~*~ Schroon Lake ~*~

[Andrushkin33]

Who likes ice fishing ----- this guy...

Since I couldn't wait for ice to form here .... again what do we do .... of course go searching for it.

Reading up on some reports decided to head out and hit up Schroon lake upstate....

What can I say .... hard to fish a new body of water but we made the best of it and even managed to get some fish on ice ...

First stop was a bait shop to stack up on nice fat and juicy bait for a time when we get back on ice here .... then of to lake we went... ice thickness was anywhere from 10 to 14 inches at north end so IceMusky decided it will be a great idea to drive up on the ice and safe us a long walk .... Not this guy ....for me it was better to take a walk behind him just in case ... Ice was holding up pretty well besides temperatures in 40s and no wind .... set up on a deepest part of the lake and waiting game was on ... Saturday was a slow day for us with only one flag shooting up (and of course fish was lost once reel was spooled) and me just playing around with tiny perch. Nothing on jigs besides that .... short time later Mikey and Rocco showed up and of course before day was over Mike had to show us that fish was there for a taking with one laker landed.

Saturday night decided to move to a different spot and spend the night there. Morning was much better with IceMusky taking us to school with two beautiful lakers being landed (one on a jig and another one on tip up) Had multiple misses on jig after that in deeper waters while shore waters kept on producing damn perch. Even managed to land one fall fish as well.

My buddy learned a hard way to put up leaders for pike with one having a great run of but cutting through his braid like knife through butter.

Overall great time to be out with great friends .... Landing some fish on a new body of water was a big plus. Might have to make a trip there again while waiting for ice to come back in Jersey.

Andre