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REMEMBER: "ICE TESTERS ARE FOUND IN THE SPRING"

On a large lake or waters that are
moving under the ice, there's never any "safe ice."
The
lake waters are moving and levels are fluctuating enough to prevent solid ice
from forming.
Trust only your own senses
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Goodneow gives up ice fishing secrets - By Will Elliott At bottom of this page |
LOOK!
How NOT to put a tent up on a windy day!
Watch this
Funny Video! GO HERE
I WANT TO BUILD A GOOD ICE FISHING
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I NEED HELP FROM ANY ICE HUT OPERATOR THAT WANTS TO
SHARE WHAT KIND OF ICE OPPORTUNITIES YOUR DISTRICT OFFERS. EMAIL ME AND I WILL
FEATURE YOUR
ESTABLISHMENT FREE OF
CHARGE. I NEED YOUR INPUT!
Oneida Lake? Chautauqua? Erie? Honeoye? Irondequoit? Name it!
IT'S FREE!
There are some great fishing information contacts at the bottom of this page!
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PLAY IT SAFE! |
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!
Pictures sent in by Rob Crosbie of J's Fish Huts, Lefroy Ontario - Lake
Simcoe 02/15/09
705-795-3864 ~ 705-456-8779
Rob says "waterhead drove right in, guess he thought the jeep would float" "Be Careful"
LAKE SIMCOE ICE HUT OPERATORS |
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| Lake
Simcoe Ice Fishing Message Board
http://www.lakesimcoemessageboard.com/ A great message board and worth the visit!Get up to date information! GO HERE |
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| J's
Fish Huts 1169 Killarney Beach Road Lefroy L0L1W0 705-456-8779 - 705-795-3864cell We offer four man heated huts for perch and offer guided trips for trout and whitey's bait lines and tackle available and transportation provided to and from the huts. robcrosbie@hotmail.com |
Pauleyanna Sports 235 Sunnybrae Avenue L9S 1H8
Cell;
705 229 1478 or 705 436 2485. Matthew Pauley / Jerry Pauley |
Ice Fishing Outfitters
Virginia Beach, Lake Simcoe
905 715-9718
Mike Heyink
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| Lake Simcoe Fishing Adventures Targets: Everything (905) 476-2652 Simcoe Fishing Adventures |
A plea for Lake
Simcoe Ice Hut Operators ~ If you would like to offer your update on
2009 fishing opportunities PLEASE contact me at Outdoors Niagara I see a lot of you guys come and go but I need reliable fishing reports. "Help one, help all" |
STEVE'S
FISH HUTS Holmes Point Rd. Pefferlaw, ON on Lake Simcoe. Phone 1-888-525-FISH or 1-705-426-7800. $45 for Perch and $50 for Trout and Whitefish. >>CDN funds<< Includes Bait & Heated Bombardier transportation Shanty's are 8X8 in size and are heated. You can call anytime for local updates. Ask for Mike, the owner Steve, or Jack, the man who runs the office. |
| How come your hut business isn't listed here? It's free U.S. or Canada |
Tim Hales Fish Huts Beaverton Phone: 705-426-9669 or evenings: 705-426-9105 Targets: Perch, Whitefish and Trout |
Orange Mobile Hut Rentals Gilford, Ontario www.orangemobilehuts.com (705)456-8650 or (705)623-3314 Fred Drodge Ice Cabins of Gilford |
| Dan Hales Pines of Georgina - Pefferlaw Targets: Perch, Whitefish, Lake Trout (705)437-1013 |
Two Reel Fishing Hut Rentals and Guide Target: Whitefish and Lake Trout on Lake Simcoe For a great time call Steven at 705-456-4788 |
Hank Heynik Fish Hut Rentals Hanks Huts are ledgendary on Lake Simcoe. If you are looking for whitefish and lake trout |
| T & T HUT RENTALS VIRGINIA BEACH, LAKE SIMCOE, ONTARIO CONTACT: TIM 416-720-7431 E-MAIL timbuck51@rogers.com |
Cannings Fish Huts Target: Lakers, Whitefish and Herring in Barrie 705-721-8500 |
Terry Goy Ice Huts 11th line of Innisfil Long Schoal Target: Lake Trout, Whitefish 905-775-2754 |
| Gilford Ice Huts Target: Perch, Pike 705-456-2852 |
Hut
operators from NY PA OH or whatever, you are invited to give us a report and if you would like to be the first listed on Outdoors Niagara Ice Fish page, just email the information to me! Glad to have it! |
Keffer's Marina 50 Lake Dr. Keswick 905-476-4161 |
| Irondequoit Bay! | |
| Bayside Boat and Tackle 1350 Empire Blvd Bait shop on south end of Irondequoit Bay 585-224-8289 Bait & Boat Rental email: bayside@rochester.rr.com |
S and R Bait & Tackle |
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HOW TO CLEAN
A PERCH IN TEN SECONDS! "COSTA STYLE" |
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Ice Fishing Secret Tip You Might
Know, and Yet, Maybe Not! Some years back I learned a little thing from an old timer who loved his ice fishing and never shared many of his secret tactics with anyone. This one he shared with me. He was always the most successful fisherman in any ice fishing community. Lets just call him "Old Bill". One day some guys were talking in my tackle shop about their recent weekend outing at a local hot spot and they were complaining about how slow the fishing was that weekend. Old Bill was listening to them from a short distance over. After these weekend fishermen left, Old Bill told me he was there in the same spot fishing and he had a really terrific morning fishing, and in fact had left after only a few hours because he had plenty of fish. He told me the same group of fishermen were there when he was, and were still fishing after he left. Everyone was fishing open air including Old Bill ~ [no huts etc.] Old Bill told me his secret tactic after they left and I was sworn to secrecy and wasn't supposed to tell anyone, especially "those guys". Well, Old Bill is gone now, and I feel it's OK to share this story at this time. I'm sure other hard water anglers know about this, but at the same time there are just as many that don't. Those that do, probably are reluctant to tell too many others. Well, here it is. It is so simple, I don't want you to get mad at me, but I had never thought of it until Old Bill swore me to secrecy. Old Bill always fished with his 5 gallon plastic pail that he had fixed up to look like he was carrying his fishing supplies in it and it also served as a warm cushioned seat with a wooden top. He carried a separate minnow bucket if he was using minnows that day. Most often he used mousee grubs or spikes on small jigs. The cushioned seat top was fastened securely and a small hinged opening cut on one side. [for perch, crappies] Through the opening he could reach in and supposedly fetch his ice jigs or other things. He didn't do that, it was only a decoy. His things were kept in his snowmobile suit pockets or strapped to the outside of his bucket within those small plastic containers. The inside of the bucket was lined with a black plastic garbage bag. The kind you can't see through. When Old Bill would catch a fish, instead of standing up and drawing attention, he quietly removed the hook and silently slid it into his bucket. He would occasionally rotate himself with his bucket trying to keep his back to the other fishermen. With a big old heavy suit, or coat on, it was hard for anyone to see whatever activity there was around his bucket. Whenever another fisherman came around and asked him, "how ya doin?" Old Bill would say, "oh, not too good,... got a couple", or, "boy, is it slow!" And they would walk away and go back to where they were or roam around the ice asking questions like that of other fishermen. Old Bill said that if you tell someone that you are catching fish, now they want to be your friend and fish right next to you. That involves them cutting another hole next to you, then his buddy comes over to do the same thing, then another, and another, and pretty soon there is a crowd around you and away goes all the fish! The moral of this story is, there are lots of fish for everyone but when ice fishing, "mums the word", and all that racket on the ice sure doesn't help, especially in shallow water if you found the honey hole. The black plastic bag kept prying eyes from looking through a opaque plastic bucket especially if the sun is shining right. No water is needed mostly because it is so cold, the fish freeze, therefore staying nice and fresh until you get home. Do you have a helpful story to tell? email
it and we will print it here. Help us add to this page. Send your URL or other Information!
Wilson Ice Fishing These pictures were taken on January 17, 2010 at
Wilson Harbor, Wilson N.Y. Anyone can access this area through Wilson-Tuscarora
State Park free - Parking is free too. - Easy access
Click any picture to enlarge All Wilson Harbor pictures below by Terry Swann and Mark Daul
How NOT to put an ice fishing tent up on a windy
day
If you have other photos send them in! We'll put it here
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