Any luck yet?

[Gezzah]

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.

[METOVT]

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?

[Gezzah]

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. 

[Smada_Evad]

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

[fishstalker]

Nice to hear some of us are getting out!

[walleyescooter]

good to see that people from Australia don't mind the cold! Welcome to VT

What did you limit out on?? Pike?

[fishn freak13]

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

[TRT]

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

[Gezzah]

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!!

[TRT]

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.

[Gezzah]

So who is this?? Charlie tip up??

[1sttimefisher]

Has anyone been out on Lake Champlain yet? or is the lake not safe enough yet? 

[Little Brown Dog]

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.

[ice hound]

St. Albans Bay has had enough ice. I went out a couple days ago and was on 4-5". Slow bite though.

[TRT]

Hey Jared, yes this is Charlie tip up. You guys fishing Carmi this weekend?