OT-Any other Northen boys here (ice fishing thread)
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OT-Any other Northen boys here (ice fishing thread)
We had some warm weather over the last couple of weeks, but a recent cold snap sealed the lakes back up. I'm geared up for my first couple of trips this weekend.
Any other ice fishermen here?
I'm finding I like it more than warm weather fishing.
Any other ice fishermen here?
I'm finding I like it more than warm weather fishing.
I used to do it all the time. I was born and raised in the mountains in Idaho and Montana. It was my favorite type of fishing and time of year. I have lived in the South now for over 20 years. Haven't had a chance to do it much here. I do miss it, and the "BIG" big game too.
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I'm bound and determined to catch a landlocked salmon through the ice this year.Dastook wrote:I used to do it all the time. I was born and raised in the mountains in Idaho and Montana. It was my favorite type of fishing and time of year. I have lived in the South now for over 20 years. Haven't had a chance to do it much here. I do miss it, and the "BIG" big game too.
I went ice fishing once but we broke our only two ice picks we took with us and didn't even have a hole in the ice big enough for the boat yet so we quit.
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My grandpa had a ice fishing "shack" he'd drag out on lag Otsego every winter. He'd drive down to it on his tractor (across the Cooperstown golf course) and back most every day. He'd just chuck the fish out the door into a big tub on the 3 point hitch of his Ford-Ferguson and they'd freeze right quick. Fun in the cold.
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If you decide to make a Vermont trip, let me know and I can steer you in the right direction. Vermont's Northeast Kingdom is a quick shot up I-91 and there is some great ice fishing up there.Leverdude wrote:Never done it Jason but have been thinking alot about it. Near me the lakes dont freeze up much anymore but up in NH its a very common pasttime, as I'm sure you know.
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I was raised in wisconsin. In christmass eve of 1961 at a family get together my dad told his younger brothers to be carefull out there. Christmass day a relative picked me up and we went on lake poygan. My folks thought they would drive their vw out to see how we were doing. They broke through the ice, lost the car in 14 feet of water and were lucky to escape with their lives! Two weeks later while we were recovering the vw I slipped on the ice and really got cold cocked. I was out for about a half hour and came to as they were puttting me in the hospital. About 2 days later I was getting a haircut while other guys were talking about how a guy fell on the ice on lake poygan a couple days ago getting a vw out and got killed!
I used to around 20 years ago here in NH for lakers & rainbows. Spent lots of weekends in my bobhouse. Just sold my Jiffy power auger a couple years ago since I wasn't using it. Still have all my tackle though. One day before ice-out, I jigged 6 land-locked salmon in less than 2 hours, all of em' 18 to 24". Of course they weren't legal to keep at that time. Went through the ice twice in 10 years. I was young enough then to fight my way out of the hole & walk to safety. Today I would have to be more careful. Chris
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Tried it a couple of times when I lived in MN. In a nice shack, fully loaded. Never could get used to driving on the ice. The thunderous POPs and CRACKs of the ice was always unsettling.
It's -22ºF at my old house right now. Don't miss the cold.
It's -22ºF at my old house right now. Don't miss the cold.
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Oh, man...
I am from NH, and after deer season I always got really excited to get out on the ponds and lakes.
I know MA and RI stock some of those broodstock atlantic salmon which they got from a hatchery in VT, and let me tell you: handlining a 15lb salmon through the ice is an experience you will never forget.
We used to go to a pond in Groton, MA called Baddacook and they always dumped around 40-50 of them in every winter. If the ice was clear, (black,) you could actually SEE big silver footballs going by.
If your line was straight out from the trap, and RUNNING, you knew you were in for it!
Of course, just catching trout and bass was always fun, as well as getting a good perch hole going.
I actually considered planning an ice-fishing trip this year but school is consuming most of my free time.
Maybe next year.
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I am from NH, and after deer season I always got really excited to get out on the ponds and lakes.
I know MA and RI stock some of those broodstock atlantic salmon which they got from a hatchery in VT, and let me tell you: handlining a 15lb salmon through the ice is an experience you will never forget.
We used to go to a pond in Groton, MA called Baddacook and they always dumped around 40-50 of them in every winter. If the ice was clear, (black,) you could actually SEE big silver footballs going by.
If your line was straight out from the trap, and RUNNING, you knew you were in for it!
Of course, just catching trout and bass was always fun, as well as getting a good perch hole going.
I actually considered planning an ice-fishing trip this year but school is consuming most of my free time.
Maybe next year.
PS: Try a small swedish pimple with a perch eye on the hook.
Whereabouts in VT are you Jason?Jason_W wrote:If you decide to make a Vermont trip, let me know and I can steer you in the right direction. Vermont's Northeast Kingdom is a quick shot up I-91 and there is some great ice fishing up there.Leverdude wrote:Never done it Jason but have been thinking alot about it. Near me the lakes dont freeze up much anymore but up in NH its a very common pasttime, as I'm sure you know.
My camp in NH is right across the river from the northeast kingdom area of VT. I'm in Stratford across from Maidstone VT.
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Up here in Quebec it is a big thing. (walleye, pike, perch and lakers) I never got into it though. I just couldn't figure out how to troll through all that ice. Some rivers and lakes have a small town of ice shantys out there. not my idea of a good time, but enjoy those that do.
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Right now I live in the Waterbury area, but my parents still live in the NEK near Island Pond.Leverdude wrote:Whereabouts in VT are you Jason?Jason_W wrote:If you decide to make a Vermont trip, let me know and I can steer you in the right direction. Vermont's Northeast Kingdom is a quick shot up I-91 and there is some great ice fishing up there.Leverdude wrote:Never done it Jason but have been thinking alot about it. Near me the lakes dont freeze up much anymore but up in NH its a very common pasttime, as I'm sure you know.
My camp in NH is right across the river from the northeast kingdom area of VT. I'm in Stratford across from Maidstone VT.
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