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Steelhead??? What are those??? Do they still even exist???

Steelhead?...I think I remember those ,but I'm not sure as I'm having a senior moment.

As seen here with the lack of reports even the 3 residents ( cept, twobob ) ain't no fish in that river.. They are all trapped under the ice

Schroon 2/15 report:
Well the 4 day run turned into a 1 day shoot out.. The deep snow I dealt with here on thurs/fri really kicked my butt and after getting to Schroon at 1 am and fishing all day yesterday we decided to sleep in and head back home early.. I will be out in force again tomorrow at Jumbo Perch land in the am..
It was a strange day yesterday.. My brother in law was hammering them five feet away from me but I got no love from the lakers.. Thats fishing I guess.. At least the day was beautiful and ZERO crowds, not a soul out all day where we were..
Fun day for sure and I will be back to laker land for redemption in 6 days... Can't Wait !!
 
Here are just a few shots of the many fish he iced yesterday.. It was his best day ever..

 

 

 

 

Yikes!   That does look like a tough pull out there.   I have a wheeler and an  old 73 Panther snowmobile, but usually no way to get them to the lake.    I built a smitty and that sure does make life a little easier, but I begged out these last 2 weekends.  Just not feeling it.

Why was your brother in law hammering them and you were not Rich? It can't be the white beard 'cause you have one too,I don't think it was his grin 'cause you have a nice grin......I bet it was the blue pants WITH the YELLOW towel hanging out that lured them!!!......You have to get the blue pants with a yellow towel too!

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If it thaws and rains like they are predicting it may take a couple of weeks to get below 5-6000.
 
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Just getting off the ice at jumbo perch land ( son is driving ) and if , when it warms up its going to be really sloppy. The weight of all that snow has pushed the water up on the ice there is 6" slush between the snow and ice. Oh yea, fishing was OK

I went out today with my friend Jim.   It was nice to be out with an old friend.   Had a choice of 2 spots.   We picked wrong.   We got about 15 keepers in 6 hours,   folks 100 yards to the west got 40.   Right place, right time, wrong spot...........

We will see what happens.   I have been gettin a little itch myself.

Sorry folks for not updating this thread much.. Really I haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately nor have had much great catches to report but I'm still out there..
14 weeks straight on the hardwater and now have my goal set at 20 !!!
Yesterday was a fun as heck day on Lake George chasing lakers.. A good group of my friends came out to play and the weather was awesome..
a few steel rockets hit the ice and a heart breaker that I lost got away after an epic battle right at the hole..
I lost a brute that came up from 100 fow and railed my lure 10' under the ice only to rip line and scream the drag back to the depths , many times.. After about 15 mins I thought it was coming to hand only to have the hook pop out right in the hole.. It was a heart breaker for sure !!
Anyway, hope you are all surviving through this long drawn out winter but I'm LOVING it as it has been my best ice season EVER and going for 20 weeks straight , heck I might sneak out later today after house work is done :)

Why you think only a week or 2 Clint ? Is there flows happening into the pond, lake going to screw it up ?
There was 20" of thick clear ice on LG and some other places are close to 30". It's going to be around for awhile yet here.
My 20 week run might get derailed. Rob S just called and is itchy for another shot of redemption at the SR. Might be a 2 day foray on 3/22.
Keep me posted and come out to play if you can.

Although around  16 inches it is not clear ice due to several thaws throughout the winter.    I can see it going south with a few days in the 50's and some rain.   Shore ice goes first and it goes fast, then there is no way to get on.   Hoping for 2 to 3 weeks , but we will see.   Next few weeks the Hog females start showing up in bigger #'s too.
 
 
I guess I am having wishful thinking with a nice warm up too, although the 7 day forecast looks on the cold side though

That should be snow here, but we will see.   Took dads truck down to the local guy to change the battery cables.  $ 300 Chevy only pieces, pair that with the starter  $(347) that got ruined taking them off and a new battery and he is close to  $1000.   Hopefully that fixes the no start and the plow issues.   Like dad says though, if it lasts more than 3 months he is back in the clear due to no payments on it

Dad has used and abused that 3/4 ton more than anyone could of thought on the farm.  Loaded to the hilt with hay, wood, feed, manure.    Driven in the woods where most would not even dare.   Plowed more snow than I care to remember.   Hell he even backed it through my house.   $300 for cables  ($168 for positive and $85 for negative plus tax) from Chevy is out of sight though.   He said he could have made them, but there was a fusable link built in and special ends or something and pair that with his time and he said for $50 more we would get a better quality cable.    Should have done the repair, but as I get older I hate getting under a car with rust falling in my eyes.   Labor was only like $250 or so and worth it in my book.   Heck I often tell him I will pay 1/2 the labor so I DON'T have to do it.

He did teach me well, but  mechanics, home repair  and fishing were not among the courses.   In those he has just enough to get along.     Sports, farming, and being a good person were on the list though.