MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
I was up at camp yesterday 2-3 feet of snow, lake looks like Feb more than early April. The top of my picnic table was even with snow and drifts/snow off the metal roof to mid window. Don't bother heading up that way for Saturdays opener.
What's to stop ya from getting out on the ice then, once the season opens, assuming it's still safe?
is it legal to catch and keep trout caught through the ice after 4/13?
From a contact at VT F&W: "Short answer…it depends. Check out tables 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in the law digest. Here’s an explanation:Table 6 waters are completely closed to ice fishing regardless of the season. These are usually small trout ponds, like Jobs.Table 7 is for Lake Champlain, where you can ice fish for just about everything but bass and musky regardless of the season. If you want to fish for bass right now, you can only do it from boat or shore.Table 8 is for lakes that are open to fishing year round. On these waters, you can fish for most species using either ice fishing or angling at any time of the year. However, you cannot ice fish for bass, trout, or salmon at all.Table 9 is for lakes that are only open to angling from the second Saturday in April to October 31 and are only open to ice fishing from the 3rd Saturday in January to March 15. These are the big lake trout lakes like Caspian and Willoughby. Trout season opens this Saturday, but you CANNOT ice fish on these lakes April through October. Table 10 is for lakes that are open to year round fishing with an ice fishing season for trout, salmon, and bass. You can ice fish these lakes anytime, but you can only target trout, salmon, and bass from the 3rd Saturday in January to March 15. In other words, you cannot ice fish for them April through October, even though the open water trout season is on."Sounds like "it depends!"
OK got it. as weird as it seems, it sounds like the law for example on a lake like bomoseen which is table 10, you can keep trout april 15th but not while standing on ice. I guess its up to the warden on giving you a ticket which you would have to go to court and plead your case to the judge.
Yeah, that's not very clear. They basically say at the end, that if you can cast, it's not ice fishing. So casting while standing on the ice is ok?