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General Ice Fishing Chit Chat / Re: The New 9:45 Thread..

« Last post by ICE WANDERER on Today at 04:29 AM »

Good morning ER's,
It's 39* and cloudy here on my hill.

Wally..........Your soil must contain a lot of clay to be that saturated.

H2l.............You might try looking for a good used vehicle and they are still out sight in price.

Eddie..........I haven't seen too many out stream fishing here.

I'm glad your son was able to catch a couple.

Fish............Classe s are made for older people, we have that tendency to snooze unless the material is interesting.

Bud............I'm sorry to read about your brother's declining health.

Steve.........No news is good news, I hope your B I L makes a full recovery.

My arm is still at a standstill. I see the doctor May 6th.
I had an early appointment in Albany at the VA yesterday morning with in the diabetic clinic. My numbers are up a little, so now I'm back
to visits every six months. While there the grass was being mowed around the facility, freshly cut grass smelled good.
I have an early therapy appointment this morning.
I hope everyone has a good Thursday either at work or out. Stay Safe and Healthy.

IW

Ice Fishing New York / Re: How cold is it??

« Last post by Raquettedacker on Today at 04:22 AM »

General Ice Fishing Chit Chat / Re: Officially switching to fluoro for pike tip up leaders

« Last post by PikeKing23 on Today at 04:11 AM »

You guys are comparing apples to oranges. We're not talking about flouro vs mono in 15lb test range. - we're talking fouro vs steel for pike LEADER material (not mainline). Use that same test with 60 lb seagar blue label flouro leader material vs 20lb AFW seven strand steel leader material. On my underwater camera I can easily see the flouro as a thick gray line. While it is solid, the steel is so thin it is like thread in comparison.

If you are comparing 20lb flouro to thick, store bought, pre-made, steel (shiny or coated black) with big snaps and swivels......that is a different story. The flouro will get you more bites. But if you want to use 20lb flouro for pike fishing you will get your heart broke. It may hold up ok to smaller hammer handles, but I've been bitten off all the way up to 50lb test flouro. I would not recommend either of these options.

Tie your own leaders with seven strand steel and be done. I don't know who said it first but "Steel is real!" Just remember that not all steel is created equal.

General Ice Fishing Chit Chat / Re: The New 9:45 Thread..

« Last post by mr.clean on Apr 17, 2024, 09:32 PM »

Good evening, a little cooler today with a high in low sixties. rain arrived around 4 PM and has been off-on since . A busy afternoon/early evening for me a friend's mother passed on the 12Th visitation was today. This lady was a held the receiver of taxes position for 30 years in neighboring town of Newburgh and the went on to serve a few terms as a town board member. The visitation was held at a local firehouse where she was a member of lady's auxiliary . I got there at start of visitation hours as I expected a crowd good planning on my part. Afterwards went to the boy's lacrosse game between Cornwall and Our Lady of Lourdes high schools missed the first quarter of play game tied at 4 goals for each team when i arrived. back and forth game Lourdes went on a run late in game and won 14 goals to 11 for Cornwall.

Hunts2long best wished for you with the car shopping. Good to read that your sump pump is not running continuously .
IFF sorry to hear about your brother prayer said for him and your family.
Wallyworld the ground is water saturated when a ten pound dog sinks into it while walking. best wished for your son and his family as their vacation ends and they make way to you and then to their home in MA. .
Zcm-82 if you are of a certain age you remember purchasing a home for what new vehicles cost these days.

No phone calls or emails from my sister today so assuming things are better with my BIL . Thanks again for your prayers and best wishes for him.

Best to all fishing this week.
Steve