Author: adkicefishing

The excitement for the 2024 ice fishing season is high. We have had favorable weather this November and early December for ice building and as long as we don’t get an early season thaw we should have enough ice for the New Year break. Lots of Trips booked for the holiday so we are hoping […]

Excited to write this as it means we are heading into another season of Guided Adirondack ice fishing in the ADKS! We love all seasons as they all have their own style of fishing and it allows us to guide year round without ever getting bored. We had a wicked busy season of fly guiding, […]

We have had a very busy month of guiding with MLK weekend in the mix. We had excellent ice conditions throughout the Essex and Franklin counties with many lakes having over 12 inches of black ice with little to no snow cover. Fishing has been active for perch, Lake Trout and the pike fishing has […]

The Adirondacks are mostly solid at the moment after a few cold snaps. Looking at 5-7” of ice on most ponds and smaller lakes in Essex and Franklin counties. Things are looking good and we are able to expand our reach finally and hit some new bodies of water. Fishing lately has been awesome. Lots […]

Recent weather has made the ice in the Essex and Franklin county regions turn to junk. Snow covered slush and variable ice throughout much of the region. There are pockets of decent ice if you explore the region, but many of the go to lakes and ponds have been on hold. They will be back […]

Finally. After a string of warm weather Winter has returned to the region. Sage Ice has starting to set up throughout Essex and Franklin counties, our primary zones. We had 5 separate groups out today chasing pike, bass and panfish and had pretty consistent action throughout the day. It wasn’t a super productive day, but […]

We were able to get out on the ice in the Northern ADK yesterday and pulled our first pike through the ice! Some of the lakes surrounding the region are still wide open, while this specific pond had 4-5.5 inches of healthy ice throughout. We were in a shallow bay on the edge of deep […]

Took a trip to Fern Lake today in the Black Brook region. The ice was only 2” thick and mostly cloudy and weak. Lots of anglers saying on social media that the Saranac Region, and the ADK region are frozen and we encourage everyone to use caution. Although some smaller lakes protected from wind may […]

Any ice we have seen in the Lake Placid/Whiteface region is not yet safe for travel. While we are very excited to get out and fish, we are definitely waiting for stronger ice to set before we venture out. Most of the ice is weak ice which formed during the most recent snow storm. Much […]