Chautauqua Lake-out of state fisherman

[fishin madman]

I was wondering if anyone could give me some information on Chautauqua ice conditions and being out of state where could I get a license around the Mayville area?

[deerslayer92163]

ice conditions are very iffy i live here and am sitting home
get your license at wal-mart or the town hall in mayville or try hogans hut

[fishin madman]

Deerslayer thanx for the info and when your talking "iffy" are you talking 3 inch iffy or 5 inch iffy. Just don't want to by the license if the ice is bad and not going to hold up. Everything here in northwest Pa is pretty much shot.

[marcus]

Was in mayville yesterday. Very iffy ice conditions 3-4 inches o.k. ice with 4 inches of slush and water on top. Fishing same as always 100's of dinks for a handful of keepers. Did see one NUT out on a snowmobile i wouldnt advise it though. As far as the rest of the lake seems almost impossible to get on due to the ice on shore or lack thereof stepped through at long point and prendergrast its got to get cold soon!

[deerslayer92163]

me and polar spudded holes last fri and the shores were shot they may have tightened up with the 2 days of freeze we got but theres alot of slush onto of spotty ice im going to wait there was 30-40 ft of open water in front of beach house at long pt id rather be safe then sorry goto the reports and conditions board theres a few reports there