2015 Happy New Ice Year

Walked on 10" solid today, awesome to be alive.
Stopped at a very large body water on way back and walked on 3" :) much happy about that because before the adventure ends Sunday , I should be into lakers.
This will be the ice thread for me and pics will filter in once I get back to a computer .
Peace & Tuna

Well not only did the fishing suck in the last 4 days but returned to a crashed hard drive on a pretty new computer and a patched up boiler on the furnace.
Great adventure to at least get " away" . ZERO crowds , beautiful surroundings and fantastic company on the ice.
Pic's with no hero shots and late starts to fishing will have to wait until life allows me a break.. Those are my problems..

finally got another PC, it's a bear to operate to say the least but here are some crappy fotos of the 2015 Ice season starting 1/1/15
A truly outta the way pond in the upper north.. Anyone remember frontier town ? It's close to there.

Had pike way back in the day, no more but lots of bass and perch..
 Next stop was a deep water lake in search of trout, we got skunked, as usual:

3" black Ice , 80 fow , open water just off the point south.. FUN TIMES !!


We made 3 trips back to that lake with only 1 laker to show. The next week they were driving ATV's out there..
Another view from another water body, I just LOVE the solitude ..

After a few uneventful trips our local waters finally became ready, It's what life is all about :

And the bounty showed up:

Hit that place again sat with a bunch of old Fish USA'ers and what a blast it was !!
I won't show the kill shots but will say the food, friendship and laughter was WORLD CLASS !!
 
So over the course of the last 5 weeks the fishing has been sub par, the time out with friends and being outdoors along with the lifetimes of memories are always priceless.
We are heading to the Great Lake of the Adirondacks (Lake George) and I sure hope to continue to share the experiences .. Walking on the Water and not worrying about who, what when or where while fishing is Love of the sport.. Hopefully I will catch one too..lol
 
 

Nice job tuna... Summed up the purpose of fishing perfectly too

Just keep the guard on the blades and take em to a pro sharperner once in a while (in the off season.) 

Hi everyone!
Been having a issue with getting on here and after talking to the site admin. and my computer guru it has been narrowed down to my router.For some reason I cannot log on to this forum going through the router so right now I'm hooked directly onto the internet.And get this I have no problems logging onto other forums,only fishusa forums!The router I have has no range at all so I was thinking of getting a better one and now I have this to really make it a no brainer.
Have fun on the ice guys I hope you get the big ones....and stay safe out there!

Well I may be out of touch for a couple days as I am going to unhook the direct line to the internet and go back to the wireless but I shall return to see what you tempt me with your pictures Rich.....really hope you hit them

Ok Db, get those boots out.. but by the looks of things this week, maybe a shovel too.. ugh..
So yesterdays adventure was absolutely AWESOME !!! We didn't set the world on fire but iced 6 , lost about the same and had countless fish chase our lure trying to get them to bite.. Good thing snaggers aren't allowed on the ice..lol
We started the day in the pitch dark thinking that the place was going to be Packed.. Wrong, we were the only ones out there, well besides some ice skaters :)
Here is us trekking into the unknown under the cover of darknss .. that was NUTS !!

 
We came to and crossed this pressure ridge in the dark, I took this pic on the way back in:

 
First up was my buddy Brian ( I asked permission to share his foto)  who was the hot rod and when I would hook up , so would he. We had a few doubles:

 
I got on board with a couple shorts, they must be 23' to keep.. Mine all seemed 22 3/4 " lol



All of Brians seemed to be WELL over 23" with this 26+" fatty


All fish released ..
 
Finally, Take a good look at the ice because after the big snow we are expecting it will not be an easy drag again out there :(

 
P.S.
All my fish were caught on bucktail jigs I tied from a deer we shot this fall.. Nothing is better then using your own materials :)
 
 
 
 

Great trip

And many more, HT.....

Well yesterday was just one of those days... The bite was off for sure and only caught 1 short laker..
Waiting for the grandkids to arrive and see if we can do better with the pannies today...

 

even after a late start and only about 2 & 1/2 hrs fishing , today was a great day on the ice with the grandkids..
Zero wind, bright sunshine and a few smiles around..
We got 4 on tip-ups and 3 jigging.. One was a white..
Sure love this little perch puddle as we always seem to catch fatties..
So that's a wrap to another weekend.. Already dreaming of next week :)

 

 

 

Tasty food  for the kids (of all ages)!!!! Better than Mickey d's by a long shot.  Wishin' you better luck on the big water.

Well I tried Oneida today and that place kicks my butt every time. I managed I bite all day, but landed a good eye. It was actually the first one I have ever got through the ice so all was not lost.

Yes, walking was brutal today. Walk a hundred yards and rest, repeat. At least I had snow machine trails to follow, but it mattered little.