If last seasons 'issues' were in fact a result of heavy ice  this year is indeed questionable.
Some hope, however, may be in order as other lakes commonly ice over and still maintain healthy fish numbers.
Likely many factors  involved with ice being but one.
One thing I never understood was why juvenile Kings seemed to be out there according to reports and the large adults seemed more heavily affected. Didn't see an abundance of either in the river system. All those 'jacks' are this years river fish--I hope.
 Good luck on the river this Spring Tuna.

Stay warm Jack.
I don't think the boat would make it to the GL until late June . There is just to much local fishing to do until the summer shuts us down round here

On the 10 day they have 33 on March 1 and it also predicts 5-8 inches of snow,but since we will be in March after that it should start warming up.......RIGHT?

Well I figured I'd post here to be a little less conspicuous.  We fished upper river today.  Ellis had no cars and no footprints.  We were gonna walk it down but a guide boat got ahead of us and we decided that things would probably become a nuisance.  So we went down to Pineville shelf ice was making its way off the bank.  We tried tucking in under the bridge but between the wind, the snow, and the shelf ice- it was a no go (only 1 other car in the parking lot).  Limited trails down there so obviously most fisherman are up top.  We didn't hit Trestles as that's on the docket for tomorrow.  Altmar had no cars on the none fly fishing side.  We worked our way down to the School.  Holy people had to be about 10 guys down there (one guide boat was parked in the middle of one of the holes) so we went back to the truck.  All in all we went 3 for 5 between my buddy and I (2 males and 1 female).  The weather wasn't too bad when the sun was out but conditions definitely worsened throughout the day in my opinion.  Probably fished from 11 to 330.
 
 
 

Last one and note fish was not out of the water long.  We make sure that they are released promptly.  I certainly wouldn't want to hurt these fish.
 

GREAT trip

Nice fishing , machine :) glad to see what they look like again and sure Charlie is stoked ..
Have a great time !!!

Thanks for the pics machine,they are nice fish and don't look like they are beat.I assume from your post that you found  success in the school house area.Did you try the LFZ?

Well first off it was not necessarily warmer today. Winds were steady and fishing pressure was reasonable high. Snow was on the menu for most of the day. Altmar had approximately 10 cars in the north lot. Ellis had 3. The wire parking area was just about full. Trestles south had 5 and there were even some vehicles down at pineville. We had a difficult time today only two hook ups with one being landed. Hopefully a few hours in the am tomorrow pays off.

There were about 4 guide boats on the water and it seemed everywhere we turned there was one or even two coming down toward us.

Thanks for the reply machine,were there any people on the LFZ that you noticed?What have you been using for bait/lure and also did you see other anglers having any luck?
Well it has been snowing here in SE penna. since noon and it is starting to accumulate,it might turn to all rain by daybreak and then end soon after.It seems this is a every weekend thing and it is getting a bit old.

We were using brownie eggs and chartreuse was the color of choice. If I recall correctly the fly zone was pretty busy today. We came across one guy who said he hooked up on 5 landed 2 and that the spot he wanted to fish was extremely productive today. We only watched two other guys hook up today. the one guy hooked two back to back in the afternoon but things quieted down after that. Sounds like guides had a hard time yesterday and today so I don't feel too bad.

Weather has moderated for the weekend, but all reports say unless you have a snowmobile or the constitution of a Greek god you should stay home.

Late start today and quite honestly not enough will and determination to fight the crowds. Probably 15 cars at the altmar north lot. 8 cars at the sportsmans hole. 3 cars at Ellis and it was full at the wire. Pineville had a few cars as well.

We got to 29 today ad it felt good. The shifting cable keeps popping of dads truck and it seems the fix is a new cable or welding and modifying the peg it clips on. I think the mechanic  is getting this one,  a few hundred dollars is well worth not being on my back for hours and rust and dirt falling in myy eyes.

Yeah I think the pressure was bound to happen.  Especially when everyone is concentrating up top.  Technically the reports weren't that positive Friday or Saturday.  Ran into a guide at the one bar on Saturday night and he said things were slow overall.  Definitely think next year I will go later when more of the river is fishable as well as other areas.  Anyhow good luck to all no matter where you are at whether its on the ice or in the river.