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You nailed it. We head to Quinte once a year for a long weekend of ice fishing so good information is important to us but you won't get it on that forum, I did however make contact with a couple of good local guys on the forum that PM me with ice conditions and fishing reportsQuote:
Originally Posted by toddy
It's bad enough on lakes people see you fishing in a hut or clam they come right over and set up 20 yards away why would anyone advise about catching fish nowadays.
Lakers where on fire all weekend on Lake Roseau...
Half of the above sentence is true.
sounds like the same guys just want all the fish to themselves! I could see if you were in some little private spot that you found all by yourself but if you are in a well known area you have to understand that there is going to be other people
you also have to understand that fishing isn't the same as it used to be since the internet came around and joe blow finds out about ice conditions and tells all his friend now the word spreads a lot faster than you think... especially the ones that are within a couple hours from the GTA...Quote:
Originally Posted by dropshot1
It seems a lot of people like to ask the questions but not provide the answers... which makes this website essentially their fishing google... sometimes its ok to go for a drive and grab a spud and start making their own observations.... instead of leeching all of the time... ive been on Quinte a few times this year all in different locations and like the rest said it can be 2" in one spot and right beside you it will be 6"... If people are worried about the ice and have to ask then the best answer is stay off until a cold snap... they might get wet
I fished a bay on a big lake in front of my house with my neighbours and we did very well for 5 yearsnever saw a sole.,.., then one day some snowmobiles came by knocked on the ice hut door asking how the fishing was.., unfortunately we were in the middle of landing a fish...Quote:
Originally Posted by dropshot1
Next weekend they were beside us... By end of season there was 10 pop up shelters within 50 yards..
Next season there was 40 huts some permanent, some temp.
One night We went to our hut and there was someone set up close enough toys when I parked my truck beside my hut that when I opened the door I nearly hit his head he was exactly 3 yards from the side of my ice hut.
I know longer put my hut out on that lake and just use the clam fish weeknight a in other areas so the
Sponges have to find their own spots.
Ps the lake we fished on weekend I've never fished before, no one told me where to fish, yet somehow with a map and some experience and a little work we pulled and real eased 38 trout through the ice keeping 8 all weekend between 4 guys, keeping one each per day.
Point taken but in my case no where did I ask for someone's honey hole and never will but merely looking for ice conditions. I and many others are hours from Quinte and only fish it once a winter so personally checking ice conditions are impossible. That's where forums are important IMO. If someone from a distance needed to know ice conditions on Lake St Clair I would be more than happy to help them.
Wow awesome post. Member since 09 and 30 posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by dropshot1
There are no secret spots on quinte. Quite a few maps posted here and other sites with all the public access points. We used to even run a few meet and greets on the ice for guys on here but comments like that have pushed out most of the old founding memebers on here ( woody, Screwbs, blue ice, scott, fishfanatic, mattdbz, big jack, Big Mac )
Op asked a question and it was answered. It has nothing to do with not giving spots but to do with keeping people safe.
Hey, don't judge a guy by his post count!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cantcatchacold
Your right for that I apologize but at the same time don't think people don't want to help.
Yeah I have to move on again. Years ago a went on a mission on a lake that's well known, i drilled hundreds of holes with a friend who is as driven as me. We found hoards of fish we were targeting and for years nobody gave a crap what we were doing. They muscled in to see what we were doing, hoarded right in and then low and behold, by name and how the f to get there. He's there anything we show with new guests, not to mention all the other global citizens of the net who have pilgrimaged to that area. Fish numbers have nose dive, so between the lacking action and the belligerent self entitled attitudes, I'm out. My sled has miles to go and my augers got holes to drill again to find the next thing. If you sneek a peek on me In the future, watch, learn and shut the F up. If you have to talk go with texhniques, tackle suggestions or tips , don't name the exact place you're going to and how awesome it was, when you post you're literally telling the world.