Took a ride with a friend on Saturday for this year’s first outing. Hit Long Pond in Rutland around 7:30. There was another guy set up when we got there.
The ice was pretty bad and inconsistent, 2-3” and didn’t go any further after a one hit and through under some snow.
Action was brutally slow. There were probably 30 flags out and I saw one flag and one fish caught.
We packed up 10:30 and went to Eames Pond in Paxton. There was a group of kids playing hockey with a nice Clam shelter.
The ice was consistently 3-5”. Action was slow with one bass and a few perch jigging. Only had three flags producing a small pick. Had an EPO check our licenses, he was a really nice guy. Then it started to snow around 2. Finally at 3 we got into some perch. We caught 10-12 in about 30 minutes. Then it was time for the schlep home.
