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Another US group is planning on ice fishing Quinte in the middle of Feb. Which areas would be prefered. We are thinking Napanee or Picton Bay areas for Eyes that time of year
Vtsalmon

It would be nice to see a report on how your late October Quinte fishing trip turned out????

Being the first time to Quinte, three of us didn't have much luck, but learned the area enough to want to return for winter ice fishing in Feb. and early Nov. next fall. People we met were great. Thanks Superdad for info and tips.
We fished three days around the 20th of Oct. Rained out onSat with wind. One small walleye and one atlantic salmon returned to water East of Glenora on a large five of diamonds spoon of all things. Some misses. We should have fished shallower I think. Used Manns Dr Death baits but nothing. We learned we were a week early from reports posted since the trip and coversations with other fishing parties.
A first! We learned from Blakewood Lodge owner on Hay Bay, muscrats were trying to nest in the dock system and chewing on transducer cables to obtain nesting materials. Spoiled previous guests trip. He loaned us some plywood to cover the cable. Something to consider! We never would have thought of it and it would have impacted our enjoyment.
A piece of PVC and a clamp will be on board from now on and installed over the cable at night anyplace we go from now on. Resourceful animals.

NIce report.....Congrats on the Salmon ......my boat is kept on the Ottawa River and that's exactly what i do...I have a 12" piece of pvc pipe that goes over the transducer cable...neighbours have actually had to pull their boats out this year to get all of the wiring re-placed....Muskrats found their way into the boats and destroyed them

I guess I can quit scratching my head. I had one of my transducers cables cut on one of my trips about 3 weeks ago. I had left the boat in the water overnight. I do remember seeing muskrats out in fron of my buddies place where i left the boat in. It all makes sense now.

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:...neighbours have actually had to get all of the wiring re-placed....Muskrats found their way into the boats and destroyed them

Find that hard to believe ,, I mean with all those Big muskies swimming around in that Bay of yours , You would think Muskrats would be few and far between

Bass Addict wrote:

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:...neighbours have actually had to get all of the wiring re-placed....Muskrats found their way into the boats and destroyed them

Find that hard to believe ,, I mean with all those Big muskies swimming around in that Bay of yours , You would think Muskrats would be few and far between

You haven't figured it out yet, eh B.A. ......As I said before, the Muskies have been fished out of this area with the tons of fishing pressure they got the past couple of seasons...thus, tons of Muskrats moved in and guys are getting skunked fishing for Muskies around this part of the river like you and 24/7 did on Saturday

Other places to try- Deseronto, Big Bay Shoal, Pointe Anne and Belleville Bridge.
They spread out pretty good in the winter. There are some ice fishing packages availible.

Good luck.

Send Randy (aka HAWG HUNTER) a pm...he lives down in the Quinte area and will set you up big time this winter providing we get safe ice!!

Interesting to hear of others experience with animal malfeasance. I guess we have been lucky for ten years since I bought the Lund, but we trailer most locations when we use the larger boat. (still small for Quinte).The Scrats getting into the boat doing damage gives me reason to pause. I was assured they were staying at the water line. Maybe an electric fence is in order, but PETA will be all over me.
Had racoons eat all the live bait and snacks left on board overnight in coolers before. I paid twice. Once with the loss of the bait and food, and once with the screaming kids all morning, who had no snacks to eat. Never again.
Any of you fellows hardwater fish Quinte in mid Feb for eyes? We plan on comming up for three or four days and looking for general recommendations on locations to set up and try. We have a portable shelter and snowmachine. No secret specifics, but anything would be appreciate.
Thx
John

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:NIce report.....Congrats on the Salmon ......my boat is kept on the Ottawa River and that's exactly what i do...I have a 12" piece of pvc pipe that goes over the transducer cable...neighbours have actually had to pull their boats out this year to get all of the wiring re-placed....Muskrats found their way into the boats and destroyed them

Don't want to steal somebody's post, but is the pvc pipe cut in half and then placed around the wire with the cut side on the boat.

I can't picture your setup

I would never have thought about the wildlife doint that!

DH

dh....I use gray electical pvc conduit that you run wires through....What I've done is pulled the transducer cable out from the dash to the back of the pontoon and then slid the sonar end cable connector through the pipe an fished it so that the pipe lies against the top of the transducer...

If you don't have good access to the entire cable, then i would slit a piece of metal braided hose, wrap it around the cable and then secure it with ty-raps...here's a pic of the braided hose which you can get at Canadian Tire or any hardware store..

Hope this helps,
Steve

Regardless of where you end up on Quinte, be careful of current areas such as any narrows and river mouths as the ice tends to be thinner and can open up over an afternoon. For example, if you drop a 1/4 oz jig and it takes off at a 45 degree angle, you are into current. Oh, and wear a bright coloured floater suit if you do venture into these areas so that the police can find your body under the ice. Other than that, get your charts out and look for flats/points next to deeper water, underwater channels and any areas where the bottom structure changes in either depth or bottom type (rock, mud, sand, gravel etc.). A reasonably safe area to fish is Hay Bay, and the action is usually good near Sherman's Point if you are willing to move around.