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Offline BCice

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Perfect Ice
« on: Mar 04, 2008, 07:32 PM »
 Not ice fishing but ice anyway. After the rain we had yesterday & the cold snap today, I noticed on the way home from work all the lakes were a perfect glare of ice. When I got home I said to my son "Get your warm clothes on. We're going ice skating!" The lake behind our house is 115 acres, and it was like one big ice skating rink. We went completely around it & had a blast! We skated for about 2 hours & the only reason we quit was because of darkness. And because my old legs felt like rubber, too. But a great time on the ice. One of those father/son times we'll never forget.  :) :) :) :) :)
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #1 on: Mar 04, 2008, 07:35 PM »
Awesome...times like that will make you just smile ;D
A full grown Hockey Player couldn't knock the smile off your face :clap:
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #2 on: Mar 05, 2008, 06:05 AM »
Why didnt you go ice fishing? :)
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #3 on: Mar 05, 2008, 06:43 AM »
 Good question.  ;) And figured I'd get a little ribbing. Believe me I thought about it. But opted for skating because it was perfect skating conditions & not so perfect fishing conditions. They were calling for (& we got) a couple inches of snow last night and you just don't get a perfect snow free ice very often.
 Not to mention tonight will be a lot better for fishing. The winds died down, some snow cover...... Yeah buddy, we'll be out fishing tonight!!! Best of both worlds.  ;D
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #4 on: Mar 05, 2008, 08:47 AM »
nice way spending time with the kid, but garentee you though if the ice was good enough for skating that i myself would of also had a tip-up or two in.
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #5 on: Mar 05, 2008, 10:36 AM »
I love that glare ice, I'm not a big fan of snow on the ice.
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Offline fisher2hunter

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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #6 on: Mar 05, 2008, 04:05 PM »
Quote from: AirManCam on Mar 05, 2008, 10:36 AM
I love that glare ice, I'm not a big fan of snow on the ice.

i agree i dont like having the water be too dark i like to sight fish but here we got 6 or so inches last nite so so much for no snow huh.
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Offline Buck762

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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #7 on: Mar 05, 2008, 04:08 PM »
It sounds like we have an ice fairy on our hands!
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #8 on: Mar 05, 2008, 05:43 PM »
do we all get three wishes from the ferry.
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #9 on: Mar 05, 2008, 05:45 PM »
great story! hope the cold snap comes this way
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #10 on: Mar 05, 2008, 05:47 PM »
i"ll take some here in conneticut
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #11 on: Mar 05, 2008, 06:20 PM »
one of the best lakes around here for redears i sight fish but cant see 2 feet down when there is snow on the ice..i wouldnt mind only an inch or two but i dont like 6 it makes for tuff draggin of the shanty..
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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #12 on: Mar 05, 2008, 06:30 PM »
When I was a much younger person, I was a speed skater. Occasionally the Barge canal would freeze that way and we could skate for miles on end on perfect ice.

I was fishing the canal a few weeks back and the ice was very clear and near perfect. A family with 3 little girls came out to skate. Made miss the old offsets.

Our other option was a public, outdoor rink that was basically 4 connected baseball fields which were flooded (intentionally) each year. Every so often they would re-flood the ice to cap it off....no Zambonis I'm afraid.

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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #13 on: Mar 05, 2008, 06:53 PM »
i really don"t like to be able to site fish because the fish spook very easily, just my oppinion.
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Offline BCice

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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #14 on: Mar 05, 2008, 07:31 PM »
Quote from: Buck762 on Mar 05, 2008, 04:08 PM
It sounds like we have an ice fairy on our hands!

  LOL! Nope, no spandex or tutu's, just carharts & hockey skates. Not too graceful either. Did a couple effortless belly flops, though. Hurts more than it used to, I noticed.  :D



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Re: Perfect Ice
« Reply #15 on: Mar 05, 2008, 08:37 PM »
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LOL! Nope, no spandex or tutu's, just carharts & hockey skates. Not too graceful either. Did a couple effortless belly flops, though. Hurts more than it used to, I noticed. 
Hurts me just thinkin' about it... ;)
Used ta play hockey.... Not any more... ;)
Glad to hear about the fun times spent with the son... :D
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