Just wondering what’s in the lake before I head down there for the weekend. Not much available on the line. DNR report says Channel Catfish are biting.
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Fished it a lot with my grandpa when I was younger. So it’s been about 20ish years or so. My grandpa always wanted to target walleye and crappie when we went there. Haven’t heard much about it over the years though.Just wondering what’s in the lake before I head down there for the weekend. Not much available on the line. DNR report says Channel Catfish are biting.
I bet.Yes I've been to Icaria quite a bit, but it's been about 12-13 years since my last trip there.
I bet.
Thanks for the common sense fishing advice that can literally be applied to any lake.Used to go camping there. Stayed in the cabins at the campground entrance as well.
If you go fishing there, go on the side of the lake with the trees instead of the side with the beach and the tubing going on.
Thanks for the common sense fishing advice that can literally be applied to any lake.
Used to go camping there. Stayed in the cabins at the campground entrance as well.
If you go fishing there, go on the side of the lake with the trees instead of the side with the beach and the tubing going on.
Did you read this thread?You've probably never been to Adams County let alone Corning. With that being said, Icaria has a distinct divide between the two areas. A road goes over the lake by the campground.
Fished it a lot with my grandpa when I was younger. So it’s been about 20ish years or so. My grandpa always wanted to target walleye and crappie when we went there. Haven’t heard much about it over the years though.
Edit: Also, don’t trust what you see on the DNR report. Those get made up a lot. And that’s straight from the mouth of a guy that worked for the DNR for awhile (not me, a buddy). See if you can find any fbook pages or online sites for local bait shops. Those are much more accurate.
We are staying at one of the cabins and taking our boat for tubing, skiing and floating. I’ll probably get up early and shoreline or dock fish. It’s my relaxing time away from the wife and kids.
Stayed in a cabin and fished there two June’s ago. June isn’t a very good time for Walleye so I assume July/August isn’t either. They have floating jugs where underwater stick piles are.
Between the bait shop and the hwy going over the lake were piles in the shallow water. We simply trolled those and caught a couple crappie and a bunch of stripers.
The shore straight north of the bait shop and cabins has a road that seems to disappear at the waters edge. There is an old road bed that can offer some good jigging. As stated above, there is a section that is like a farm pond and has standing timber.
There is more fishing acreage than boating acreage I think.
You can’t tube Viking. No wake. Really good bass fishing though.Go to Viking Lake instead.
You can’t tube Viking. No wake. Really good bass fishing though.
You can’t tube Viking. No wake. Really good bass fishing though.
Biggest bass I ever caught was at Viking. Caught it near the campground. Was actually over on the shore by the picnic grounds.
How big we talking?
It was a freak deal as we were fishing for crappie, they were biting really well. Didn't even have a bass on my mind that day.
I whipped out my schlong and it was at least 3x as long by a couple inches. My guess is it was at least 8 inchesHow big we talking?
Buddy went out fishing for cats with liver and ended up with a decent bass. Same day, ends up with a cat on a worm.
Viking has catfish, but they drained the thing like 8 years ago... .or less... not much size in the place.Go to Viking Lake instead.
Ok, I just posted.... when did they drain it.... my kid and his buddies catfish it, but the bass and crappie they have been catching were tiny.You can’t tube Viking. No wake. Really good bass fishing though.