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Vermont => Ice Fishing Vermont => Topic started by: lingcod on Mar 18, 2017, 11:27 AM
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Hoping to hear an ice report from anyone who actually fished there this weekend (fishing report would be cool, also!) I wasn't able to go today, went hunting instead, for houses.
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At Carry Bay now as I type this. Obviously I'm only typing this now because fishing is slow. One pike on tip ups , 6 pickerel.just got a flag now. 8" ice another 9" packed snow. All the jiggers went home but 2
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Many thanks for the recon! I'd be more than happy with the amount of action you've had, but, this my first season back on ice in a long while.
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not exaggerating, it was for sure one of the slowest days of fishing I've ever had on the ice
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Still here, still slow . 4 pike now. No jigging action. This is what your working with out this way(https://s12.postimg.cc/eorbedji5/0318171603a.jpg)
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Still here, still slow . 4 pike now. No jigging action. This is what your working with out this way(https://s12.postimg.cc/eorbedji5/0318171603a.jpg)
Crayfish2 and I were the two guys that worked our way in front of the cedars, then cut across towards the point. Watched you guys catch a couple of those fish. You guys did much better than the other pike fishing group that set up next to you. They told us that they didn't catch a thing.
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Nice!! I take it the bite was slow for you as well because you moved fast
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Yeah, it was extremely slow. I actually outfished Perchbait , which has to be a first, but I only caught maybe 6 bluegills and 2 'seeds. We caught a bunch of the tiniest perch I've ever seen off the point due west of you guys. For all of our effort I had 1 nice bluegill in my bucket (first fish of the day) and gave it to one of the "jiggers" as we were leaving the ice.
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That was me that arrived late afternoon and went way out and caught the 2 rudd I showed you when we all left at dusk
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I'm no expert on Carry Bay but I think that patch of water is semi-comatose. Spent 6 hours today , two keeper perch and one almost-spooled tip-up.
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I think the fish are out near the tressle bridge and have left the flats.
I was skunked until I got out to 10-12FOW then starting catching some.
It s a LONG walk out to the drop off so, eat your wheaties!
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Once again, many thanks! It's fisherman like yourself who make this a Great forum.
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I think the fish are out near the tressle bridge and have left the flats.
I was skunked until I got out to 10-12FOW then starting catching some.
It s a LONG walk out to the drop off so, eat your wheaties!
I think that you're right Mudchuck. You can hit the gills good early in the season, but then most of them must take to the deeper water. Not much current in there so maybe the O2 levels are getting low once the shallow weeds start to decompose?
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Glad that I'm meeting people in this forum it makes my fishing craze more exciting knowing you are all for real on your fish stories!! Thanks to all of you for sharing stories.
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They'll be back in to nest soon...thats when you hit the dinner plates.
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They'll be back in to nest soon...thats when you hit the dinner plates.
Mid May....
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Mid May....
They'll be spawning then, yeah. They don't stage too far away from where they eventually spawn.
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They'll be spawning then, yeah. They don't stage too far away from where they eventually spawn.
If you say so.
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If anyone fishes it today or tomorrow, could you please post conditions.
I will be islands bound Saturday for my last time out this season. May fish Carry, Keelers, or Sandbar. I have never been able to bring myself to fish sandbar, but we shall see. Panfish'n and bringing a couple tipups for pike, just incase I catch a few goldens.
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The ice at Sandbar hasn't looked good all season .... and there hasn't been a soul on it the last few times we've been by. Not sure I'd risk getting wet there. Keeler's has been getting pounded this week (Lavigne Rd). I think I'd try there if I were you. Carry was a "dead hole" a couple of weeks ago, as you can see from the posts above.
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Thanks, forecast isn't very good for Friday and Saturday. I might end up just putting the gear away, but we shall see.
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hows carry looking ice wise headed up tomorrow to chase pike