Alton bay

[james]

The Mrs and I are fishing alton bay right now, and
Its amazing the amount of smelt swimming by.

Its not stopping our       little yellow friends from biting.

[shaun]

Hammer time!!!!!!!!  Let us no how u do?  Good luck   shaun

[lv2huntandfish]

The Mrs and I are fishing alton bay right now, and
Its amazing the amount of smelt swimming by.

Its not stopping our       little yellow friends from biting.

how much water are you fishing in?

[Riverat]

Hey James were you in the black portable, I was out anchoring my house down today right behind you, the guys in the blue portable were hammering a lot of perch but it looks like they left them all over the ice.

[james]

how much water are you fishing in?

twenty two feet.

Hey James were you in the black portable, I was out anchoring my house down today right behind you, the guys in the blue portable were hammering a lot of perch but it looks like they left them all over the ice.

that was us. i saw your house there,but i didnt see you, or i would have came over and said hi.

we caught nothing but perch the whole time we were there. they must have been after the smelt, because the fish finder was showing big schools of them, and then we started seeing lots of them just under the ice.

[Riverat]

Yea I did some housekeeping and blocked it up and anchored it down. Next time out I will be fishing. Any size to the perch? and are they clean, some years they are wormey.

[Zorros shack]

  Ice yes oh yes ice to fish on!!!!!!

[james]

Yea I did some housekeeping and blocked it up and anchored it down. Next time out I will be fishing. Any size to the perch? and are they clean, some years they are wormey.

there were quite a few that i could have fileted out, but nothing really big.
they all looked pretty clean to me.

[winnisquam guy]

enjoy it now before the crowds come man

[james]

enjoy it now before the crowds come man

You know it  its too bad too,theres some realy good fishing there.

[thefinlessbrown2]

i stopped by today was gonna fish it but was unsure of the laws ..
for some reason i thought i read somewhare about fishing near the bridge beach area ?is this area restricted ?

[james]

i stopped by today was gonna fish it but was unsure of the laws ..
for some reason i thought i read somewhare about fishing near the bridge beach area ?is this area restricted ?

I think the only place thats restricted is the runway.

[thefinlessbrown2]

darn i shoulda fished just didn't wanna risk it not knowing ......did you fish today james ?

[james]

darn i shoulda fished just didn't wanna risk it not knowing ......did you fish today james ?

Nope i listened to that liar,the weatherman, and heard the wind was gonna blow close to 40 mph, so we stayed home. stupid, stupid, stupid,

[Thumber]

i stopped by today was gonna fish it but was unsure of the laws ..
for some reason i thought i read somewhare about fishing near the bridge beach area ?is this area restricted ?

I think the rule is referring to Open Water that is the area not normally covered with ice in the winter, 500 feet from the Merrymetting River and etc.

[iduckhunt]

hey guys see you been fishn winni, hows the laker fishn been? you guys catchn any rainbows on the 2 trap bullcrap law

[winnisquam guy]

You know it  its too bad too,theres some realy good fishing there.

it is hard to keep a good thing to yourself, that is why i stay on winnisquam

[Bean town Boy]

i stopped by today was gonna fish it but was unsure of the laws ..
for some reason i thought i read somewhare about fishing near the bridge beach area ?is this area restricted ?

               Yeah I think its just open water somewhere it turns into flyfish only in that area

[Altonbayer]

You cannot fish within 500 feet of the bridge in Alton Bay. The Merrymeeting river is closed for ice fishing. Last year I had my bobhouse about 50 yards north of the bandstand on Jan 6th and hammered lakers on smelt in 30 FOW.

[Zorros shack]

You cannot fish within 500 feet of the bridge in Alton Bay. The Merrymeeting river is closed for ice fishing. Last year I had my bobhouse about 50 yards north of the bandstand on Jan 6th and hammered lakers on smelt in 30 FOW.

Man does that sound like some fun fishing you got going there!!!! 

[Thumber]

Don't you guys find Alton Bay some what busy on the weekend, with the plane, snowmobiles,?

[thefinlessbrown2]

You cannot fish within 500 feet of the bridge in Alton Bay. The Merrymeeting river is closed for ice fishing. Last year I had my bobhouse about 50 yards north of the bandstand on Jan 6th and hammered lakers on smelt in 30 FOW.

is this in the winter on ice ?or open water season ??

[Thumber]

is this in the winter on ice ?or open water season ??

Winnipesaukee Lake, Alton/Gilford/Laconia/
Meredith/Moultonborough/Tuftonboro/
Wolfeboro (44,424 acres)
Species: EBT,RT,LLS,LT,LW,SMB,
LMB,ECP,HP,WP,BC,BG
Special rules: Lake Trout and/or
Salmon
Additional Rules: The following two
areas of the lake are closed to
all fishing October 1 through
March 31:
1) the area of Paugus Bay which
lies between the railroad trestle
at its south end and the Lakeport
Dam in the City of Laconia;
2) the area of open water (that is,
the area not normally covered by
ice in winter) at Weirs Channel.
The areas of the lake that lie
within 500 feet of Gunstock River,
Poor Farm Brook, Melvin River,
Merrymeeting River, Mink Brook
and Smith River are closed to all
fishing from Oct. 16 through Dec.
31

[Altonbayer]

During the winter; starting Jan 1 you cannot fish within 500 feet of the bridge in Alton Bay as well as where gunstock river enters the lake and a few other spots like Paugus bay (weirs channel) where it usually does not freeze over.  During open water season it is legal to fish there is and is a very popular spot for salmon seekers. The Merrymeeting river between the Route 11 bridge and the dam in Alton is Fly fishing only, catch and release, and barbless hooks for most of the open water season (spring and fall); except when the salmon are not running. You will have to check the dates and rules in the abstracts to be sure, but I dont have one in front of me, so please dont take this as gospel. I own a dock on the Merrymeeting river and saw some extra large salmon this year spawning in my slip (5+ pounders) with large rainbows sweeping in behind them sucking up the eggs- the rainbows where as fat as footballs toward the end of October, and no; I did not see any with tags in them.

[Altonbayer]

Thumber, Thanks for the correction.

[Riverat]

There I am watching the channel 9 news about 5:45PM tonight and they show my bobhouse with my Jeep parked next to it and a warning to fishermen that the ice is not safe to drive on, and they pan over to the open water by the swim dock which has a circulater keeping the ice from forming all winter long and saying there is still plenty of open water. And Mike Haddad makes a comment about my Jeep being parked on the ice with open water nearby. Give me a break! I had 13" of solid black ice under me, they never came out to ask how much ice I was on, but pretty much made me look stupid. I also had three trucks drive out to me today to ask "how much ice is there?" I have been driving on the ice for 40 years and I always know how much ice BEFORE I drive on, Ch 9 shows my shanty with my name, address and tel.# and liscense plates of my Jeep in their video and never even talked to me. Good thing I was'nt taking a leak.

[Palm Tree]

Wow thats wrong in so many way's

[Riverat]

FYI -  Alton Bay Airstrip is all plowed and openning today, big chunk of ice restricted to fishermen, snomobilers and such.

[KissMyBassNH]

lol that sucks , how much ice is out there now riverrat?

[Riverat]

14" of ice, found this photo of us on winnipesaukee.com