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New Hampshire => Ice Fishing New Hampshire => Topic started by: Goggls911 on Feb 12, 2019, 01:27 AM
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Day 1... Started out getting to the lake late, then the wind was blowing so hard against my jet sled it would just spin my wheeler, I headed out for a cove that would protect me from the wind. Cove was occupied... no big deal plan B off to a bigger cove, it also was occupied but enough room for a few traps... so pull out old jiffy gas auger 2nd pull snapped the pull cord.. pulled out my back up propane jiffy first pull snapped the pull cord. (what are the odds) gave up for the morning and went home to fix both augers.. went back out for last 2 hours and braved the wind in the middle of the lake and managed a small cusk to save the day...
Day 2. Got to the lake early got to my spot at day break and about 30 mins later notice a hole my brother baited the spool of the trap was just barely sticking out of the water and of course frozen in place with a baitlesss hook( amateur hour) after fixing the problem he managed jigging a laker up about 18" after a long day of running and gunning we found some fish for the last hour my brother lost a tank and I caught a fat 24 inch laker that was definatly board worthy but I caught it at 2:15 and would of never made it to the board on time so back through the hole it went....
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Sounds similar to most of our experiences, lol! Man it was a tough weekend!
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One of the toughest I've been to in the last 10 years.. Hopefully Sebego derby goes better....
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im still a hot mess two days later...red face, shedding lips, sore back, bad elbow , tired, hungry, hungover and my stuff is still all over the place...hoping tomorrow is better day...can still hear the wind when I lay my head down to bed...hahaha...fun though
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im still a hot mess two days later...red face, shedding lips, sore back, bad elbow , tired, hungry, hungover and my stuff is still all over the place...hoping tomorrow is better day...can still hear the wind when I lay my head down to bed...hahaha...fun though
I hear that... my wheeler, shack and all my gear are still on the trailer, when I heard snow coming my first move wasn't to get it all unloaded and out of the weather... just stopped at tractor supply last night and grabbed a tarp big enough to cover it all lol... will deal with it Saturday. good times.
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im still a hot mess two days later...red face, shedding lips, sore back, bad elbow , tired, hungry, hungover and my stuff is still all over the place...hoping tomorrow is better day...can still hear the wind when I lay my head down to bed...hahaha...fun though
You are not alone... I feel better this afternoon, now I've got a head cold, first one in a few years..you forgot the split fingers, I'm sure you got them too, everyone at work keeps asking me why my finger tips are all bandaged up...I just tell them they won't understand.
When I got home I backed the wheeler in the yard and threw a tarp on it, put the bait in my tank down in the shop,scarfed down a small cheese pizza and went to bed, work was brutal yesterday, I had to clean fish,last night, it's about all I could handle tonight, maybe I'll unpack, old spirits returning, I'm already planning this weekends adventure.
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You are not alone... I feel better this afternoon, now I've got a head cold, first one in a few years..you forgot the split fingers, I'm sure you got them too, everyone at work keeps asking me why my finger tips are all bandaged up...I just tell them they won't understand.
When I got home I backed the wheeler in the yard and threw a tarp on it, put the bait in my tank down in the shop,scarfed down a small cheese pizza and went to bed, work was brutal yesterday, I had to clean fish,last night, it's about all I could handle tonight, maybe I'll unpack, old spirits returning, I'm already planning this weekends adventure.
Roccus, I just finished working on my Argo in the cold garage installing Quad Boss sealant in the 6 tires...my thumbs are split and a couple of fingers are threatening to...
I also got a FedEx delivery...
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You’ll love that thing I love mine, hell I even use it for demo work or around the yard or wherever
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For everyone (mostly us old guys) with split fingers - try O'Keefe's working hands. both lotion and paste. Stings like hell on open splits but it does work to heal the cracks.
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For everyone (mostly us old guys) with split fingers - try O'Keefe's working hands. both lotion and paste. Stings like hell on open splits but it does work to heal the cracks.
Yup have that stuff but nothing works like neosporin and a flexible fabric band aid!
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I useto use stuff that I think was called fisherman’s friend? Had a picture of hands on a lobster trap I think. Little metal puck thing in like pine scent. Useto use it commercial fishing. Nothing bothers my hands at all ever except Saltwater, I don’t get it
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Been turning wrenches professionally for 25 years... ive got scars and calluses on top of my scars and calluses... best heal I've found is to sauce up your hands a ton with whatever hand creme your girl has then put on some latex gloves and sleep the night like that... a couple nights and you'll be back to normal.
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In previous years I always took Friday off to get everything set up for the crew at the camp but this year I said screw that they can shovel and snowblow themselves ..split the wood and haul the water..that way I could take Monday off..still did nothing yesterday ..I’m probably going to get sick too..everybody sucking off the same bottle all weeekend..haha..starti ng to come out of it this afternoon
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Been turning wrenches professionally for 25 years... ive got scars and calluses on top of my scars and calluses... best heal I've found is to sauce up your hands a ton with whatever hand creme your girl has then put on some latex gloves and sleep the night like that... a couple nights and you'll be back to normal.
LOL! Like Curley from Of Mice And Men… I dono if anyone’s ever seen that, old Steinbeck novel turned into movie. Ah well, anyways……
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Been turning wrenches professionally for 25 years... ive got scars and calluses on top of my scars and calluses... best heal I've found is to sauce up your hands a ton with whatever hand creme your girl has then put on some latex gloves and sleep the night like that... a couple nights and you'll be back to normal.
Good idea...I have both at my disposal (gloves and cream) wife is away :'(
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I useto use stuff that I think was called fisherman’s friend? Had a picture of hands on a lobster trap I think. Little metal puck thing in like pine scent. Useto use it commercial fishing. Nothing bothers my hands at all ever except Saltwater, I don’t get it
I've used that and most everything else listed here.
Pretty sure you'll find the salt in the saltwater is drying out your hands. I think the oils help give the skin some elasticity?
Watched Mice and Men at least a couple times. Great movie! CRS doesn't allow me to remember names as well now, Fred, but I always felt bad for that big guy and his best friend who had to put him down. Understood why, though.
Been there, done that, Stealth and Roccus with both the split fingers and throwing the tarp over at the end of the trip. "Tomorrow's another day". Was that Gone with the Wind? ;)
Enjoyed reading all these derby stories.
Almost made me wish I went... :whistle:
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Good idea...I have both at my disposal (gloves and cream) wife is away :'(
Whoah, whoah, whoah ....
.... we talkin’ Fifi’s here??
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Whoah, whoah, whoah ....
.... we talkin’ Fifi’s here??
“Monsieur Harold” Ya I got yer “Fifis” right here ;D if you’ve never had painful split finger tips you wouldn’t understand... @)
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“Monsieur Harold” Ya I got yer “Fifis” right here ;D if you’ve never had painful split finger tips you wouldn’t understand... @)
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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I've used that and most everything else listed here.
Pretty sure you'll find the salt in the saltwater is drying out your hands. I think the oils help give the skin some elasticity?
Watched Mice and Men at least a couple times. Great movie! CRS doesn't allow me to remember names as well now, Fred, but I always felt bad for that big guy and his best friend who had to put him down. Understood why, though.
Been there, done that, Stealth and Roccus with both the split fingers and throwing the tarp over at the end of the trip. "Tomorrow's another day". Was that Gone with the Wind? ;)
Enjoyed reading all these derby stories.
Almost made me wish I went... :whistle:
Ole Lennie and his buddy George who put him down.
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Whoah, whoah, whoah ....
.... we talkin’ Fifi’s here??
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Good idea...I have both at my disposal (gloves and cream) wife is away :'(
This works has multi-uses doesn't taste too good but great for cracked fingers.
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Ole Lennie and his buddy George who put him down.
Of course! Oh to be young again, Fred. ;)
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Ohhhhh
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This works has multi-uses doesn't taste too good but great for cracked fingers.
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Used that too, Denny.
You like it better than bag balm?
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Of course! Oh to be young again, Fred. ;)
I’m Fred now?
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I’m Fred now?
I could never forget your name, Frank!
Just a poor attempt at some dry humor. :(
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;)
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BAG BALM
... if does the trick for jerkin’ on those wind chapped pro udders from the land of 1.000 lakes and milk and cheese....
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Good idea...I have both at my disposal (gloves and cream) wife is away :'(
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Now, that's funny! :roflmao:
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Lmao!
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Just gotta wear the beetle skin inside out so then it’s ribbed for your pleasure
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Used that too, Denny.
You like it better than bag balm?
Yes and I think the milk cows do too.
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Perfect
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“Monsieur Harold” Ya I got yer “Fifis” right here ;D if you’ve never had painful split finger tips you wouldn’t understand... @)
You wanna go Francophile, as opposed to ...well... a different kind of ‘phile’
It’s “MONSIEUR L’Harry”
Because I am THE monsieur. And I like the the way the silent h follows it in liaison.
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You wanna go Francophile, as opposed to ...well... a different kind of ‘phile’
It’s “MONSIEUR L’Harry”
Because I am THE monsieur. And I like the the way the silent h follows it in liaison.
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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Just gotta wear the beetle skin inside out so then it’s ribbed for your pleasure
Wow....lmao :roflmao:
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;)
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All you guys that endured are Vikings!!!
Me and my buddy fished from 11 - to dark on Friday with no shelter and no cove to seek cover!
We got back to the house we rented for 3 days beat to a pulp!!!!
Watched the weather report for Saturday and said, F—k this!!!
Ate Saturday’s lunch for supper Friday night,couple vodkas, and bed.
Got up in the morning, packed the truck and went home!😩. 22 hour stay!!
This was our 39th year participating in the derby, 10 years ago, we would have stayed!
Time and age is catching up, but we’ll be back next year to try it again!
Congratulations guys, besides the years with 8-10” of slush, this had to be one of the toughest!
KK
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Yes and I think the milk cows do too.
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I bet her fingers aren't chapped?
Any bets on how much longer this thread will last? ;)
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Lmao
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Roccus, I just finished working on my Argo in the cold garage installing Quad Boss sealant in the 6 tires...my thumbs are split and a couple of fingers are threatening to...
I also got a FedEx delivery...
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That's awesome, you'll like it, Wane just ordered one after seeing (and using) mine this weekend, O'Keeffe working hand works good,I have to bandage mine, I'm a mechanic I'm in oil and chemicals all day, my hands are all healed, ready for the weekend.
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Back when worked on trucks, I used the gloves with corn huskers lotion that's the only thing that got me through the winter, working on lathes and CNC machines saved my hands and body.
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Back when worked on trucks, I used the gloves with corn huskers lotion that's the only thing that got me through the winter, working on lathes and CNC machines saved my hands and body.
I actually tried some gloves with some of my wife’s lotion last night. Definitely helps but after a few hours of clearing snow this morning my fingers will be split again...
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That's awesome, you'll like it, Wane just ordered one after seeing (and using) mine this weekend, O'Keeffe working hand works good,I have to bandage mine, I'm a mechanic I'm in oil and chemicals all day, my hands are all healed, ready for the weekend.
I know I will like it! What a great tool! Thanks again!
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I actually tried some gloves with some of my wife’s lotion last night. Definitely helps but after a few hours of clearing snow this morning my fingers will be split again...
had to go to work at 4 to clear the yard, and walks easy today. Only a few inches and some slush, pulled the lever on the floor if the truck and drove out of my drive, it stays where it lays.fingers still good.
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You are not alone... I feel better this afternoon, now I've got a head cold, first one in a few years..you forgot the split fingers, I'm sure you got them too, everyone at work keeps asking me why my finger tips are all bandaged up...I just tell them they won't understand.
When I got home I backed the wheeler in the yard and threw a tarp on it, put the bait in my tank down in the shop,scarfed down a small cheese pizza and went to bed, work was brutal yesterday, I had to clean fish,last night, it's about all I could handle tonight, maybe I'll unpack, old spirits returning, I'm already planning this weekends adventure.
You are a macine Joe. I am still in NH. Finally have some internet connection. It was supposed to stop snowing at 7am but its coming down hard here in wolfboro. Truck is.packed and I am about to head out for my last fishing trip before heading back home in the morning. I have fished every single day since friday, sunrise to sunset give or take an hour and it is now Wednesday. This was by far the longest stretch of ice fishing i have ever done. 6 days in a row and just about everything hurts. Fingers like you said, shoulders from chiseling cusk traps, feet from ice cleats, lips all cracked, and a tan that i cannot pull off in July. Funny part is i would do it all again in a heart beat. Not looking forward to leaving Nh.
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You are a macine Joe. I am still in NH. Finally have some internet connection. It was supposed to stop snowing at 7am but its coming down hard here in wolfboro. Truck is.packed and I am about to head out for my last fishing trip before heading back home in the morning. I have fished every single day since friday, sunrise to sunset give or take an hour and it is now Wednesday. This was by far the longest stretch of ice fishing i have ever done. 6 days in a row and just about everything hurts. Fingers like you said, shoulders from chiseling cusk traps, feet from ice cleats, lips all cracked, and a tan that i cannot pull off in July. Funny part is i would do it all again in a heart beat. Not looking forward to leaving Nh.
Iron man award right there. Hope your dedication paid off with fish!
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You are a macine Joe. I am still in NH. Finally have some internet connection. It was supposed to stop snowing at 7am but its coming down hard here in wolfboro. Truck is.packed and I am about to head out for my last fishing trip before heading back home in the morning. I have fished every single day since friday, sunrise to sunset give or take an hour and it is now Wednesday. This was by far the longest stretch of ice fishing i have ever done. 6 days in a row and just about everything hurts. Fingers like you said, shoulders from chiseling cusk traps, feet from ice cleats, lips all cracked, and a tan that i cannot pull off in July. Funny part is i would do it all again in a heart beat. Not looking forward to leaving Nh.
I'm a machine all right, a 1955 John Deere., old, rusty but still chugging along.. glad it worked out for ya, that wind did a number, I know we could have "whacked em and stacked em." If plan A was fishable
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You sure are Joe. I found the fish and figured out their pattern 2 days in a row. Now time to try this back home as well. This was from today. Some real brutes and man do the fillets look great.
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Nice work!