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Massachusetts => Ice Fishing Massachusetts => Topic started by: mikez on Jan 12, 2020, 05:58 PM
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Got out Friday with a couple of my boys to our favorite trout pond. I been fishing here for a long time and raised my boys up on the trout fishing there.
We hit the ice at about 5:30 am in the dark. Flags starting going up as soon as they were set. Wish I got there even earlier. Not sure if the full moon had anything to do with it but they had were on a night bite. We had a ton of flags before first light.
It didn't slow down much after first light either, not until noon. A good mix of browns and rainbows with occasional largemouth to spice things up. No monsters but all decent hard fighting fish. The pics are just a short selection of over 20 trout between 3 of us.
We kept a bunch for the table (3 of us, to feed big family) and released a bunch more. The small bass at the bottom is 13 inches. We usually keep a few buck bass for fish tacos. Biggest bass was 2 1/2, maybe 3 lbs, released.
I've been conservative about the ice this season with the warm weather so it was our first trip.
Very satisfied. My first year trapping my own bait so saved a crapload of money. My 13 year old drilled his own holes and set his own traps and hauled in trout like a veteran. Weather was comfortable until the puddles got deep and when action slowed we did BQ chicken and dogs on the fire.
Living the good life. :tipup:
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nice fish, sounds like a great day !
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Congratulations, that's quite a haul! Sounds like a helluva meal too.
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nice work with the boys :thumbsup:
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Nice work fellas!
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MikeZ thank you for sharing the photos. Always nice to see families having fun out on the ice.
Steve
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That wasn't Lake M was it?
:roflmao:
I know who you are! I really wish you wouldn't do that here. It's different from my FB page where 3 people ever see it, one being my mother. ::)
In a forum like this you got too many looking for freebies. It took me 40 years to develop my spots the hard way. Last thing I need is to use a precious fishing day only to find my favorite spot covered by a bunch of guys crunch crunch crunching all over the ice in their creepers, leaving trash everywhere and covering my hard learned spot with :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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That wasn't Lake M was it?
:roflmao:
Sounds too much like black mail to me. >:(
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Sounds too much like black mail to me. >:(
No, he's a friend just busting my chops. He already knows the answer. I know he didn't mean any harm.
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No, he's a friend just busting my chops. He already knows the answer. I know he didn't mean any harm.
Nice to know. Thanks :)
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I know who you are! I really wish you wouldn't do that here. It's different from my FB page where 3 people ever see it, one being my mother. ::)
In a forum like this you got too many looking for freebies. It took me 40 years to develop my spots the hard way. Last thing I need is to use a precious fishing day only to find my favorite spot covered by a bunch of guys crunch crunch crunching all over the ice in their creepers, leaving trash everywhere and covering my hard learned spot with :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
It's gone. Sorry about that!
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It's gone. Sorry about that!
No worries my friend. ;D