Oneida 2022, Walleye or Die success! 2/26,27,28

[FASTEDDIE29]

Headed north with a fine crew of anglers from here. Myself, Luke, Scott, Big Fonz, Nick, Brandon, Chris and Duane rented a beautiful house on Oneida lake with primo access to the Walleye grounds. Arrived Friday to 50 mph wind gusts out of the NW and still forced ourselves to get on the ice to check it out. Bad idea, the conditions were brutal. Back to the house to eat, relax and prepare for Saturday morning.

We head out early and get set up. Flags weren’t flying but we had a good pick of Perch and Walleye for the annual Sunday night fish fry. Some guys did way better then others but everyone contributed! Without fish there wouldn’t be a fish fry. Saturday night got a little nuts at the house but boys will be boys. Nothing better then Poker and adult beverages with the bros!

Sunday back on the grounds with a stiff W wind that switched to NW in the afternoon and gave us a good taste of that lake effect madness. I didn’t have my shanty properly pinned and almost flew away to Long Island with the 50 mph wind gusts that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Had to hold the shanty down with one hand while sticking a few more spikes in it to prevent myself and my gear from flying away. Good times!!! On this day the Walleye chewed and chewed. By days end I had 23 Walleye, 8 keepers, 15 shorts and 2 jumbo Perch. It was nuts. All this out of 1 hole in my shanty. The fish Gods were very giving. Plenty of fish caught by quite a few of the guys in the frozen tundra. Good fishing everyone and phenom times had by all. Can’t wait to do it again next year!!! TIGHT LINEZ and FISH for all!!!
#oneida2022

[FASTEDDIE29]

Pics, pics and more pics!!!

[henro]

#delicious

[icebadger]

Outstanding report look and sounds like things got off to a rough start but you guys pulled it together and had a good time. eddie got a nice perch and enough waldo for a fish fry. what the heck was that on that one walleyes belly? well i went north to find ice but you guys really went north. cool report.

That perch looks like it belongs in the Macy's day parade! What a toad....jeez! Nice fish and good group of guys even if mother nature was a bit blustery. If you've never experienced lake effect bands, it's quite an experience. Amazing how weather and winds can change so drastically within seconds.

[bulletbob]

Oneida gives up more fish through the ice than it does in open water some years.. Like all these huge lakes up here, its always crazy windy, and you can go up a dozen times and fish in raging whitecaps each time, if you can get a boat out at all!.. Very nice catch, many locals don't even do that well.. Its a gigantic lake at 21 miles long and 5 miles wide, and the fish are not everywhere... Very nice catch you guys made!

[Chrisper4694]

Here it is!

[NJSquatch]

Great Trip and even better company!

Day 1 - Slow pick for me but I managed to get my limit at the buzzer. Gave myself to 6:30 before I had to go and cook up the pulled pork dinner for the crew. I landed the last fish at 6:29!



Day 2 - I was the first one out and should have just setup the shanty rather than bouncing around. It took 3 of us to pin down/setup the shanty in 15mph winds. I have never experienced those lake effect squalls before but I swear I saw a wampa from the Planet Hoth streak across the lake. Had to deal with Chrisper in my shanty the whole day singing some stupid song from Home Alone 2 (his favorite movie btw) but we caught a bunch of quality fish.



Here are some videos if your interested to see how brain damaged we are.




Day 3 - Got up early and helped clean the house before heading out for a few hours. Back to the Day 2 crime scene and landed my biggest fish of the trip!

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by NJSquatch

Great Trip and even better company!

Day 1 - Slow pick for me but I managed to get my limit at the buzzer. Gave myself to 6:30 before I had to go and cook up the pulled pork dinner for the crew. I landed the last fish at 6:29!



Day 2 - I was the first one out and should have just setup the shanty rather than bouncing around. It took 3 of us to pin down/setup the shanty in 15mph winds. I have never experienced those lake effect squalls before but I swear I saw a wampa from the Planet Hoth streak across the lake. Had to deal with Chrisper in my shanty the whole day singing some stupid song from Home Alone 2 (his favorite movie btw) but we caught a bunch of quality fish.



Here are some videos if your interested to see how brain damaged we are.




Day 3 - Got up early and helped clean the house before heading out for a few hours. Back to the Day 2 crime scene and landed my biggest fish of the trip!

it's not my favorite movie! i just had the cool jerk song stuck in my head! and you made it worse by playing it on your magic box thing!

[NJSquatch]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

it's not my favorite movie! i just had the cool jerk song stuck in my head! and you made it worse by playing it on your magic box thing!

that magic box thing is called a smartphone. Get with the last century already!