Norton Pond

[NEK Woodsman]

Been readin' the forums for a few years now, but finally signed up!

Headn' up to Norton to try for some Northerns.  Slow season so far for trout, so we're switchin' up our game.  Anyone had any luck there this season?

Deep snow and slop is the pits...

[trout slayer 21]

i bet theres a ton of snow up there but one old timer puts a shack at the other end and he plows it ussually but the best fishin i have found is by the sand bar on the opposite end as the access

[woodab17]

Have a buddy up there this weekend.  He tried to make it out to his shack on his sled yesterday morning and there was too much slop to get to the shack.  He got slushed in and it took him almost 2 hours to get off the ice.  I would plan on fishing really close to the boat launch.

[rawrightII]

Not plowed. Absolute Nightmare.....

[trout slayer 21]

good to kno

[NEK Woodsman]

worst slop ive seen in years. couldnt even use my snowmobile. 7-8 flags. got hung up on snags on 3, hit and runs on the others.

no fish.

i bet the ice is as bad everywhere else....

[mempfree]

Gee, if you can't even take your skidoo out on the ice, then things are really bad.  I haven't fished Norton Pond for years.  It has alot of old dead wood on the bottom, which I do remember.

[NEK Woodsman]

Have a buddy up there this weekend.  He tried to make it out to his shack on his sled yesterday morning and there was too much slop to get to the shack.  He got slushed in and it took him almost 2 hours to get off the ice.  I would plan on fishing really close to the boat launch.

followed his tracks for a while, but soon realized it was a poor decision.  ended up fishing near a shanty that was just off of a somewhat recently plowed road.  not much ice under the slop, 4-6".

forgot my snowshoes too, so needless to say it was a flipppin' heck of a time walkin to my traps!

[rawrightII]

4-6 inchess is terrible. there was nine inches opening weekend!!! its not getting better...

[Troutmagnet]

followed his tracks for a while, but soon realized it was a poor decision.  ended up fishing near a shanty that was just off of a somewhat recently plowed road.  not much ice under the slop, 4-6".

forgot my snowshoes too, so needless to say it was a flipppin' heck of a time walkin to my traps!

I would not be comfortable fishing on 4-6" of ice under all this snow and slush!!!

[taggin out]

I fished it first weekend on 9 inches. Idk about 4 to 6. Sounds a little off to me. But I did catch a 11foot log. Thought I had a giant on. Don't worry though I threw it back for others to enjoy in the future.

[NEK Woodsman]

I fished it first weekend on 9 inches. Idk about 4 to 6. Sounds a little off to me. But I did catch a 11foot log. Thought I had a giant on. Don't worry though I threw it back for others to enjoy in the future.

probably is a little off... but its not as thick as i woulda thought. tough to get a exact measurement w/ the slop and snow...