MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Nez...My observations are 3 days old - however the (far north) country has had cold nights since then - only helping and not hurting ice conditions.HOWEVER...it is NOT these last few days to be concerned with - it is the NEXT few days to be concerned with - with rising temps, sun and rain in all of our forecasts.We fished LOTI (Lake of the Isles) on Wellesley Island in the St Lawrence River out of DeWolf state park launch. Fished on 8 - 9 inches of ice. There were machines on the ice. We did well with the perch and set tip ups for pike...icing several pike. With that said - Walleye would not be a target species at that location. Eel Bay is also on Wellesley - there is good opportunity for perch and Northern there as wellBack on the Mainland and still on the St Lawrence River...and east of Alexandria Bay - there is Goose Bay & Chippewa Bay...both have parking but suggest being early as these areas are popular. Lots of room to set up at all of these locations...these are large bays off the main river.Bait at the Thousand Island Bait store.Chaumont is the destination for Walleye...and yes they ARE fishing it - but would suggest extreme caution as ice thicknesses vary greatly there. Chaumont Hardware is your bait location - and they update their FB page daily with updated ice conditions. There is rain and mid to upper 40s in the Friday / Saturday forecast....Sunday in the upper 30s.I'll caution again - this is not an ice report for the weekend - as ice conditions will deteriorate.I am electing to sit this weekend out - a big chill is coming next week that will (hopefully?) repair the damage from these rising temps/rain.Good luck and tight lines, boys! Fish On! ~ArkAngel
Wherent you crying last year on the Pa board? against taking a drive to find ice, glad you came to reality with that we welcome you into ny with open arms but us nyers are fairly tight lipped will be lucky to have someone tell you there panfish honey hole so you guys can go and wipe it out for a weekend check the socials there’s more ice in the adks then you think take the drive up and put in some leg work you’ll be rewarded lots of perch have parasites tho
Came up to chipawau Bay today. 2 of us caught over 120 perch in 3 hours. All small but was nice to get out on ice. Gonna goto goose tomorrow and maybe eel also. Nez