Winni ice

[swnoel]

Got out on Winni yesterday and was pleasantly surprised the amount of ice still on it. 18+"... as long as the shoreline holds up we should still have a few days left. Saw many vehicles on 19 mile bay and watched a truck drive up to check cusk lines on moultonborough bay. Was originally hoping to get on Ossipee, but the snow drifts stopped me.

[HuntnFish603]

24" on winni where I am today.
Plenty of ice and time left for sure

[800stealth]

24" on winni where I am today.
Plenty of ice and time left for sure

We saw the same or more in that area yesterday, it was enough to shear the retaining bolt on my auger shaft...
Good luck out there today Jason.

[swnoel]

24" on winni where I am today.
Plenty of ice and time left for sure

Yep... plenty of ice!

[Arctic Addict]

Plenty of ice left but pulled my hardside off anyway.  This time a year, i prefer to run and gun so the hardside is back in land.

[fishermantim]

... as long as the shoreline holds up we should still have a few days left.

With 18"+ of ice, unless you have a week of 50+ temps AND some rain, the ice will be here for awhile.

The shores will be the place to be wary of.

[Guinea]

Plenty of ice left but pulled my hardside off anyway.  This time a year, i prefer to run and gun so the hardside is back in land.

Smart!

[Roccus]

Plenty of ice left but pulled my hardside off anyway.  This time a year, i prefer to run and gun so the hardside is back in land.

Sad times but it goes fast once the snow is gone and the sun beats on it...most people don't have clue,smart to do it now..

[DConICE]

Sad times but it goes fast once the snow is gone and the sun beats on it...most people don't have clue,smart to do it now..

Makes total sense- too nice a "shack" to see it floating, and with the warm weather how much time would you actually spend in it versus out enjoying spring ice fishing?  Get it off while the edges are good and enjoy fishing the end of the season versus worrying about it.

[Roccus]

Drove around the big lake today after I tucked tail and ran, most edges were still holding, but I can see it wont take much to do them in..i saw one house swinging  on a single tie down near long island..seemed like all the houses were off at Levitt park.

There were  still a few out in the bay in Wolfboro.
Time waits for no.one.

[merk42]

The lake we are on had 19 inches of one layer of all white ice... Drilled nice but the sun will it it up fast... All depends on what mother nature will bring us... 6-10 inches on Saturday... seeing will be believing on that, but it could insulate it a bit...for the good! With that said, we moved the hardside into the boat launch cove.. Safety first! )

We had 3 flags, two 2# 13 oz smallies, one stolen by an eagle, how it was able to fly off with it was beyond me! and a tiny pickerel.

[Lv2hunt]

Nice job!!

[gunvault]

  Nice fish , the eagle must have appreciated the free lunch

[merk42]

We and our two big dogs missed it... we didn't have enough charcoal for our epic steak and went foraging for some dry wood... missed the steal. then flushed the eagle a couple hours later... it could hardly fly with a massive bulging crop... It pigged out for sure! Its a little lake and we only see the eagle once a season...We only fish once a week..... its not like we are fighting them off... Although my dog doesnt tolerate any bird stealing fish...she chased off the eagle last year... its all pretty funny to watch....Good for the eagle i figure

[Steamtrain]

Nice bass! Good looking ice fishing rig also.

[Dirt23]

We and our two big dogs missed it... we didn't have enough charcoal for our epic steak and went foraging for some dry wood... missed the steal. then flushed the eagle a couple hours later... it could hardly fly with a massive bulging crop... It pigged out for sure! Its a little lake and we only see the eagle once a season...We only fish once a week..... its not like we are fighting them off... Although my dog doesnt tolerate any bird stealing fish...she chased off the eagle last year... its all pretty funny to watch....Good for the eagle i figure

[Dirt23]

Funny  or not so funny the eagle was hungry on winni  Friday morning pulled a fat cusk out just after daybreak, realized I left pliers in sled.  I walked back grabbed them to turn around to two eagles dive bombing cusk and just like that cusk was airborne.  Ill be first to tell you they don't take commands like a dog drop it doesn't work.  So there goes cusk and then trap takes flight 75 yards of line and 1x4 slapping off ice until trap went in open water by dock bubbler and got hung breaking line.  Eagle jarred a little and cusk fell back to earth eagle turned around grabbed cusk and headed for favorite pine to enjoy breakfast.  Besides loosing fish and trap just had to shake my head and laugh

[DConICE]

Funny  or not so funny the eagle was hungry on winni  Friday morning pulled a fat cusk out just after daybreak, realized I left pliers in sled.  I walked back grabbed them to turn around to two eagles dive bombing cusk and just like that cusk was airborne.  Ill be first to tell you they don't take commands like a dog drop it doesn't work.  So there goes cusk and then trap takes flight 75 yards of line and 1x4 slapping off ice until trap went in open water by dock bubbler and got hung breaking line.  Eagle jarred a little and cusk fell back to earth eagle turned around grabbed cusk and headed for favorite pine to enjoy breakfast.  Besides loosing fish and trap just had to shake my head and laugh

That had to be a sight to see... thanks for posting.

[raindaddy35]

Funny  or not so funny the eagle was hungry on winni  Friday morning pulled a fat cusk out just after daybreak, realized I left pliers in sled.  I walked back grabbed them to turn around to two eagles dive bombing cusk and just like that cusk was airborne.  Ill be first to tell you they don't take commands like a dog drop it doesn't work.  So there goes cusk and then trap takes flight 75 yards of line and 1x4 slapping off ice until trap went in open water by dock bubbler and got hung breaking line.  Eagle jarred a little and cusk fell back to earth eagle turned around grabbed cusk and headed for favorite pine to enjoy breakfast.  Besides loosing fish and trap just had to shake my head and laugh

what an incredible disaster, hate to see it love to hear it