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Maine => Ice Fishing Maine => Topic started by: woodchip on Mar 13, 2018, 02:22 PM
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My camp is 40 miles north of Greenville Maine over the past years I have witnessed parties traveling on the lake after a storm like the last two storms, they would get on the lake no problem but all of a sudden they would get into an area of slush 1/2 mile away and their two or three machines would have to spend the whole day shoveling and pushing and pulling to get off the lake they would be so tired and wet they would load onto their trailers ,Trucks and head home . I would not wish this on any fisherman!!!
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Greenville is central Maine You should some map reading!!!!!
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Cool story
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That’s funny stuff 👍sounds like a good end of the year bash to me.slayem while the gettins good lady’s and gents .best of luck to all of ya🚩
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I began my icefishing career on January 15, 1985 at Barn Brook on Long Lake. The Fish River Chain opened on the 15th of the month then. In that time I have seen great conditions, good conditions, terrible conditions, snow, rain, wind, and sun. The two most important things I have learned are:
1) never tell everything you know,
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been there done that. no fun at all
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been there done that. no fun at all
Fish with gamefisher. He has a friend that is an animal.
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Fishermen just do not realize that snow this time of year is heavy. and low places on the lake from the weight of snow creates slush puddles some can be as deep as 16+ inches . machines pulling a sled that slow up get stuck in a real MESS . I have seen machines stuck for hours. and from just riding around it all looks smooth and nice.
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Or jack up the sled and leave it over night hoping it firms up enough to get off at pre-dawn
Not that has happen to me before ::)
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If your going to be numb you got to be tough. I was just speaking of this to my father this morning. If there is not a trail blazed across the lake, I will be blazing one before I start hauling any gear across. Just like any time of year on any body of water. You need to know your surroundings. Plan for the worst and hope for the best, but either way its always an experience / memory.
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Yeah, slush is sneaky , you never know where it's going to be, so be aware.
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Between planks, slush, thunder snow, bombogensis, ethanol, windmills, offshore drilling, birds, feral cats, pike, phosphorus, alewives, slot limits, and global warming, I'm shocked anyone goes outside.
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to be a fisherman you need to be tough or stupid!!!!!!! Or go south for the winter....
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I might have to agree with you Woodchip, the definition of a fisherman is a jerk on one end of a line waiting for a jerk on the other
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Lions and tigers and bears OH MY!!!
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Mustn't forget the dreaded snow snakes.
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Yes, snow snakes are probably he worst this time of year, especially if your stuck in the slush!
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I didn't want to go down this road, and scare the timid, but I'm betting the ever fearsome Sabbattus crack is about to appear.
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to be a fisherman you need to be tough or stupid!!!!!!! Or go south for the winter....
Not sure about tough, but history suggests I have stupid covered pretty well....
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Not sure about tough, but history suggests I have stupid covered pretty well....
Add me to that list
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I didn't want to go down this road, and scare the timid, but I'm betting the ever fearsome Sabbattus crack is about to appear.
☠ the dreaded crack
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There an oversized plumber in Sabbattus?
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Did somebody say crack ?
(https://s18.postimg.cc/41fxo7015/normal_crack.jpg)
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I was beginning to think you found a big ice crack .We haven't heard from you Hope you have been catching a few this winter.
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no slush up here as we darn near got 3ft. of ice but be prepared to dig thru near 2 ft. of hard compact snow.
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where abouts are you jacksmelt71 ?
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frenchville, between madawaska/ ft. kent.
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way up north
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no slush up here as we darn near got 3ft. of ice but be prepared to dig thru near 2 ft. of hard compact snow.
Sounds like a good area to host a Meet & Greet....
Need someone in that area to take the reins
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come on up! fishing kinda slow now but i bet you have most of the lake to yourself and you got a chance at a cocker! it only takes 1! plenty of places to stay on long, eagle and cross. you'd have your pick on where to stay. if nothing else , some really big y. perch can be caught on these lakes as well, while waiting for a flag. ;)