Keyuka ice fishing?

[jk1]

Anyone been on the Lake fishing yet?   Where can we get on?  I assume the college is still closed to us.   10 years ago we got on the power plant at Yates.  Is that ready with safe ice?......jk

[Lucky13]

The most recent report on Ice shanty has ice 500 yards down fromj Penn Yan, nost of the lake is still open water.

[reeltrout]

We are getting out from indian pines. Lake was froze a mile out. Last week it gave a pressure crack from a mile out in to indian pines with some open water an week ice, only about 20 ft. wide, you have to be careful and get around that. I'll be out tomorrow. Bass, pickeral, maybe a pike on tipups. Lakers out in 20 fow jigging. I dont do the panfish- perch jigging but there is plenty people at it.

[jk1]

The state park at branchport s not iced in yet????

[reeleyz]

11 hours ago, jk1 said:

The state park at branchport s not iced in yet????

In my very limited experience it takes some serious cold for that part of the lake to freeze up. Many nights below zero. 

[dawsonscreek]

How far out would I have to go from Indian Pines to get to laker grounds? I hear they are in shallow and people are getting them while targeting perch, but would it be more productive to get them by fishing out deeper?

[JJBat150]

20-40 FOW seems to be the sweet spot right now.   Not sure if the south winds last night ate up ice out that deep.

[reeltrout]

About 12 inch of ice in 20 fow,  I Haven't been out deeper but that thick original ice goes out almost a mile.

[dawsonscreek]

23 hours ago, JJBat150 said:

20-40 FOW seems to be the sweet spot right now.   Not sure if the south winds last night ate up ice out that deep.

 

12 hours ago, reeltrout said:

About 12 inch of ice in 20 fow,  I Haven't been out deeper but that thick original ice goes out almost a mile.

 

 

Thank you both!

[jk1]

Going to try this coming Monday.  The state park first then if bad ice to Penn Yan side......jk

[reeltrout]

The Branchport side locked up the other night. Don't know if it will get thick enough before the warm weather thats coming.

[Big fat pike]

23 hours ago, reeltrout said:

The Branchport side locked up the other night. Don't know if it will get thick enough before the warm weather thats coming.

Doubt it it only froze Wednesday night with major cracks being visible from dock bubblers on thursday and it still being open water around those docks on friday (source working right out there on the lake) 

[chowder]

Pine Plains Park, Penn Yann. Lakers in 40 FOW Saturday- glare ice.