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Title: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: icewoman on Mar 11, 2021, 09:36 AM: Hello everyone, I plan on fishing up there on the 20th for a Derby.
Never fished it before so any tips would be great ;D
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: 9huskies on Mar 11, 2021, 04:41 PM: Don't bother trying for biggest trout. Locals catch most of them soon after they are stocked.
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: icewoman on Mar 13, 2021, 06:47 PM: Quote from: 9huskies on Mar 11, 2021, 04:41 PM
Don't bother trying for biggest trout. Locals catch most of them soon after they are stocked.

Good to know 😉
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: Coach on Mar 14, 2021, 06:27 PM: We are heading there as well this weekend, but I think we will leave the Sleds home
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: Fishin_Addiction on Mar 20, 2021, 11:59 AM: Any updates on the derby?
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: Coach on Mar 20, 2021, 08:11 PM: We caught a TON of fish today at the Derby, but all the WRONG Species.

Has anyone seen a sucker this big. It weighed about 3.5 lbs
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...and unfortunately this guy had a BAD day and had to be towed off the ice. They truck looked to have heavy damage to it

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(https://i.postimg.cc/z3DJxWpP/IMG-3393.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/z3DJxWpP)
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: icewoman on Mar 21, 2021, 04:28 PM: There was plenty of safe ice on that pond.
We were fishing on 22-24inches.
Why he drove over by the inlet , guess we'll never know.
Just glad he's ok and the truck got pulled out.
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: Sampson on Mar 21, 2021, 04:58 PM: You can’t fix stupid
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: Coach on Mar 21, 2021, 05:27 PM: Correct.... and I don't know about you, but after seeing a Truck being pulled out of the ice and regardless of how much ice there is, I would not drive my motor home out

(https://i.postimg.cc/9zdM5M2v/IMG-3388.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9zdM5M2v)
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: IceDog88 on Mar 21, 2021, 05:48 PM: Yeah that’s the icing on the cake for sure and hopefully they made it off okay
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: Coach on Mar 21, 2021, 06:46 PM: Quote from: IceDog88 on Mar 21, 2021, 05:48 PM
Yeah that’s the icing on the cake for sure and hopefully they made it off okay
YEA. When we were getting ready to left there was a minivan that was off the ramp and folks were trying to pull that out
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: 9huskies on Mar 21, 2021, 07:33 PM: Quote from: icewoman on Mar 21, 2021, 04:28 PM
There was plenty of safe ice on that pond.
We were fishing on 22-24inches.
Why he drove over by the inlet , guess we'll never know.
Just glad he's ok and the truck got pulled out.

Every few years someone goes through Roxbury Pond near the inlet. I've seen it happen in the middle of a colder than normal winter when trucks were safely on the rest of the pond.
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: icewoman on Mar 21, 2021, 07:55 PM: Quote from: Coach on Mar 21, 2021, 05:27 PM
Correct.... and I don't know about you, but after seeing a Truck being pulled out of the ice and regardless of how much ice there is, I would not drive my motor home out

(https://i.postimg.cc/9zdM5M2v/IMG-3388.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9zdM5M2v)

I know right...bringing that Motor Home out was crazy!!
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: woodchip on Mar 21, 2021, 08:17 PM: With all the air bubbles forming in the ice it loses its strength very fast!!!!!
Title: Re: Ellis Pond in Roxbury
Post by: woodchip on Mar 21, 2021, 08:18 PM: Lot more SUCKERS out there than one can emagine!!!