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Title: End is near
Post by: fishoninct on Mar 11, 2019, 06:41 AM
Please post what you find as the ice melts this week.
A certain singer is warming up to sing in CT.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: BWB-ice on Mar 11, 2019, 12:13 PM
That fat Beotch better not strike up a single cord!!!   ;D :laugh:
I'm still hoping for another trip or two to the NW hills!
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: Velcro on Mar 11, 2019, 04:01 PM
Soaked my boots at Crystal pond in Eastford/ Woodstock. There's ice but it's Covered in slush, was pretty much wading. I tried to ignore her but that fatso is singing there.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: flagup! on Mar 12, 2019, 06:58 AM
Ponds and shallow water lakes will be the 1st to go...
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: fishoninct on Mar 12, 2019, 02:35 PM
Winchester area still holding up well. New Milford area took a beating on Monday.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: bogtrotter on Mar 12, 2019, 03:54 PM
Head north young (or old, as the case may be) man.

There is about 3 feet of ice on the ponds (Bog, Burnett's and North) in the Savoy State Forest in the NW corner of MA.

Barring unusual heat wave, it is reasonable to expect (based on past year's experience) fishable ice will last into early-to-mid April.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: Phishing.Hacker on Mar 12, 2019, 06:34 PM
Head north young (or old, as the case may be) man.

There is about 3 feet of ice on the ponds (Bog, Burnett's and North) in the Savoy State Forest in the NW corner of MA.

Barring unusual heat wave, it is reasonable to expect (based on past year's experience) fishable ice will last into early-to-mid April.

YUP, as long as we dont have one of those wicked warm pissssser rain storms that washer the ice away. This time last year I was driving to Athol-Warwick area to find safe ice. I will be happy to fish the first week of April.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: water driller on Mar 12, 2019, 07:38 PM
I fished in the sturbridge area the last couple days.  There is still 10-11" of solid ice under 4-6" of snowy/slushy cover.  The cover has been blocking the ice from the sun.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: MR0352 on Mar 13, 2019, 11:26 AM
Halls pond last weekend 4-5 in.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: hardfloor on Mar 13, 2019, 10:19 PM
I had 10 inches in the north east corner today. A little slush but doable for the  walk. It's not over yet unless we get a lot of rain. Fishing a couple more weeks in CT.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: fishoninct on Mar 20, 2019, 04:44 PM
I’m done. Good luck on soft water to all.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: Ravo Himself on Mar 20, 2019, 08:37 PM
I'll be making one last trip to my cabin in NH this weekend. It was a good season for me. I'm ready for the open water though
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: eiderz on Mar 21, 2019, 05:43 AM
Where in NH Ravo? We have a place in northern Maine, with luck we can fish until April 15th. That's a regulation thing, average iceout is first/second week of May.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: WILLYTROUT on Mar 21, 2019, 06:54 AM
well i thought it was a great year on the ice. maybe not in numbers but in quality. I caught some beautiful fish this year, cudos to deep for their efforts. Those late season brookies they stocked along with the rainbows made my season. time to take out the flyrod. see you on the water

w.t.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: Ravo Himself on Mar 21, 2019, 09:14 AM
Where in NH Ravo? We have a place in northern Maine, with luck we can fish until April 15th. That's a regulation thing, average iceout is first/second week of May.

Winchester area. High elevation. It's been very good to me in previous years for late ice largemouth.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: eiderz on Mar 21, 2019, 10:12 AM
Nice, hope you get some this year.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: Global Warming in CT on Mar 21, 2019, 10:22 AM
Good luck to those of you still getting out. I packed the gear away last weekend but am certainly satisfied with the season, especially considering that my little corner of the state only had good ice for a few weeks. While I didn't land any trophies, the conditions forced me to check out a lot of waters I've never fished. I also caught some species I never had before (salmon, lakers, cusk). This was my first season with a flasher too, which was a gamechanger, especially when waiting for pike flags (and catching pike bait).
As always, it's been great giving and taking info on this site all winter. I'm not a big social media guy, except for iceshanty.com of course. And props to eiderz for all the time he spends keeping it clean and productive.
Talk to you all next season when the water starts skimming over.
Title: Re: End is near
Post by: eiderz on Mar 21, 2019, 12:27 PM
Thank you