Anyone been out?  Lets hear about your fishing tackle you got for Christmas?

Waiting for spring....lol I hibernate and buy gear, this year new boat.

15 minutes ago, Scorchx1245 said:

Waiting for spring....lol I hibernate and buy gear, this year new boat.

Dude.. I bought soooo much stuff already.. I upgraded 4 combos with plans to upgrade a 5th and I already bought like $400 worth of baits mostly jerkbaits.  I can't pass up $5-6 lucky crafts and $2 RC's

Anyone fish Goose Bay on the St. Lawrence? Thoughts? 

Alright time to revive this thread!!! What lakes are ice free?! Honeoye, conesus, silver, Cayuga, sodus bay, etc etc....I know Canandaigua and Seneca for sure!!! Haha

Silver has been ice free for about a week. It was ice free most of Feb, too, but then froze back over in early March for about 3 weeks. I will be getting the boat out this weekend. Most years I am ready to go the minute the ice leaves, but this year I am dragging my feet a little.

18 hours ago, ww2farmer said:

Silver has been ice free for about a week. It was ice free most of Feb, too, but then froze back over in early March for about 3 weeks. I will be getting the boat out this weekend. Most years I am ready to go the minute the ice leaves, but this year I am dragging my feet a little.

Me too cause once it comes out of storage, it stays outside =(

 

This weather has got me excited. I think the cold may be behind us now!

1 hour ago, bclark7b said:

This weather has got me excited. I think the cold may be behind us now!

Yeah, now if it would just quit raining. 

 

My boat lives outside now, and that's one of the reasons I am dragging my feet. On getting it out

 

BTW Ben....what weekend you want to come down this spring? When the smallmouth are on the beds again? Or when the swamps are full of largemouth?

Boats out of storage, running, serviced, cleaned up and ready to go. Probably Monday it hit's the water for the first time.

Lake George should be ice free any day now. I'm hoping to be out next Sunday.


 

Boat hit the water this AM. While it was off the trailer I put new bunk boards on the trailer. I did a lap around the lake checking water temps and clarity. Didn't find anything I wanted to fish real bad (cold murky water has always been tough for me) Made a few casts at a known largemouth spot and caught a pike, made a few casts in a known smallmouth spot and caught some perch. Then I went home. Water temps were 40-42 on the main lake, and 44-46 in the backwaters. I have caught lots of fish in cold water, but what surprised me was how dirty it was. Almost ZERO visibility. It's either got to warm up, or clear up before I get to excited about it.

10 hours ago, ww2farmer said:

Boat hit the water this AM. While it was off the trailer I put new bunk boards on the trailer. I did a lap around the lake checking water temps and clarity. Didn't find anything I wanted to fish real bad (cold murky water has always been tough for me) Made a few casts at a known largemouth spot and caught a pike, made a few casts in a known smallmouth spot and caught some perch. Then I went home. Water temps were 40-42 on the main lake, and 44-46 in the backwaters. I have caught lots of fish in cold water, but what surprised me was how dirty it was. Almost ZERO visibility. It's either got to warm up, or clear up before I get to excited about it.

 

Just de-winterized the boat today.  I will be heading up and hitting Silver for a week starting Friday to wet some lines.  I am not figuring on slaying them, but need to get on the water.  

 

See you out there Farmer, I have a feeling there will be few on the lake.

Picking up my new rig!!! So excited haha bought a 2004 nitro 901 cdx with a 200 hp merc. 

Fished for about 5 hours this afternoon, and ground my way to a limit of average sized smallmouth. No change in water conditions from two days ago. I am still not that excited about it yet. 

On 3/31/2017 at 4:18 PM, ww2farmer said:

Yeah, now if it would just quit raining. 

 

My boat lives outside now, and that's one of the reasons I am dragging my feet. On getting it out

 

BTW Ben....what weekend you want to come down this spring? When the smallmouth are on the beds again? Or when the swamps are full of largemouth?

I'm thinking a swap full of largemouth is right up my alley.

If anyone is fimiliar with Cossayuna Lake, it should be completley de-iced by now and is a great spot. 

Silver was mighty slow again today. I fished for about 3 hours or so mid-day, and only caught 1 4lb largemouth, and a couple pike.

 

Water is still super dirty and we lost a few degrees of temp too.

I caught a carp today. City Dump lived up to its name. 

I don't think anythings on fire right now, or yet. I talked to two buddies on the water around 1-1:30 and they had caught three bass between them since first light, and these are guys whom are mainstays in the cashers/winners circles at my tournaments.

Silver skunked me today. Doesn't happen often where I cant land something, but zip, nada, nothing.   Had something (think it was a pike) swipe at a rattle trap and that was it. Did meet Farmer at the ramp which is nice to put a face to the name.

 

And got back early enough to clear some trees and brush, pushing my rifle range out to 260-280 yards though. 

 

Hopefully it picks up this week; I will be back at it in the am.  

Some guy named Noel caught smallies on Honeoye today. He's shady. 

2 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Some guy named Noel caught smallies on Honeoye today. He's shady. 

 

 

Honeoye was doing OK today.  

 

1 big perch

2 18-20 inch walleye

8 largemouth

39 smallmouth

 

I wish I didn't waste the first two and a half hours this morning fishing for largemouth.    Most of the smallies came in an hour and a half's time.   It was ridiculous.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, nosdog2 said:

Silver skunked me today. Doesn't happen often where I cant land something, but zip, nada, nothing.   Had something (think it was a pike) swipe at a rattle trap and that was it. Did meet Farmer at the ramp which is nice to put a face to the name.

 

And got back early enough to clear some trees and brush, pushing my rifle range out to 260-280 yards though. 

 

Hopefully it picks up this week; I will be back at it in the am.  

A rifle range you say....LOL

 

 

58 minutes ago, wnybassman said:

 

 

Honeoye was doing OK today.  

 

1 big perch

2 18-20 inch walleye

8 largemouth

39 smallmouth

 

I wish I didn't waste the first two and a half hours this morning fishing for largemouth.    Most of the smallies came in an hour and a half's time.   It was ridiculous.

 

 

 

 

 

Was going to make the haul to Ogdensburg for the new boat, but it snowed and iced and salted the roads up there so I'm grabbing it this week, another week in the garage won't hurt it!#