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Offline dryfly

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Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« on: Jan 04, 2014, 01:38 PM »
Holy crap..... -19 degrees and I was drilling holes as the sun was coming up today.

The good ....

- beautiful sunrise
- fished with an old friend I haven't fished or hunted with in a long time
- had a lot  of laughs
- caught an absolutely gorgeous brown .... approx. 18" and fat (didn't take him out of hole cuz of the  cold so no picts sorry)

The bad....

- snow was deep on the ice and I aint in the best of shape
- smelts are a pain... not going down hole....swimming back up hole and then swimming circles around my reel
- had to work slow setting up cuz of the cold
- couldn't keep the heater going in the Shappell

The ugly....

-  my glasses kept fogging up every 2 minutes while setting up... it was maddening  ::)
-  we only lasted 2 hours
-  just getting warm now 5 hours later !   
-  came down with one helluva headache as soon as I got home  >:(

Glad we went.... beautiful brown that I wanted to take picts of but I just cut the leader  at the hook.
Never again will I go out at sunup again at -19 degrees.......

Cant wait for tomorrow   ;D

Who else was out at daybreak ?

Tight Lines and many flags gang !
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #1 on: Jan 04, 2014, 01:57 PM »
Was out there before sunup...glad my heater fired up fine... I stayed tucked in the pop-up and jigged 'gills until 9:30 nice and cozy   ;D
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #2 on: Jan 04, 2014, 02:08 PM »
Quote from: PDubs/NH on Jan 04, 2014, 01:57 PM
Was out there before sunup...glad my heater fired up fine... I stayed tucked in the pop-up and jigged 'gills until 9:30 nice and cozy   ;D

Awesome !
Guess we were the only two hardcores out there while everyone else ate pancakes and watched Lifetime  ;D
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #3 on: Jan 04, 2014, 02:12 PM »
There were a pair of guys across the pond that showed up about 7:30.... no shelter, using tip-ups...man, I cant imagine how quick their holes were freezing up... :o
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #4 on: Jan 04, 2014, 02:57 PM »
Quote from: dryfly on Jan 04, 2014, 02:08 PM
Awesome !
Guess we were the only too hardcores out there while everyone else ate pancakes and watched Lifetime  ;D

Hey! I was eating pancakes and surfing Ice Shanty... not watching lifetime lol.
You guys are certainly hardcore, My alarm went off at 5:30 I wondered down stairs and my weather station said -13... I stoked the fire and went back to bed.
Congrats on the brown.
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #5 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:04 PM »
I would have been but instead was on a concrete floor pulling the front driveshaft out of my Dodge. Cold to do that, but not to fish. ;D
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #6 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:08 PM »
Nice work!
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #7 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:12 PM »
   Congrat's on the brown dryfly. The pancakes were good
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #8 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:18 PM »
 ;D
Hey H8 ... Sux about the driveshaft.... weekend auto work no good.  >:(

New guy here looking forward to the Circus get-together.
I will bring venison chili and bourbon.

Finally warming up damnit !
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #9 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:24 PM »
Myself, MTPockets, Buckhunt, Jackinthebobhouse, and another buddy of ours were on the ice at 630. We left around 3. Few crappie  white perch and some yellows. Ill tell ya tho it wernt bad in the sun with no wind. The deer sausage bacon and cheese sandwiches did help tho. I dunno bout you guys who were too scared of the cold. They dont make men like they used to I guess. ;D
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #10 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:30 PM »
What does a guy gotta do fer one of dem there deer sausage and bacon and cheese sandwiches ?
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #11 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:32 PM »
Quote from: Swampdonkey on Jan 04, 2014, 03:24 PM
Myself, MTPockets, Buckhunt, Jackinthebobhouse, and another buddy of ours were on the ice at 630. We left around 3. Few crappie  white perch and some yellows. Ill tell ya tho it wernt bad in the sun with no wind. The deer sausage bacon and cheese sandwiches did help tho. I dunno bout you guys who were too scared of the cold. They dont make men like they used to I guess. ;D

You probably had Lifetime on in the bobhouse ...admit it !   ;D
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #12 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:34 PM »
No but DVR'D it for when I got home.
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #13 on: Jan 04, 2014, 03:36 PM »
Quote from: Swampdonkey on Jan 04, 2014, 03:34 PM
No but DVR'D it for when I got home.

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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #14 on: Jan 04, 2014, 04:06 PM »
Crushed it
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #15 on: Jan 04, 2014, 04:10 PM »
Solid!
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #16 on: Jan 04, 2014, 04:36 PM »
Hit up a pond steady traipsing through the snow after flags lots of pickerel and jumbo perch and a few smallies too. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been slight wind came up in afternoon and chilled us a bit.
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #17 on: Jan 04, 2014, 04:36 PM »
My buddy and I were on the ice to watch the sunrise with traps in. Thermo in the truck read -17 when arriving. The portable saved us today. Fished til 3
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #18 on: Jan 04, 2014, 04:43 PM »
-5 @ 7:00am in Alton bay, set up the shack and was in a t-shirt by 8:00! Only 3 perch so not a total loss today.
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #19 on: Jan 04, 2014, 04:50 PM »
I was slinging breakfast and then lunch till 4 today couldn't make it out. Tomorrow is looking doubtful too for me to meet you down there. We have 2 sick little boys..... Then Florida on Tuesday.  I will be hopefully getting into some Reds and sea trout down there.
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #20 on: Jan 04, 2014, 05:10 PM »
I didn't make it out on the ice, but I was close to some ice you could say...BRUINS  :thumbsup:   4-1  :tipup:
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #21 on: Jan 04, 2014, 05:17 PM »
clams and I were out today on the big lake looking for Lakers 6:30 a.m. -9 degrees I got a real nice Laker about 23 inches right off the bat what up there with a couple of the guys and got four fish with threeflags all day mine came on a s smelt only eight feet of water everybody else in 30 feet on jigs very cold morning but turned out to be a beautiful afternoon popup always helps to stay warm
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Re: Who else was brave, stupid, crazy, psyched to fish the coldest morning in years
« Reply #22 on: Jan 04, 2014, 06:43 PM »
I would have loved to but people need their heating oil. Crazy isn't it?!?
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