Sometimes things just go right.
10. "Clear black ice locally

Thanks fisherlady. Yesterday I had waders and rain gear on fixing a main water line break at my mother's house.
Today me and my brother in law put 38 nice perch on ice. Could have been more if we wanted but I got enough to clean .
Beer battered perch and football tonight:)

Back to laker grounds next weekend

I hear that about cleaning but I'm finished 😁 and once the tater tots get cooking, I'm gonna batter those sweet filets up. So much more worth then a trout to eat for me.

Gotta get me one of them cordless electric knife. The cord was a pia but the music was great. Just say " hey Google play wdst "

Very nice HT.  Enjoy that fish fry!

We had a tough day  today only landing 15 keepers between four of us. Wind was harsh, but company was good. No solo trip for me today

Packed and stacked for 2 days on local panfish ground.
Cover not on yet till morning but bringing pop up shanty due to winds factor.
Flip over is get there and recon duty. Surprisingly light and compact, until I bring out the " wall of sound " speakers, lol.
Have fun to all as my endless ice fishing continues on my days off.

For a day always to remember here.
On this day , space shuttle challenger exploded around 11am. My twin boys came into this world at 5pm.
Fantastic to be able to enjoy their time together with me .

So tomorrow we are going to assault the great lake called the Queen of lakes again.
With a size limit of 23" of Lakers, the ones you catch or not are of quality. It's an all natural reproduction lake
The annual winter carnival starts as well for the next 28days so they will be activity abound. Given the best conditions in 2 years, races will take place on the lake. Those include, ice motorcycles, boats , atvs and snow cross.
Many people will converge for live entertainment, great stuff for a summer rich economy to cash in on the winter.
None of that will (should) effect my strategy except push those would be southern lake guys up where we are at. It's a big lake . 2 weeks ago I'd guess where we were there were 200 ppl with plenty room. Tomorrow possibly 300. It's not like standing in the town pool, lol.

I'm packed with my bigger 2 man flip over.
It's an absolute beast. Weighting in at 80 lbs mty. With my gear and beverages, I'd guess another 60-80. I'm not even doing tip ups.
None of this ( buyer hint) would not be possible without
1. A machine to haul the gear. I'd guess we will put miles on tomorrow.
2. Clear ice. I wouldn't be moving around much if I had to drag through snow.
The atv or snowmobile usually just gets us there and back. I'll take it.

Good luck to all that venture into the great tundra.

Taking the weekend off I think, trying to kick the sore throat.  On a side note I am trying to plan a Québec trip for pike and eyes this summerish. The guys I usually go with are getting older and I think we may have to break down and stay in a cabin and to do that we will need to fish a neighboring lake, but its the company I am going for.

Kinda sad , but that is another reason I sat this weekend out.  Did not want to get burnt out with the poor bite. As far as gear I am finishing up this year with what I have, but will probably get a drill adaptor for my Nils . Going alone and usually drilling about 10holes it seems like a win, win and I get a new drill for my use.

E.....A.....G.....L.....E......S       FLY EAGLES FLY!!!
Does n't matter who you were rooting for 'cause it was a great game to watch! Of course it was a great ending for me and all SE Penna. folks     By the way can't wait for spring to chase some Steel in ohio

I'm going very light tomorrow. Jet sled and light suitcase clam 2000.
Probably set some traps and pull the suitcase shanty a few times to jig.
Nice thing is it's roomy , light and easily foldable.
Not a fan of snow

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Although i was warm it was a tough weekend fishing. 4 shanties and bunch of gear saturated. I was the only fool out there today, 1 for 4 for any numbers guys. Easy to keep track on those terms.
The lake started to become well , a lake again.
Temps rising through the week won't help locally. Mud season.
Up north on the biggest lakes will be sloppy but fine for a LONG time to come.

Most threads on the discussion pages of Ice shanty get buried fast, sorry you thought maybe I was a taking a shot at Lake George.  I did get my answer, there are poachers out on Oneida, too, however they're doing it, maybe using the new technology, maybe just cranking away with a big heavy pimple or a piece of sink trap festooned with treble hooks.  And I know they yank 'em up Fish Creek but that announcement said nothing about the creek, it mentioned the lake, and the creek doesn't became an issue for almost 3 months. 
 
It is good to hear that you agree that all these liners and lifters are wrong, and I don't argue with the guy who has one outside once in a while (if it get broken off, or goes right back if he can't tell 'til it's landed) but you know as well as I do that a lot of these guys are just banging them in the head all day long, and your chance at a fair fish goes way down with that happening.  And the slope is getting more slippery again, early steel was a lot of poachers last fall, it'll be worse this year unless something happens. And not a lot will happen if the only thing being said is quiet and inside some popup some place while lurking on a cell phone. 

2 beautiful days over deep waters and 2 feet of ice. Zero blood on the ice. Lots of fish chasing my lures and bait.Some mighty big. I have even repeatedly jerked my rod in effort without success while they stare at my lure and me into the hole. Guess the only way to catch them is go snatching, lol.
Maybe tomorrow will be that day I don't get skunked