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Very nice pics. That drake oldsqaw looks just like the one I have mounted in my game room. It is nice to see they are eating goibes and zebra muscles.

I actually would rather fish Steelhead. When it is derby time, Kings in the morning and then drag bottom to get some gas money back.

Any time Rick. Just let me know. We may find FISHINMAN in my spot for lakers but we will manage.

Did he catch that slob on a tip up or jigging? I love that lake for icefishing.

I'm also a big fan of the thundersticks. Can't beat the billy borrow, black and silver, firetiger and orange and gold.

For all of you guys that make fun of lake trout fisherman, you might want to start learning . The way things are going, this could happen again.

My buddy did good on the gills at the North end the other day. The shore ice has firmed up nice. I was not at the North end. I was fishing infront of my buddies house.

I'm glad it is only 15% missing. It could have been a lot worse. Does the DEC plan on stocking more of the other species to make up for the loss?

Fishinman, Is Jax your assistant?

I heard from a buddy today that we will only get 50% of the kings we are supposed to get this year? The egg take was down (old news) and then a lot of the eggs did not make it to the yoke stage (new news)? Anyone else have any info on this?

Fished Conesus today and did not get a flag. This lake has been really slow this year. Hopefully the next trip will prodcue.

With the low water, the perch run was not that good in the fall because the channel from Long Pond to the lake was shallow or a total sand bar. On a normal year, Cranberry can be good.

30 lb. Ande Pink for flea season. 15 lb. Maxima for the spring rods. Seagar Florocarbon for all of my leaders.

Cranberry Pond is a big bowl max depth is about 6 -8'. I have not fished it in a couple of years. The ice fishing is best in the SE corner of the pond. The only public parking area is on the Nw corner of the pond. It is a long walk.

I got one out of Conesus in 2005 that was 41" and 19lbs. This summer, my buddy pulled a 43" that was only 16 - 17 lbs. really skinny. My buddy that lives on Conesus has a 48" pike mounted that weight 26.5 lbs.

Fished Honeoye at my buddies again and did 1 walleye, 1 bass, a bucket of gills and seeds and lost one walleye at the hole. Picked up around 11 and went to private access on the West side of Conesus. The ice was a little scary (2 - 3"). Fished until 4:30 and got skunked. Did not even have a single flag.

Fished right out in front of the boat launch near the end of the dock from 12:30 - 3:30 and did 2 pike in the first hour. Nothing jigging, and no other flags after that.

Fished Honeoye in front of my buddies house with GatorNY and some other friends. Did 12 walleye, about 12 -15 bass, lots of gills, seeds, rockbass and some perch. 10 out of the 12 walleyes were taken on bass minnows. 2 of them were taken jigging on a Salmo Chubby Darter and a Nils Master. Both lures were in perch color. We fished 14 -17 fow for the eyes, 8 fow for the gills and sunfish and 25 fow for the perch. The ice was 4 -6". Hopefully we did not lose too much yesterday. Here are some pics from the day.

I troll S&S, Hammerhead, and the Nk chains. I like running blue and silver and watermelon. The speed should be slower than 1.8. The best speed is around 1.3. If you troll faster than 1.8, you will get a lot less lakers. Most brands of chains will not work properly over 1.8. The NK seem to be a little more speed tolerant than the other 2 I named. Good luck.

The largemouth fishing on Conesus will be good at that time. Fish the weedbed on the North end of the lake with jigs, spinnerbaits or top water. Drop shoting is also good just outside the weedlines all over the lake. Just watch out for bite offs from monster pike and tiger musky. This lake is loaded with them. If you want to fish pike, troll over the points in the North end in 30' of water. The big pike will hang on the points at this time of the year. I like running bomber deep diving long A's. Firetiger has been the best over the years. Good luck.

Boomer, Canadice is a blast. Fish the South end for pickerel, bass and panfish with tip ups and jigging or Fish the middle of the lake (90' of water) and jig lakers with pastics and jigging spoons ( I have better luck on plastics). You will need a flasher to get the lakers in numbers. A lucky fisherman without electronics may get one. Be very careful over deep water. This lake can have some really inconsistant ice. Last season, there was 12" of ice with open water 100 yards from where I was fishing. Feel free to PM me for more details.

My buddy used to work at Pheasant Hollow in Bloomfield. Give them a try.

The wind on weather.com in Honeoye said the wind died to 6mph out of the west. It should glaze over tonight and then start building with the Arctic temps the next couple of days.

It should come in three different scents spring, summer and fall.