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Vermont => Ice Fishing Vermont => Topic started by: Pike Dude on Dec 10, 2007, 06:05 PM
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Has anyone fished yet? Where did you fish? How much ice? What did you use for bait? What did you catch?
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did very well on shelburn pond. used bibitts and caught perch. Had a few really hard hits thinking small Northerns.....jim s
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fished lilly pond sat caught some small pike, had flags all day, 4 inches ice just glad to be out so early ;D
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How much ice does Shelburne Pond have on it??
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fished lilly pond sat caught some small pike, had flags all day, 4 inches ice just glad to be out so early ;D
Where is Lilly Pond?
Sorry I'm a transplant
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shelburne has a good 4 to 5 inches all over.. Fish hit well today also. There were 6 guys out there today the same 2 were up on the north end.......jim s
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Sweet. I will be there tomorrow afternoon.
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Where is Lilly Pond?
Sorry I'm a transplant
lily pond is before the state park considered part of st catherine
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gezzah I got my limit yesterday and got half that today do to the fact I had to get going... I drilled one hole and used 1 bibbit and it was fun watching others walk around looking for fish. Size was small to pretty good..... good luck .....jim s
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What did you limit out on?? Pike?
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did you catch white or black crappies
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No sorry guys it was just perch.... I would love to get into the crappie. I have herd that they are in there but never caught any yet. Northerns i have not set up for them yet.....jim s
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what lake?
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Talking about Shelburne pond Andy......jim s
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Yeah I went out on St Albans Bay yesterday but not too far out. I was on 6 in. of ice. Only caught two perch though. I'm heading out this weekend.
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Fished Colchester Pond on Wednesday afternoon for a couple of hours. There was about 4-6 inches.... Was targeting Pike and didnt get a bite.
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Gezzah, what part of the lake did you fish? for how long? and what did you use for bait? Its hard to believe you didn't get a flag! Ive never been skunked on that pond! :unsure:
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I was a little concerned about thin ice so I fished directly below the car park across to the bay where the outflow is.... I was surprised myself that I didn't get a bite but only fished for about and hour and a half.... Was using heavy mediums.
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Was there any other people/tracks on the ice?
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No in fact I think I might have been the first one out on the ice!! There was enough in my opinion and it was real cold Wednesday and yesterday.
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Thanks for the details Gezzah! Hopefully this snow coming doesn't push down the ice too much :-\
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So was that Walleye you mention on your profile in the LCI all SEason derby??
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I checked Fern Lake today and fished a few holes for about an hour. Not much hitting there, only had a couple light taps. There is 4 to 6" of ice off the access. I would have gone furthur toward the north end, but was measuring 4" out there. I'll probably go out there tomorrow with a buddy.
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Fishfarmer is there any ice in the south end of Dunmore yet??
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Yes, all the way to the island from what I've heard and probably around 5".
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Nice!!!! I assume Fern Lake is small lake just south of Dunmore?? Has that got any nice Pike in it??
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Yes, Fern Lake is just south of Dunmore. Someone pulled out a 17 lb pike several years ago if the rumors are true, but I think that was probably a bait bucket release. I don't hear or see any other pike caught there, lots of small bass, some decent bass. I jigged a 4 lb bass ice fishing one year. I fish it for panfish. The north end is the weedy end and I think where the big pike was caught.
Sunset Lake in Benson is known for some decent pike, not a lot of them, but over 10 lbs.
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nope, it wasn't in the derby. I't had a VT fish and Game tag in its back.
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I fished Fern Lake for a couple of hours in the morning before it got too cold for me. I filled the bottom of the pail with decent sized pumpkinseeds and a couple of perch. The bite was slow for here. Ice in the middle was around 5.5 inches, nice and clear.
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i fished champlain yesterday for a few hours, caught 2 bass, some nice bluegills and a couple medium perch. fishing was real slow though. close to 6 inches or so of ice.
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I fished Carmi yesterday from 7.30am to 1pm in the snow and wind.... Caught two huge Perch and a really scrawny Pike about 30 inches.... Had a few other flags but overall things were slow. ALso went to Monkton pond on Saturday afternoon and didn't get a bite.
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I fished Carmi yesterday from 7.30am to 1pm in the snow and wind.... Caught two huge Perch and a really scrawny Pike about 30 inches.... Had a few other flags but overall things were slow. ALso went to Monkton pond on Saturday afternoon and didn't get a bite.
How much ice at Carmi?
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The ice is pretty bad and it was lucky we had a chisel to test where we were walking, there would be a good 6 inches at least in some spots and then in one spot the chisel went right through.... I think a lot of people are going to go through this year with the varying amounts of ice around. Watch for the wet spots you can see from the state park boat ramp that is where it is sketchy. Will be sticking to the small ponds and bays until Trout season starts.
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Fished both days this weekend...tough fishing weather wise....cold and wind out of the east.
Fished Northerns on the south end of the sandbar on saturday till 1 or so. Only one flag...just wind i think...no fish and good bait movement. Fished on about 6 inches out to about 4 inches...open water was only 100 yrds away.
Moved up to St. A bay in front of the bay store, fished till dark for perch, caught 25 or so 6 - 10 inch fish, enough to eat that night...good ice..6 inches or so.
Sunday fished west side of St. A bay about 1/3rd of the way up the bay from the bridge... fished on 4 inches till about 2 when the ice started to sink due to the weight of the snow. No fish for me on sunday.
I am fishin for northerns...or anything that bites...using big shiners from dockside. Bait looked great, lots of life and stayed active all day. Good size too had bait from 4 - 6 inches in size.
Low fish numbers for the opening weekend but it was still nice to get out... Hopefully this snow will blow off and we can get out on to more places for this week/weekend.
Tight lines
DA
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Nice to hear some of us are getting out!
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good to see that people from Australia don't mind the cold! Welcome to VT
What did you limit out on?? Pike?
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got out on st. catherine yesterday for a couple hours with 2-3 inches of ice......called it quites early with the warm weather the ice was pretty sketchy but fiinished with a dozen perch and a 22 inch brown
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Hey Walleye scooter how did you an Jared do on Carmi Sat?
What is Jared's ice shanty name ? Charlie can't wait to fish.
Going crazy.. Merry Christmas
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TRT I am Jared.... We caught about half a dozen small ones.... It was still an interesting day though watching some poor bloke's ATV go through the ice!!
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Hey Jared look forward to fishing with you soon. I hear Keelers is frozen over an look forward
to trying that once the ice gets a little better. Maybe by the weekend.
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So who is this?? Charlie tip up??
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Has anyone been out on Lake Champlain yet? or is the lake not safe enough yet? ???
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Has anyone been out on Lake Champlain yet? or is the lake not safe enough yet? ???
There is ice on the Southern end of the lake and some of the northern bays. Lot's of posts in the Reports section.
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St. Albans Bay has had enough ice. I went out a couple days ago and was on 4-5". Slow bite though.
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Hey Jared, yes this is Charlie tip up. You guys fishing Carmi this weekend?