The official what I did today that was fishing related thread...

[Dog]

Prepped a couple rods n reels and my tackle bag for some smallmouth fishing at a nearby pond tomorrow.

welp, that didn't go as planned. Was ready to get a line wet but the pond was still frozen slush with snow on top... oh well, a few more weeks and I'll try to slay some smallmouth. A for attempting.

[RHYBAK]

Went ice fishing last Thursday to Lake Simcoe for Perch
Drove to the cottage on Friday for 3 days of Lake Trout Ice fishing.
Planning to go back to Lake Simcoe for more perch this coming weekend.

The ice is still over 2 feet thick up here.
It's not going anywhere to soon.

[JigginFool]

Took a vacation day last Friday and went ice fishing.  Got another limit of 50 perch and cooked a bunch of them on the ice for lunch, can't get much fresher than that! I think this was my last day of ice fishing this year, time to start prepping the boat and getting ready for soft water.

[RHYBAK]

Took a vacation day last Friday and went ice fishing.  Got another limit of 50 perch and cooked a bunch of them on the ice for lunch, can't get much fresher than that! I think this was my last day of ice fishing this year, time to start prepping the boat and getting ready for soft water.

Were you fishing locally in N.Y. or driving up to Lake Simcoe ?

[puckster_guy]

 Got my fishing fix in last weekend on the ice onTemagami. Between 4 of us 1 good laker at about 24 inches. and about 8 smaller then a foot. Even one herring. Just a taste waiting for the soft water.       

[JigginFool]

@RHYBAK - We mostly fish Chautauqua Lake in the winter.  The past couple years the perch were running smaller, but this year we got into limits of 8 1/2" and larger with some measuring 10"-11".  They aren't the Lake Erie 14"+ but its a safer and shorter walk and my cousin did get one he measured at 12.5 inches.  We didn't get any walleye since we didn't target them but there have been a lot of reports of people get short ones, so maybe in a couple years that will pick back up.  In the past we did well on them but then it died off.  A guy even posted a 45" musky that he pulled through the ice about a week ago, the thing was huge.
We also hit Chautauqua during the summer since I can leave my house and be on the water in about 1 1/2 hours so it makes for a nice day on the water and we usually come home with a meal of fish.

[JigginFool]

Here is a picture of the musky the guy caught....If I did it right.
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[JigginFool]

Ok...one more time.  Sorry.

[SgtCrabby]

I talked to a boat dealership salesman about finally getting myself a boat.  It will have to be ordered from tha factory and it will take 8 weeks. 
Huh?,  That's late May, it's fishing time on water here (we don't have any hard water to cut holes in)  .
But it will be in time for my (hopefully) upcoming retirement!

[Dog]

Ok...one more time.  Sorry.

holy heck

[Dog]

I talked to a boat dealership salesman about finally getting myself a boat.  It will have to be ordered from tha factory and it will take 8 weeks. 
Huh?,  That's late May, it's fishing time on water here (we don't have any hard water to cut holes in)  .
But it will be in time for my (hopefully) upcoming retirement!

The Core 4 Flotilla expands to Texas! loving this news Crab

[SgtCrabby]

Dog,  As an fyi; the core-4 flotilla isn't expanding to Texas,
it started here with the "can-o-crab'.

[john c]

SgtCrabby tell us what you are ordering.  Are planning on taking it to Canada?

John

[SgtCrabby]

It's a Lowe,  16 foot aluminum bass boat.   Not overly fancy, it's considered an "entry level" bass boat (salesmans term).  I don't want a larger boat and I expect to spend most of my fishing time alone, who needs larger?

No, I'm not planning on hauling it north to Canada.  I figure any 'savings' at a lodge would be more than offset in added fuel cost to tow it that far.

[getthenet]

Yesterday,Sunday,stripped the line off of 10 reels,try and load a few a day up this week !!!