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Yo Guys & GalsStill here, chillin, those dark days twixt boat fishing and walking on water. I’ve had to satiate my fishing drive by fishing from shore since I winterized the Starcraft 2 weeks ago. Lo and behold I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when one of my fishing buds from Clayton invited me out on the river for some deep water perch fishing.Although we had to chase them , I managed a half pail . Grateful John did not put his boat up yet and even more grateful he invited me up to fish and share some tall tales, very tall tales.That being said, now I am back to square one. Waiting for hard water. Water temps at this time are still abnormally high so I’m not anticipating an early entry on the Pond barring a week of continued sub zero temps, like that’s going to happen. Traditionally I try to give myself an early Christmas present and get on the ice by December 17th. Hard to do on the Pond but paraphrasing Jimmy Buffet’s song “it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere”, I’ve always managed a trip up North to find 4 inches of hard water somewhere. I plan no different this year. Till then I will have to content myself with a little shore fishing or depend on a brave heart friend like John who puts his boat up at the last possible moment. Thanks John.Don’t worry, I will be ever vigilant, giving ice updates on the Pond as soon as we get some.Boggey
Good to see folks logging on and paying attention. We've seen a little skim ice here in the southern tier but obvi nothing to get excited about.Have a trip planned to the ADK's this weekend (no fishing - baby-doll weekend) but I have heard rumors of intrepid fish warriors (read;insane?) thinking about traversing thin ice. Good luck to them - but I'd wait. There isn't a fish under that thin ice that's worth it.Throwing it back out there - now that folks are checking in - that we should consider setting a date in advance for the "1st Annual Sandy Pond Ice Shanty Classic" fishing derby. What do you all think?No prizes - no fee's - just a date on the calendar we could circle and (weather/ice permitting) we show up at a designated time/place and just - go fishing. I'd love to meetsome of the characters behind the posts. And who knows - maybe we will catch a few fish or learn a thing or 2.I know for a fact... having been a summer pond rat for 33+ years that I've prolly beached my boat or fished near you...or maybe even bought a round at Eddie's or the SPSA with some of you.
Not to worry, I have my infinite pot of coffee on with my keurig cup maker. Cookies and always willing to give lessons on playing cribbage or pitch.😀😀
Yo Guys & Gals,Have you all seen the 10 day weather forecast? Got to be the horriblist, worstest weather projection an ice fishing person could imagine. Well I guess I will have to make do With some more shore fishing. Shopping for a new shanty. Thinking of getting one of those hub shanty’s. Certainly a lot lighter than dragging that Shappell 2000 around. Didn’t get 2 seasons out of my Arctic Ice Mucks . Don’t make them like they used to. My old pair of mucks lasted 6 seasons.Oh yeh, made in China. Heck, everything is made in China. All for now. Waiting for ice.Boggey