Ice is inconsistent here, too. A couple of solid and a couple of rotten....
Fished well though!   It'll be interesting to see how much run-off occurs this coming week with the warm temps.  The 750 didn't last that long. 

Clint S

10 day  shows temps above freezing during the day  and at above 50 this weekend.   Goodby what little ice there was.  

 
Really ??
Nah, at least not around here.. My local waters that don't have snow are in perfect shape of clear black ice.. Night temps will hold them over..
ADK's or heavy snow areas, they will get real sloppy but if the lake has a good ice base, like many do, they will be fine..
 
I plan on ice fishing every weekend until the stripers run, steel spawn or the boat goes in :)
gonna be awhile..

That stinks !!
It's still 10 deg as of 8:30 am here . A nice one digit number where I plan on fishing this weekend. Lows still below freezing with the warm up coming.

Lots of people have been reporting sketchy and even dangerous conditions so caution to all.
A few places around however already have perm shantys with atv action on them.
Best to know your water body.

Hope you get some ice fishing in but the sr ain't a bad back up :)

Was in a big box  right after retirement bout 10 yrs ago looking for some Blue and Striper gear. All they had were the garden variety stuff that 12 year old kids are attracted to. In order to pick out the gear necessary ya hadda go through the whole department inventory and then it wasnt all there.
  Store manager happened by and asked how the shopping was going- I told her and advised that 'fishermen' who will keep coming back do not return because their gear is not New England oriented
   . Why come here when ya gotta go to a real tackle shop anyhow to get the job done. It was a nice polite realistic conversation. She then started asking personal questions and ended up offering me a manager job in the Dept on the spot.
 I actually considered it and declined. She DID offer inventory control which I thought was unique for those places. Seems they all have some non outdoor fella someplace buying for the whole chain- to their detrement.

 
Spot on-  Never believed the control offer would emerge and wondered bout an on the spot offer- more likely they were short handed and trolling.
 Seems like whatever the buyers see on TV shows is what they fill the shelves with -  no idea bout the outdoors. If ya aint Bass fishin ya dont belong in those places .
   Big Box outdoor store down 81 towards Syracuse was  similar. Odd considering how close to the SR they are and dont carry most of what ya find in SR Tackle shops.
  The local shops wherever ya fish are the places to go. One stop - its all there.
 
We mighta just Hijacked Clints weather thread

Hijack withdrawn. 

Alright I will add to the hijacking.   I have caught Trout, bass, northern , walleye, perch, sheepshead, falsefish and many other types of fish on these.
AS SEEN ON TV
http://www.banjominnowsto...ront.aspx.  
 
Back to the weather.   Out till Tuesday temps above freezin  for a bit each day.   

Well in the 40s today and rain so I do not know if the the little ice we had will hold up.   Guy's have been fishing the pond for the last week and falling through Oneida daily.   With the nice weather forecast for this weekend I guess every butthole and his brother will be at the river tomorrow.........   along with me.     Probably go to my regular haunt , but if I am feeling spry I may take a walk.   I have one spot in particular that I want to try that I cannot get to in the winter unless the water is low as I have to cross the river and/or a few diversions.

Forecast for the next 2 weeks looks favorable for ice, cold and very cold and no snow to speak of here in Western NY.  Mad River Club Ice Derby on Sandy Pond may actually happen this year on the first weekend in February.  Remember if you go that you need to register each day, but you only pay the entry fee the first day you fish.  Registration is at the Sandy Pond R+G Club.
 
L13

Looking at the same in my neck of the woods PA.  I'll take snow anytime over the wintery mix.

Looking at the rest of the week it appears that a Artic blast is on tap with wind and lots of lake affect snow.Think we might get a snow pack for the reservoir.
Sounds like the ice fishers kind of weather.
 

Changed quick,  drove to work in the rain drove home in a white out.   Alot of the snow on the tug melted.  A bit of snow here and there over the week.  We will see.   I have the next few days off, but It would take alot to get me to venture out in the bitter cold.  Thursday I would venture 15 below at least.

Yea, about  6 inches here.  Wind was wicked.   IT BLEW OVER MY GRILL THAT WAS UNDER A COVERED PATIO.    I have a few days off , but lots to do.

Shadow dapping!

Seems like a thick band bombed brewerton, c-square through camden yesterday in to last night... some places got a couple feet...