Finally got sum ice!

[Eider]

Up here in Mass we have been long awaiting the ice one the ponds and lakes. And now it is finally here and im gunna take advantage of it for ice fishing. Since last year my friend and I have really got into icefishing and we cant wait to get out there this weekedn and catch sum fish.

[skeeter@ccia.com]

go for it Eider...been hitting the lakes here for a while now..even got to take a guy that has never been on ice before..now that was a blast watching him when it made all those cracks and bangs while making new ice...it is about 8" thick at the club and we just stocked trout last wk...jigging with a K-O wobbler is the ticket there for trout..not to mention the minnows........part of the fun is all the gadgets that get made such as pole holders etc....I made mine out of PVC pipe and can't keep them...seems I give away as many as I can make..I would post a how to in the build it yourself forum but I can't get my pictures to come out but with the little red x.....lol...can send E-mail if want and I can send it to ya that way...have fun and keep safe.....

[Nulle]

We never had real good ice all winter in Western SD and what we have will be breaking up soon.

[multibeard]

Yesterday a group from a Michigan based outdoor site had a get together to icefish the lake I was brought up fishing. There were aroung 40 that showed up for the shindig.

We fixed breakfast for everyone at 6 am at a local hall. Due to the thaw from the week before the ice wasn't safe where every one had wanted to fish steelhead we all went to one area to fish. Not many fish were caught but a lot of oneline friendships were finally sealed with a hand shake.

In mid afternoon we all met back at the hall for lunch and goodbys.

The highlight of the day [tho sad] was when a shanty got cought by the wind. The owner had bought one of those ice saws made in Minn in the morning. It went down the only hole it ever cut in the ice into 20 foot of water. It was located with one of the guys fishcams but they couldn't get ahold of it and pull it out of the mud.

Also his 9 pix digital camera went in the water but it was saved. Hopefully it can be salvaged. He bought another saw before the day was over but will never live down having the one deepsixed