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I've done good on the Crappie by lantern light several times but no need to stay out all night. I just get out there and get set up by dark and fish until I've had my fill. Usually by like 10PM, and then I go home. I did the overnight thing one time and got one walleye but it was at twilight the next morning when she hit. I would've been just as productive if I'd just gotten out super early. In fact, all the walleye I've caught through the ice on Honeoye have come early in the morning. I usually like to finish setting up while it's still dark and I get a fish or two right at twilight. After that, I switch over for perch. I do, in fact, plan to do an overnight for walleye next week....but not on Honeoye. I just think there's better water with bigger fish and with better odds than Honeoye for that kind of an investment of time, energy, and sleep loss.
Shhhh, I was out Saturday from about 2:30 pm until @ 5:00 and cought 26 fish! Went back out Sunday about the same time and only managed 11. Now just waiting for the ice again!
Nice at least you got into some 26 fish isn't a bad day at all for 2.5 hours. I'll probably be out there sometime between the 27-29th can't wait judging by the long term forecast looks like we're going to have a good start to the season. I mainly fish Chautauqua but I've been getting into honeoye for ice fishing the last couple years and love the lake bluegill are so fun to catch through the ice!!!! I was just looking at the regs for honeoye if I'm reading it right it says you can keep bass up until march 15. In I reading it right? All the lakes my way bass are already out of season.
Hey all. I mentioned a few posts back about fishing the northeast corner of Honeoye. I forgot to mention (and maybe it should be mentioned every time someone talks about launching out of Sandy Bottom) the GAS POCKETS. They're easy to spot at the earliest ice because there's open water with geese and ducks in them but once it ices over or snows over one could be in for deadly surprise. I THINK someone posted a google maps snapshot with the two spots identified. If anyone knows where that is, maybe we could get that toward the top of the thread.Thanks and stay safe everyone.-bob