A short tale...
Light and Variable and I decided to hit Shelburne Bay (via the Shelburne fishing access) yesterday afternoon to make a good attempt at jigging some Lake Trout. We'd intended to walk out, sleds in tow... Just as we were getting ready, a couple of guys came off the ice in their jeep and said getting on and off was easy and there was 16" of ice - so why not? We loaded the truck back up and away we went... A couple of good hours of fishing and moving around a bit to see if we could zero in on them... and with no luck and darkness coming on - we decided it was time to head back... As we approached the boat ramp we found a wall of snow in front of us - While we were out, the snowplow came by and cleaned up the parking lot - leaving a wall of snow in front of our access point... This is what you'd imagine it would be - 5' high, 14' wide and probably 8-10 ' thick! Well, we started calling (we had cell service!)... Started with Shelburne PD and they directed us to VT State Police... VT State police got a VTrans guy from Milton on the job for us - He cleaned us out and we were free - just 2 hours later! (We did get a little extra fishing in - if that's a consolation!)
- All you folks driving on at access points and with all this snow and plowing going on - keep this in mind - maybe a temporary sign at your access point will alert someone to the fact that there's some anglers on the ice and not to block them in...
Happy Fishing!
Easily Amused.
