LAKE GEORGE BS THREAD

[Neil McCauley]

That water looks very wet Neil

ik...It was skimmed over yesterday AM though

[lockdown199]

LG water temperature gauge was re calibrated but has been reading the exact same temperature (37.51 degrees) for last several days.  I find that hard to believe that since it reads to I/100 of a degree.  Probably stuck or just does not report correctly.  Nonetheless, water needs to cool off with some cold  and calm nights to freeze up.

I just did a quick and couldn’t get an accurate water temp. It’s gotta be ready it’s been cold, my weather app shows below freezing until Wednesday. It’s a nail biter. I can not be out 2 years in a row.

[Neil McCauley]

Northern wind vs near zero temperatures. When wind >5mph comes down LG's length the water is rough. We'll see. Even if it freezes, there's a warmup and rain coming. I'm not too optimistic about this year, days are getting longer..

[mikerudy]

One can only hope, have not been up to Vet's in a couple of years.
Maybe it is in the cards this year

[Raquettedacker]

A buddy sent me this earlier from MDB..

[mike304]

Hope they can swim!

[mike304]

Wait till the sun hits it! Probably Buffalo Bills fans. I mean, anyone would have a death wish after that game last night!!!

[Greenhornet73]

[ship of fools]

Wait till the sun hits it! Probably Buffalo Bills fans. I mean, anyone would have a death wish after that game last night!!!

You forget how much experience we have dealing with stuff like last night  .....

[icebuck]

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[Neil McCauley]

Maybe Feb 4th?

[IceDog88]

Another roller coaster winter 😩

[can_of_worms]

Hello all, wondering if anyone knows if Rogers Rock had an ice skim yet or is it just down in town? We have our annual trip scheduled for the week of 2-19. We stay in Hague. Thanks for any info. Take care.

[urrkel]

SKIM ICE IN THE VILLAGE IS GONE

[lowaccord66]

SKIM ICE IN THE VILLAGE IS GONE

Thank you.  Does that include the launch?  Id like to brimg the boat up.

[urrkel]

im just going by the view from the steel pier cam which  comes close to the launch , but not quite.  im sure its gone though

[ship of fools]

Thank you.  Does that include the launch?  Id like to brimg the boat up.

That whole open water fishing in the winter is interesting to say the least

[lowaccord66]

That whole open water fishing in the winter is interesting to say the least

I absolutely love it and made some changes to my boat to accomodate it without breaking sh*t.  Guys troll champ all year and absolutely slay the salmon.

[ship of fools]

I absolutely love it and made some changes to my boat to accomodate it without breaking sh*t.  Guys troll champ all year and absolutely slay the salmon.

There was a guy yesterday coming off the water around 10 AM and he had been out solo trolling for waldos since before dark on Saturday.

[WARRIOR_ON_ICE]

I drove back from an unproductive day of ice fishing at a small Hamilton county lake, and had time to drive through LG village and then along the east shore on route 9L while driving back home

MDB had NO ICE at all.

Dunham's bay, Harris bay and Kattskill bay all had a skim out to a few hundred feet, but I'll bet a goose feather landing on it would be enough weight to break it. Just driving past it, it was easy to observe that it was not anywhere close to something that could be walked on.

[mcully]

I absolutely love it and made some changes to my boat to accomodate it without breaking sh*t.  Guys troll champ all year and absolutely slay the salmon.

Drive front end first into the lake if skim ice so you don't break your transducer backing your boat in, toss a bag of salt/sand and shovel in your tow vehicle too. With the up and down winters I've been doing the open water winter boat more and more. Get a jump pack and make sure batteries are topped off as you are often the only boat on the water. Friends think I'm nuts but I love it too.

[lowaccord66]

Drive front end first into the lake if skim ice so you don't break your transducer backing your boat in, toss a bag of salt/sand and shovel in your tow vehicle too. With the up and down winters I've been doing the open water winter boat more and more. Get a jump pack and make sure batteries are topped off as you are often the only boat on the water. Friends think I'm nuts but I love it too.

Great advice!  I do not winterise my boat, I change the gear oil, the minnkota charger stays plugged in all year!  Here in CT we often have open water situations during winter so I grew accustom to leaving the boat operational.  (I caught my pb pike in open water last year in Feb)

On the LG front, spot lock and livescope and no competition on the water for those schooled up lakers has lead to some really fun days and the only difference from ice fishing is its colder without an enclosure.

[butch76]

I was thinking of taking the boat out on the lake with my son next week, any tips for catching lakers? Are you trolling or jigging? Thanks.

[lowaccord66]

Jigging.

[frozen nostrils]

Redefining ice fishing!

[hardwaterhonkey]

Redefining ice fishing!

That sucks last night it was open with like half foot chop down by the  minihaha waves lapping on the shoreline around 7pm musta dropped out and skimmed over looks like easy breaking tho thankfully easier on an aluminum hull

[Neil McCauley]

Welp... 

[lowaccord66]

Thats absolutely perfect Neil! 

[Fish48]

First time I can remember that there was virtually no ice on Lake George in mid February.  I have been ice fishing there since early 1960s.

[lowaccord66]

First time I can remember that there was virtually no ice on Lake George in mid February.  I have been ice fishing there since early 1960s.

A handful of years ago it was like this, it froze for 3 days in March and a few of us got out over the deep water on the third day.  The lakers were hungry and the next day the ice was gone.