ONEIDA LAKE DIEHARDS THREAD 2013/2014

[polish_perch_fisherman]

Pman,
How much snow was snow was there by Taft?

[SNAGGER]

Fished the Taft Bay/Constantia area today and what a day it was!      Had the pleasure of fishing with a couple of Oneida Lake wizards and my usual fishing buddy. Thought things were going to be bad after losing the 1st five walleyes I hooked (all nice fish) but things sure turned around in a hurry. Over the next couple of hours or so iced at least 23 eyes; things got so crazy I lost count and may have had closer to 30. Fish were not always suicidal but we had fish on the screen most of the time and even the non-aggressive ones could be coaxed into hitting. Easily one of my all-time best days on the hard water and one I won't soon forget. The only negative thing was that I somehow managed to sink a treble deep into the fleshy part of my left thumb. Luckily help was close by. One of the "wizards" was nice enough to remove the treble from the lure and the other "wizard" removed the treble from my thumb. Not only is Filet a hell of a fisherman, but he is a hell of a surgeon too. Before I could even let out a yelp, the treble was removed from my thumb with hardly any pain    . Fred thanks once again for your very capable assistance.

All in all just a truly memorable day spent with some truly memorable people. Here's the 3 that went home with me:

Not sure if I messed up the photo size; my apologies if I did.

   

[greenhead]

Fished chapman today 38 fow. Hammered the perch from 1030-1100 and then they turned on at 3 right when I had to leave. Ended with 35ish mostly 11-12" a few 13" and a lot of 9-10 I tossed back. The half hour flurry they were all caught on a plain perch jig rapp, no bait. They were inhaling it, front hook was buried to the throat.  Probably the best 30 minute run I have ever had. Ice is beautiful 11" but slick, a little snow here and there.  You do have to follow the shore line 100 yards from the pier to cross the pressure crack.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Nice   day   ,you  throwing  9 - 10 inchers  back.On  Sandy  thse are hogs.

[jakep138]

  Kingfisher that picture is AWESOME!!!!!!!!! look at the smiles!!


What a brute nice job polar and awesome pike of perch kingfisher !!





Heres a picture of polarbear's monster 27 incher from today..

[reeleyz]

Good job guys! Way to get the kids out there KF22!

[yarn em in]

What a beauty!!!

[drowndin dots]

Flying through....keep up the great work friends, see ya all soon! By the way this is FM.... hangin with DD

[Looper]

How is the shore line on the south side?  I'm hearing big ice heaves.

L

[BIGFISH]

                 AWSOME FISH     BIGFISH 

[H.T.]

nice fish guys got some really not nice weather coming tomorrow

[icedd]

Great fish

[huntny30]

Great fish everyone!  Can't wait to slip and slide tomorrow!

[WaldoSlammer]

Fished Constantia from 7 - 2 today.  Excellent walking from Mill St. With an inch of snow on top of 11" black ice.  Easy pull.  Fished in 20 FOW but bite was SLOW.  Around 1030 fishing picked up with some perch, and a 20" Waldo. After that though, not much consistent biting.  Saw many other guys leaving early today too.  Saw lots of lookers on flasher, no takers! OH well its fishing not catching hope some of you all did better today than I did

[minettoman]

Simply could not take it any more. took a half day at work today..left at noon on the ice and fishing by 2PM. Fishing North Shore and caught a couple perch and a keeper eye to start. 4pm came an whammo the feeding frenzy started. My buddy dropped 3 large walters at the hole. I iced 5 walleyes dropped 2 at the hole. Caught 15 perch...kept 8 jumbo's> my buddy got his limit of eyes and a dozen jumbo's. He also caught the biggest burbot I ever seen...had to weight 5 pounds. The waldos' were  attaching the rap. Tommorrow will be a good day to fish the Big O

[bart]

Nice fish everyone! Can't wait for my turn...

[aj454]

Hey guys   Is marion manor located on 13 in Slyvan Beach??  Coming up in the am. thanks Also nice fish.

[Hookinup]

Frustrating day on the ice today... First, my girlfriend wasn't feeling well when we got up  , so I had to leave without her. First fish I catch is a big 'ol burbot, who does a tail-hook at the hole, snaps the line, and takes off with my new UV orange jigging rap. 
 The second fish is a nice walleye. The nose hook on the jigging rap sticks in the bottom of the hole...and I lose him. 
 The third fish puts up a good fight. I look down and see that it is a pickerel. "A pickerel in 29 feet of water??".   
 I get him to the hole, and he bites the line causing me to lose him and another brand new lure. 
A little while after that, I finally land a really nice perch.  My girlfriend then calls me and says she feels good enough to fish. I packed up and met her at the other end of the lake. We end the night icing 8 walleyes. Kept our limit of 3 apiece. Nice "eaters. All males 16 to 17 inches. Looking forward to getting out there tomorrow. BIG barometer drop. Hope the wind is manageable.

Nice fish everyone!!!!

[H.T.]

Simply could not take it any more. took a half day at work today..left at noon on the ice and fishing by 2PM. Fishing North Shore and caught a couple perch and a keeper eye to start. 4pm came an whammo the feeding frenzy started. My buddy dropped 3 large walters at the hole. I iced 5 walleyes dropped 2 at the hole. Caught 15 perch...kept 8 jumbo's> my buddy got his limit of eyes and a dozen jumbo's. He also caught the biggest burbot I ever seen...had to weight 5 pounds. The waldos' were  attaching the rap. Tommorrow will be a good day to fish the Big O

your off to one heck of a season mr.  nice job!

[H.T.]

Frustrating day on the ice today... First, my girlfriend wasn't feeling well when we got up  , so I had to leave without her. First fish I catch is a big 'ol burbot, who does a tail-hook at the hole, snaps the line, and takes off with my new UV orange jigging rap. 
 The second fish is a nice walleye. The nose hook on the jigging rap sticks in the bottom of the hole...and I lose him. 
 The third fish puts up a good fight. I look down and see that it is a pickerel. "A pickerel in 29 feet of water??".   
 I get him to the hole, and he bites the line causing me to lose him and another brand new lure. 
A little while after that, I finally land a really nice perch.  My girlfriend then calls me and says she feels good enough to fish. I packed up and met her at the other end of the lake. We end the night icing 8 walleyes. Kept our limit of 3 apiece. Nice "eaters. All males 16 to 17 inches. Looking forward to getting out there tomorrow. BIG barometer drop. Hope the wind is manageable.

Nice fish everyone!!!!

i would say you had a good afternoon of fishing ;)nice

[minettoman]

your off to one heck of a season mr.  nice job!

Thanks HT....This year if you are on top of them...anybody could catch. them

[4wd1256]

First time on the ice this year and heading out of Godfrey around 630 tomorrow morning , just wondering should I head east or west ? I'm on a yellow Honda pulling a trailer , and love all the pictures !

[Stormy_NY]

Heres a picture of polarbear's monster 27 incher from today..

That's right folks .... That is a "5" Dancing Banana Hog right there WTG Polar Bear !!!!

[eyeshole]

Fished Taft Bay, 26' off a shoal, had a hot hole that kept producing, my buddy had to get right next to me to get fish. Was fun fishing outside. A dozen bonus jumbos too.

[H.T.]

Thanks HT....This year if you are on top of them...anybody could catch. them

catching them is the easy part. finding the ones that want to eat is a differnt story

[wild1ce]

Fished north shore today. Ice was great. The walleyes where smoking the raps when they where on the screen caught two, dumped 4 at the hole and brought home 12 beautiful jumbos!

[Pequod1]

Be careful going out of Chapman tomorrow. The pressure crack that was about a foot wide in the morning must have heaved up. It was dark when we came in but I could see that the ice pushed up a couple of feet. You will need to go about 150yds east along the shoreline before you can get through. Follow the trails.  Fishing was good for perch but the eyes won today. Dropped a few at the hole and got some shorts.

[ShaneO19]

Went out from Apps yesterday. Fishing was slow with  two brief frenzies.  Ended with 10 perch and one keeper eye.
Went out from Chapmans today. Ended with about 20 big perch and 7 walleyes (2 barely keepers). Big dry spell from about 11:30 am till 3:30 and then everything hit good till dark.

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Does anyone know how they are doing around the Islands (Frenchman, Dunham)?  Looked like a city of shanty's looking across fro Taft Bay last weekend.

[stevek]

I ice fished oneida for the first time today from noon to 6ish. Only managed four smalleyes and a nice perch. Next time I go back I'll be moving non stop until I find bigger fish. I spent the whole time with fish on the screen throwing every thing I had at them, but couldn't buy a bite. The few I managed were all dinks so I'm thinking that's what most of them were and why they weren't hitting even though they would chase a rap all over the water column.

[Spikehorn11]

Jigging Rap seems to be the key. Fished for 2 hours and got 7 perch. All from pretty much the same school. Lost my rap to a pickerel and landed another. Didn't mark a single eye on camera today.