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Massachusetts => Ice Fishing Massachusetts => Topic started by: Jeffdunn1991 on Jan 10, 2022, 10:30 AM
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How’s the ice on woods pond looking ? Thinking of making the drive out Friday
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Might be ok by this weekend. I can check it Thursday, just started to form ice last week.
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That would be awesome . I’m coming from central mass . If you wanna join us for the day your more then welcome
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Which day, trying to hike out to another pond this weekend as well, tried to go Sunday but bailed due to the ice storm.
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I went to a bigger lake not far from there and had a good 4 to 7 Inches, would expect woods to be pretty good after tomm but it won't hurt to be cautious
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The river came up a bit with the storm so it should freeze up in next couple days
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Great news . I’ll be there Friday morning
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Got 10 pike there today place was on fire
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Vinny you weren’t out land scraping in the lovely weather ??
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Got 10 pike there today place was on fire
Lol
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I heard they were all over 41in too
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My buddy says he’s there now and just caught a sturgeon ;D
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I pulled a laker out of there last week. had 14in of ice so I drove my truck out.
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in all seriousness good luck friday
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Thank you I’ll come back with a little report
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Got 10 pike there today place was on fire
That was a great trip!
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With the temps the last few days I’m starting to feel pretty confident the ice should be safe at woods . How’s it looking out in the rest of western mass ?
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I think everyone was planning on a woods party so no one has been checking elsewhere.
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The woods party is Saturday . We will be there the day before thank god . I got 6-7” of ice here in south central ma so I’m assuming western mass should have the same if not more
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there is a party at woods every day. the ice sheet may be sunk with holes by Saturday
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I hope not
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Couldn't pay me to hit woods pond this week. Early ice, minimal effort guys will be there until there buddies tell them where there is OTHER ice. Dont forget to socially distance yourself out there ;D fisherman every 6' at woods mean 5 of you can go at a time lol
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I was planning on setting up camp. Have a group of 10 employees from work that want to ice their first pike.
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I got on some ice today in Connecticut . Was on about 5” there I’m sure out west has plenty of ice to get on . I’ll see you tomorrow accord lol
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in all seriousness if I was heading to woods I would plan on getting there no later than 5am to ensure I have a spot to place my tilts. place fills up fast
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Even during the week lol?
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Even during the week lol?
Yes, especially after this thread
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in all seriousness if I was heading to woods I would plan on getting there no later than 5am to ensure I have a spot to place my tilts. place fills up fast
3am on the weekends and not a place u do a big spread or by day break there's 2 traps I between your 2
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So basically this place is like the canal
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So basically this place is like the canal
Similar, but imagine it on a MUCH smaller body of water with not as great rewards. It can be a zoo somedays
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Similar, but imagine it on a MUCH smaller body of water with not as great rewards. It can be a zoo somedays
It can at least be entertaining at times. I watched a group of guys lug a couch out onto the ice and proceed to get absolutely trashed. One guy was yelling at the top of his lungs about wanting to get into it with someone, tried to take his hoody off, slipped on the wet ice and was rolling around in the puddles on the ice while stuck in his hoody. He passed out on the couch afterward in front of the fire but looked miserable. Karma
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It can at least be entertaining at times. I watched a group of guys lug a couch out onto the ice and proceed to get absolutely trashed. One guy was yelling at the top of his lungs about wanting to get into it with someone, tried to take his hoody off, slipped on the wet ice and was rolling around in the puddles on the ice while stuck in his hoody. He passed out on the couch afterward in front of the fire but looked miserable. Karma
Yikes!
Sounds like a Russian YouTube video.
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I was there once and the sleds coming off of O Mountian were screaming across the ice most of the day. One dudes throttle got stuck or he forgot to let off when getting to the other bank. Needless to say he ended up leaving in an ambulance.
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So basically this place is like the canal
Na the canal has quiet times still thank god. My favorite shore based striper spot ever. Social media and fb live feeds during blitzes killed it.
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Na the canal has quiet times still thank god. My favorite shore based striper spot ever. Social media and fb live feeds during blitzes killed it.
yes it does all of November till april ;)
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so how did you do?
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:tipup:
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We got some fish on the ice . Nothing to grand . Good outing though no complaints
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gd deal ! ;)
how was the crowd
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Our group and one other group. Was a week day
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kool
u must of hit it at the right time :clap:
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congrats on a good trip. in surprised it wasn't as busy. you hit it perfectly as there is usually much more people.
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I still have the video of a russian family catching a small pike below keeper size, and throwing it in a trash bag to keep. They kicked the bag back across the ice to their setup and left the fish flopping around inside to die
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vigilante justice
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Funny someone mentioned Russians. I met a group of Russians Ice fishing a few years back. It was a freezing cold day and they were dressed for church. crap you not they all had on dress shoes. The craziest thing was the had a portable drill with a butterfly bit. They made a small hole with the drill and stuffed an M80 or something bigger in the hole. Lite it and boom. It was crazy I thought someone was going to lose an eye or worse. One of the most interesting things I have ever encountered on the ice. Surprisingly they lasted the day. I'm sure the vodka helped with the numbing cold. ;D
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Funny someone mentioned Russians. I met a group of Russians Ice fishing a few years back. It was a freezing cold day and they were dressed for church. crap you not they all had on dress shoes. The craziest thing was the had a portable drill with a butterfly bit. They made a small hole with the drill and stuffed an M80 or something bigger in the hole. Lite it and boom. It was crazy I thought someone was going to lose an eye or worse. One of the most interesting things I have ever encountered on the ice. Surprisingly they lasted the day. I'm sure the vodka helped with the numbing cold. ;D
Saw the same thing one time. Like a 9 year old kid kicked an about 10lb pike across the ice over to their stuff. I nicely informed them that there are PCBs in the water of the housy and it may not be safe to eat. I was informed "We boil, no worries". I can understand maybe eating some migratory waterfowl out of the housy but prob wouldn't be eating the Chernobyl stew they were making.