here is a short entry to what i hope to be a long dialog.. As the sun moved west I felt such a great feeling of ALIVE.. Like standing on the moon of love..
Crowds were non existent as friends gathered and fish were Iced or lost..
I drilled 1 hole in the hardwater today and it was a good one..
I'm so pooped. The pics will have to wait until after day 2 ..
100% confident my son will catch his first ADK lake trout tomorrow
Yes, there is fish in these waters
 

Go get em Rich

I got to get out there with you this season! Good luck bud.

Want to be there sooooooo baaaaaaadddd! Go get 'em, bud.
 

Well I'm back from day 2 at laker country.. Cant say I;m any less pooped but the 2 day run was WELL worth it..
Yesterday I drilled 1 hole all day, today my son came along and we wanted to try out his new tip ups so we each put out 3 and jigged in the warmth of the shanty..
My goals this year have been :
1:  get son his first deer... mission accomplished in spades, he got 2
2: have son get his first toothy critter on ice.. mission accomplished he got a few
3: have son get his first Lake Trout through the ice.. again , accomplished on the last day of 2013 :)
 
So , unlike the Salmon River when you lose more fish then land some say they are fouled.. NOT the case on the ice with a short pole.. We lost so many fish it was beyond keeping track.. It's the norm out there as it is very difficult to get a good hook set when fish charge a lure or swarm around it bumping the lure with it's nose.. Pretty darn awesome to look down the hole and see it happen..
 
I was anti electronics for a very long time until I got humbled by friends kicking my azz with their fancy flashers.. Without sonar you are just blind jigging with no clue as to what's happening under the ice.. Now I will (hope) never to go lake trout fishing without one.. It is a whole different game seeing the fish react , chase or just be on the sonar knowing how to use your skills to get them to bite.. It's a good investment for anyone playing the laker game..
I may be able to get back on the ice this week before my afternoon shift if the local ice is safe.. Lets hope because there are some GIANT perch locally..  Otherwise I'll have to wait until next monday & tuesday ,, sure enough back to laker country.. Lets hope this upcoming snow dump don't make things to difficult..
So here they are, a few pic's of mostly cookie cutter trout but boy are they fun to catch on a short pole.. Many lost and a few heavy weights were felt..
This first pic was taken by a friend which I think is cool as heck.. Pay no attention to the lure ..lol

 
Here are a few of ours:






 
Have a Happy New Years, Be Well to all and hope to share some ice with you all..
Peace & Tuna
 

Nice.  Same to you.
 

Sweet. Good job.

SWEETNESS man.   I may go out on Sunday.  Got my Smitty almost done and making the final touches on some windless style self jigging homemade tip downs.

Absolutely great fish and great family experience-congrats.

Starting to feel Optimistic in NJ.   Friday supposed to be high in single digits.  8-12 inches of snow moving in.  
Tuna GREAT picture of SON and YOU Bonding with the lakers!   Thats what is all about!  Never caught a Laker!  
In typical Polish tradition offfered a New Years sacrifice to the Snow Gods after watching the Hockey Game today!  If we do get to do an  Ice fishing outing in 14, I'll bring the stuffed cabbage, Garlic Kielbasa over Hunters Stew, Perogies and Hot Herring appetizer!   Will need Shiner Bohemian Black Lager to wash it all down!    At the Winter Classic Today, wish they would have had Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band play the first intermission rather than the Band that did!