Pa ice fishing.....

[nmc02]

I spent the weekend at my pa cabin. Cold! It was nice to get away, but fishing was painfully slow. There were three groups on the lake....each caught a single trout. We fished 9 am to 4 pm and had 3 bites, caught 1 trout. 

[308federal]

Good-looking fish. The trout in our lake are emaciated looking. Fishing slow with about 15-16 inches of ice. Couple of tiny perch jigging.

[Mountain Goat]

What part of Pa is your cabin? What lake? 

[nmc02]

Wayne County....north of Honesdale, near Pleasant mount. We fished Upper woods pond. It was -5 this morning 

[Mallard1100]

Nice!! We went out today.  Slow day but still managed 2 salmon and a pick. Very slow overall. 

[Bucksnbows]

3 hours ago, 308federal said:

Good-looking fish. The trout in our lake are emaciated looking. Fishing slow with about 15-16 inches of ice. Couple of tiny perch jigging.

If you’re concerned about the trout, try  stocking fatheads and freshwater scuds. Both will provide year round food for the trout in a lake or pond.  That’s what we do for our pond clients. 

[Bucksnbows]

4 hours ago, nmc02 said:

I spent the weekend at my pa cabin. Cold! It was nice to get away, but fishing was painfully slow. There were three groups on the lake....each caught a single trout. We fished 9 am to 4 pm and had 3 bites, caught 1 trout. 

So it wasn’t just us yesterday. Everyone I know that ice fished yesterday had a slow day. 

[308federal]

3 minutes ago, Bucksnbows said:

If you’re concerned about the trout, try  stocking fatheads and freshwater scuds. Both will provide year round food for the trout in a lake or pond.  That’s what we do for our pond clients. 

Thanks for the tip. I think we stock a hundred pounds? of fatheads around the fall. The lake is 15/16 acres, so the fatheads are like a drop in the bucket. We have bass, pickerel, perch, sunnies and stocked trout.

[Bucksnbows]

2 minutes ago, 308federal said:

Thanks for the tip. I think we stock a hundred pounds? of fatheads around the fall. The lake is 15/16 acres, so the fatheads are like a drop in the bucket. We have bass, pickerel, perch, sunnies and stocked trout.

You want to start at 10 pounds/acre, so at least 150 lbs. But you’re not too far off at 100 lbs.  If they are skinny now, toss in 200 lbs. But try scuds this spring. I’ll find a link to our supplier and PM you. I like to inoculate new ponds with scuds once we get the biology established for life. They are available all year to the trout as food.  

[Bucksnbows]

That’s a very healthy rainbow in Nick’s picture. He’s eating good under the ice! 

[308federal]

Thanks for the tip. Looking up scuds now. Like the fact that they have a penchant for algae.

[308federal]

8 minutes ago, Bucksnbows said:

That’s a very healthy rainbow in Nick’s picture. He’s eating good under the ice! 

That really caught my eye.

[flukebelly]

it was tough all around this weekend. Super high pressure and bluebird skies. Still nice being out ! 

[SoxFan]

Awesome!!

[rgw]

Worse weekend, Saturday fished with John and he pulled a pickerel as we were picking up to leave and today I went with the boy and he caught a nice perch.