-13 at 5:30 am at my house this morning.
My son's furnace crapped out at 2am.

It was actually warmer in the north county ( schroon lake at -6

Well we did not get 1 inch from the LE event where I live. It did dip down to rt 104 today and Pulaski got a quick blast of snow. Hitting Oneida Sunday, chores tomorrow. Heard there is a game or something on Sunday, but who knows.......

Dodged falling trees and some limbs pelted my truck on this windy day. Temperatures dropped and mud has frozen.
Systems go tomorrow on a calm 15 degrees winter morning to pillage panfish.
I will be heading to tailwater lodge next Tuesday morning till Thursday afternoon 19-21. To cast a line in those icy waters.
Stop in and say hello if you wish

For many years wife and I would spend Daytona 500 weekend in Oswego .
I've seen lots of things at that time from surfers on the lake to fantastic good live music times at steamers. I always seem to run into real people that have been here before.
This will be another adventure. Did it last February at same place, same time and was pleased. Hence a return customer.

Its really a top notch hotel. I don't mind splitting $120 a night with having everything well kept and right on site.
Fly shop and tying station, good food 24/7 , game room , brewery, live music, all your fishing gear has a place not in your room, never have to drive from room if you choose.
They were building an expansion of exercise room , sauna, hot tubs and indoor pool last year I was there. I'm sure its completed now.
It's a home run for me.

With the amount of traffic they get from snowmobiles, fishers 8 months a year, it seems they are doing well.
I would have never thought, but pleasantly pleased

Tailwater lodge has turned out very nice.  I manage to eat there at least two evenings while in town.  $120 a night seems very reasonable.  I rented a house on the lake near the DSR but if this place was more west, I would definitely look into staying.  AirBNB has turned many owners into renters on Sandy pond/lake Ontario.  Nice homes can be rented for $50 per person per night.

Hope he makes the trip.
One thing I missed as a kid was traveling until I was a rebellious teenager.

Have no idea of what's instore weather wise but the radio station ( Woodstock) says it could be a mess starting tomorrow afternoon till Wednesday. No details given other than mixed bag. I got no snow left here and I'm cool without seeing anymore.
All good if we just finish out winter with rain / freeze events.
It will surely open up the striper season on the mighty muddy Hudson.
Nothing worse then having a ton of snow and ice melt on top of spring rains ( sans 2017) .

I'm counting the days now t minus 7 to the SR. If you could Clint, keep an eyebrow up for me. My real only deal breaker would be flows.

F  this time of year and the weather that goes with it!Yesterday we got around 4" of snow that stopped late morning,so I went out and blew it off my loooonnng driveway.Then sat around for awhile,had a shower and settled in,then it started with a light snow,then after coating everything in white,it started to sleet and then a light rain.After all that ended sometime during the night I was left with my loooonnnngg hilly driveway coated with a thick coat of ICE!So now I'm a captive in my house,can't drive until it thaws.This morning the Sun was shining and it looked hopeful,THEN the Sun went in hiding and we just had a snow "squall",everything is white again!I hope we get the Sun and warmth they are predicting so I can escape!
I really hate this time of year.

Rained like heck all day yesterday and man at times it came down in buckets full..... including the buckets.

Temperature dropped 27 degrees by sundown.

Today is bringing plenty of sunshine and temps in the mid sixties. 😜

One more night like last night though, temps back in the 40s before returning to the normal lows of 60s.😒

Gotta git, I wanna try on my new speedo before hitting the beach this weekend.😎

Be safe.


ummmm, would yinz mind keeping the cold fronts muup north... please?

We got about 6 to 8inches and then 1/4 inch ice on that. Wind howling all night. Idiots still going out on Oneida and then getting lost and calling rescue to come find them  because of the wind. 3 in a week on different days says ye common sense runs short for some

HT I weighed anchor and sailed south. Bonifide silly "snowbird" now. 😎

Stuck a "house for sale" sign in the front yard this fall and on Dec. 29th turned the keys over to the new owner. Fired up the truck and down the road we go.

Visiting Alabama and Florida till end of this month then heading west.

A bit tough hearing the stories about hardwater fishing but from what I read, the ice was short lived in my area so that does take a little sting out of it.

Next fall we plan to swing up through r3's area and cont. north on a fall foliage ride to the top, before heading west.

Keep them stories comin. While I ain't punching holes, I got plenty of memories.

Not trying my hand at any fishing here... but there's always next year. lol

Glad you got out Jack. Maybe you should start raising hogs and chickens so the freezer is always full through the winter, lol.
We've already made our reservations at motel go chase Lakers all next week.
Bringing the ATV so no dragging gear around and with 22" ice , go anywhere on that 13 mile lake to find them. I will even throw some traps out for the monster pike that also inhibit them waters.
This one was caught there last week by a friend of mine.

Rich,what was the weight of that Pike? What is a Pike trap?

Figures they drop the flow to a manageable 750 and expect it will recede even more.
We are on a ice fishing mission now so maybe next time for the SR.

Wouldn't be too sure Rich. Another warm up for the weekend may bring more water. Last I checked it was 1500 aging today