Any hard water fishermen here?

[Plainsman]

I'm going out in a few days. The ice is 10" thick and the reports are good for pike.

 

[Stachi]

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are ya nutty ??? its that cold that you have 10" of ice ???....I'll be in a heated room , ty .....lolol !! Merry Christmas !

 

[dwco5051]

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My local ice fishing lake has only 2 inches in the coves and mostly open water. Went by on Thursday and a couple of the locals were out trying to see if Darwin was right. Watched them for a few minutes with binoculars from the safety of the truck.

Flintlock deer seasons starts on Saturday, weather forecast is for rain all day. Figure I will hunt not fish. If I have to get wet I want to do it slowly, not suddenly

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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10" on Lake Elmore; hear that Memphramagog has 6" and people are poking holes and dropping tipups... But I want to see a few more weeks of cold before I go out there! There was open water only a few weeks back.

Actually would love to go trolling on Champlain but now the bays with the launches are iced in.

 

[HANGEYE]

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Went ice fishing today and caught enough for three mix drinks. LOL

 

[setterman]

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I was talking with a business contact in Texas and told him I was getting ready to go Ice Fishing and he laughed at me and said " heck in Texas when we want Ice we just go to the Freezer"

 

[Captainstuck]

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Took my 4 year old out today. 14"-16" of good hard ice and no fish.

 

[mikastorm]

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credit the great music from the original here: Click Here!

Now thats ice fishing.lol

 

[NO WHINERS]

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I'm going out in a few days. The ice is 10" thick and the reports are good for pike.

Love that...Hard water thing.....It"s all about where your from...I"m in Vegas right now and had a little ice on the swimming pool...Now to me thats a big deal coming from So. Cal....I can"t imagine 10 inches of ice...The good thing about it is you guys still go fishing....Right on.....

 

[HondaPower]

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Ice is almost 6" so this week heading out for rainbows. Early reports from guys fishing on ice that was 4" (Read as idiots ) was good fish and lots of them. Limit is one rod and two fish in possession. Just want one feed and can then wait for the stipers to start running.

 

[Aqualift]

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I just got back from my 8th ice fishing trip. Ice is around 15 inches thick. Caught a few nice Rainbows. I lost a real lunker right at the hole. It would have made the Rainbows that I landed look like bait.

 

[mikastorm]

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Sweet! Now thats some ice. How are you setting up for your bows?
Will be going to Erie next week to try for some steelhead threw the ice.
Too bad about the lunker. But you know where he is now.lol

 

[Aqualift]

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Sweet! Now thats some ice. How are you setting up for your bows?
Will be going to Erie next week to try for some steelhead threw the ice.
Too bad about the lunker. But you know where he is now.lol

Yea, I froze, as I stayed two more hours trying to catch him.

I was fishing in about 31 feet of water and jigging 5 feet off the bottom. I was using small jigs with one salmon egg on the hook. (Pautzke Green Label Balls O' Fire Salmon Eggs) Jigs were Gitzit (Golden Shiner Little Tough Guys) in 1/8 oz #4 hook. 4lb test.

Good luck on your steelhead fishing trip.

 

[mikastorm]

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This is a cool idea on a gas powered ice sled, wish I had one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN9rW__S3Gk

 

[Aqualift]

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This is a cool idea on a gas powered ice sled, wish I had one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN9rW__S3Gk

That's hilarious! A good way to get some use out of your garden implements in the winter.

 

[swordfish25]

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This post is old, but I just got back and got a bunch of perch. Lots of ice and lots of wind. I went last week at 7 degrees and sunny, and was warmer then I wae today at 34 degrees and windy. Haven`t gone for pike yet.