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I am pretty confident that the ice season on the south coast has come and gone this year, barring a polar vortex w another week of very cold w no wind I just think it is not likely w March 5 weeks away
We get it, you live in north central mass away from the ocean, 2hrs away and fish on the ice at every waking moment
Rui I meant the guy above you that ice fishes into August every year and lives no where remotely close to us
Yup ok thanks for proving my point
Papa Sly (mike) is probably one the nicest most generous people I've ever fished with. He and others like myself will drive 2hrs to find good ice if need be . It's 1½ hrs from Scituate to the Worcester area where there was 6" of solid ice. I've driven 2 hours for a month strait for early or late ice. You either want to make the journey or you don't. But don't say there's no safe ice within a reasonable distance . If the rolls were reversed and Plymouth or the cape had first and last ice I would make the trip there. Nothing wrong with not wanting to travel far, just don't complain and say there's no ice around. Lastly try acting like an adult. This isn't tic tok 🎣
There is good ice around and these past two seasons have sucked. Both things can be true at the same time, they're not mutually exclusive. Calling people lazy and insulting people simply because they don't have the time/money/health/etc to drive 4-6 hours a day to fish is worse than somebody complaining about a poor season. Defending him because he's your friend just makes this site even less inclusive and more dead than it already is. I've witnessed the guy argue with more people on this site than everyone else combined. If that doesn't say something I don't know what will.
He offered the guy some of the spots where there is safe ice. How many people on here would do that. What better way to stop an argument. For that I commend him.
He's just like me and many other good people here. Never refused anyone that private messaged asking for help.
I've got in petty arguments with Papa over the years, no name calling, more a difference of opinions. He went out of his way to PM me areas with good ice last year. Couple guys one here who can walk to their striper boats in the summer and fill with a couple grand in fuel complain about spending $40 in gas to ice fish. Instead they are couch quarterbacks and complain on here about the lack of ice. Def some crummy seasons but if you want to got on ice you can.