March 24, 2020

2020 Schroon Lake Fish and Game Club Ice Fishing Derby Results

March 24, 2020/ anthony batson

Results from the 28th Annual Ice Fishing Derby Winners 2020, courtesy of Honeyann Hanchette.

Northern Pike:

1st - Nick Santiago 27.38 lbs

2nd - Stan Kaster 16.07 lbs

3rd - Darrel Clark 13.30 lbs

Lake Trout:

1st - Richard Graves 6.33 lbs

2nd - Darrel Clark 5.84 lbs

3rd - Dawson DeZalia 5.63 lbs

Salmon:

1st - Conner Cleveland 2.47 lbs

2nd - Paul Hansen 2.08 lbs

3rd - Colt Russell 1.99 lbs

Perch: Aaron Strom 1.75 lbs

Pickerel: Mike Graver 3.83 lbs

RAFFLE WINNERS:

Pack Basket: Ethan Trombley
Jet Sled: Stephan Sheffield
Portable Shanty: Emmer
Vexilar: Ethan Farris
50/50: Stan Kosten

From HoneyAnn:

Thank you to everyone that came out and fished. Congratulations to our winners. Also a thank you to our volunteers for all their help over the weekend. Whether you fished or volunteered you all make the derby a huge success. We thank you again! See you all next year!

February 28, 2017

Schroon’s Ice Fishing Derby Is A Go

February 28, 2017/ anthony batson

The Annual Schroon Lake Fish and Game Club Ice Fishing Derby is on for this weekend. Organizers say there is enough ice to hold the tournament, and are encouraging folks who were on the fence about attending the event to come on out.

Weekend Temps for this weekend's Schroon Lake Fish and Game Club Ice Fishing Derby

From the organizers: The ice-fishing derby still is and will be open for this weekend! We have NEVER cancelled it and never will UNLESS there is not enough ice on Schroon Lake of course. In an event if this were to ever happen, we would make sure to let everyone know. Otherwise, the derby is still open! Once again, there is still more than enough ice on Schroon Lake for fishing. See you all this weekend!

Registration is $15 and tickets are available at Flanagan’s the Crossroad and Timberwolf. Here are last year’s winners, to give you an idea of what to expect.

Lake Trout
1st place Joseph Cassar 6.83 lbs
2nd place Doug Hopping 5.98 lbs
3rd place Dough Hopping 5.92 lbs
Salmon
1st place Jim Bowen 3.81 lbs
2nd place Louis Galarza 3.40 lbs
3rd place Bob Rea 2.98 lbs
Northern Pike
1st place Jared Fuess 21.44 lbs
2nd place Kim Gage 17.59 lbs
3rd place Kathan Dupuis 13.25 lbs
Perch
Mickey Planty 1.30 lbs
Pickerel
John Bentlet 4.01 lbs

April 04, 2016

Be Careful Out There Today

April 04, 2016/ anthony batson

PHOTO COU RTESY MICKEY PLANTY, VIA FACEBOOK

Be careful out there: the photo above was taken on Main Street Schroon earlier today by Mickey Planty. There's just enough of the white stuff in our area to make things very tricky. Early today several people suffered minor injuries after a bus, transporting 36 SUNY Maritime College students, slid off the road and went over a barrier on Route 28N in the town of Minerva, according to NY State Police.

The students had attended a leadership retreat in Newcomb and were heading to the Bronx. From News Channel 10:

The tour bus was being driven by W&D Tours, of Brooklyn and was southbound on State Route 28N when it slid off the west shoulder of the roadway. The bus toppled over the guide-rail, rolled down an embankment, and came to rest upside down against a tree.

Heavy snow was falling at the time of the crash, but it’s not known yet if the weather was a factor.

Four of the passengers were transported by rescue from the scene to Glens Falls Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The remaining passengers were transported by school bus from the scene to Minerva Central School, for temporary shelter. Sixteen of the the remaining passengers were later transported to Glens Falls Hospital and treated for minor injuries.

The State Police were assisted at the scene by Minerva, Johnsburg, Indian Lake, Newcomb, and North Warren rescue squads. The State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit also responded to the scene to assist with the accident investigation.