1st (Annual?) NE ice fishing Bonanza!

Nice!

 

So with ice setting up late in a lot of people and in regards to the super bowl, would it work best to do it a couple weeks into February?



I'll be out st Otter lake in Greenfield, NH today. Swing by if you wanna rip some holes !

 

I personally don't care about the Superbowl but I will be on vacation from Feb 11 through the 20... Florida and then South America. There will be more ice fishing trips in the future if I can't go to this one.

 

16 perch , 6 pickerel and 1 largemouth off of 2 dozen shiners and jigging. Not a bad day!

 

Better than my day at Newfound... one big old rainbow lost right at the hole for the day. Just got a look at it before it came unhooked. Was fishing hard for about 8 hours. Nice to finally be fishing with the snowmobile though instead of walking!

If it's February I may be out. That is snowmobiling month for me. Almost every weekend is a sled trip but I'll keep an eye on this thread just in case.

 

Probably should just pick a weekend haha. Im sure that a lot of people have plans coming up throughout the winter

 

Any idea what weekend you might pick for this Max?

Also you got any day trips planned anytime soon around NH or ME? Im starting to get ice-road withdrawals

 

For real, I'm setting the date and location this Friday . Sorry for the wait everyone. A lot of ice just has not been safe. And while I have decades on ice, I don't assume that of anyone else and wanted to ensure any trip to be safe as possible.

As of right now I'm considering a few bass ponds. I'd rather have people catching bass and perch than spending all day with 2 traps strikin out on Lakers. Location will most likely be in the are of Nashua NH, to Keene NH, and close-ish to main routes for easy traveling.

With that being said, there's a pond a few towns over and I'm hoping its on par with most seasons. Ive kept in on the DL just because I didnt want to talk it up too much. But there's plenty of parking ,normally produced close to double digits bass in one day, and I have personally pulled out +5lbs fish out of there. I'll be checking the ice Friday morning for a safe thickness. If everything is a go I'll probably be tossing a few traps in and we will go from there.



TLR . Friday will be when a date is set.

 

It's making ice today, that's for sure.

 

Saturday was too. Had a 3" pressure crack form under our chairs

 

That'll tickle your nipples

 

Tick tock!

 

I'm rooting for Keene NH since it's only 2.4 hrs from my house.

 

Haha at this rate Max is taking his time picking a location just to piss you off

 

With this weather, we can be open water fishing in a week

 

Feb 23rd?

Flints Pond
State Access Row, Hollis, NH 03049
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2znQs

 

I'm down if it's a go
I may fish, but I'm more likely to drink
And I'm not working.

 

It's weedy, but I know it has bass

 

Much easier ice fishing weeds anyway. Unless you're dropping treble hooks