This past Saturday while I was up in New York, I ventured out onto Chautaqua Lake near Jamestown NY to see how the ice fisherman were doing. It was sunny and about 30 degrees and it seemed like everybody was catching a lot of bluegills. I stopped and talked to a fisherman who had about 30 big bluegills on the ice and one whopper crappie. While I stood there for a few minutes I saw quite a few fish being pulled out of the holes. It must have been a great day to be out fishing or Chautaqua Lake is an excellent place to ice fish.
Next year I am going to buy a New York license and fish Chautaqua for a few days. A couple words of advice, though. The ice on Chautaqua does not look like good ice. It is very thick (14 inches or so) but the top 8-10 inches are snowpack ice. Snowpack ice melts quickly so I would be very careful venturing out after a warm front comes in. Good Luck fishing!
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