick ice from icetesters packing down the snow or shoveling off spots.The problem is that that region is constantly getting enough snow to bury tracks so how do you get out there ???Be paitent and hope the forecast is correct,then we should have safe ice by early next week,no fish is worth your life!
F4W
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Too each his own Nate,when 6 guys have gone in the drink reportedly so far and everyone breaking thru with 1 drop of the spud then pretty much all the lake is shot,when the next guy takes the plunge and dies I hope you show some responsibility for that post you just wrote!Not too late to delete and keep to yourself.
F4W
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I’ve seen a lot of bickering on ice conditions. Do yourself a favor, instead of relying on other people’s opinions, go buy a float suit, a spud bar and picks. Then go check it for yourself WITH a buddy. Don’t be bashing people for saying the ice is fine when others disagree. Get away from the computer and get out on there and check for yourself. One’s idea of safe ice can vary from another’s. I’m with ya NATE.
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It is pretty ridiculous that u would ask a man to delete his post where he gives his honest opinion. I have been fishing since 12/24 where I live and all u read is no safe ice. If you don't own a spud bar that's on you. The man said check for yourself and I think that's a fair and honest report thank you.hope they don't lock this thread. Mark :tipup:
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Whatever guys,the bottom line is that only a handful of guys out ,when a bait salesman says unsafe I think he would know whats up,we're talking about the mans business,not some dweeb on the internet. I've read several guys posts who said ice was junk,majority rules so go have at it,don't say you weren't warned if things don't work out for you,and if they do then God bless ya!
F4W
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to each their own...we are all adults ...if you feel its safe, just be careful and use caution...if you don't feel its safe, then don't go!! Just remember that the decisions we make don't just effect us personally, but also those close to us[family and friends] Be safe
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safety first always
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I just went through and cleaned up this thread. Knock off the use of profanity and play nicely or people will be removed and this thread will go poof!
Sincerely,
Roy
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Congrats to HiJinks for his 2017 - Iceshanty.com Hall of Fame Inductee :tipup: Another vote here :roflmao:
a true classic, stay safe and keep on enjoying the fishing!
May head up if the thaw this week blows out kinZua
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Gonzo. Sending you a pm.
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Gonzo. Sending you a pm.
Can you still park on the road that has the fence along the one side? I believe that’s where I parked the day I lost my PA license.
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That’s where I put it. Yup your good.
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Walleyewonder you said that ice was good 50 yards offshore, but crap by shore. For me and most people that’s a long way to go on sketchy ice, especially at long point. That could be 20 or 30 feet of water, maybe deeper. If 50 yards off shore was 4 feet deep I’d be there. Not trying to start anything just posting my opinion, nice walleye, hope I can get on them in a few weeks. Hopefully days!
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I would give the ice a break for a bit before venturing out with these temps.
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. :o Look at you Killin it on all that sketchy ice! Great fish! Good job!
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Nice looking eyes! One thing that always bothers me is the difference between the Oneida page and the Chautauqua page. There’s seems to be a lot more comraderie (spelling?) on the Oneida page, where everyone on this page focuses more on keeping everything hush hush. Don’t get me wrong I get it about keeping your secret honey hole under tight locks but for the most part we know the main areas where the eyes are targeted. I would like to see us (Chautauqua fishermen) show off our fishery a little more. Have a good day on the ice, why not throw a picture up? If you don’t wana share the location then DONT! Good luck everyone and stay safe.
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nice fish guys so the ice seems to be safe then?
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Good looking eyes boys.
Update for long point. There is a construction crew working on the point. They are clearing a path with an excavator out to the tip. Said they are going to continue to install large rip rap boulders from where they left off years ago along the north shore all the way to the bath house. Not sure what it’s going to do for the fishing. Wouldn’t be surprised if they close off the small lot also.
— some of us do share.
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NO doubt Game Hog, there are definitely some ppl who give quality reports you being one of them. I will admit that in years past I have been nothing but a lurker, maybe using the pm’s more than public posts. I am going to try to change that. I believe that the more people are supportive of one another the more quality reports we will get.
Boy, that last line is a little fluffy sounding but I do think it’s true. Just read a couple pages of the Oneida posts and tell me that the “atmosphere” isn’t different.
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I just went through and cleaned up this thread. Knock off the use of profanity and play nicely or people will be removed and this thread will go poof!
Sincerely,
Roy
Why kill the thread?, usual suspects, remove or ban for a duration.
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Thanks for the update GameHog. I hope that small lot doesn’t get closed off especially late season when the 8 of us have our machines and Argos ready to launch.
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Do ya think ice will hold up with warm temps this week was goin to try for Sunday
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Pikeplower32 nice walleye! what the heck kind of lure is that strung up on your black rod?
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Nice eyes! What was the length on the big one in the picture a page back? Thanks for sharing.
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nice eye pike plower 👍🏻
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Would anyone be in to do a meet up one of these weekends? Put some faces to some names and have a beer. Trade stories or whatever. Usually by noon I start talking to people more than fishing anyway, at least until it gets closer to sundown. I met a few guys from iceshanty down there last year and we fished/talked to each other pretty much every weekend after that until ice out. Just a thought.
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That would be a great idea. Maybe have a BBQ on the ice and share some stories of the old times.That is, if I'm invited. I'll bring fireworks.
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Pikeplower32 nice walleye! what the heck kind of lure is that strung up on your black rod?
It’s just an off brand jigging rap with a minnow head on it. It does look weird at that angle tho.
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Better be respectful of private access (anywhere that is not NYS owned)... peeing in front of residents, moving barricades, ripping up lawns so that you can drive an extra few feet is going to get more spots posted. Consider yourself lucky if you can get on the ice at private locations anymore! Spots too numerous to count have been lost due to the aforementioned transgressions. Good luck!! :tipup:
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Any update on the construction at Long Point?
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Excavator was on the ice making its way to the tip of the point last night. Will report back when I get home after dark.
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That would be a great idea. Maybe have a BBQ on the ice and share some stories of the old times.That is, if I'm invited. I'll bring fireworks.
Everyone is invited. Just need some solid ice and some people to make it a good time.
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Excavator made its way down the shore almost to the point. They literally pushed all the snow from shore out 30’. Going to make it tricky trying to access the ice on the north side of the point. Did see quite a few guys spread out there tonight. Ice must be improving just in time for Mother Nature mess it up. Knife stays sharp in he drawer.
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I'd be in for a BBQ / party on the ice , I'm pretty much resigned to weekends due to the stupid work thing . Judging by the forecast for the next wk or so the ice will be good .
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Thank you for the update GH! Planning a trip down but I’m an hour north so reports are always appreciated.
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Hey man shoot me a pm before you make the drive. I am more open and willing to give up to date ice reports. Just real careful what I put on an open Internet forum.
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Sounds like a nice IceShanty ice fishing/Eating/BS-ing outing is in the works here.....I’m in!!!!
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heard they are fishing mayville today safety first
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Saturday the 20th looks perfect for a meet up. A little warmer after a week of freezing temps. I’d vote long point as the meeting spot since it’s mid lake. But anywhere with good ice works for me.
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That would be a great idea. Maybe have a BBQ on the ice and share some stories of the old times.That is, if I'm invited. I'll bring fireworks.
Fireworks ... lol .. that's priceless !!
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Did someone say beer? I`m in LOL! Have not made the drive to Chautauqua yet, got a pond 1/2 hour away and conditions usually similar. Pond 2" clear 3" white today. Yesterday had 9" w/ some water in it. Basically top 4" is 90% frozen slush. Trying Chaut Monday if they don`t get massive snow. Heard a lot of water on ice so some snow will just melt and freeze. A foot that could be a problem??
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Next Sat is perfect , 5 of us that usually fish together .hopefully get a good turnout & long point has the parking available .
Beers do stay nice & cold out on the ice , fireworks will be a first !
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I’ll be there, but I can’t get too close. Can’t have that darn interference on my flasher!!!
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Did this warm up help with all the snow on the North end? How has the ice held up over the rest of the lake?
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Might have to take a drive and check out long point area tomorrow. Hopefully shore ice isn't completely destroyed.
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My lx9 plays nice. See ya in the am.
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Anyone doing any good?
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Sweet party at long point!!!
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Big pond rescue yesterday off sturgeon pt, those boys have bigger balls then I do to venture out there lol .
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Just when I was thinking about heading out of sturgeon too. Meet up on Saturday looks good to go, I saw a report of 10 inch ice in certain places at long point but the same report said bad ice in other spots.
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We were there today DEF not 10in of ice was more like 4in of black with 3-4in of white on top in aome places and then in others it was just 8in of all white ice
Needless to say we didn't see any fish on underwater cam just got 2 perch and when we left they started breaking all the shore ice from halfway mark towards the point.. That was crazy
If thers 10in of ice I didnt find it was nice to get out there though just them breaking shore ice was a littler crazy
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Chautauqua is not safe but I did see several sleds and over 30 huts out today.
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Only 2 perch at longpoint? That's a tough day! Torn on where to go tomorrow
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Why would they try to lay stone in the winter?? Doesn't make sense!
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Why would they try to lay stone in the winter?? Doesn't make sense!
No waves no wind no boats??? Just my guess
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It seems like dumping stone off a barge or something equivalent would be way easier, They have a crane on lake Erie to put the ice boom in and they do just fine.
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Why would they try to lay stone in the winter?? Doesn't make sense!
Have they been seen actually installing stone? I deal with a lot of bank stabilization along lakes and streams in my work and ice is usually a no go. Of course anything is possible but it becomes extremely difficult. Can’t believe the DEC is okay with them tearing up the bottom with those excavators either.
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Ice at Long Point is definitely not safe. The best ice we found was 4 inches good and 4 bad, some spots are nothing more than slush and white ice. My buddy had his foot go through near a stress crack. Be careful out there. Lots of perch but all small
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The ice did not form evenly. This is the best ice this lake has had in the last three years. I just measured 10” solid. 20+ guys in sight. Couple other guys on here been out in the same vicinity the last couple days that can vouch. Fishing has been slow since Saturday morning.
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I went way out to the middle of the lake from long point. Ice was 8 to 10 solid inches. There were guys all over. Stay away from stream inlets but other than that ice is shaped up nicely
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Anyone getting any perch anywhere? We tried long pt Sunday , just dinks .
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Was wondering if it’s good to go out of maple springs? Is it safe for machines yet? Would love to come down and fish Friday and Saturday!
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This thread is dead! Looks like everyone has forgotten about chatauqua.
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No one has forgotten Chautauqua, there is just two threads going
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There is always 2 threads bud.
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Fished eyes last night. 2 keepers and 3 shorts. Back at it Saturday.
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Must not be any fish in Chautauqua this year.
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Dead sea....
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This thread is dead! Looks like everyone has forgotten about chatauqua.
Up to this point most areas did not have safe ice to fish. Guys can't report if their not on the ice. Long Point was the most active to this point.
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Fished Long Point today. One eye 14 3/4”. 2 silver perch. And hundreds of dink perch. Drilled a lot of holes, pulled dink perch out of most of them. No jumbos.
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I had the same issue last year at longpiont every hole had hundreds of dink perch and short eyes on my camera hopefully I'll have the time to make it out this year a bad day of fishing is still better the sitting around the house or working
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If anyone’s still interested in meeting up around noon tomorrow I’ll be outside my hut drinking a beer with a few other guys. I have a clam Bigfoot xl2000, I’m a big guy with a big black beard.
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Anyone know if it’s safe for ATV’s on long point yet?
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Mayville was plenty safe. Took home 10 gills. 4-6" perch every drop down. Haven't been hearing of anyone finding big perch
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Today at Prendergast
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Today at Prendergast
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Solid fish!!! Nice job man
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I saw a few atvs out of long point yesterday and the snowmobiles were all over the lake. Stay on the drag trails though. I found one spot in the ice that was only 1 inch thick with 13 inch ice next to it. The bad ice was about an 8 foot circle.
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Thank you
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Pulled this up through the ice yesterday, how the heck did that get in there?
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Pulled this up through the ice yesterday, how the heck did that get in there?
Is that a sauger?
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Yes. Only thing I can come up with is somebody caught it out of Allegheny and put it in Chautauqua or it was stuck in a net at the hatchery and ended up in with the walleye being put into the lake
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That’s Awsome fish congrats
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Did ok at mayville today had to sort through them but had fun doing it ice varys from spot to spot personally I wouldn't take a machine out but that's me
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Pulled this up through the ice yesterday, how the heck did that get in there?
There is probably more in the lake since fingerlings were raised at the hatchery.. Kinzua population is really starting to take off
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/92788.html
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Just what we need to thin those little perch out ;D ;D ;D!
F4W
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Did ok at mayville today had to sort through them but had fun doing it ice varys from spot to spot personally I wouldn't take a machine out but that's me
My brother did the same at Mayville on Sunday. It's a hot spot right now.
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Today was a great day to be out there, best walleye bit this year on the big pond.I got three keepers 18 201/2 23 , couple of shorts . Lost five nice ones at hole. My buddy got two dandy’s also. 34 fow was the trick getting sloppy out there . Going back in am , hope too get them again. Be safe tight lines boys
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Hope you did well today. How is the ice looking? Weather has been wacky and I am a newbie (at least to ice fishing) and want to make sure its safe to go out there. Excited to get rid of some of the cabin fever I've been experiencing.
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Anyone know how the ice is at the bell tower ?
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Snow on the lake is making things somewhat dangerous. Rain the last two days have made 8" holes 14-16" and only have 1" of ice on top and they are covered by the snow. Shore ice held up and still 8-10" of ice. It's safe but I recommend taking a spud bar... also stay far away from any creeks..
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Was just there. I'm a newbie at ice fishing so take my advice with a grain of salt but the shore ice seemed very safe to me. I didn't measure exactly but I'd say out where I was fishing there was a good foot of ice. There were several guys out and the pre-existing holes didn't look any bigger so I think the cold weather today took care of some of the melting and apparent danger that existed yesterday. I got there pretty late and was more so going just to get accustomed to the basic routine. Only caught a good sized sunfish and a small perch. On my way out, I talked to some guys who caught huge numbers, but said they only caught like 1 keeper sized perch out of somewhere around 100. So not really sure what to make of that. I was just jigging wax worms.
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Heading back out too hot holes , it’s 13 degrees out now . Give report later on , be safe guys walleyes are aggressive other day hope get few more
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Ice tighten right up great day out there , fish were hitting very hard today. Buddy got two nice ones I got also two good ones. Best part of the day I caught a monster muskey, had release at hole but what a pig. Guys are just cruising around on wheelers , lmao skip must of put the word out about Long point . A lot guys out there tonight be safe guys
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Maybe Skip did, but Long Point has been productive since the end of summer. No secret. Lots of boats out there every day in fall. Can’t wait to hopefully get out there this weekend!
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Anyone cool enough to give some tips on where to go for all these eyes? Never fished for walleye on any lake. Where do they typically hang out? On drop offs or structures?.... how deep? I understand everyone likes to have there secret spot so I’m not looking for a honey hole but some tips would be nice 😊. Is the ice holding up out there I thought this warm weather would put a stall on the season but it looks like a lot of you guys are still getting out there. Looks like even skip even posted on Hogan’s hut Facebook page of safe ice but I live in Niagara County 5 min from Burt damn and hate to drive down for unsafe conditions.
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Check your inbox
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Walleyes from Steamburg on the old Allegany River were dumped into Chautauqua Lake back in the 1960’s. They are an Ohio river strain, not Great Lakes strain fish.
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Just got back from the ice pond , a lot water on ice from this rain, watch out at Pena grass launch shore ice broke. Managed two nice eyes had to work for them today, be safe guys won’t hurt to take spud bar out.
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I hammered dink perch out off Pendergast yest, pretty much out in the middle. 30 ft or deeper seems to be where the they are , keepers is a challenge though.
Just like hogans hut report , ice is pretty much 10 inches or better just pay attention to creek mouths & shore line ice
Good luck fishing !!!
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I was in Mayville area yesterday fishing about 9 feet of water with good weed cover. My wife and I caught between 100-150 dinks. no keepers besides the two gills we caught. couldn't even get the jigs down before they were hammering them. didn't matter what we were tipping with. Still a fun day.
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psted on other page but thought do it here to,can anyone tell me where to get a "propane crockpot" ive seen guys talk about ,cam pm me
thx
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Anyone been catching eyes or crappie after dark? I've fished until 7 or so, but haven't gotten anything after the sun is completely down. Can't get out until after dark during the week and was wondering if it's even worth trying. Everyone else I've seen is leaving by 5:30 or 6 at the latest.
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Anyone have suggestions on how to keep the dinks from mauling tip ups on Chautauqua? I couldn’t keep tip ups in the water Sunday because they kept tripping flags. Thought they finally calmed near dusk so put out a bunch of tip ups and left them until dark hoping for some eyes. When I picked them up 2 were bare hooks and the rest had dead minnows that were all chewed up. Would switching to larger shiners help? I was using emeralds. Or should I try to avoid where dinks are? I was hoping small perch meant eyes might end up there to feed at some point. No proof that happened though.
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Never had any luck at Chautauqua with tip ups. Some lakes they work good. Not sure why? Just use jigging rapala`s.
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Anyone know If there have been any machines accessing the lake via Meadows rd?
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The hovercraft has been out from there there was 1 snowmobile out there Sunday night I'm not saying it's safe for them just stating a few have been out the few times ive been out
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Fish yesterday managed two nice eyes, when I got to Pendergast look like four wheeler went in at launch. Things should tighten back up on the shore ice . Still catching the males that’s all good , let females do there thing . Be safe guys
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Does anyone know if there is anywhere to access the lake by mission meadows? I want to try up that way but don't know where I can park
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icefever pull the little perch up, take off your bait and hook the perch on your tipups as bait.
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Nice pics in the above 2 posts but if you included ice conditions at your access point it would be more helpful to us other fishermen.
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8 to 10 inches of white ice
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icefever pull the little perch up, take off your bait and hook the perch on your tipups as bait.
. Got to park at road walk the hill
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icefever pull the little perch up, take off your bait and hook the perch on your tipups as bait.
I like that idea. Although there were lots of people near me with tip ups out that didn’t seem to be getting hounded by dink flags. Perhaps they had larger shiners on or something.
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Anyone been catching eyes or crappie after dark? I've fished until 7 or so, but haven't gotten anything after the sun is completely down. Can't get out until after dark during the week and was wondering if it's even worth trying. Everyone else I've seen is leaving by 5:30 or 6 at the latest.
been lookin for the craps every evening that i can get out. only one keeper so far this year on the lakewood bar in heavy weeds. gonna be out this eve in a different spot with the pressure bottoming out, if they're around it should turn them on. I was out on the bar monday eve til about 7, pressure was still over 30, seemed to be marking fish on the vex but no takers except for 3 dink perch. water was very murky, darker jigs were the only thing that got any attention. 12+" of ice.
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Anyone been out of Dewittville Bay for perch this year? Use to hammer the nice size perch over there or are they dinks also. Just a little info. would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Only dinks for me chaser. Another 2 weeks and the bigger ones will show up to the party.
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Only dinks for me chaser. Another 2 weeks and the bigger ones will show up to the party.
I got their food, lets hope they show up for the perch fest.
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Anyone been out of the bell tower yet this year ? Was wondering how thick the ice was there
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Coming up Friday and thinking of bringing ATVs for ice fishing out of Dewittville and long point. Any thoughts or recommendations? Staying on the lake and would like to get my kids out hence bringing the ATVs.
Thanks in advance
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Fished dewittville today took a sled allcgiid ice. Fished for walleye in 45 fow no walleye to be found not even a even any shorts. Maybe I was fishing the wrong depth what do you guys think? Skip said the past few days walleye have been slow though. Got a musky though that made the trip worth while. First in through the ice, that was a rush!!!!!!
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Dewitteville has been hot for me , seems like they would be staging cause of creek , got few buddy’s that fish that almost ever day they been getting a few . Got go past creek and fish other side 34 fow has been the ticket for us. I here u about that rush catching musky, I also got one what a fight and the old blood pumps lol good luck be safe
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Careful out there folks, I fell in yesterday afternoon leaving the ice at the Prender boat launch.
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Careful out there folks, I fell in yesterday afternoon leaving the ice at the Prender boat launch.
that was sketchy last Sunday just don't walk in the middle
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Careful out there folks, I fell in yesterday afternoon leaving the ice at the Prender boat launch.
That launch is always crappy, late season you can watch the guys walk past good ice to get on at the launch. Get on the ice near the cattails. Lots of wet boots!
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I was more than wet boots, I was up over my waste. Never fished there before.
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Ya go off we’re cattails are a lot better , plus on Sunday I guy drove four wheeler over it and broke it up even worst , we got some cold temperatures coming up so should lock up again .
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Unfortunatly the weatherpeople are also forecasting a goodamount of snow! >:(
F4W
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Might try long point Monday for eyes or Vikings for perch. We wanted to try Irondequoit Saturday but it’s gunna be too windy. Anyone planning on going out next week?
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Stickhick glad I didn`t make the attempt out of Prendergast. I came from Mayville about 3 p.m., and didn`t look safe to me. Didn`t look like a hole in the ice so you must have went in later? Going to be 10 degrees tonight so should tighten up shoreline.
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Never seemed to be a problem to get a limit of perch before of 7 - 9", and few being 9". This year all 7 and below, WAY BELOW! Maybe it`s the temps bouncing up, and down drastically?
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Stickhick glad I didn`t make the attempt out of Prendergast. I came from Mayville about 3 p.m., and didn`t look safe to me. Didn`t look like a hole in the ice so you must have went in later? Going to be 10 degrees tonight so should tighten up shoreline.
It was around 2 pm that I went through
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Wife and I are gunna try longpoint Monday. I was gunna go alone and try for walleye but my wife is more about action even if small. I was gunna try the north side of the point do you guys still get decent perch action there? I might just go to the Vikings for easy access and walk out. Thanks 👍🏼
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Sitting on chatauqua. No luck. Wouldn't hurt my feelings to never see a 6 inch perch. I can't figure out why I come here. I'm sorry to be bitter but this lake sucks. I know that people are catching walleye. I use the same techniques. Have all the bells and whistles. Just no horseshoe. Lol.
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Stick, glad you can still talk about it. I know from experience it is terrifying to go through even waist deep. Not to mention cold. lets all be careful
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Not the greatest fisherman by no means but if you need a little mojo to get ya back in the game just ask. ———- Game Hog
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Not the greatest fisherman by no means but if you need a little mojo to get ya back in the game just ask. ———- Game Hog
If you were referring to me thanks. I was just blowing off steam. Don't think I ever got a keeper eye. When I do each fillet will be worth about 5 grand. Haha
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If you were referring to me thanks. I was just blowing off steam. Don't think I ever got a keeper eye. When I do each fillet will be worth about 5 grand. Haha
A keeper eye on chatauqua I should have said.
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has anyone ever caught one of these out of the lake. I looked it up and it seems to be a silver perch. Caught it outside the bell tower yesterday.
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has anyone ever caught one of these out of the lake. I looked it up and it seems to be a silver perch. Caught it outside the bell tower yesterday.
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That is a White Bass or Silver Bass. There are many of them in chautauqua lake, as well as White Perch, which many confuse one from the other. If you google differences with illustrations they are easy to decipher from one another. White Bass have visible stripes , much more pronounced markings ,pointed fins and is the fresh water cousin of the Striper. While the white Perch’s most noticeable difference is it has one lateral line which carry’s over into its outer markings and a purple throat.
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Thanks for the info.
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Here you go...
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Caught some big silver bass off the bell tower in October. Some were a couple pounds at least. Chat has alot of them. Silver bass are true bass. Unlike largemouth and smallmouth which are sunfish.
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Same here, got over a school of them the one day it got boring catching them. Does anyone remember the huge die off of silver bass / white perch about 4-5 years ago? Bemus bay had literally thousands floating near the shoreline in the spring. Seemed like yellow perch size really improved for a couple years following that, now the silvers/white perch are back in numbers again....
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Yep I recall that die-off.
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Any idea what caused it?
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I know this is a Chautauqua thread but I know a lot of guys are upset with the perch in Chautauqua this year. I did very well today at Sodus bay outside Rochester. Kept 23 fish all 8-11 from 9-1 in 27 fow. Think I’m done with Chautauqua for a bit. Rochester is closer for me anyway. Good luck guys
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I fished Mayville on Monday and Long Point on Tuesday and all we caught were dink perch. Do the bigger perch move in later or is that all that is in the lake?
Tried to fish the clock tower, but it was blocked off and not plowed. Are we not aloud to fish the clock tower anymore?
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You can't drive and park next to the tower like before. They installed pavers where the driveway was. It is now just a sidewalk. Parking along the actual road is still allowed. Be courteous.
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Thanks for the reply...that is good information. Do you think in a couple weeks the tower is worth fishing?
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Seems everyone is having a tough time finding anything 7" or bigger.
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Do they still have the shore taped of at maple springs like years past it's been a few years since I've fished there and last i knew the property owners were having problems with the mess being left behind and put up posted signs to prevent people from parking there and walking onto the lake
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In my honest opinion I wouldn’t park over by maple springs. Midway is right there and is a state park with tons of parking that is always plowed out. You can park 10 feet from the shore and not lose a ton of distance from walking out at maple. Just my two cents 🤷🏼♂️
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Yeah those weedsbeds are not that far away from midway into the springs, not caught much there through the ice, just open.
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I stopped at Midway Monday and the snow at shore was a foot deep. Not sure how far out it went. My hut drags hard in the snow so I went to Dewittville. You can drive right up to the ice drop your stuff off, and park in the bigger lot. It was all plowed out.
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How's the snow out on the main lake? Want to take my wheeler tomorrow
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Wheelers were out this am. Snow averages 7”. Slush spots are forming.
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Thanks
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Anyone been fishing Mayville the past couple days? Looking to take my son out but was wondering how the ice was before driving all the way down this afternoon.
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Where the heck are all the walleyes?! Not where I was at Long Point today that’s for sure. Plenty if dinks, silver bass and rockbass though.
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Hey all, been away a few years from the site. I’ll be getting out first time in six years hard water this Tuesday. Dad and I will be looking to lose a bunch of bait on perch ;D during the day and finish up hopefully with an eye or two. Used to go out of LP Back in 2010 when the perch were big and pengergast for the eyes. Not looking for any secret spots, but any PMs with general tips on the where and who’s got bait down there now are greatly appreciated
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Anyone have any info on bear lake? Never fished or been there and buddy of mine wants to try he's never been there either.
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Left a pole at long point right in front of the building by the launch. If anyone comes Accross it pm me id appreciate it
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Planned on ice fishing for the first time ever at Chautauqua Lake this sat. Brand new to the sport so I know little to nothing other then I want to do it. Ordered pretty much everything I need to get started and should be here by the end of the week just in time to get it set up and ready to go for sat. Now I see some warm temps and possible rain this week. Will I have any chance to safely get out on the lake sat or am I screwed? Ill be pretty bummed out to have these new toys and not be able to get out.
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Interested in coming up this weekend... anyone have recent ice report?
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Going to be day by day from this weekend until the end. Too far out to give a accurate report.
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Planned on ice fishing for the first time ever at Chautauqua Lake this sat. Brand new to the sport so I know little to nothing other then I want to do it. Ordered pretty much everything I need to get started and should be here by the end of the week just in time to get it set up and ready to go for sat. Now I see some warm temps and possible rain this week. Will I have any chance to safely get out on the lake sat or am I screwed? Ill be pretty bummed out to have these new toys and not be able to get out.
You'll be fine this weekend. Better have ordered yourself some decent creepers!
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On Monday they were cutting blocks of ice out of Mayville ice for the ice castile. The pictures I saw look like the castile is quit large which would require a lot of blocks and the hole in the ice must be extremely large. Do they rope off the large hole left behind?
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Chaser they will rope that area off and on Saturday have the polar plunge
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What's the deal with Vikings? I haven't seen anyone over there. Are they not letting people park there anymore?
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What's the deal with Vikings? I haven't seen anyone over there. Are they not letting people park there anymore?
I was there a couple times over the past few weeks. Caught one short eye and a bunch of the dink perch. The snow was getting mounded up in front of the lot so gear had to go over the hump, not sure if it's better now.
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For walleye? Assuming not perch based on how things have been looking this year. Thanks for the heads up.
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I picked up a jacket in the parking lot at Prendergast tonight. (Sat. 2/17) Send me a p.m. And we will get it to you.
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Fished Dewittville area Saturday..... Grabbed a 14 1/2 incher right out of the gate, then the swarms of dink perch moved in...... I moved four times, went as deep as 44 and as shallow as 26, I could not get rid of them! By 9:00 I couldn't take it anymore and left. In one hole I had almost 20 feet solid of them little buggers, non stop! I have a place on the lake, and I was excited to see that in the past couple summers I've been finding big schools of nice sized perch, say 10-12 inchers.......Now, I haven't exactly been looking for them on the ice, and I've only fished there 3 mornings this winter, but these swarms of dinks are what happened about 15 years ago when I stopped winter Walleye fishing the lake.........It happened out of NOWHERE, and it was the same thing as I'm seeing now. Back then the Eye fishing had taken a pretty severe downturn at that point, but just as I'm sure many of you know, the Eye fishing has rebounded nicely again out there, though I've only open water fished them the past 4 years since I got my place, and spend much of my time during the winter on Oneida Lake..... What I think is, this lake is just mass producing Perch to keep the walleyes happy with their favorite meal source there, and the stunting has to be a result of over population, the type of over population that obviously can not be reversed......... I think we need a massive dink perch die off.
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When I fished Mayvilleabout a month ago I seen this group of guys pulling huge seeds and perch out of a aprox.25' area so me and my neighbor parked about 20' from them and got nothing but dinks except 1 keeper.I heard one of these guys say that they almost lost their spot early that morning,they left about noon and before I could get out of hut the place swarmed with a new group of guys.I noticed they had way more holes than they could fish so I holehopped around them and pulled a 1/2 dozen nice perch and another 1/2 doz.seeds.I tried to find that same area about 2 wks.ago but it was a nogo due to the weather and 8"s of snow,but it was unbelievable to see!
F4W
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I always carry a GPS never know when you might want to mark a spot. Well worth the money.
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Yep, small isolated groups or schools per say, of bigger flats and Perch. Same thing I found open water, small hungry schools.
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25' in Mayville ???
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Haven’t been down there all year yet...how do you guys think the ice will be this weekend?
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I am done for the year. Shore ice sketches me out and Steelie action may heat up early this spring. I have picked up Some very helpful info. On shanty. Thx folks. So much more to learn. Changing ice conditions from one day to the next amazed me. From the worst drag experience (took 90 minutes to drag less than a mile on way back one day, I made a smitty sled for my old suitcase type hut with jet sled bungeed on top- turned out to be too heavy and skis dug in- first keeper walleye that day tho) to another day that was treacherous without spikes. I could have pulled 500 pounds across the glassy ice that day. Looking for a new hut/trap/tent for next year. Cant decide on what type. Tents are good for groups but people seem to settle on a spot and sit there all day. I like to bounce to another area if no bites after an hour. Flip overs are nice and mobile. But a two man gets heavy. Then we can talk electronics. I bought Navionics app. Thought it was the best thing ever until i went out with my buddy to look for gills and after hand drilling 6 holes and dropped down my vex. App said we were in 12 fow and the vex (being correct) said 6 feet. Love that app for finding shelves in deep water tho and for 10 bucks. Thats the price of one jigging rap these days. Any comments to any of my ramblings are welcome. Enter wise guys. Perch. No jk.
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For conversation sake with the forecast anyone think u guys might get one last ice?i was up by Findlay lake Sunday and was pretty surprised by the skim ice covering it. Mark :tipup:
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It’s getting close, fellas...
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Say its so!!!!!!!
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How’s the size of the perch looking this season they getting any bigger
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I have caught alot of decent size perch this year in the 10-11 inch range. Hopefully we can run into them over the winter. Anyone check the ice in the southern end yet?
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By prime time do you mean there is safe ice?
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how the fishing been this year so far?
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Burtis bay web cam shows ice. I guess it's a start. The only thing I hate about this early ice it only takes one good lake effect to mess it up like last year. I am ready. Mark :tipup:
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Can you share good link for webcam. Thanks
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Can you share good link for webcam. Thanks
This is the one I use
http://eastlakewoodweather.com/wp/
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The Brutis Bay webcam I was using was not working this year so I thank you for this web site.
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any reports on the ice it looks waterlogged on the cameras thanks
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went across the bridge yesterday. South end completely ice covered all the way up to the Casino. North end ice floating around but still pretty open as you can see from my web cam photo.
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Hopefully it freezes up soon. Now that deer season is over I’m ready to get out there.
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Does anyone know what part of the lake the live lake cam on youtube is located thank you and happy holidays and hopefully we can have a nice long safe season to try out all the new gear we get for xmas
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Burtis bay
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Burtis bay
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Here is the east side of lake by Mayville. Its ready just need some cold.
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Uuuuugh.. hurry up already
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Casino side of the bridge is opening back up.
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Just took a look at the web cam....hundreds of ducks swimming around.
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Well I guess we’ll see what happens this week...
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Hogan's Hut is reporting things are starting to lock up should be safe ice coming soon some areas possibly by next week if it stays this cold
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hopefully be on the point next weekend
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Looks like Burtis bay is locked back up. Can’t speak for anything else, but seeing that back to hard water makes me think it won’t be long until we’re out there. Some very cold nights arw ahead of us.
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If anyone is driving by Mayville please report what you see,thanks and asafe and successful season to all!
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NEED to get out of the house besides bar and casino!! Guess I shoulda joined the gym but would rather walk on water..
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HEARD SOUTH END IS SKIMMING OVER TODAY
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Burtis has got to be snow ice. 2 days ago it was all open. Hopefully lake effect stays off the ice. Come on ice!!!Mark :tipup:
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The whole lake was iced over as of yesterday
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Thanks for that report frostbitten,fingers crossed for continued icemaking weather!
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GameHog, you still around? Been waiting to hear from you!
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Thanks to everyone reporting, I want to drive down next Sunday morning, prob. do Mayville, Id rather go fishing then go to the fishing show in Niagara Falls anyway.
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Just took a ride around the north end (Bridge-Mayville). Everything is locked up and there isn’t even a dusting of snow on it. One crazy guy out off LP. With these temps in the forecast, that lake should be producing ice like crazy here in the next few days. Nothing but clear, black ice as far as the eye can see.
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Just took a ride around the north end (Bridge-Mayville). Everything is locked up and there isn’t even a dusting of snow on it. One crazy guy out off LP. With these temps in the forecast, that lake should be producing ice like crazy here in the next few days. Nothing but clear, black ice as far as the eye can see.
That brave fella is my new favorite ice fisherman! Thanks for the report as well.
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That brave fella would be me!
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Will report when I'm done for the day
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Hahaha! You are the man. I’m usually the sacrificial lamb out there. Wednesday seems like an eternity away now. Hope you get em good today. U earned it that’s for sure
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GameHog, you still around? Been waiting to hear from you!
I’m still surviving. Did the same ride around this afternoon. Truck will be loaded tonight
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Thanks Game Hog for the ice report. Nice to hear from you again.
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Will be getting my gear ready in the next few days. Looks like it won’t be long!
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I’m chasing steel tomorrow. Travis, let me know when it’s safe, we’ll hook up.
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I'll be three steps behind the first guy out tomorrow
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06:30 boots on the ground
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is everyone going off long point?
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Couple of my buddies were out there today off Long Point 3 to 5 in . 1 guy got a walleye. They were there most of the afternoon ,bite was slow if anything ...pictures can be seen on Facebook Chautauqua hard water Anglers
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06:30 boots on the ground
Hope you had some good luck out there. Was a beautiful morning. Starting to build a little more ice out there?
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Ice gained another 1/4”. Every bit helps. Fish were quite negative this morning.
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I managed a couple...
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Hope we don't get that snow!
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Ice gained another 1/4”. Every bit helps. Fish were quite negative this morning.
If you didnt have any luck them fish must have some serious lock jaw!!!!!
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I managed a couple...
Real nice looking stealie!!!!!
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anyone seen any wheelers or snowmobiles out there yet?
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anyone seen any wheelers or snowmobiles out there yet?
The lake JUST LOCKED UP.. guys are reporting 3"-5" off long point.. those guys are fishing fairly close to shore... to be honest if anyone is dumb enough to take a machine out there just yet.. well.. they're dumb.. MAYBE.. MAYBE.. MAYBE.. by end of the week.. but personally... I wouldn't take a machine out there for another couple weeks.. I dont want to swim
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fishingjohn... Im with ya thats why I asked. certainly don't want to be the first one out there on a machine.
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Drilled a couple holes in Mayville by the steamboat today. About 4 inches there. Didn't see anyone on the lake except long point.
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Anybody think the perch will ever grow up in this lake???
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Loaded up and ready to hit the hard water after work this evening. Will I be the only one? Will give an ice report after.
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Thanx steeliewheelie let us know how ya did if ya dont mind
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and the area of lake you fished,goodluck wheelie!
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Have you guys had any issues with access to Bell Tower. I never went last year, just wondering if they allow is in there still?
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Fished off the North side of long point yesterday morning. Ice was about 3.5" where I was and crystal clear. Managed to get a couple of keepers but it was slow. Didn't have to fight off the perch at least.
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What are you seeing for ice thickness I would like to fish this weekend
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Hey Rando,
I was also going to try that area on Friday or straight off the point in about 35 fow. No perch around or you weren't targeting them? Eyes I assume? Was wondering if I should bring tip ups with some larger minnows. Thank you in advance if you don't mind!
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I was after the eyes, but usually I can't keep the perch off my bait. They weren't as aggressive for whatever reason. Don't usually see too many guys using tip ups on this lake, but I had one out anyway and got no flags.
Good luck this weekend and stay safe.
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Thank you for the info kind Sir!
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Can someone please tell me what the hell I did with my fishing license ???
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Can someone please tell me what the hell I did with my fishing license ???
It's right there!!!! Cant you see it???
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What are you seeing for ice thickness I would like to fish this weekend
READ THE POST DIRECTLY ABOVE YOURS
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The plan is heading down to Long Point early Sunday morning but the weather forecast isn't looking to the best. I don't mind the cold - but possible 18" of snow starting Saturday late afternoon.. Hope it isn't too bad. I need to get out there. Any word on water clarity off Long Point? I have a camera and sonar - and the cam is a blast to watch.
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Fished bell tower once last year parked in normal spots. Mark :tipup:
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You don't have to answer, but where can you park to access the Bell tower? I do not trespass, and would pay to park if need be. I fished there this summer with my boat and it was really nice. Really though if you have a secret parking spot, or something I don't want to be that guy. I would just go across the lake and fish the big holes over by Midway. Some of my best fishing first Ice has been close to shore by Mayville honestly. I may go down there Friday AM if anyones going out. Stay safe everyone and thanks on reports. I like fishing, the catching part is the hurdle!
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I was one of the 50 guys off long point yesterday. I was on the north side. Guys were fishing all the way up to Bemus Point and I could see guys in magnolia bay. The ice was 4-6” where we were at and the bite was slow. Saw a couple guys with keeper walleye. Definitely saw a lot of fish, just couldn’t get them to eat. If anyone ventures out off of mayville, would you please report on conditions? Planning on pulling an all-nighter on Friday night since we have a big storm coming. Might just have to do a some crappie searching. Good luck all, it’s here!!
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I have not fished Chautauqua in three winters. Can you still park at the club/restaurant in front of the deep hole near Midway? I went there many years back and bought lunch there and they let me park. Can not remember the name of it.
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You can’t park right next to the bell tower and building anymore. They put in a brick sidewalk from the road to the tower. Just stay on the road, don’t park on the lawn or block anything.
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I have not fished Chautauqua in three winters. Can you still park at the club/restaurant in front of the deep hole near Midway? I went there many years back and bought lunch there and they let me park. Can not remember the name of it.
I drove through there Tuesday. I'm pretty sure you can. The road was open and plowed. It should be ok. Its a state park now.
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Sawdust,
Did you fish belltower this season or going on past season in reguard to parking?
FN
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I have not fished Chautauqua in three winters. Can you still park at the club/restaurant in front of the deep hole near Midway? I went there many years back and bought lunch there and they let me park. Can not remember the name of it.
I believe you’re referring to the Vikings? My understanding is you can utilize their lot as long as you park your rig at the southeast far end, away from the building. I have to say I haven’t ice fished from the Vikings for several years, however, so I’m not absolutely certain.
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Anyone venturing out today? Loaded up and ready to fish somewhere after work this evening. Good luck to all today, will hopefully have a report for you guys late tonight!
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FN,
Talked to one of the groundskeeper last year just before first ice.
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Steelie Wheelie,
Me and a Buddy will be heading out tonight but wont be on the lake till 1am. Hows the ice conditions? Gonna be first time on hard water this year. Just setup my garmin livescope so cant wait to do some cheat fishing haha.
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Roger that Sawdust,that's good to know,thanks!
FN
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There are a few slushy spots in mayville, is it looking that way most everywhere else too? Fished there all afternoon today.
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How deep was the snow?
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Hello, been a few years since I fished here, I was wondering about parking at the Bell tower? Is it still allowed? Any info would be helpful!! Thank you!
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How deep was the snow?
DEEEEEEEP. Over knees.
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Different game for some spots now! Really going to have to work for them. They are talking 1/2 inch of rain on wed. Not cool. Dont know if there is a “boots” thread on shanty but what do people like best for ice fishing boots? Im in the market thanks to a mishandled auger blade. Im on human power only, so they can’t be heavy. Thx
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Different game for some spots now! Really going to have to work for them. They are talking 1/2 inch of rain on wed. Not cool. Dont know if there is a “boots” thread on shanty but what do people like best for ice fishing boots? Im in the market thanks to a mishandled auger blade. Im on human power only, so they can’t be heavy. Thx
I love my RPM's by Irish Setter boots. Super lite weight.
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Hard to beat Muck boots. Waterproof and easy on/off. Not alot of ankle support though.
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I think the rain will be good if the forecast is accurate,looks like a melt down and freeze by weekend if the ice doesn't sink!
FN
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thx for boots ideas. Looked them both up.
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Different game for some spots now! Really going to have to work for them. They are talking 1/2 inch of rain on wed. Not cool. Dont know if there is a “boots” thread on shanty but what do people like best for ice fishing boots? Im in the market thanks to a mishandled auger blade. Im on human power only, so they can’t be heavy. Thx
Military surplus mickey mouse boots have always worked for me
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Never targeted Walleye through the ice, and I haven't had much experience on chautauqua yet either. Where do I start? what depth? My buddy has a place just across from Longpoint he will let me use.
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Sounds like a good place for a B&B Doppler,how many beds does it have? ;D ;D ;D
FN
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Be safe - read the reports - someone went through the ice today near the Bell Tower.
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Well at least it seems as if the dumping of snow will be short lived. Hoping the rain tomorrow will knock some of the snow down and the colder temps through the week will make ice building possible again. Could only imagine how much ice we would have if it weren’t for this snow. Oh well, back to normal by weekend I’m figuring.
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Yes it would be nice if the pressure cracks freeze over so nobody gets wet. Stay safe everyone
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We fished Friday and Saturday off of Long Point. Action was pretty slow. 4 Inches of clear ice. As for boots, I have always had good luck with Lacrosse Pac Boots.
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Anyone going out tomorrow? The forecast does not look good. Have the day off, I'm 90min drive away. Is it worth a try?
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Sitting her wondering the same thing as Defazzer.. Any advice would be awesome
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Bite was on tonight. Conditions don’t look bad until the afternoon. Bit windy is all. I’ll be out.
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Anyone going out tomorrow? The forecast does not look good. Have the day off, I'm 90min drive away. Is it worth a try?
Cant catch them from the couch
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If you are looking at the bell tower from the lake does anyone know where the guy went through a few days ago?
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If you are looking at the bell tower from the lake does anyone know where the guy went through a few days ago?
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What’s the ice like around Sully’s point and SE? My walleye grounds took a hit with the wind and pressure cracks.
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Anyone get out off of long point today or recently? Just wondering if it’s still safe. I plan on getting out there Sunday. Hopefully it’ll be good by then after all the rain today
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I have seen that area off the the right of the Bell Tower flagged off with yellow caution tape in years past. Must be something in that area.
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What’s the ice like around Sully’s point and SE? My walleye grounds took a hit with the wind and pressure cracks.
take a ride and check out let us know
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It might be an underground spring right there.
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There was open water. From the ducks and geese four day before the big freeze
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has anybody tried the hand held sharpeners for the augers?not looking to bring them back from the dead,just a little touch up.tougher than a 2 dollar steak to find new blades locally.
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My 4" lazer was getting just a bit harder to crank so I used one of those blue plastic handsharpeners,now I'm looking to buy a new pair!The auger just skates across the ice now,also wore a groove in them so it was a nogo for me.
FN
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Piece of red scotchbrite on a roto type tool. make sure it is spinning away from the blade and only clean up the beveled side. don't do the other.
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I just use sharpening stone and sharpen like knife.
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I just use sharpening stone and sharpen like knife.
Ive messed them up before but if you use a stone, go slow, keep the same angle and it will cut like new
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Has anybody tried the hand held sharpeners for the augers? Not looking to bring them back from the dead, just a little touch up. Tougher than a 2 dollar steak to find new blades locally.
Try Fish307.com web-site, they sharpen blades of all kinds and send them back on a swap program within a day. You can also buy re-furbished and new blades from them.
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Anyone planning on getting out this Saturday? I wasn’t sure if the ice is still safe after all the snow/rain and pressure cracks after the storm last weekend.
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Just got this account. Was wondering the same thing. I tried a pond out in Orchard Park yesterday and part was open water part I stood on close to shore. I want to fish Chautauqua Saturday
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Hopefully the snow is coming down in chatauqua like it's been in Evans. It can stop anytime now.
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Lol nope not a flake came down. Fishing on the west side of the lake now. It’s back to a skating rink.
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Lol nope not a flake came down. Fishing on the west side of the lake now. It’s back to a skating rink.
Awesome. Can't wait to get out again. Thanks for the info. Good luck. ;D
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It’s going to be my first time ice fishing Chautauqua, now far out should I go off long point for some Eyes. 40 foot of water for eyes, idk?
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It’s going to be my first time ice fishing Chautauqua, now far out should I go off long point for some Eyes. 40 foot of water for eyes, idk?
During the day it's about where you can start. They move in a little closer in the evening. Good luck
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Alright anyone else going to Mayville tomorrow?
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If I don't get destroyed by snow tonite (Im in Boston NY) I think Im heading to Mayville tomorrow morning, If I get into gills, perch or crap Im happy. Years ago after first ice I went in close to shore near the paddle boat and had a great afternoon. Pressure should be on the rise so that's good too. I know Im going there for sure next weekend. During Feb I have a week off so I want to get down at like 3- 4 am and jig for walleye during the week instead of setting up the hut and all that. I have a Ice helix 5 with Navionics so I want to use it more to improve my skills, maybe get my first walleye there. Im not counting on it ::). Oh well hopefully be there tomorrow.
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Hey man I’m here on Powers rd and Chestnut. Close by the blinking light intersection. Can someone explain the difference between Mayville and Longpoint
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perch chaser ,thanks for the info,will give it a try
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Hey man I’m here on Powers rd and Chestnut. Close by the blinking light intersection. Can someone explain the difference between Mayville and Longpoint
Mayville is at the north end of the lake on the western side. Quite shallow water. Mainly pan fishing.
Long point is a state park just north of I86 on the eastern side. Deeper water with holes. Walleyes perch and crappie are targeted here.
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Mayville is at the north end of the lake on the western side. Quite shallow water. Mainly pan fishing.
Long point is a state park just north of I86 on the eastern side. Deeper water with holes. Walleyes perch and crappie are targeted here.
Yep, no crappie in Mayville.
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It’s going to be my first time ice fishing Chautauqua, now far out should I go off long point for some Eyes. 40 foot of water for eyes, idk?
New to Chautauqua, follow the crowd but not to close. North (Mayville) and South (Lakeville) ends are pan fish. Walleye - any mid lake access . There are a lot of guys that will talk to you on the ice give them a try.
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Ive caught a lot of Crappie in Mayville honestly, usually on a really small jig with a "tail like " plastic like a Bro worm from Northland, or what is really good is Maki plastics (made right here in Castile NY). I would usually get them at dawn or dusk. always a nice surprise.
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Anyone going out this evening? Heading up after work for some evening walleye fishing.
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Heading there now.
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Currently a blizzard. Can’t see shore at the moment
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You n me both Hog... :cookoo: :icefish:
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That’s just great. Leaving work at 3:30 going to give it a whirl anyways.
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Very slow. Not even a perch.
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I think I ended up with somewhere around 20 dinks off of bell tower yesterday
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Slow morning for everyone. Denny I just see your message. Sorry bro. Didn’t miss anything.
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Should just go to the tavern. Lol
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Slow morning for everyone. Denny I just see your message. Sorry bro. Didn’t miss anything.
I'll catch up with you eventually. I went to Quaker. Dead there too.... Any Monday or Tues just shoot me a message.
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Bite was good tonight, just couldn’t get em through the dang hole!!
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Anyone Able to tell me if they have seen snowmobiles or quads out there yet?
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Saw sleds on there sunday. Lots of tracks going up and down the lake
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Saw sleds on there sunday. Lots of tracks going up and down the lake
Thank you sir appreciate it
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No Problem. Safe fishing. I'm still new to machines on the ice and haven't worked up the nerve to take my quad on yet.
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Yeah first time my father in law took me out there on his I was extremely nervous. Now it doesn’t faze me at all. Just take your time keep your eyes open be cautious and you should be good to go.. sure beats dragging a sled by hand when the ice allows for it.
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Eventually I work up the nerve to bring it. I sure don't like dragging that big hut around on foot for very far, smitty sled included haha
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Hi everyone! I'm looking to fish Chautauqua lake tomorrow or this weekend. I've never fished it before, but have gone ice fishing many times. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to a parking location (I will be walking). Was hoping to catch a couple walleye. I was thinking of going out at the boat launch near Prendergast Point and finding any drop offs or structure. Thanks for any info.
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most walkers are fishing long point lotta parking and not a long walk , check with hogan's hut by the bridge on 86
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Yeah first time my father in law took me out there on his I was extremely nervous. Now it doesn’t faze me at all. Just take your time keep your eyes open be cautious and you should be good to go.. sure beats dragging a sled by hand when the ice allows for it.
Where can you head out of to put machines on the ice, if you have to trailer them in?
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most walkers are fishing long point lotta parking and not a long walk , check with hogan's hut by the bridge on 86
Thanks! One final question where is the best place to get live bait?
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Thanks! One final question where is the best place to get live bait?
hogans hut
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Thanks!
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no problem
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Where can you head out of to put machines on the ice, if you have to trailer them in?
Last year I went out of prendergast with my machine and didn’t have any problems, I’m planning on heading out of longpoint this weekend but have never went in there with a machine before only on foot so I have to do some research and find out if anyone will give me any trouble for launching there. If anyone on here that reads this has any info as to that feel free to comment thanks
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Last year I went out of prendergast with my machine and didn’t have any problems, I’m planning on heading out of longpoint this weekend but have never went in there with a machine before only on foot so I have to do some research and find out if anyone will give me any trouble for launching there. If anyone on here that reads this has any info as to that feel free to comment thanks
I have heard Prendergast but that is what scares me. I fished there last year on 10" of ice and when I was heading off, fell through the ice when I got to the edge of the two docks
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Yeah you are exactly right, a buddy that I was with put the rear end of his quad through the ice between the docks at the launch as well. Luckily we were able to get it out as it was only 5 feet off land, but there was a pretty beat down path from snowmobiles and atvs to the right of the docks if your looking at the water from the parking lot that we used and we never had any issues over there
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Thanks for the info. Now I just have to figure out how to target the walleye and I am set. Haven't pulled an eye through the ice in a few seasons.
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You guys will have no problems launching out of long point with machines. There is three main spots to do it. By the marina, by the bathhouse,and 3/4 out the point to the north. All three spots are fairly flat and have plenty of ice. Parking isn’t an issue either. Plenty of room for trucks with trailers.
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Thanks Game Hog
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You guys will have no problems launching out of long point with machines. There is three main spots to do it. By the marina, by the bathhouse,and 3/4 out the point to the north. All three spots are fairly flat and have plenty of ice. Parking isn’t an issue either. Plenty of room for trucks with trailers.
Thanks gamehog, just wasn’t sure if DEC or park police would say anything about machines out of there. Thanks for the info
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I have never seen them give anyone a hard time as long as they are in the up and up with the laws.
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Absolutely. Im registered and insured so no worries there. thanks again appreciate the info
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Absolutely. Im registered and insured so no worries there. thanks again appreciate the info
Make sure you have a helmet AND a tow bar.. those are other possible citations
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I was out yesterday without my machine. I haven't taken mine on the ice yet this year. There was a solid 7 inches off longpoint. I'm planning Saturday morning taking the wheeler. The drag off the ice last night absolutely sucked. The snow was like sand. I'm hopefully done dragging by hand now the ice is good. Good luck and be safe everyone.
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How much snow on the ice? I know east of lake only get a couple inches, assume the same for Chautauqua?
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Plan on fishing as long as humanly possible tonight and into tomorrow. Who else?
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Not tonight steeliewheelie, but I will be at longpoint bright and early tomorrow morning. If you don’t mind let me know how the ice/snow is out there and if you see any machines
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Not tonight steeliewheelie, but I will be at longpoint bright and early tomorrow morning. If you don’t mind let me know how the ice/snow is out there and if you see any machines
Have been seeing machines quite regularly. Ice was 10” measured north of Long Point on Tuesday night.
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Last weekend i fished vikings and MM. Thinnest ice was 7inches of great ice. Thivkest was probably 10.. I wouldnt think twice about using a machine if i was going back.
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How’d everyone do today? I fished lp and picked up 2 short walleyes and a huge crappie. Looking to head back out tommorow. But not sure where yet though
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How’d everyone do today? I fished lp and picked up 2 short walleyes and a huge crappie. Looking to head back out tommorow. But not sure where yet though
Fished Dewittville this am. Slowwwww......... Managed one bite, 16 1/2". May try Pendregast tomorrow am.
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How’d everyone do today? I fished lp and picked up 2 short walleyes and a huge crappie. Looking to head back out tommorow. But not sure where yet though
Slow morning for us at Vikings. No keepers.
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Fished L.P. today and got one short eye and 1 perch. Moved to Prendergast and no luck. 10+ inches of good ice.
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Has anybody had any luck with gills at Burtis or Lakewood yet?
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Skip at Hoganshut said the south end is dead!,no fish or fishermen,the big fishkill was in that end I believe.
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Skip at Hoganshut said the south end is dead!,no fish or fishermen,the big fishkill was in that end I believe.
There were atleast 30 people at burtis yesterday when I drove by. I figured they had to be getting something.
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Fished south side of long point yesterday 38fow. We had planned to move after the morning but we were on fish all day. Ended up with 17 keeper perch threw prolly 20-25 dunk perch back. I’m ne short eye and my buddy caught a beautiful 30” gar. Ice was 8”. Took the wheeler out. Beautiful day Snowmobiles on the lake all day long along with a bunch of side by sides.
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So I fished off the tip of long point yesterday in about 15 fow. Was just jigging up perch while watching them on my aqua-vu micro. All of the perch suddenly darted out of my field of view and a hurry. I thought to myself that something big was coming so I started doing bigger jigging patterns with my 1/8 oz lindy slick jig tipped with a 2 inch plastic shad. All of a sudden something big tags it hard off camera and makes a mad dash peeling the drag out. It made about a 30 second run before it bit through my 8lb fluoro leader. Never did see it, what do think it could have been? Fairly new to the lake and still learning.
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Chadakoin carp . . muskellunge.
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That's what I was thinking. Didn't think an eye would do that especially the way it had my medium heavy rod bent over.
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Is shore ready for machines yet ? It’s sure nice to make moves quick when catching the eyes, the walleye bit this year is very unbelievable, it’s almost as good as the big pond lol, be safe tight lines boys
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Guess this site is for all bullcrapters, just got to go lake myself , give a fishing report later , be safe tight lines
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Thats a novel idea....
In all fairness this IS the Chautauqua BS thread.
Reports and conditions for this lake can be found under Chautauqua Lake in the reports and conditions.
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With the weather as bad as it was even I gave the fish a few days off. Check the reports page. Your welcome
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In terms of waltman - hows the ice?
Been cleaning up on decent perch in the “hole” per say. Nothing like early season, but enough to help top off my freezer.
Eye bite is slowing down this week. Only managed about 2-3 keepers per trip this week. Weeks prior was chaos. Threw back some nice breeders but I know they won’t last with the circus showing up on the lake recently.
Tight lines and tight hamstrings.
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Hogan’s is reporting a guy went through in dewittville this morning
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What’s Hogan’s number.
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716-789-3831
Great - Thanks bud. Tight lines.
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Heard the shorelines are starting to get sketchy again. Be safe fellas. Hope to get back out for some sturgeon again soon.
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Looking for a little advice or guidance. I am planning a trip down to Chautauqua this Sunday. I haven't fished this lake in years but remember as a kid catching loads of little perch. I want to take the old lady and kids for the day. I would love to get the kids on some perch so they get hooked like I got my old lady. I would also like the chance at jigging up an eye. I've only ever fished Mayville and bertis hard water here. I plan to launch out of long point and and try to make it to 30 ft or so. My question is will I have to do much searching to find active perch in this depth? Or am I better off staying shallower to find the big schools? And will those walleye be in shallow with the perch? Or am I better off launching somewhere els? Any advise would be appreciated, I just want the ol lady and kids to have a good time and possibly land an eye. I have a spud bar and all the proper safety equipment and will use my best judgment. Assuming this wind doesn't screw everything up. I can sniff out the fish but I need a starting point. Thnx in advance. Stay safe and good fishing.
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I have not been to long point in a while but historically there is an endless supply of 5-6 inch perch there.. use a small jig and bait (i.e. spikes on a hali). 30ft will work.
Walleye are hit or miss especially during daylight hours. Dont be afraid to move away from the crowd if possible.
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We stopped at Mayville this morning and there were no huts out there... trying our luck at Long point. Anyone out at mayville this morning?
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Walleyefever:
I'm in the same town and same boat,,,I mean shanty as you...minus the old lady. She left me because of hockey and fishing haha. But, gonna be my little girls 1st time out from Mon-Thursday. I've fished that lake at a journeyman level since the mid 90's and at the end of the day your best spot IMO for a nice mixed bag of fish to include a very probable Muskie is Long Point... Where we will be. Have I had that isolated random magical day elsewhere,,, sure but I'm not rolling the dice with my 7 year old. And the lake has been on this year. Both sides of LP with walleye's coming up all day long. Also, check up with Hogans Hut FB page or in person. You should be able to extract some additional intel from them. GL and bring lots of snacks
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Thank you jay and Joey, for your response, it's looking to be a nice day out there. Your not kidding about the snacks, good luck and I hope you get your little one hooked. One more thing does anyone know if that bait store in west file right off the 90 is still open. Think again. Stay safe an tight lines!
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that little bait place on the right as you get off the 90 going toward Westfield isn't open anymore
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Not open anymore. Closed a few years back.
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Thank you
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Hoganshut on Rt 430 next to RT 89 on East side of lake has bait next to Chautauqua lake!
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Can’t belive it’s come the point where they have to shut down our reports page. It’s really unfortunate that people are so rude to each other anymore. Thank you to all who post useful information.
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Agree with you on that. Everyone has an opinion and feels the need to express it. SMH
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Apologies to all.
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Yep sorry about that guys
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Yeah. It’s a shame. Sorry to all.
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I’m waiting for the propane crockpot to come out of the wood work.
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I’m waiting for the propane crockpot to come out of the wood work.
Lmao haven’t heard from hijinks or his alter ego Tyrone Jenkins in awhile!
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Man I miss that Tyrone Jenkins!
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Hello
Report - propane crockpot exploded on me on Erie last winter. Sprayed me and my crew In 170 class buck venison chili with a hint of citrus IPA so I’m not using it.
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Hello
Hey there he is! Anything good in that crockpot of yours lately?
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It is a shame the Reports Page got shut down. I don't report on the Chat pages unless I fish down there but I do read and like your reports. There was too much conversation not related to ice conditions and fishing reports. The conversation belongs on this page. Maybe the offenders will abide by the rules. Hope it gets un-locked soon.
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Can’t belive it’s come the point where they have to shut down our reports page. It’s really unfortunate that people are so rude to each other anymore. Thank you to all who post useful information.
So they just close the reports page!? Was there even a warning?
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Hello
Report - propane crockpot exploded on me on Erie last winter. Sprayed me and my crew In 170 class buck venison chili with a hint of citrus IPA so I’m not using it.
Yikes! Hope nobody was injured. That chili sounds great though.
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Few legends of Erie got sprayed with some kidney bean and green chili’s in the eyes, but they fished on.
Fished the ole girl today. Slow bite of Mission. 2 eyes and about 20 perch.
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The ice is 12" around Long Point. However, somebody has been cutting holes in the ice with a chainsaw. I had to rescue my dog today about 6:30 pm at the end of long point. It was dark, so I couldn't tell how big the hole was, but it was way bigger than an 8" round hole. That could have been anybody falling into that hole. If anyone hears that chainsaw call the authorities.
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If it was right at the point there is a pressure crack that people have been going through.
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Hi all first post. I also haven't been on the lake in quite a few years, i have been taking my son to the small boat harbor buffalo (15 min drive). We are going this week any info on parking? I used to go to Maple springs area. any advice.. thanks
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I’m sure if you click on the 20+pages on this thread you’d get a pretty good handle on where to start.
I herd long point had 10,000 people this weekend, along with guys cutting holes with chainsaws.
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I’m betting you could have made some Minnie money with that crockpot 😂
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Am thinking a hot dog stand at longpoint Sat maybe a crockpot need a recipe for the chili help me out :P :pinch: :pinch: :pinch:
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when I was up in Simcoe the hut operators were cutting holes with chainsaws lol
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Chainsaws! Must be musky spearing time!!!
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Chainsaws! Must be musky spearing time!!!
Whatever you do, DO NOT post a picture! 😂
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Whatever you do, DO NOT post a picture! 😂
LMAO
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My grandpappy used to spear pike through the ice. Toss egg shells down to see them cruise through and wham-o. Drag home 10-15 a day from local lakes and ponds.
He would cut them whole and toss them in his coal burning crockpot with some nice stale onions and potatoes.
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My grandpappy used to spear pike through the ice. Toss egg shells down to see them cruise through and wham-o. Drag home 10-15 a day from local lakes and ponds.
He would cut them whole and toss them in his coal burning crockpot with some nice stale onions and potatoes.
Hey Hijinks didn't see any awards for 2018 were you in the running for anything new last year. Maybe crockpot King of lake Erie.
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Hey Hijinks didn't see any awards for 2018 were you in the running for anything new last year. Maybe crockpot King of lake Erie.
Funny you mention that, there’s an award ceremony at the mayville VFW tomorrow night honoring me and my accomplishments. They’re keeping it quiet. Will update as needed. I am coaching Bobby Flay how to use a propane crockpot next week via Skype.
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Funny you mention that, there’s an award ceremony at the mayville VFW tomorrow night honoring me and my accomplishments. They’re keeping it quiet. Will update as needed. I am coaching Bobby Flay how to use a propane crockpot next week via Skype.
No report from John Hanger as of late ? Those were always bountiful and informative ...
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So I tried to revive an old thread and didn’t have any luck so I thought I might try here instead. Have any of you fished Cassadaga lake? Which one is best for panfish and where’s a good starting point to try from? Any help is appreciated.
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So I tried to revive an old thread and didn’t have any luck so I thought I might try here instead. Have any of you fished Cassadaga lake? Which one is best for panfish and where’s a good starting point to try from? Any help is appreciated.
To be honest... starting a new thread is PROBABLY going to get you the most info
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To be honest... starting a new thread is PROBABLY going to get you the most info
Thanks John, but it doesn’t seem worth it from the sounds of it. I’ll just have to see for myself.
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So I tried to revive an old thread and didn’t have any luck so I thought I might try here instead. Have any of you fished Cassadaga lake? Which one is best for panfish and where’s a good starting point to try from? Any help is appreciated.
I drove by cassadaga on my way to chatauqua all the time. Idk about the other lakes but I’ve never seen anyone on the lower lake
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I drove by cassadaga on my way to chatauqua all the time. Idk about the other lakes but I’ve never seen anyone on the lower lake
Thanks for the reply Jake. I used to drive by it all the time and after catching so many dink perch on Chautauqua, I was just looking for something different. Redhouse has been pretty slow lately for the gills and haven’t caught on at Chautauqua yet.
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I fish Cassadaga in late spring,early summer,middle lake,pannies are nothing but dinks but caught some muskies in the 30+ range,released them in the water so never checked length or weight.I remember a couple years back that a fellow I.S. member was holding up a 3 or 4'' perch so I guess that's why no one fishes them,T.K. have you tried Bear lake?
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No report from John Hanger as of late ? Those were always bountiful and informative ...
The best content out there! Hijinks, SNAFU, emptyhanded,Tyrone....
The legend of J Hanger ??? need to hear more...toughest SOB ever on the ice so I heard
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I fish Cassadaga in late spring,early summer,middle lake,pannies are nothing but dinks but caught some muskies in the 30+ range,released them in the water so never checked length or weight.I remember a couple years back that a fellow I.S. member was holding up a 3 or 4'' perch so I guess that's why no one fishes them,T.K. have you tried Bear lake?
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No i haven’t tried bear but was thinking about it for another option. Just looking for some decent gills.
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The best content out there! Hijinks, SNAFU, emptyhanded,Tyrone....
The legend of J Hanger ??? need to hear more...toughest SOB ever on the ice so I heard
I heard Hanger punches his holes open and skims them with his ball cap ?
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The best content out there! Hijinks, SNAFU, emptyhanded,Tyrone....
The legend of J Hanger ??? need to hear more...toughest SOB ever on the ice so I heard
I fished with Hanger last week. Guy refuses to buy a heater so he still uses a coffee can with charcoal to heat his hut, which is made from human skin.
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Found in the lot at Long Point ... jinksy .. is this you ?
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Fish harwood for decent gills
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Are machines lake wide now?
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Not sure how much your machine weighs, but 2 wknds ago some 1000# 4 wheelers were driving around long point. Saw sleds too. Last wknd just sleds at long point. Ice slightly thicker, but hair softer. So about equal. Back to the teens so shouldn`t be an issue.
Anybody get a perch over 8 1/2"? Seems to be the upper size limit? Looked at my old sanders fishing guide. Caught my slob beer can size 9 3/4" Perch in 2014. None of my friends ever seen one that big. Between all of us must be 5000 perch taken.
Might have to put out a bounty on any perch 11" or bigger a couple wknds from now! First fish 11" or bigger pays??? Has to be in sight of where I`m fishing like long pt, Mayville? I`d pay too see a nice one. Got sick of filleting some small ones, and tossed them in my pond, and ended up with some 13 - 14" monsters! You would think some big ones are around, but doesn`t seem that way?
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Does anybody know if the bathrooms are open 24 hour a day at long point? Planning on getting out on Saturday night and working the various angles to convince my wife to join.
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Does anybody know if the bathrooms are open 24 hour a day at long point? Planning on getting out on Saturday night and working the various angles to convince my wife to join.
When I was there last week the inside bathrooms were locked, but there are Port a Jon's under the lights outside.
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Bathrooms were locked a few weeks ago. Not sure now. Might not be able to offer $ for a perch 11" or bigger. The dems from NYC introduced a law banning all wildlife tournaments. Fishing, Coyote, deer contests would be illegal with monetary prizes. They already are trying to ban gun raffles which are huge money makers for volunteer fire depts., etc. Called my NY Assemblyman hope you do to.
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Just throwing this out there but I lost a 12 foot Stanley tape measure at long point the other day if anyone picked it up I'd like to get it back it has the cm and inches on it thanks
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Saw hogans report of some bad shore ice. What is the most current condition and best place to get on Chautauqua right now? Will be there starting Friday and some Intel would help. Thanks in advance! PS
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I launch out of midway with machine , it’s sll safe there , stay away from creeks be safe tight lines
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I be coming down to Maysvile this weekend. How much snow dids you all get therE?
I walkin out.
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So I tried to revive an old thread and didn’t have any luck so I thought I might try here instead. Have any of you fished Cassadaga lake? Which one is best for panfish and where’s a good starting point to try from? Any help is appreciated.
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Funny you mention that, there’s an award ceremony at the mayville VFW tomorrow night honoring me and my accomplishments. They’re keeping it quiet. Will update as needed. I am coaching Bobby Flay how to use a propane crockpot next week via Skype.
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went across the bridge yesterday. South end completely ice covered all the way up to the Casino. North end ice floating around but still pretty open as you can see from my web cam photo.
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Thank yu
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The Conklin brothers still out, and about? Hanger have a soft landing after Sunday? Trying Mayville this weekend.
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Fished mayville today 100s of perch ranging from 4 to 7 inches mostly
Brought home 12 over 8.5 inches
Ice was good 9 inches everywhere and a musky 34inches on a mud bug
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First time out here from Ohio would appreciate anyone's help on a hot spot off pendergast point
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Im doing Mayville as well figure I will let the crowds have LP and Prenda next week if anyone is interested in going to LP super early on Friday. Also Thundermist Lure Company has some nice recent videos from LP.
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Planning on heading to long point on Friday. Want to try it as I never have.
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Walleye tournament Saturday sponsored by Hogan's Hut. Info on their Facebook. GOOD LUCK ALL!
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Walleye tournament Saturday sponsored by Hogan's Hut. Info on their Facebook. GOOD LUCK ALL!
Don’t have the FaceSpace. Can you share info on here please?
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Yea go to hogans hut sat morning give em 25 bucks and go fish for the longest walleye. U might just get lucky and win some money
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One day turnament sign up at Hogan’s for $25.00 a man winner take all . 6 am until 5 pm I believe skip said , u can register any time now, also can register at 6 am Saturday if u would like. Good luck to all be safe
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Just herd they adjusted the hours. Not sure exactly what they are now.
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They adjusted them last Sunday to allow guys to be at their spots prior to sunrise.
Just herd they adjusted the hours. Not sure exactly what they are now.
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Does anyone here fish Burtis at all? Always used to go and catch decent gills in the early season...
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They adjusted them last Sunday to allow guys to be at their spots prior to sunrise.
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I believe you can start fishing at 5am and have to be at the Hut with your fish no later than 7pm.
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Hey Guys,
Can anyone inform me as to where to park and fish at Bemus Bay?Thanks to all that reply!
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I’m amazed them guys haven’t gotten tickets
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Yeah and hopefully you walleye guys dont start showin up when season goes out haha
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They have. No one promotes they got dinged.
Tough year. Had to move around NY to catch fish. Chautauqua is a mess. Erie wasn’t safe for my old bones. Packed the freezer from points east. Hangin it up till I’ve got two more on the wall. Tight lines nerds.
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Yeah and hopefully you walleye guys dont start showin up when season goes out haha
Not until Saturday. 😁
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How many guys are going out Fri 3/15 for one last walleye bite?
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How's the snow/slush conditions (Bell Tower) ?
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Got 43 this morning. Few waleyes too. Perch patties tonight.
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You,my friend,just broke the law!!!!!!!!!!!I hope that's not your real name,there will be a knock on your door soon :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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I thought Walleye closed Fri 3/15.
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I don't see where he kept any walleye...
I see ice shanty have to be removed 3/15. Can you use a portable/ flip over ?
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Yes. Can use a portable. Just permanents have to be down. Tyrone didnt say he kept any eyes, and there are plenty of incidental catches while jigging for perch.
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You,my friend,just broke the law!!!!!!!!!!!I hope that's not your real name,there will be a knock on your door soon :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Thanks you policeman Nik. Never said I kept any. Just perch so take yo snitching work to a hush. Aint no body knockin on my door. #livelarge
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Hey guys I havent been down to fish Chautauqua in about 6 or 7 years due to the small dinks taken over . but my question is any body hear or seen C- Bisket or Doctari two of the best hard water anglers back than .
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Hey guys I havent been down to fish Chautauqua in about 6 or 7 years due to the small dinks taken over . but my question is any body hear or seen C- Bisket or Doctari two of the best hard water anglers back than .
You can send them a PM and see if they reply.
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Is there still public parking/access at the bell tower?
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Lake is setting up nicely but this warm up may hurt. Saw a guy was out spudding in Burtis. Didn't get far.
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Any updates on ice? Last I heard was one inch between Sherman’s bay and Burtis bay
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Hello, helllllooooooooooo
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A few of us were planning a trip at the end of the month. Is there any ice now? Think there could be ice be then?
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A few of us were planning a trip at the end of the month. Is there any ice now? Think there could be ice be then?
There is no ice now. The weather report looks favorable for ice by the end of the month but it's not a sure thing. Wind snow etc. Etc. Could still mess things up
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Alright thank you. There same thing is going on here....
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I may get the boat out....
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I was sittin, waitin, wishin...
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Trying to get out tomorrow or Friday. How’s the ice looking down there?
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Save the time and gas money. I haven’t even driven up to check yet, but I can’t imagine it’s any good anywhere yet.
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Donzo. Snow on it and it hasn’t been nearly cold enough. A look at the extended doesn’t look good either. I think it might be time to pack it in. I don’t think it’s gonna happen this year
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It’ll happen. I guarantee we (well I will be), on the ice by Feb 3rd. Haven’t been skunked on the old skuttlebutt in 43 years. Not happening this year even if I have to float in my mustang suit jigging.
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Lol Manges. Go ahead, pack your stuff up
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No problem bud. Heading East the next 2 weekends then it’s all going downstairs unless we get some cold weather. But next week is more of the same and nothing is trending towards cold.
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I think the salt in the wound is just how perfect all this weather would have been to be on the ice, if only we could have gotten 6” of ice in late December. Killer just waiting to go. If it happens the boss should not expect me around work much in February that’s for darn sure!!
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Been locked up since Sunday but not sure how much? Mother Nature continues to tease us!
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i scouted the ice yesterday (sunday). 2.75" of black, honeycombed ice in the southern basin (cheney pt.), it was pretty creaky and only 2 hits with the spud bar to go thru. northern basin (prendergast launch) had only 1.5", same condition. didn't go out too far. about an inch of slushy water on top. this Tues - thurs nights will bring pretty chilly temps that may give us 4" or better on the southern basin, if there is not too much snow cover. there is no snow cover on it now.
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Thank you for the report, I’m looking forward to getting out there and catch some perch..dinks or jumbos idc at this point lol
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Seems as if Facebook has taken over. Used to have a lot of fun with the BS on here. Like ole Bob Dylan said, for the times, they are a’ changing.
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How’s the fishing down there? Heading down Sunday Heard the walleye action was really good but haven’t heard much of the perch or crappie action
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I hear ya SteelieWheelie, I’m not on Facebook. I enjoy reading about the reports on Iceshanty, but seems less & less. I get this year blows, but hoping that changes soon and I can get out there a couple times🎣
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Fished Chautauqua most of day Friday. Couple pix for info. Not sure if you can see numbers with the panorama view I took but probably 50 or 60 people out. Couple short eyes. Long point from 7 til 10:30 then to Burtis Bay for perch for a couple hours (I was only one on the bay, could not find weeds, few small perch, littered with those black flecks which don’t look appetizing) then back to long point for primetime bite (that wasn’t for me). I think because it has been such a crap winter with only a handful of days to get on good ice, people are tight lipped about their outings. More of a ramble than BS, happy to be out doin it. 13 inch eye was put back and swam away fine (before I get berated for putting a shorty on the ice for 30 seconds)
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Fished Chautauqua most of day Friday. Couple pix for info. Not sure if you can see numbers with the panorama view I took but probably 50 or 60 people out. Couple short eyes. Long point from 7 til 10:30 then to Burtis Bay for perch for a couple hours (I was only one on the bay, could not find weeds, few small perch, littered with those black flecks which don’t look appetizing) then back to long point for primetime bite (that wasn’t for me). I think because it has been such a crap winter with only a handful of days to get on good ice, people are tight lipped about their outings. More of a ramble than BS, happy to be out doin it. 13 inch eye was put back and swam away fine (before I get berated for putting a shorty on the ice for 30 seconds)
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It looks like in your pic that ice there is about 3-4”. Can you confirm? Thanks.
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Yes, pic with tape measure is from burtis. One without is long point.
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Just be aware that a lot of the shore ice was compromised from last weekend’s weather. It has hardened up enough for people to get on at Long Point but the way this season has been that can change quickly.
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Thinking about going off Victoria street tomorrow morning. Fishing Lake Pleasant in PA today catching a few trout. Just hoping this isn’t the only weekend we get...
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Thanks for the reports and pics! Solid day on ice is a good day🎣
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We fished long point this morning, no issues with shore ice. Machines were buzzing around. Big pressure ridge east of the point but no issues crossing it. Moved around on the hunt and saw no less then 6 inches of ice and 8 in one spot. Was a tough bite today lots of dinks.
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North of Long Point this am. No eyes, couple short perch around 5 inches everywhere. Tried burtis in pm, didn't like it. Anyone know what's up with cones out from launch? Ended up at bemus by casino. Few short perch, around 4.5 inches, some of it junky looking.
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North of Long Point this am. No eyes, couple short perch around 5 inches everywhere. Tried burtis in pm, didn't like it. Anyone know what's up with cones out from launch? Ended up at bemus by casino. Few short perch, around 4.5 inches, some of it junky looking.
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Taking at mayville no luck at long but a few shorts
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Been waiting to hear from GameHog this season! You still around?! Going to head up after work tomorrow and do some fishing somewhere. The perch/panfish bite has been real good so far!
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I’m here. Still living the dream brother.
So far this ice season has been a struggle. Haven’t dialed in yet. One thing that has my concern is only one perch landed in 20+ outings. Is it a good thing or not. Time will tell. Be safe, have fun and enjoy every moment to it’s fullest !!!
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Good to hear from ya! Been mainly perch and panfish fishing myself. The walleyes have given me too much heartache in recent years, so I figure I’m ready to just have fun and watch the perch on my camera. They seem to me to be super plentiful this year. We did very well last Sunday and caught a good amount of “keepers”. Also am seeing A LOT of huge largemouth bass on camera and an occasional walleye in the shallows...
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I saw the same thing Game Hog. Managed to put in about 20 hrs. of ice time last weekend and Friday. Only caught 1 perch and didn't seem to mark any. Did manage to get a bunch of short eyes and 2 decent keepers. Last year got a bunch of perch in the same area/depth so not sure what's up.
Won't be back at it for a couple of weeks so hopefully the ice holds.
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LP this morning for four hours 2- perch had some marks but they were tight lipped, switched things up a few times they still just looked. walked all over the area to different depths same story from shallow to deep. Did anybody do well in another area?
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Going Perch fishing this evening in Mayville. Will report what I see on camera as well as catch.
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Holy moly it was absolutely on fire tonight. Left with 34 nice keeper perch, and I’m sure I caught around a hundred in only an hour and a half. Saw a MASSIVE musky on camera but other than that, just a ton of perch.
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How far out are Ya going Steelie?
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How is the ice?
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Ice is fine, it was no different than Saturday. Fishing about 8-9’ of water. Polluted with fish.
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Holy moly it was absolutely on fire tonight. Left with 34 nice keeper perch, and I’m sure I caught around a hundred in only an hour and a half. Saw a MASSIVE musky on camera but other than that, just a ton of perch.
If that Muskie had an orange demon jig hanging from his lip that was my mid morning heart attack at Mayville this past Saturday...
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Steelie you fishing tourny on Bull Bam Sat? My nephew was going to but he has to work.
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I’ll be on Chautauqua. Grew up on Eaton. Hometown. Going to be a lot of disappointed fishermen up there.
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Ya I never did too good there hard or soft water.
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I am coming up Sunday to Tues to hit Chautauqua
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Never fished Mayville. Is there a chance to get into any Walleye in that area?
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Hi All. Is anyone able to give me an ice report from today or tomorrow? I'm planning to come up with my boys from Ohio on Monday and am trying to determine if we should come up. I've never fished this lake before but have been there several times in the winter. Thanks for any input you have.
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I fished all over different depths at long point on Wednesday fish were tight lipped the ice was good for walking 3-4" I wouldn't take a wheeler on it. Good Luck be safe got bait at hogans hut good people
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I was out at Mayville and Prendergast point today. Ice about 5” where I was at both places. 2” clear with 3” white. Plus about 4” slush under about 6” snow. Snowed all day today. Made for some difficult walking and dragging the sled. Travel light and decent rubber boots are a must. Shore ice still sketchy some places so best to follow the path others are taking. Lots if dinks at Mayville with the occasional keeper.
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Thanks for the report Icefever. Due to Murphy`s law couldn`t make it down, and ended up fishing my pond in southern tier. Was wondering about the slush. Same where I was except ice was a lot thinner!
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Leaving the house in a little bit
Will report back
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I lost my spud bar at mayville yesterday if anyone finds it and tell me it would be greatly appreciated. It’s old. My grandpa made it in the 80s
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Thursday night to Friday night supposed to be 9 to neg 1 in Mayville. Hopefully get rid of the slush.
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Fished LP this a.m.
Walk wasnt terrible.. slush and snow is heavy and is pushing Ice down.
Lots of water laying under the snow..
Ice was a decent 5" (I measured ice so it's an accurate report)
3 1/2" - 4" of black with 1"- 1 1/2" of white on top.. LOTS of lookers , a few chasers, but nobody was hungry this a.m. EXCEPT ME
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Thank you all for the great info. One last question is which side of LP are most going on? North or South? We'll be making the trip up tomorrow and will be sure to bring lots of snacks.
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North side has had the most action.
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I lost my spud bar at mayville yesterday if anyone finds it and tell me it would be greatly appreciated. It’s old. My grandpa made it in the 80s
Went off mayville again tonight and found it leaning against a tree in the parking lot. Thank you to whoever picked it up!
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Ice guys rock !!!
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Heard something about some going through at mayville today anyone know anything I was there with my boy till about 1 and didnt see anything
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Maybe he stepped in an old hole? I’ve been all over there the last 2 days never found anything sketchy.
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I Was planning on coming over to fish this coming weekend I have never fished the lake before I was just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction as to where to park and head out to fish the lake any help or information would be appreciated thank you
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So much for packing your stuff up Manges..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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So much for packing your stuff up Manges..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yeah. We got lucky that snow didn’t hit us a day or two earlier than it did or we woulda been donzo
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Sure Grizz.
Let me suggest reading through the 96 pages of documentation prior to your post. I’m sure from there you will find a plethora of informtation including details as to where to park, where to go and what’s the best lure/bait of choice.
High pressure turned the fish off yesterday. Had to work hard for them but came home with a limit of eyes, and a few dozen perch. Only keep 10” and better. Tight lights
I'll send ya a pm and fill you in when I get a minute
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I'll send ya a pm and fill you in when I get a minute
Thanks
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D More spoon feeding!!!!
Sure Grizz.
Let me suggest reading through the 96 pages of documentation prior to your post. I’m sure from there you will find a plethora of informtation including details as to where to park, where to go and what’s the best lure/bait of choice.
High pressure turned the fish off yesterday. Had to work hard for them but came home with a limit of eyes, and a few dozen perch. Only keep 10” and better. Tight lights
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sbuffaloice likes to be spoonfed. LMAO. How you doin buddy? Been a while. Hope yure getting into them out there. We’re slowly finding some patterns and having some luck. Slowly. We’ll be back out friday through the weekend. Let me know if you want to tagalong.
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North side has had the most action.
Thanks for the info. Ended up heading to Mayville based on the recommendation from Hogan's Hut. Finished the day with some perch to take home and good memories for my boys despite their wet feet from the slushy conditions. Hogan's wasn't too forthcoming with what was working best but we made do.
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Hope Wednesday night is mostly rain, Thursday through Saturday temps could lock things up nicely. That slop was brutal at Bemus last weekend, good test for the waterproof boots
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Anyone have eyes on the lake today. Looking like we are gona give it a try friday. Colder temps should lock up the slush. Anyone getting crappies yet.
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I was off the lake before noon today and all the slush was frozen hard in my area...not sure what happened after noon... just watch out for old holes...about 3.5-4” of good ice with about 1.5” of white ice on top.
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Reports page not used any longer? Been awhile since I been on here . . Looks to be the same ol. . Yo chuckie where u at ? U boys hit up the tournament on tupper? I can see u at the point if my spots hot :o
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Has anyone been out at the bell tower?
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Will do brother. This years been crazy with the weather and work. Only made it doen to Case and Cuba a couple times. But am planning on a trip to Chatty this week
sbuffaloice likes to be spoonfed. LMAO. How you doin buddy? Been a while. Hope yure getting into them out there. We’re slowly finding some patterns and having some luck. Slowly. We’ll be back out friday through the weekend. Let me know if you want to tagalong.
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Will do brother. This years been crazy with the weather and work. Only made it doen to Case and Cuba a couple times. But am planning on a trip to Chatty this week
atta boy. we did sodus today to change it up. tough outing to say the least. was hoping for some larger perch then the 8” average on chatty.
i’ll shoot you a text in the morning. we’re going to try off vikings for eyes first light and then go fill a bucket of perch for the freezer and to keep kim’s father happy. did you ever findthat cover for your auger?
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This weekend is the Mayville Winter Festival and free fishing weekend for New York. Anyone not liking a crowd with a lot of noise will probably not be happy with Mayville. I'll see you down the lake somewhere.
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Fistfights on the ice today in Mayville. I’ve seen some drunk antics before but there was a group of 8-10 guys throwing haymakers at one another on the ice. Good 200 people watching. Guess the excitement of catching 6 inch perch got everyone into a frenzy.
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That is one thing I have never seen ice fishing. A frozen perch could be a formidable weapon. ;D
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Fistfights on the ice today in Mayville. I’ve seen some drunk antics before but there was a group of 8-10 guys throwing haymakers at one another on the ice. Good 200 people watching. Guess the excitement of catching 6 inch perch got everyone into a frenzy.
You sure it wasn’t fist for free and not fish for free weekend?
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That is one thing I have never seen ice fishing. A frozen perch could be a formidable weapon. ;D
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Lol
It was chaos. Guess it stemmed from a parking lot incident and carried over. Good ole free fishing days. Plus there was tons of garbage on the ice left. Pigs.
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That, but a 5 inch perch dagger.
Seen guys parading around with buckets of grass perch today all proud. Maybe it’ll help in the long run.
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Fished Mayville today, no 6" perch in my bag. Catch near 100 and kept (30) a few 7's that were hooked bad most 8-9", better then nothing. Got out away from the crowd. Ice was 6-7", top 2" was frozen slush that you broke through if you got off the trail. Even a few snowmobiles out there cruising around today.
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Nice catch.
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Fished Vikings. Tough day for us drilled well over 50 holes moved all over made it out to 41ft. 3 perch between 6 of us. Moved into 21 ft last hour caught one short eye and my son lost a nice one. Ice was 6 in mostly junk with some slush holes mixed inn. Spudded in and out doable but junk snow ice. Be careful. Mark :tipup:
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After cleaning my perch from Sat, some of them had 1-1/2" baby perch in them, that is why perch eyes worked so good. Minnows are OK but don't last very long after a bite, your constantly re-baiting. With a perch eye you can catch at least a dozen fish or more before the eye is no good.
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Last weekend one of the perch I caught in Mayville spit up a partially digested 3” power bait minnow.
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I would like to thank everyone who helped Cam and I have a great weekend on Chautauqua! We caught a lot of perch at Mayville keeping 70 over the 2 days. Many of you reached out with advice and some even invited us to tag along with you! You have no idea how much I appreciate your kind gestures. Cam is only 6 but is an outdoor fanatic and had an absolute last the past 2 days.
PS I want to send a personal shoutout to one member who I won’t name for his great advice. He had posted about doing well so I sent him a pm asking for general info since this was to be my first time. His response was “read the 96 pages”. I love the guys who love to brag about their catch but not willing to help someone out. I would rather no reply at all.
Thanks again to all that helped.
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Good thoughts on the perch eyes, somehow I always forget to use them when I am catching the Dinks. I tried the northland perch eye with a small treble attached today at cuba. Looks great and it glows but no takers Going Eye hunting in the morning.
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Eye Spy, glad you had a good time and caught some fish. Remember KARMA is a great thing. More important, based on your success you found out that "it's so easy even a "LAZYJIG" will catch a fish." Again CONGRATS...h2l
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I would like to thank everyone who helped Cam and I have a great weekend on Chautauqua! We caught a lot of perch at Mayville keeping 70 over the 2 days. Many of you reached out with advice and some even invited us to tag along with you! You have no idea how much I appreciate your kind gestures. Cam is only 6 but is an outdoor fanatic and had an absolute last the past 2 days.
PS I want to send a personal shoutout to one member who I won’t name for his great advice. He had posted about doing well so I sent him a pm asking for general info since this was to be my first time. His response was “read the 96 pages”. I love the guys who love to brag about their catch but not willing to help someone out. I would rather no reply at all.
Thanks again to all that helped.
Not over yet, you still have to turn in the 1000 word essay on the 96 pages you read on Friday.please have it on my desk by this Friday.
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So switching topics, if anyone has ice reports after tonight/tomorrow I’d appreciate it. Im not looking for fish reports just ice conditions after rain. I know where I’d like to go just haven’t been on lake for a week. Looking to fish Wednesday. Thanks in advance
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Was out today at mayville. Beautiful sunny day. Kids caught fish came home with some keepers. Ice was 2in kinda clear 4 in junk snow ice. I would just like to warn people that coming accessing the lake by the QuickFill gas station there is a man size hole where a person fell through on Friday it is about 40 feet roughly offshore a little bit right handed. It can be clearly seen now but by Thursday it might be skimmed over. It is probably only waist deep there or less but I am sure it would really surprise a kid. Mark :tipup:
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Thank you for the report Mark, my plan as of now is to head there Wednesday. We fished there last Monday, but will keep eye on the weather
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Any updated reports? Never fished the lake, but thinking about coming from Ohio on Saturday. Thanks!
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Are the perch still biting in Mayville? How's the ice on Chautaugua still? Might be making a trip Sunday. Where are the gills in this lake? We caught one out of the 200 fish we caught. Any report is always appreciated.
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Just got back from mayville ice is talking alot we moved all over and ice was 6 to 8 inches depending where you are but all mixed about half black clear and half or better of white ice the top is slick and creepers definatly help jumbo 3 inch perch for us about every other fish or so and it was alot of work to find what they like changing constantly dropper rings and tungsten produced well good luck boys 3 hours kept 10 fish
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Was in Maple Springs area. Same ice conditions. About 8" half clear, but rock hard. Took 30 turns of hand auger. One 12"walleye, and 1 8" perch in 6 hours. Handfull of bites. Brutally slow. Pretty windy today, no snow, and you needed creepers. At least a hundred guys out between point Chautauqua, and long point. Seen 1 quad out.
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Fished Mayville today, Sat from 7 am to 6 pm, me and my fishing partner caught 150+ perch and kept (66) 8-9", any fish less went back. Went out of Lakeside Park and got out away from the crowd. Ice was 8" and solid hard, needed ice creepers and the wind was brutal if you did not have a hut. Holes we cut in the morning had 1/4" ice by late afternoon. Ice did not get damaged today.
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Started at mayville this morning, started shallow littered with 4” perch, tried deeper but wasn’t marking as much. Caught a couple keepers there then moved to long point and fished the weed edge in 7 foot of water. A lot less smaller fish over at long point. All in all not terrible kept 24 all together, lake seems to be over ran buy dink perch so nothing to impressive with the perch but all in all a good first time trip
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Ditto for silver lake.
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Fished South of Lakeside Park again today. Morning bit was tough but afternoon the perch were turned on. Kept (48) 8-10", there were quit a few 10" today, one was 10-1/2". Perch eyes again were the key for the bigger perch and you got to get out away from the Mayville crowd. Ice was hard and 8" in the morning but by late afternoon the sun had made the top inch or so soft. Warm temps and rain the next few days will most likely damage the ice.
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Nice good to know , what foot of water ? Couldn’t mark anything deeper than 19
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Nice good to know , what foot of water ? Couldn’t mark anything deeper than 19
I did not say deeper, I said get out away from the Mayville crowd. 12.6 fow on my graph. Same spot Sat and Sun.
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I know you didn’t say deeper I was just saying that i did try deeper away from the crowd and it was unsuccessful for me. So you would’ve been fishing off to the right if you went out of lakeside park correct ?
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Anyone catching any eyes ?
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96 Perch in my bucket this weekend. 50 Saturday, 46 Sunday-North Side of LP. Fished walleye in the morning and evening on Sunday in the middle of the lake North of LP 36 FOW. Caught 1 Short eye each trip out, and also lost a few on the way up. Couldn’t ask for a better weekend on the ice.
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Fished Mayville yesterday after not getting much at Bemus in the morning. Between 3 of us did good in 8 FOW using minnows and waxies. 60 fish kept total between 3 of us some really nice ones compared to other days out here.
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Fished Mayville yesterday after not getting much at Bemus in the morning. Between 3 of us did good in 8 FOW using minnows and waxies. 60 fish kept total between 3 of us some really nice ones compared to other days out here.
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Here is a tip: minnows are fine if you like to spend money and bait up after most every bite. I use perch eyes and they stay on the jig in good shape for about a dozen fish. This weekend the perch were still hitting the eye when only the skin was left. Perch eyes don't cost $$. Give them a try next time. They worked for me this weekend see above posts. Good luck
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I said that to my brother once we ran out of minnows we should just use the eyes. Appreciate the heads up definitely will work with that next trip tight lines to you perch chacer.
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I said that to my brother once we ran out of minnows we should just use the eyes. Appreciate the heads up definitely will work with that next trip tight lines to you perch chacer.
If you use perch eyes you have to use a jig and jig fish for the perch. Eyes won't work well on a deadstick like a live minnow does.
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Thanks for the information chacer, I used eyes tipped on my stingnose the other day with some success. Do you have any tips for getting the eyes out? I was using my thumb nail but some popped before I got them out and getting those slippery suckers on a tiny hook point is another challenge.
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Semi frozen works great. Let them sit on the ice to stiffen up. The pop out much easier. Run the hook behind the eye and the socket. Bring the hook out in a scooping motion. Eye pops out and generally don't need your fingers to squeeze them out.
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I find a large paper clip is just the right size when I remember to take one out on the ice.
Perch were just out of the weeds this past Sunday in shallow 6.5’. And agree perch eyes are a great option to the big $$$$s they want for live bait this year. Perch were better up to 8.5” but nothing bigger.
Still zero for 3 on early or late walleye bite this year at previously good areas. That will made the first one or two all that much sweeter.
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Thanks for the information chacer, I used eyes tipped on my stingnose the other day with some success. Do you have any tips for getting the eyes out? I was using my thumb nail but some popped before I got them out and getting those slippery suckers on a tiny hook point is another challenge.
I use a pocket knife and large paperclip. You need to cut the membrane all the way around the eye with your knife and then push a large paperclip in behind the eye and pull the eye out. To make things easier take a few eyes out at home from your catch for the next time. Place the eyes in a small container with water and freeze until you go again then thaw out and pour the water off.
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I use a pocket knife and large paperclip. You need to cut the membrane all the way around the eye with your knife and then push a large paperclip in behind the eye and pull the eye out. To make things easier take a few eyes out at home from your catch for the next time. Place the eyes in a small container with water and freeze until you go again then thaw out and pour the water off.
I do the exact same thing. Great way to keep some perch eyes available. Some days it will make or break your day.
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Thank you. I am on it. I use baby food jars for egg sacks so now I can fill one with perch eyes. Will they last a year in the freezer? Different topic, but, How about crappies eyes for bait?
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Thank you. I am on it. I use baby food jars for egg sacks so now I can fill one with perch eyes. Will they last a year in the freezer? Different topic, but, How about crappies eyes for bait?
If the perch eyes are covered in water and frozen I would think they would be OK. I do not keep any over the Summer, I always buy my mousees and spikes from a wholesaler so I have starter bait. As for crappies eyes, I do not fish for them but I do think they would be too big for perch, but give them a try, and let us know. I do know walleye eyes do work for walleyes.
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Does anyone have any ice report updates as of today? Anyone on the ice? How's the shore ice? I know we're supposed to drop below freezing again tonight through the weekend so I was hoping if the ice was decent right now it would just get better now through Sunday. We were looking to make a trip from Ohio this weekend. We were up 2 weeks ago and there was 7". Any input is appreciated, thanks!
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Rain turning to snow with lots of wind. Going to be slush fest.
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Sounds like a heavy, snow is coming, so maybe really hard walking if they get as much as forecasted....
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My mayville weather says blizzard warning. 1-2 feet of snow. We really should have went last weekend. Lol. Mark :tipup:
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Wow, more snow than I saw in the forecast! So what I'm looking for is if anyone knows how thick the ice is right now after the warm-up and rain. Doesn't look like any re-freeze / thickening will happen with all that snow. Trying to determine if it is safe and fish-able in areas.
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I was at mayville solo Sunday, not as many people out as I thought would be. Top was definitely getting soft walking off but there was still good ice underneath. I’d imagine it’s no better today than Sunday evening, was planning a Monday trip back up from Ohio but will monitor the snow totals through Saturday. I’m hoping the blizzard warning is just hype bc id like to get back out again
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I was at mayville solo Sunday, not as many people out as I thought would be. Top was definitely getting soft walking off but there was still good ice underneath. I’d imagine it’s no better today than Sunday evening, was planning a Monday trip back up from Ohio but will monitor the snow totals through Saturday. I’m hoping the blizzard warning is just hype bc id like to get back out again
Doesnt appear to by hype.. schools are getting closed left and right... guess we will see if the weatherman is right or not
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If it doesn’t happen for me Monday, that’s alright. I had 3 trips up caught a bunch (only kept 25 in those trips) but had a great time walking on NY water again. Good luck to anyone that does get out this wkend. 🎣
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Does anyone have any ice report updates as of today? Anyone on the ice? How's the shore ice? I know we're supposed to drop below freezing again tonight through the weekend so I was hoping if the ice was decent right now it would just get better now through Sunday. We were looking to make a trip from Ohio this weekend. We were up 2 weeks ago and there was 7". Any input is appreciated, thanks!
Chautauqua is forecasted to get 12-14"of snow but the weather stations in WNY say it could get up to 24" by Saturday morning. If you need an up to date ice or fish report and this thread doesn't tell you what you want to know call the bait & tackle shop on the lake:
Hogan's Hut
3503 Old Bridge Rd, Stow, NY 14785
(716) 789-3831
6:00 am ~ 10:00 pm daily
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Any reports on snow totals on the ice would be greatly appreciated.
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Photo taken Wednesday at end of meadows rd be carefull
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Photo taken Wednesday at end of meadows rd be carefull
That is where Dewitville Creek flows into the lake and doesn't look very good. Large open area like that allows the main ice to shift and open up pressure cracks or open at shore on opposite side.
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Any fishermen that came off at Mayville or Lakeside Park late in the day, could you give a shore ice and snow report. Thanks in advance.
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Meadows rd had 40 geese swimming around Monday. Personally I would spud anywhere I went. This time of year I`m more concerned with ice strength than thickness. Fell through 5" of white ice. Clearer the better!
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How’s the ice down that way? Trying to sneak in one more trip before it’s all over.
Usually fish out of Mayville.
Thank you.
You only have 2 posts so you can not access the Fishing Reports and Conditions page. There was only one report Sat from Mayville and it said the shore ice was very bad and guys were getting wet in order to get on and off. There was about a foot of snow with slush underneath that required a Smitty sled or the drag was brutal. You can call Hogan's Hut Bait Shop for up to date ice info.
Hogan's Hut
3503 Old Bridge Rd, Stow, NY 14785
(716) 789-3831
6:00 am ~ 10:00 pm daily
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I’ve wrapped up my fishing season, unfortunately. I’d like to thank all of you who posted conditions/success on this thread. Had 3 trips to Chautauqua, always wish there was more. If I measured time gas money spent on bait etc on those trips to what I kept it wouldn’t even come close to adding up. But for me it’s not about that, I enjoyed walking on your waters again. Can’t wait til next season! Good luck to all who can still get out 🎣
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Hate to hear you were harrassed. Report conditions when u can. Need to get rid of a lot of stunted perch. Over 90% of the lake isn`t even fished. Maybe more.
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Fished Chatauqua three times this year and quite enjoyed myself. Met some great guys and had fair fishing success.
Shortest season I have had in years. I guess we take what we get. I looked at extended weather and put my gear away. Till next year all you hearty souls, and enjoy what comes between.
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Fished some coontail beds in a nonherbicide treated location in the North Basin 2 weeks ago with Larry The Firefighter. We’re not limnologists, but here is a picture of a possible amphibod or scud we observed. The weeds we’d pull up were teaming with these macroinvertebrates. Here’s a rhetorical question: What happens to all of these, and other organisms in this habitat, if the weeds are eliminated?
(https://i.postimg.cc/TpwNhwsr/92-BA8-ECE-E3-E7-48-F6-9280-D2209-A754309.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TpwNhwsr)
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Should have read teeming rather than teaming.
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Saw people out today as I drove over the bridge. Bemus. I miss it already
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I saw a couple guys out as I drove by.. they alperead to be out center lake across from predergast
Absolutely crazy in my opinion
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Any ice forming on the Lake yet? 🎣
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Any ice forming on the Lake yet? 🎣
Even if there was... the future weather forcast does not look good at all
Fingers crossed something changes
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Any ice forming on the Lake yet? 🎣
A friend of mine was there duck hunting out of a boat on Saturday. He was out of the north end. It’s been breezy so it may be a while yet.
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I'm also looking for someone to go with to check ice. I'm available any day any time . just let me know when and where
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Here’s the Burtis Bay webcam. http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/cameras/camera50.html
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Thanks for the replies guys, let’s hope this up n down weather pattern changes soon. Need to walk on water again soon 🎣🎣
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Here’s the Burtis Bay webcam. http://www.eastlakewoodweather.com/cameras/camera50.html
Burtis Bay web cam is for the South basin not much good for the North basin, Mayville Pendorquast, Long point and etc. Is there an active web cam in the North end?
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Burtis Bay web cam is for the South basin not much good for the North basin, Mayville Pendorquast, Long point and etc. Is there an active web cam in the North end?
The Snowmobile Club has one in what I believe is the Mayville parking lot. It shows the shoreline. They used to have one that was facing the lake. Scroll to the bottom of the their page to see the live feed.
http://chautauquasnow.com/
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I cant see any shoreline... guessing they moved angle of camera
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I cant see any shoreline... guessing they moved angle of camera
If you really look hard on the left hand side you can see a sliver of open water. I’ll probably be down there to close out the duck season Sunday. If I have time I’ll try to scale whatever the camera is mounted to and reposition it so we can get better use out of it.
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Solid move Frankie!
And thanks for the link.. never was able to find a webcam on the N. Basin
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I haven’t been on in a long time . I’m learning how to use this site all over again . That said I would like to know if anybody knows about ice conditions for Chautauqua lake , silver lake and Cuba lake ?
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Do many people target crappies through the ice on CHQ? I have fished the lake for the past 2 winters and have done well on the walleye and perch, but have not caught any crappies. I know there is a healthy population in the lake from catching them while bass fishing in the spring. Do the crappies stay in the grass throughout the winter? Not looking for specific spots, just general tips on seasonal movements of the crappies in the lake. Thanks for any help!
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The icy pickle welcome back to Ice Shanty. Once you have logged-in click on the word Forum found under the Ice shanty logo and Hello greeting in the upper left corner of pages. This will open a listing of all the forums/boards here on Ice Shanty. New York has both a General Ice Fishing and Reports and Conditions forums . I believe in the Reports and Conditions forum you will find topics/threads for the bodies of water you are seeking information on hopefully there will be some recent posts on ice conditions. Sorry I can not give you reports since I'm located in south Eastern section of New York.
Steve
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Do many people target crappies through the ice on CHQ? I have fished the lake for the past 2 winters and have done well on the walleye and perch, but have not caught any crappies. I know there is a healthy population in the lake from catching them while bass fishing in the spring. Do the crappies stay in the grass throughout the winter? Not looking for specific spots, just general tips on seasonal movements of the crappies in the lake. Thanks for any help!
We catch some in deep water when ice fishing mid lake and in shallower water at the Mayville end. You got to search for them. Once you get over them you can catch a few.
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I haven’t been on in a long time . I’m learning how to use this site all over again . That said I would like to know if anybody knows about ice conditions for Chautauqua lake , silver lake and Cuba lake ?
Icy pickle, there is a Chautauqua lake BS thread on this Ice Fishing New York page. You can ask questions and BS on that thread.
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Do many people target crappies through the ice on CHQ? I have fished the lake for the past 2 winters and have done well on the walleye and perch, but have not caught any crappies. I know there is a healthy population in the lake from catching them while bass fishing in the spring. Do the crappies stay in the grass throughout the winter? Not looking for specific spots, just general tips on seasonal movements of the crappies in the lake. Thanks for any help!
Absolutely! The lake is loaded with large, and an abundance of crappie. Long point, Pendergast, Maples Springs, Mission Meadows, Vikings Club are all good starting points. Mostly for walleye. I would target Pendergast point at dusk and fish into the night for them. 10-12 FOW. With that being said, enjoy the 200 other guys who will follow you out there now at dusk when there’s safe ice.
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It’s Jan 4th and the temps haven’t gone below 32 degrees for weeks now, and you’re going to ask about ice condtiions?
I’m going to go out on a whim and say there probably isn’t any ice currently.
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Is the snowmobile club parking lot private? Looking for somewhere to park when there is safe ice. thanks!
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Do many people target crappies through the ice on CHQ? I have fished the lake for the past 2 winters and have done well on the walleye and perch, but have not caught any crappies. I know there is a healthy population in the lake from catching them while bass fishing in the spring. Do the crappies stay in the grass throughout the winter? Not looking for specific spots, just general tips on seasonal movements of the crappies in the lake. Thanks for any help!
Growing up I had more success with a shallow weed bite in places like Burtis, to where now IMO it has transitioned more into a basin bite. Gridding out the area, avoiding the pack mentality and only fishing holes with suspended marks is always my game plan. You’re gonna work for them or catch way less with the pack.
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It’s Jan 4th and the temps haven’t gone below 32 degrees for weeks now, and you’re going to ask about ice condtiions?
I’m going to go out on a whim and say there probably isn’t any ice currently.
Guys were out on Burtis last weekend, ice is broken up NOW not sure why asking what ice conditions are on an ice fishing forum is a stupid question
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Is the snowmobile club parking lot private? Looking for somewhere to park when there is safe ice. thanks!
Long Point and Pendergast are two NY State owned properties plowed and open to the public.
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Guys were out on Burtis last weekend, ice is broken up NOW not sure why asking what ice conditions are on an ice fishing forum is a stupid question
Hats off to them! I live on the lake and have fished it for 50 years. No one was on Burtis last weekend. I can guarantee you that. Asking about ice conditions of lakes which havent gotten above 35 degrees is obviously a stupid question to ask. That’s why.
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Is the snowmobile club parking lot private? Looking for somewhere to park when there is safe ice. thanks!
That’s a good question. Call Hogan’s Hut.
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Last week, I believe Dec. 31 or Jan. 1, I checked the eastlakewoodweather.co m camera that shows Burris Bay and saw 2 people with a pull sled out on the ice. Checked a little later and they moved and appeared to be drilling a hole. A little latter they were gone.
Yes it took me totally by surprise and I was amazed that no one else posted about this event.
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Ever catch eyes in burtis? Looks like that will be the first place with safe ice
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Yes, walleyes can be caught in Burris.
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Ever catch eyes in burtis? Looks like that will be the first place with safe ice
Mostly waters North of the narrows in the upper lake is good walleye fishing. See Hijinks post from Jan 5th above for a few locations. He knows the lake.
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Mostly waters North of the narrows in the upper lake is good walleye fishing. See Hijinks post from Jan 5th above for a few locations. He knows the lake.
Correct - Those are the fun public spots which non-locals fish.
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Seen about 15 people out on burtis on my way through this morning. I didn’t have time to stop and talk to anyone and didn’t have my spud or gear to check it for myself.
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How’s the ice on Burtis?
What about Mayville?
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Go Check.. Well that’s what you said....... ::)
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Go Check.. Well that’s what you said....... ::)
That’s true, but why leave the comfort of my own home 3 miles away when I can rely on everyone else to do it for me. Merica’
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The true locals are from the south end imo ::)
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I‘m with you on that one. The north end locals are poor.
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On a serious note does Anyone have conditions report?
I'm hopeful everything is tight and snow stays away and we can get on the hard water after next weeks cold snap
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Is it just me or anyone else every year I have a hard time finding the reports and conditions page for Chautauqua… Can someone post a link?
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https://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=13651.0
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I know it's kind of a dumb question but I hear there is 6 inches of ice at Burtis bay. Has anyone seen machines out there at all? Got a new one I'm dying to use, just don't want to die using it. Lol.
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6" of ice ? Not sure that's accurate however I could be wrong!!!!!! I would keep that new machine hone in garage!!!
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With these latest temps are you for real. If you take that new machine out, there will probably be more structure on the bottom.
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I walked today. Lol. About 7 inches out there. Machine is nice and dry.
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Is there any snow cover in the south end?
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Just got home from south basin, yes there is maybe 1/2 inch of snow covering the ice. But the ice underneath it is extremely slick.
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https://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=13651.0
Thanks!
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Is that 7" of good black ice pls & ty
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Is that 7" of good black ice pls & ty
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Just got home from south basin, yes there is maybe 1/2 inch of snow covering the ice. But the ice underneath it is extremely slick.
Thank you!!
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Is that 7" of good black ice pls & ty
No. It was a mix of clear and white. More of the white.
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How much snow did you get? Looking mainly for south end!
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Did you folks at chatauqua get pounded with snow?
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When I checked Burris bay weather yesterday afternoon they got 10.5 inches and was expected to get a couple more last night! I'm planning to head there tomorrow so I wanted to know!
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I live in Angola and we got around 10 inches here. I'm hoping a lot of the snow blew off the lake.
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Don’t count on it. We just took a ride along the lake and it’s buried in pretty good. Can see some wet spots out there which is concerning. I would spud slowly of you go. If nothing else you’ll get a heart attack pulling your gear out. Saw a few Amish guys off Burtis. They looked miserable.
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When I checked Burris bay weather yesterday afternoon they got 10.5 inches and was expected to get a couple more last night! I'm planning to head there tomorrow so I wanted to know!
I get in your car and go look for yourself. Won’t catchin no fish on your compoter
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I have a spud always due! The exercise of pulling the hut will suck but been there done that, I will be fishing tomorrow for sure!
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I have a spud always due! The exercise of pulling the hut will suck but been there done that, I will be fishing tomorrow for sure!
Well good luck tomorrow and be safe. And stay off your compoter. ???
Haha.
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Well I stayed off my compoter and fished ! Went south end there was a mostly frozen path to get out there is definitely some slush spots, caught some perch but that's it no other species! 6 to 7 inches of ice ( mixed) there went to another spot near mid lake it had around 4 fished it with same results got a few to bring home
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Maybe these cold temps will stiffen up the snow and make it easier walking. Thanks for the report.
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I did not go on the ice but there was at least 30 huts out at Mayville yesterday around noon when I drove by . I might give it a try on mid week ?
THE FERD
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Anybody know why they closed the boat ramp at Cassadaga in the fall or if the lot is being plowed now?
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Someone crashed their boat into the launch and made it unsafe so they blocked it off is the last I knew.
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Anybody know why they closed the boat ramp at Cassadaga in the fall or if the lot is being plowed now?
I was fishing there 2 weeks ago. It don't restrict you getting your hut out there.
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I was fishing there 2 weeks ago. It don't restrict you getting your hut out there.
awesome - and thanks for the details. Would have been an interesting thing to see someone hit that with enough speed to screw it up that much.
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Looking for a safe place to bring my son down to catch some perch thinking long point this weekend. Any recommendations.
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Is there access to the ice at Cheney point?
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wow getting some nice reports of decent size perch caught this year at Chautauqua havent been down in years cause of all the dinks Sure would like to hear reports from the top fisherman of the lake from years ago Doc. or C Bisket. two guys that always gave helpful reports,
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wow getting some nice reports of decent size perch caught this year at Chautauqua havent been down in years cause of all the dinks Sure would like to hear reports from the top fisherman of the lake from years ago Doc. or C Bisket. two guys that always gave helpful reports,
Haven't heard or seen a report from doctari in quite some time..
Met him in the ice a time or two.. always had a knowledge to share
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My go to method for Chautauqua is old school. Minnows on tip downs in 30-40 FOW. You will be busier than a cat covering s**t and keep 1 out of 3 fish and have a limit of eaters in 3-4 hours.
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For those inquiries about C- bisket. I used to fish w him and unfortunately he passed away two years ago. He would share everything he knew to anybody just so they could succeed.
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For those inquiries about C- bisket. I used to fish w him and unfortunately he passed away two years ago. He would share everything he knew to anybody just so they could succeed.
Dang that's to bad he didn't seem very old. sorry for your loss
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For those inquiries about C- bisket. I used to fish w him and unfortunately he passed away two years ago. He would share everything he knew to anybody just so they could succeed.
Wow! Sorry to hear. He was a great fella that would share whatever you asked him about. Never saw a nasty post or information given you couldnt count on. I met him once at the Bell Tower. Rest in Peace >
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Thanks dtrain for the info . Ya thanks sad to hear that, didnt know him other than the C Bisket but ran into him at the bait store a couple times and always put me on fish. good guy R.I P.
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Two of us were out of Mayville from 7:30-5:00. Ice was 7" of hard white / black combination, 1" of snow on top. Started with mousees then changed to perch eyes for the rest of the day. Caught well over 100 perch, kept (46) 8-10" anything less went back. We set-up in 18 FOW well away from the crowd. Perch stayed under us all day we never moved.
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Nice batch of perch. I'll be going there Tuesday. Got some frozen eyes waiting to be used. Thanks for the info and pic's. Glad there isn't too much snow on the ice.
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nice catch there Perch Chaser . an thanks for posting an keeping my spirits up. gona make a trip down hoping on bringing home a fry or two. been a while but always enjoyed that lake
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Just wondering if anyone has gotten out by the boat launch at Long Point and how thick is the ice? Thanks.
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Just wondering if anyone has gotten out by the boat launch at Long Point and how thick is the ice? Thanks.
Not positive the thickness. It was almost 7 at Prendergast. Gotta be similar. There have been people off longpoint.
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Haven’t seen any reports from Hogan’s or other local bait shops this season. Skip in Hogan’s always put me on fish but have not seen him in there in a long time. Will be down next week to check it out. Thanks for everybody’s info.
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Got my biggest walleye through the ice yesterday! Hell of a fight on a perch rod.
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Got my biggest walleye through the ice yesterday! Hell of a fight on a perch rod.
Great fish. Congrats!
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Got my biggest walleye through the ice yesterday! Hell of a fight on a perch rod.
Nice catch man
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They do exist. Haha
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Only got 2 keepers, but that one will make my entire ice season!
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Perch chacer congratulations on all the perch. Justinl8688 congratulations to you on catching your personal best walleye through the ice. Everyone stay safe and have good ice fishing seasons.
Steve
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Did I hear correctly that someone went through on an atv today?
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Did I hear correctly that someone went through on an atv today?
The creek heads entering the lake are still thin. If you don't know the lake you should not be out on it with a machine. Hope he got out OK if indeed he broke thru.
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I'm sure the ice around dewittville creek can't be that good. Or any like you said. Definitely have to be careful.
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I called Hogan’s a couple of weeks ago they said skip has been off for awhile since all the Covid stuff started. :tipup:mark
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Got my biggest walleye through the ice yesterday! Hell of a fight on a perch rod.
What size and weight was the slender spoon you were using ? Looks to be the 1.5 inch one ?? Weight 5/16 ??
Sent you a pm
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Groundhog says six more weeks of ice!
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Got my biggest walleye through the ice yesterday! Hell of a fight on a perch rod.
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Got my biggest walleye through the ice yesterday! Hell of a fight on a perch rod.
. Awesome video
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Thanks Chuck!
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Many posted on R & C recently and I agree. Long Point yesterday was good ice, minimal snow some spots very slick and a few areas 2” of slush on main drag out. Fishing was great, catching none existent. Few dinks, later eye bite never happened for us. Heard of one late eye of legal size.
The reason I am posting here is that I have a question I have never seen asked about Chautauqua. Anyone have any luck with a underwater camera here? The last few times all I get looks like a fuzzy TV screen. Old camera new battery. Is it my equipment or the clarity of the lake?
Thanks for any advice.
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What size and weight was the slender spoon you were using ? Looks to be the 1.5 inch one ?? Weight 5/16 ??
Sent you a pm
I was using 1/8th and 5/16th spoons.
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Mine workerd off long point last year
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Many posted on R & C recently and I agree. Long Point yesterday was good ice, minimal snow some spots very slick and a few areas 2” of slush on main drag out. Fishing was great, catching none existent. Few dinks, later eye bite never happened for us. Heard of one late eye of legal size.
The reason I am posting here is that I have a question I have never seen asked about Chautauqua. Anyone have any luck with a underwater camera here? The last few times all I get looks like a fuzzy TV screen. Old camera new battery. Is it my equipment or the clarity of the lake?
Thanks for any advice.
i have a new camera and it seems to work ok during daylight hours in shallow water. at low light depths and after dark the screen lights up like a christmas tree and very difficult to see anything. full of little white dots drifting in current with a handfull of scuds moving as they wish. picking out fish with all that clutter is almost impossible. i was told the other day by a good source that the floating dots were zebra mussel larvae, man there is a lot of them... the IR lights that come on in low light conditions lights them up like reflective tape.
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Check out your camera at home then you'll know if it's camera I've used mine at long pt with great results
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zooplankton maybe ?
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Thanks to all for advice. Works fine in tub. Maybe I’ve stirred up the bottom and not allowed enough time to let everything settle.
Will drag out again next trip and try to be more patient and hopefully have better visibility.
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buckduck I have older aquaview the closer to dark and later in day it gets hard too see especially in deep water. It`s the conditions not the camera. When it was new I went to Black Lake by thousand islands and the water is very dark from minerals. Deep water useless, shallow it was real good. Amazing watching fish taste your bait and spit out and your rod never moved, lol!
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Definitely have to wait a bit after stirring up bottom!
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Buckduck, it might be the light is angling up toward the camera. Maybe superglue a piece of plastic between the camera and light. It would make the camera in the shade.
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Not a bad pull going out at 7am if you stayed on the trail. Ice was 7" black ice and an inch of white. By the end of my day at 2pm there was 3-4" of snow on top with drifts, steady winds and trail was filled in. Perch bite was on and off. Kept 20 perch (8"-9") between 2 of us in 18 FOW, on perch eyes. We were the furthest out at Mayville. But wished I was the closest after the pull back in.
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Hey All!
Gonna check one off the bucket list and fish Chautauqua next week. I will be coming west via Salamanca. Where is a great place to pick up bait. Thanks for any and all help.
Zern
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Hey All!
Gonna check one off the bucket list and fish Chautauqua next week. I will be coming west via Salamanca. Where is a great place to pick up bait. Thanks for any and all help.
Zern
Hogan’s hut.
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Hogan’s hut.
+1
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Call Hogan’s before you head this way.
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Can someone give me conditions on ice thickness from the vikings to say maple springs?? Sled ready? I have not been down yet this year?
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Can someone give me conditions on ice thickness from the vikings to say maple springs?? Sled ready? I have not been down yet this year?
They were running sleds all day Sat and Sunday out of Mayville right down the center of the lake and out of site. Mayville ice is 8".
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Someone on the reports page said they got a parking ticket at the Vikings Club. You used to be able to park on the end of the parking lot away from the clubhouse. Has this changed or was he in the wrong spot?
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Yep jigging spoons stink! ;)
Gotten a few ski's on em as well.
Nice video and Yep on guppies wings KILLER! IDK you PA guys had such acquired and refined taste ::)
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Just ticketing out of state plates and select NYS ones at Vikings.
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Just ticketing out of state plates and select NYS ones at Vikings.
select NYS ones???
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select NYS ones???
Gotta live within 15 miles to park.
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Gotta live within 15 miles to park.
Dang, I'm a little farther than that. What's the best option for public access in that neighborhood, or should I just go to Long Point this afternoon?
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Gotta live within 15 miles to park.
Yeah right. I can see locals trying to keep crowds of people away but not being willing to throw a fellow fisherman a bone isn’t cool man.
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Dang, I'm a little farther than that. What's the best option for public access in that neighborhood, or should I just go to Long Point this afternoon?
There's public parking at Midway State Park. Just make sure you park above the arcade. If you park down by the shoreline you'll get ticketed.
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Gotta live within 15 miles to park.
I got a ticket at Vikings as well
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There's public parking at Midway State Park. Just make sure you park above the arcade. If you park down by the shoreline you'll get ticketed.
Thanks!
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Wow...must be crowded out there. Never heard of tickets at Vikings before now. Really unfortunate.
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Can anyone become a member of the vikings? And if so how much is it ?
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Can anyone become a member of the vikings? And if so how much is it ?
Last I checked you had to be of scandinavian descent and buy into their life insurance which was basically the membership fee. Not sure if that's changed any
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Can we still park at midway and walk down?
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parked at viking today with a whole bunch of other car and trucks no tickets dont let them scare you away :%$#!: :%$#!:
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I had a ticket on my truck when I got back to it at 8 tonight I was the last truck in the lot maybe I just have bad luck but I’ve been parking there for years not sure why there giving tickets this year
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I had a ticket on my truck when I got back to it at 8 tonight I was the last truck in the lot maybe I just have bad luck but I’ve been parking there for years not sure why there giving tickets this year
Yep my friend parked there today and had one too. I don’t get it. I’ve never had issues years past but guess I’ll park somewhere else now.
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Can we still park at midway and walk down?
I did yesterday afternoon (thanks for the info folks), nobody seemed to be around. Dropped my stuff off at the lake and parked on the uphill side of the arcade. Unfortunately, only caught two small perch.
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Went to Bell Tower today. There are quit a few cracks out there and there is slush from the cracks under the 4" of snow on top. Smitty Sled made the drag easier but tough drag without. There was 10" of ice. Fished from 8-12 noon straight out in 45 FOW, perch bite was non-exitent, but the Silver Bass were on fire. Caught (12), one 16", another 12", two 10" and the other 8 under 10". I moved 4 times to try and get away from them but all moves produced more Silver Bass. I do not like them, too oily and a strong fish taste so I throw them all back. Moved to Mayville out from the Marina for the afternoon, caught (13) perch 8-9" but bite was real slow. Ice still 10" with 4" of snow on top.
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Went out of long point bite was slow 1 walleye ,1 crappie an a hand full of perch but really had to move a lot an work for them ice was good 8” found a few slushy spots though
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Nice reports guys. Went to Vikings a few weeks ago just to check out, ended up not fishing there. Everyone was parked completely away from club, and it didn`t seem to be open. I never have fished there, but someone should call the club and see what`s going on. Could be some rookie cop or something who knows?
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Good going perch chaser , those whites are fun 👍
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Fished the ship wrecked other night did ok , 1 keeper Walter , 3 shorts even picked up a 13 in crappie, nice fish fry boys. Be safe guys tight lines
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I'm not familiar with the ship wrecked. Where is that ?
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Right down the lake from Bussy Flats.
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How much snow did the lake get in this storm?
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I heard 3-4 feet. Everyone better stay home.
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Well I'm over 6 foot for 3 to 4 ft is still doable for me. 😆 thanks for the report.
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Anytime!
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So I just got some night crawlers at Bob Sacamano’s Bait n’ Tackle right there near shipwreck and word is that a few guys got ticketed last night at Bussy Flats so careful where you park.
Gonna head down to Burtis in a bit. Sturgeon bite is on fire down there right now.
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Now I see why this is called a B.S. thread.
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Just got back from the lake... attempted to fish my hot spots however when I got to the first location bussy flats I found out that someone had posted about a hot walleye bite which created a frenzy of people so big that the phenomenon created a barge passing by to get stuck on a shallow hump in front of the beaver tail falls which eventually sunk creating a shipwreck structure for the future.. so I tried to get to my favorite sturgeon hot spot in Burtis only to find a 6 foot giant stuck in the middle of 3-4 foot snow drifts while attempting to get off the ice... so I steared clear and decided to skip fishing and just go have a ice cold beer instead.. there some guy was telling me he used crawlers for ice fishing... ??? ??? ???
I think I should've just stayed home
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Well told
John
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Just got back from the lake... attempted to fish my hot spots however when I got to the first location bussy flats I found out that someone had posted about a hot walleye bite which created a frenzy of people so big that the phenomenon created a barge passing by to get stuck on a shallow hump in front of the beaver tail falls which eventually sunk creating a shipwreck structure for the future.. so I tried to get to my favorite sturgeon hot spot in Burtis only to find a 6 foot giant stuck in the middle of 3-4 foot snow drifts while attempting to get off the ice... so I steared clear and decided to skip fishing and just go have a ice cold beer instead.. there some guy was telling me he used crawlers for ice fishing... ??? ??? ???
I think I should've just stayed home
gps coordinates for the barge please :tipup:
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gps coordinates for the barge please :tipup:
Oh sure no problem
28°57.919'N • 83•4.619'W
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I'm not familiar with the ship wrecked. Where is that ?
. It is out from Warner Bay
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About 10 years ago I took Skip from Hogan’s out on my boat and we fished a sunken barge in the lower end. He found it just by visual triangling. I could see it on my hummingbird. This was before I had ability to get coordinates. Since then I have looked for it and haven’t been able to find it.
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Oh sure no problem
28°57.919'N • 83•4.619'W
ice fishing the gulf of mexico?
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fished the shipwreck this morning cought a nice muskey. I have never tried them before, will report back on they cook up :tipup:
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ice fishing the gulf of mexico?
I'm sure there is a shipwreck there somewhere.. lol
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hahaha I wouldn't doubt it.
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parked at the vikings got a ticket and 2 boxes of thin mints
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Nice
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Enough is enough boys, lets get back to fishing.
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Heading dwn tomorrow during the noon time hour and would like to hookup with some that could put me on a few eyes was thinking of starting the day off at midway just had some lung surgery and will probably be the only time i can get out as i have to go in for another one March 10. I will bery grateful for any help have my brother with as i can not pull anything right now pm if you wouldn't mind taking a cripple out. Can return fav. With a Ontario salmon fishing out on boat when bettet
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Or if there is another good place to get me on a few that would be amazing. I know there is still a fee good people out here that would be able to help out.pm an i can give u my number thanks everyone
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you can always hire a guide
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How much snow down there today? Were getting hammered over here.
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Does anyone know of anyone that guides for walleye/crappie ice fishing?
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They do on Onieda and Chaumont. Not around here though
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Or if there is another good place to get me on a few that would be amazing. I know there is still a fee good people out here that would be able to help out.pm an i can give u my number thanks everyone
Sent you a p.m. last night
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Anyone doing the walleye tournament today?
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How much snow down there today? Were getting hammered over here.
I took the girls out this morning. South end got a dusting and the North end may have received an inch or two of new snow overnight. Drag out of Mayville wasn’t bad.
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Drag Questions:
Mid-Lake drag yesterday and today has been 8” r so of snow, couple inches of the crunchy stuff on top of slush.
If you’re aiming to hole hop / be mobile , you’ll get your cardio in for the day.
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Anyone know if they are going to have the Chautauqua Lake Winter Festival this year? That ice boat last year the way they drove it among the fishermen was nothing but a nuisance with the loud noise and causing water bounce in the holes. Got to believe it turned off a lot of fish.
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Anyone know if they are going to have the Chautauqua Lake Winter Festival this year? That ice boat last year the way they drove it among the fishermen was nothing but a nuisance with the loud noise and causing water bounce in the holes. Got to believe it turned off a lot of fish.
It was cancelled.
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Anyone doing the walleye tournament today?
. What turnament is that ?
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Any recent ice condition reports? Per the Mayville camera it looks pretty slick. Cant tell if its water/slush on top.
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Out of dewitville tonight 12inches ice and 2 to 4 inches slush water and crust on top keepers were nice if u stayed on top but at 300lbs I was breaking through
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Out of dewitville tonight 12inches ice and 2 to 4 inches slush water and crust on top keepers were nice if u stayed on top but at 300lbs I was breaking through
This is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks snowman!
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I was at dewittville also yes some slush but mostly slick ice , got to have creepers to get around, all of 12 inches of ice, did alright in 34 fow
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How are the atv's doing getting around? Is the slush a problem? I do have chains for the tires I've just never put them on or & really have ever needed them in 4 wd.
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If you left a hand auger with a drill auger at dewittvile tonight give me a pm.
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If you left a hand auger with a drill auger at dewittvile tonight give me a pm.
I know who's augers those are. Sent you a pm .
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Fished the Mayville end out in front of the Marina. There were large snow patches on the ice when I went out at 7:30 am, but after the rain the snow patches turned into slush patches and pulling flat bottom huts through the slush patches was tough but with a Smitty it was easy. Perch bite was OK in the morning, but spotty in the afternoon. Kept (16) perch 8-9" no 10 inchers today. Caught a bunch more throw backs. Ice is 11" with couple inches of slush on top. Shore ice is good. Some holes had water running into them after the rain. Snowmobiles and ATV were moving OK today.
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I know who's augers those are. Sent you a pm .
Thanks Rando, Ice Shanty saves the day again.
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Thanks Rando, Ice Shanty saves the day again.
thank you for getting that young man his augers back. I lost most of my jigging raps last year coming off the ice and it's groups like this that got them back for me. You got some good karma coming your way
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any ice reports on north end vikings/ mission meadows and hows the snow on top just wondering if it's still machine safe
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any ice reports on north end vikings/ mission meadows and hows the snow on top just wondering if it's still machine safe
I was out of midway yesterday. Ice is about 12” out to 30’ off maple springs. It’s about 3/4 soft white ice...auger goes thru it like there’s nothing there until you got to the bottom of the hole. The shore ice was real soft/open right there at midway but may be fine elsewhere to get on. I would say the ice is thick but the quality is decaying real quick with the rain and sun that’s been on it.
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I was out of midway yesterday. Ice is about 12” out to 30’ off maple springs. It’s about 3/4 soft white ice...auger goes thru it like there’s nothing there until you got to the bottom of the hole. The shore ice was real soft/open right there at midway but may be fine elsewhere to get on. I would say the ice is thick but the quality is decaying real quick with the rain and sun that’s been on it.
:thumbsup: guess i'll bring 6x6 it swims lol
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Took wheelers out today the middle of the lake is good 12 inches some cracks opened up about 2 inches today see how they hold up tomorrow. Got over them fine today. Shore is thinner broke up a little where we got on.
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Be careful off Dewittville the creek opening is getting bigger and the shore ice is getting bad in spots. One person went in up to waist yesterday night.
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Hi everyone, coming out tomorrow out of Mayville just wondering how the ice is out there thanks for the info.
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Hi everyone, coming out tomorrow out of Mayville just wondering how the ice is out there thanks for the info.
Per the Mayville camera it looks good. http://chautauquasnow.com/ (http://chautauquasnow.com/)
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ICE WAS FINE EARLY, VERY SLIPPER, USED CREAPERS. AFTERNOON IT WAS SOFT ON THE TOP AND EASILY WALKABLE. A FOOT OF ICE, HALF AND HALF. JUST A LOT OF DINKS DOWN THERE. WATCHED THEM ON MY CAMERA AND NOTHING OF ANY SIZE. TALKED TO A GUY OUT THERE ON MY WAY BACK AND HE HAD SMALL SUNFISH, THROW BACK SIZE.
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Thanks guys that was helpful
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Anyone ever target the eyes at night? Trying to cram one last trip and considering going after work Saturday and fishing like 8pm till I get sick of it. Anybody had success fishing these hours?
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I was wondering and thinking of doing same thing. If its not worth going after eyes what about crappie and where? Mayville or deeper water? And how, jig down by the bottom or up higher?
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Chataqua unicorn
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Chataqua unicorn
Nice one. I haven't been targeting them, but I've also caught a couple big ones this year. 3 over 12". Hopefully it's a good sign that chaut will start consistently producing bigger perch
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How's the shore ice today? Will I be able to get on the ice with a 4 wheeler? I went out from Long Point last weekend with no problem. The slush sucked but not a big deal. Probably going out from LP. again cause of easy parking pulling a trailer. Did that slush harden up any? I'm coming from Ohio didn't want to tow the trailer if I cant use the 4 wheeler.
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Buddy just told me he broke thru shore ice at the boat ramp while coming off LP.
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dunno about today but we couldn' even walk on at lp yesterday , ended up at prendergrast and i wouldn't take a machine there was only a spot 8' wide to walk off rest was melted shore ice i was concerned if it opened up while i was on the ice i couldn' get off with it dunno about today
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Thanks. I appreciate the info. I'll leave 4 wheeler in Ohio and bring a spud bar instead!
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Anyone able to get machines on the lake anywhere? I know a few people said the shore ice was breaking up in a few places I was wondering if there is anywhere the shore ice seems intact.
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There were atv’s going out at Prendergast this morning.
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There were atv’s going out at Prendergast this morning.
Thank you
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Fished Mayville today went out of the Mayville town park. Ice was 12" and shore ice was solid not a problem, if your walking. You can see where it melted and refroze, machines would break through at the edge. 24 degrees and making ice all day with strong winds and some snow. Only a dusting to an inch of snow left on the ice after the strong winds. Went down the lake and out about 500 yds to 12 FOW. Got to get out pass the weed line. Caught near 100 perch or more and kept (22) 8"-9-1/2". One keeper for every 5-6 caught. Most were 5"-7" those were all throw backs. Perch eyes were the key today.
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There is a large pressure crack and shove going across the lake from the Bell Tower Point toward Dewittville and Mission Meadows. The shove is a foot high in some areas, but easy to cross at this time. With the warmer temps coming this week the ice will release from the shore and with a strong NW wind the North end ice sheet will start to move South and the shove will get higher. But with a strong SE wind the North end ice sheet will move North and the pressure crack will start to open up. So if you are out there on a machine next week be mindful of this pressure crack and shove.
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Fished Saturday out of Long Point on my ATV. There was a crack at the point with some over flow and snow, I stopped checked it out before crossing. I later spoke with a couple of guys who got hung up on that spot with their 4 wheeler and needed some help, it was hung up on the frame. I had no problem going back at the end of the day. Fished all around the big Bar and sunset bay area and every perch was under 7". Caught a bunch of white bass, some the size of my pack boots. First one I thought was an eye but was deeply disappointed when I got it to the hole. I hope shore ice is still good for this weekend, I'd like to get out one more time.
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The big perch are in shallow. 7’ or less in the weeds. I kept 30 over 8” yesterday and one measured at 12.
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It’s almost time, fellas! Who’s back?!
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I think hijinks is already out there
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Been out here for a week already. Take out a gator boat.
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I've been looking at a 21' double wall aluminum duck boat for smashing thru the ice. Guy don't use it but won't sell it to me.
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Shes gotta be getting close....
I'm gonna take a ride and check er out this weekend
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On Honeoye rught now, but will be back to my home turf for friday morning and on the ice. I will send a detailed report.
First I need to limit out on these crappy. Grow big in this lake.
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Anyone headed out in the morning?
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If you go, please post ice thickness. Thanks in advanced.
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4-5" of black ice off the north side of LP
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What are some of the access points? I’ve never been and would love to give it a shot. I’d be coming from Watkins. Just wondering where there is access on the north side of the bridge. Thanks in advance.
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What are some of the access points? I’ve never been and would love to give it a shot. I’d be coming from Watkins. Just wondering where there is access on the north side of the bridge. Thanks in advance.
Google maps is your friend.
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There's 106 pages of info on this thread alone on Chautauqua. Do some research instead of waiting to be spoon feed.
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What are some of the access points? I’ve never been and would love to give it a shot. I’d be coming from Watkins. Just wondering where there is access on the north side of the bridge. Thanks in advance.
Long Point, Prendergast, and Mayvile have decent sized parking areas.
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There's 106 pages of info on this thread alone on Chautauqua. Do some research instead of waiting to be spoon feed.
;D
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Long Point, Prendergast, and Mayvile have decent sized parking areas.
thank you! I appreciate it!
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I'm out here now.... anyone else?
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Fished quit a ways out just pass the marina in Mayville. Moved 6 times from 11FOW to 19FOW. 5" of dark ice with 2" of slush and 2" of hard white crust, very little snow on top. Broke through the crust near the shore but stayed on top further out. One of the worst fishing days for size I have ever had. Caught so many dink perch two us us could not count fast enough. Must have been well over 200 but only kept (12) 8" and over. Never thought I would get sick of catching perch. Did not even have to jig or wait for the jig to get to the bottom a lot of times.
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Dinks, dinks, dinks. That is all I caught there yesterday. didn't get one I would call a keeper. 10-20 at a time on the camera always there. Where are the bigger ones? out in 40 ft of water with the walleyes.
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4 to 6 inches of new snow on the ice. Drag not bad.......for me anyways.
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Anyone been out by Dewittville area? Whites and yellows? Heard nothing bout it yet? PM me if you need to plz.
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We were out all day, bite was good with some keeper perch, but a lot of dinks again today. 6" of snow on top and drag was a little tough if you were off the trail. Ice was 5" of black with 3" of white. Slush went out from shore about 50 yds.
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I checked 10 different place and couldn’t find any 1 lb propane tanks. Finally the last place I checked has about 20 left. So if you’re looking for propane tanks for your heaters go to true valu in Lakewood. Good luck out there!
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Just an early FYI. The Mayville ice castle and winter fest runs Feb. 18, 19, 20 this year.
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So heading down to Chat. to fish for waleyes but not so sure the size limit there'I always thought it was 3 at 18 inch. but heard someone tell me it changed to 5 at 15 inch'.Dont want to get this wrong.You never know i might catch one LOL. Thanks
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So heading down to Chat. to fish for waleyes but not so sure the size limit there'I always thought it was 3 at 18 inch. but heard someone tell me it changed to 5 at 15 inch'.Dont want to get this wrong.You never know i might catch one LOL. Thanks
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That's what Google says but a call to the DEC would be a good idea...
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Thank You Ya i am good with that, now lets see if i can ice a few. It would be a first down there
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Anyone here ever get a respectable amount of keepers at Chautauqua? I've been a few times but only ever seem to catch dinks... Do the big girls even exist in fishable numbers?
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Anyone here ever get a respectable amount of keepers at Chautauqua? I've been a few times but only ever seem to catch dinks... Do the big girls even exist in fishable numbers?
They do they’re tough to find on the ice consistently without the convenience of a machine, especially with the heavy snow limiting options on foot. But if you put the time in and move around they’re there.
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Anyone know if they are still giving people tickets to park at vikings? Read it on here last year but did not actually fish there last year. Thanks
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Anyone here ever get a respectable amount of keepers at Chautauqua? I've been a few times but only ever seem to catch dinks... Do the big girls even exist in fishable numbers?
Even on foot you have to use a run & gun approach to find bigger perch. If you don’t get them in one area get in your car and go to the next spot. More often than not fish tend to school by size. Find some good ones and stay on them. Sometimes the bigger fish may move in but you don’t want to waste your day pounding the punks. Just my opinion. Good luck.
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Anyone here ever get a respectable amount of keepers at Chautauqua? I've been a few times but only ever seem to catch dinks... Do the big girls even exist in fishable numbers?
Just my $.05 - runts on the bottom (1st foot) and the eater perch 2-3' up. Except for Erie, I've always fished a little higher for larger perch. Their schooling by size is correct. The smaller ones are less likely to go up. The keepers I caught today at LP all had small gills in their stomachs. Some say to use larger bait which probably works but fishing higher in the water column works for me. Good luck.
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Anyone here ever get a respectable amount of keepers at Chautauqua? I've been a few times but only ever seem to catch dinks... Do the big girls even exist in fishable numbers?
Just my $.05 - runts on the bottom (1st foot) and the eater perch 2-3' up. Except for Erie, I've always fished a little higher for larger perch. Their schooling by size is correct. The smaller ones are less likely to go up. The keepers I caught today at LP all had small gills in their stomachs. Some say to use larger bait which probably works but fishing higher in the water column works for me. Good luck.
. This is some good info. I never thought about how the perch will school by size.
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Hey S-Trout what motel you stay in ? making a trip for a couple days looking for a place to stay. stayed at the motel right off the 90 years ago but wondered if there was something a bit closer . tia
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Holiday motel.
We call it the Curry Castle locally
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Watch where you step!!..some disgusting individual in a 1 man otter craped a log on the ice infront of everone...everyone... lot of drinks are everywhere,..including pa.
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Anyone ever patterned walleye going shallow in the evening/night on Chautauqua. I got into them last year 3 nights in a row 4th night was a dud. It was late Feb, March dies late season factor in starting to turn to spring pattern? All 4 nights we set up well before dark, no fish to be seen until evening walleye started moving in a schools of 4-6 fish. The night we didn’t find them perch were there when we set up stayed around the whole time, we were in 10 ft of water sight fishing too so it wasn’t that the perch wouldn’t let the eyes get to the bait. Tried a few times this year with no luck. Just curious if anyone has fished this pattern and any rhyme or reason this. I would have assumed perch would bring eyes into feed, but clearly hasn’t been the situation.
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Anyone ever patterned walleye going shallow in the evening/night on Chautauqua. I got into them last year 3 nights in a row 4th night was a dud. It was late Feb, March dies late season factor in starting to turn to spring pattern? All 4 nights we set up well before dark, no fish to be seen until evening walleye started moving in a schools of 4-6 fish. The night we didn’t find them perch were there when we set up stayed around the whole time, we were in 10 ft of water sight fishing too so it wasn’t that the perch wouldn’t let the eyes get to the bait. Tried a few times this year with no luck. Just curious if anyone has fished this pattern and any rhyme or reason this. I would have assumed perch would bring eyes into feed, but clearly hasn’t been the situation.
Yes I have and do try in shallower. Last year we got into to nice perch and a few short eyes on the first break near Dville. Everyone else was walking past us going deep while were trying to be quite hitting fish.
Anyone have info on ice?
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Yes I have and do try in shallower. Last year we got into to nice perch and a few short eyes on the first break near Dville. Everyone else was walking past us going deep while were trying to be quite hitting fish.
Anyone have info on ice?
Wondering same thing about ice conditions. Was hoping to take the quad out there tomorrow
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Thought this was funny
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Thought this was funny
I needed that laugh today, hilarious. I can still hear the dude screaming hey. :roflmao:
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LMFAO! Now that was an "OH SH*T moment!!
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One of the funniest videos I’ve seen. Glad all ok and no gear trashed but. Holy shnitz. Too many fish whistles 🤪
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Priceless!!
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One of the funniest videos I’ve seen. Glad all ok and no gear trashed but. Holy shnitz. Too many fish whistles 🤪
I agree. After watching that video, I clicked on some of a guy and his son catching 40" Pike in shallow water. Those are quite a hoot too.
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wow what a ride. towed and have been towed in larger wooden huts on simcoe and nip. never like that!
I wonder how guys are doing on chat. with hogans tournament going on? Some wind, guys might be going on a similar ride today ::)
any info on shore ice and spots to avoid?
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That video had me in stitches! :roflmao:
I wonder what was going through that poor guy's mind as he is being towed for a high-speed ride in a shanty!
Sort of like riding a bull in a rodeo. How long can you hold on for?
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thanks for video and sharing, glad everyone alright and nothing trashed to bad,,, thats what its all about makin it thru it and being able to laugh bout it. lol thanks again priceless
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Any ideas as to how long it'll take for the ice to clean up after all this warm weather and rain? Looking to get out in Mayville or Burtis later in the week.
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Heading down to Chat.next week ... Talking with a few guys that use to fish there but stopped because they said the perch there where full of grubs. anybody experience grubs in there fillets
Dont sound to appetizing . or maybe that was something that happen years ago..
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HEY guys, I went by Chautauqua today and didn't see anybody out except 3 fisherman off Mayville. Went to Pendergast and saw the lake water was up to the top of the launch. Did the lake get really cloudy from the runoff and nothing is biting? The lake must be a couple of feet higher.
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Heading down to Chat.next week ... Talking with a few guys that use to fish there but stopped because they said the perch there where full of grubs. anybody experience grubs in there fillets
Dont sound to appetizing . or maybe that was something that happen years ago..
I fished Chautauqua 3 times this year. Each time I caught near 100+ perch and only kept (12-15) 8"-9" perch, the rest were 7" and smaller (throw backs). When I cleaned the ones I kept there was an occasional white grub, but all you have to do is cut them out. The other lakes I have fished also have the occasional grub, it's not just Chautauqua.
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If you weren't looking for them, you ate more then one. I check all my fillets.
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Fileting 6" perch to get meat with grubs soounds like a wonderful time. Enjoy the lake.
Why are you so negative? Guys come on here to give and get good lake info. so they stay safe and have fun.
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Went out yesterday out of Mayville fishing for perch. Shore ice was okay. Had to walk in some shallow water to get to the ice. The lake had 8 inches of ice once I got out there. Caught 4 nice 11 inch yellow perch.
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This is for that special person with the jacked ford p/u & double axle trailer at magnolia feb 26 I commend you for taking a kid fishing. Showing them how to be good sportsman & law abiding citizens. Just because you have a 4wheeler doesn’t mean you have to use it for a 3to4 hundred yard walk and then park in the fire lane. I’m sure you are special though. This plus all the garbage people leave is why parking is so limited now . Please think of others.
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If onieda was ONLY an hour away
BUT ITS NOT
get away from the pack and YOU WILL FIND SOLID PERCH
JUST MY .02
Ditto
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When is this joker going to go away? We get it, you don’t like the lake. Guess you won’t ever be spotted there again. I don’t see myself driving 4 hours to Oneida to catch a perch. I’ll catch a fish fry at the local restaurants for a lot less money!
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When is this joker going to go away? We get it, you don’t like the lake. Guess you won’t ever be spotted there again. I don’t see myself driving 4 hours to Oneida to catch a perch. I’ll catch a fish fry at the local restaurants for a lot less money!
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Silver is better and half that drive, but I digress. Everyone is in agreement. You never see banner bucket catch pictures on the thread. Embarrassing. Good luck though.
Just go away, no one wants to hear from you!
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Thank the Lord!
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NOPE, was thanking the Lord you were going away from this thread!,
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he's not smart enough to figure that out
shore ice was still hold up when I left tonight
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What happened to this thread? I fish both Chautauqua and Oneida and of course others each have their positives and negatives. All lakes are different just like the people on here but no need to get crazy.
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Yep best to move on...How's the ice holding up? Was thinking of going Saturday.
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Well said!
The drop off near Mission Meadows has been on fire this week. He thinks 6" perch are the norm? Get outta dodge!
Cousin and I pounded them Tuesday. Went back this am and the school was still near. 1 to 3 ratio. cady jig with perch belly did the trick.
large bait, large fish. we had some 11" hitting on pike minnows on our tip ups.
sewerjerk
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smell something like bs, from the 60ish depth I could see a large portion of the lake north and south, heard the bell tower all day. most people were off the creek area, saw nobody off vikings, since the limited access.
Good group east side from mayville/course area.
Saw some cali guys east side of the bridge.
maybe they were wearing white?
just stop, please!
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Plenty of access off vikings if you know the right people.
Just ask.
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Any updates on Mayville's ice?
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What will probably end up being my only trip to Chautauqua County this ice season. Pretty standard, constant dink perch with the rare 9-10 incher here and there and the occasional different spices. It was fun to get out of Catt County and fish someplace that was different.
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What do you do with the sink perch?
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Any updates? I’m sure if there isn’t already there will be guys fishing Saturday?
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I'm going to try and get down there tomorrow morning and see what the ice looks like 🤞🏻
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Fished tonight... 4' of black ice..
Spud spud spud
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Fished tonight... 4' of black ice..
Spud spud spud
Thanks for reporting thickness. We're you on North end or South end?
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Spudded my way out of the north side of longpoint this morning. Ended up making it about 400-500 yards offshore to 28fow. Will start by saying I had good solid flat black ice the entire way out. Ice had about 3”-4” inches of light fluffy snow on top. I spudded every step on the way out, there was a pretty consistent 2”-3” of ice all the way out, however there were some very thing spots I’d say about an inch or so where the spud blew right through in one effortless wack. So I would back up about 10 yards and work my way around it staying on that consistent 2”-3”. Caught a few perch of better size than years past on this lake. Marked a ton, had a ton of lookers on the graph but they were tight lipped. After taking my time spudding out and getting set up I felt comfortable and safe. Like I said every bit of ice I was on was flat as could be and good black ice. Even the thin spots I stumbled upon spudding out were good black ice just thin. If you plan on heading out I would say go for it, but be cautious and safe. Wouldn’t go without a spud. Hope this helps anyone looking for an update. Good luck and be safe out there.
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Spudded my way out of the north side of longpoint this morning. Ended up making it about 400-500 yards offshore to 28fow. Will start by saying I had good solid flat black ice the entire way out. Ice had about 3”-4” inches of light fluffy snow on top. I spudded every step on the way out, there was a pretty consistent 2”-3” of ice all the way out, however there were some very thing spots I’d say about an inch or so where the spud blew right through in one effortless wack. So I would back up about 10 yards and work my way around it staying on that consistent 2”-3”. Caught a few perch of better size than years past on this lake. Marked a ton, had a ton of lookers on the graph but they were tight lipped. After taking my time spudding out and getting set up I felt comfortable and safe. Like I said every bit of ice I was on was flat as could be and good black ice. Even the thin spots I stumbled upon spudding out were good black ice just thin. If you plan on heading out I would say go for it, but be cautious and safe. Wouldn’t go without a spud. Hope this helps anyone looking for an update. Good luck and be safe out there.
good post, TY
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set up same spot as yesterday. already have fish poking around. should be fun.