ice fishing last week

A good friend of mine asked me two weeks ago to go ice fishing,,I declined,told him Im getting to old for it. One day last week he said ,your coming with me,some of his friends that live in the Pocono mts in PA,are serious ice fishermen,and they invited us. He took me to get my fishing license ,Weds,it was cold,I said,Im not sure about this,,he says,,your not spending the day on the computer,it wont be that cold,and lots of good food,lots of things to see,,So,,off we go to Harveys Lake ,near a town called Dallas Pa..near Willkes Bare? heres the lake ,looking from the parking lot,it wasnt a real sunny day,,,It was a nice lake,and lots to see,but,,,,it was cold we pass a few fishermen on our half mile walk to were our friends were,,,,Im thinking,,,its not cold? we arrive at our friends spot,,they have a shanty tent with heat inside! a look inside the tent A two burner cook stove...we had lots of good food,and they sample jarred stuff from our garden all day,hot peppers,show chow relish,pickles of all kinds,,,and of course some new fangled turnip relish,,,, during the course of the day,holes were being drilled all over,and many other people were fishing some perch were caught,but I was told,not as many as last week,today was slow some trout wer caught,a few miised them as they tried to lift them out of the hole the line broke while walking around , I talked with a nice older man and his wife,,,she caught this trout,,,,the only hit they had all day,she caught it,and was she exicited!I asked her if I could take a picture ,she said sure,,,you can say you caught it if you want!I said,no,,,its a better story if I tell the truth,,,lol And the truth is,,this is me fishing,, I didnt catch squat!...now I M gonna walk around some of the lake and take pictures for SweetFeet and The tractor site there were ice huts around different spots on the lake Ishowed this rig on tool talk I never saw one before,it gets towed like a sled hes putting his fish finder in the hole first has a little heater next to him pulls the top up and fishes away! now I have to walk around,enough fishing for me,got to get some pictures of the lake,and the houses around it ,While you look at the houses,see if you can guess which one my wife liked,,,,I ll bet SweetFeet will guess it,, [ what blew me away was some of the boat houses,,,a place to store the boat and toys,swim from the deck,and party inside? Thanks for coming along on the ice fishing trip,,it was lots of fun,lots of good food ,lots of great things to see,,my friend didnt lie,,,,except,,,it was cold!!!

That is some good pictures.
Years ago I traveled in Minnesoda, and in the winter the lakes looked as if there were a small village of all kinds of huts.
One year they had a mid winter thaw and most of the shacks got half buried in the ice and couldn't be retrieved.
That wasn't as bad as one couple, they caught a 50 pound block of ice, and when his wife tried to fry it she drowned.

Thanks for posting Larry. Looks like it was a fun day! I have been fighting the results of an ice storm this past week. I have used a chain saw every day this week removing downed timber. I envy a nice day like you had.lol I am so sore this morning I can hardly wiggle. I always look forward to your pictures.

Beautiful pics! Hope you guys fried up some fresh
fish!

I'd never ice fish - hate when the ice creaks.
But enjoy summer time fishing IF actually catching
something.

I dunno on the house...
Can only guess based on my preference.

1. The dark blue/grey with a wrap around porch and
the widow's walk on the boat house?

2.The green A-frame with a big stone chimney and
the double decker porch/balcony.

3. The great big light grey one with double porch
all around... big white pillars and the white
criss-cross cover from porch to ground.

Yah, for sure, you betcha.LOL

That looks like Harveys Lake?

here it is,,,,, your no 2 choice was her no 1 choice,,,pretty close eh?

yes it was! have you been there??,first time for me,,

Thank you Larry. Now I want to get out the folding ice shack. Been stored for so many years the mice probably have holes chewed in it. I don't have much of an 'internal' heater so sitting outside in the cold doesn't appeal to me.

The last time I went ice fishing I took dad along. He never was much of a fisherman and has a fear of water. We drove out on the lake a quarter mile or so and while we drove he had his hand on the door handle the whole time. Then we set up the shack and started fishing but the action was slow. Around noon the sun came out and warmed the ice making it groan and creak and crack and that was enough for dad. The sound was magnified inside the shack and he was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof so we went home.

Nice lake Harvey. The A frame with the stone chimney is my fav.

Larry, I dont live too far from there Go there in the summer some times Glad you had fun

Funny... that was my first choice until I saw the blue one.

Do all the fish leave the lake after the spring
thaw? If not, to heck with all that! Very nice
pix.

I think it's to cold when the dog bowl has a skim of
ice on it. Houses built over the water is neat around
here they won't let you do that. Back in the Mid 80s a
large beach house survived after the beach eroded away
leaving it out in the ocean at high tide. Someone
bought it and made a restaurant out of it. They called
it "The Atlantic House" it was Quite successful until
Hugo came along. Then it was just several pilings in
the surf.
Ron

Nice pictures Larry. Sure wish I could get it to load more than
one picture at a time.

Larry, you ought to see the knuckleheads ice fishing
in the river at Delaware Water Gap. Right at the
point of the Gap. Been there for weeks, sometimes
overnight. Tis said to be seventy to eighty feet
deep right there.

WOW ! great pics Lar and nice catch ! it must be
beautifull there in the summer months -- very
wealthy looking area .

Larry -- ont.

Gee Larry, you were in my back yard, almost.
I live about 7 miles from the lake. My sister in law lives at the lake about 1/8 mile from the boat launch.
If you ever come up again let me know.

do you have a boat on that lake?It really looks like a nice place,first time I was ever there

No I don't. My sister in law does. I don't boat swim or fish, although my other sister in law has a party boat that I go out on.
The problem with Harvey's Lake is that the only access is from the Fish Commission boat launch, unless you own property and have your own dock.
The lake is the largest natural lake (by volume) in PA.

Really nice pics. I'm not sure I could walk out on ice. This southern boy would not know whether to feel like Jesus walking on the water or be nervous as a cat in a rocking chair factory. :shock: