ice fishing
Contributors to this thread:Massachusetts
From: Dom The Deer Slayer
09-Feb-19
does anybody know if there is any safe ice anywhere in central Mass or in CT??
From: lunker
09-Feb-19
not in my neck of the woods sorry
From: Dthfrmabove
09-Feb-19
Wouldn’t count on it anywhere
From: peterk1234
09-Feb-19
We are going tomorrow. I think as long as the edges freeze back up we are good. We will bring a rope just in case.
From: Cougar
09-Feb-19
Guys r fly fishing the swift river in Belchertown. Folks out ice fishing ponds in this area as well
From: peterk1234
09-Feb-19
Any of you guys using circle hooks for ice fishing?
From: xi
09-Feb-19
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Plenty of ice and Trout !
From: Dom The Deer Slayer
09-Feb-19
Xi where are u in mass
From: xi
09-Feb-19
I'm just after Pi, them comes Xi !
From: Steveeg
09-Feb-19
Xi, the kids enjoying the outdoors is awesome!!!
From: xi
10-Feb-19
Dom, you get the PM ?
From: peterk1234
10-Feb-19
We had a slow day. Fifteen tilts, seven hits and only two bass. Aside from it being really slow, they would run like hell with the bait then let them go. WTF? Good to be out though. Fun day with family and friends. Pete
From: xi
10-Feb-19
6 lb Bowfin !
6 lb Bowfin !
Boy thought he had a World record !
From: peterk1234
10-Feb-19
Nice! I heard that they are around in Mass. I just don't believe they are here in central mass. South shore, Taunton area by any chance?
From: lunker
10-Feb-19
Never saw one in real life Looks like a snakehead
From: xi
10-Feb-19
Pond in Easthampton, Massachusetts
From: TT-Pi
10-Feb-19
Dang fish in that area will eat up anything green. Put out an underwater sign, "free hook" and you get a stupid fish in seconds.
Lmno Pi qrstuvw Xi yz .
From: xi
10-Feb-19
And we Love you to Unkle Pi ! As the Boy said "thank God I carry a .40, 9mm would of been a little light" !
From: Deerdawg
11-Feb-19
Wow ! Looks like they all had fun catching fish! What No pics of the feast? Good times with the gang!
From: xi
11-Feb-19
Food pics would of looked liked a free lunch program, let's just say not to many walks of game weren't represented !
From: peterk1234
14-Feb-19
You think the snow will protect the ice from the warm up coming? Not skiing this weekend so we want to go ice fishing. We are thinking of going after some trout on Long Pond in Rutland. Pete
From: Will
14-Feb-19
Ok, cool as heck to get a bowfin through the Ice - super cool prehistoric looking fish for sure, and dont mind putting up a heck of a fight either. That's awesome!
Very good to see you all getting out and catching fish!
Pete, often pickerel do that...
From: Qdiver911
14-Feb-19
No ice here either.
From: xi
17-Feb-19
Haha, peanut oil bound !
From: peterk1234
17-Feb-19
We had a nice day yesterday. Two brookies and a half dozen perch. We fillet the perch hit em with batter and into hot oil. Amazes me every time how tasty those little buggers can be. Trout were cooked whole. That wasn't too bad neither. Pete
From: Moons22
17-Feb-19
Was out all day yesterday and today. Yesterday sucked, today was non stop action! Close to 40 bass today between a few of us. Nothing huge
From: Moons22
17-Feb-19
Venison breakfast sausage eggs and cheese for breakfast, backstraps for lunch.... why I hunt. Here’s the biggest from today
From: xi
17-Feb-19
Moons, all our fish in the 1st hour of sunrise. The rest of the day was nothing but sunburned cheeks !
From: Will
18-Feb-19
Sounds awesome Moons!
From: xi
23-Feb-19
Biggest shiner tank ever !
Biggest shiner tank ever !
The melt is on, and the sap is flowing !
From: Moons22
23-Feb-19
From: Moons22
23-Feb-19
Start em young!
From: Huntskifishcook
23-Feb-19
Nice guys! If the ice makes it through the warm rain tomorrow we should be fishing for at least a couple more weeks. I was out after work yesterday and first thing this morning. Anywhere from 5-8" of ice depending on how much sun time that part of the ice gets, coastal z10.
From: xi
23-Feb-19
Haha, incredible pics everyone. Here's today's hero at 1745 hrs !
From: Huntskifishcook
23-Feb-19
Moons, that yellow perch looks huge! Or the kid is really tiny or both.
From: Tazman
24-Feb-19
These two boys got their first fish through the ice. They slayed the gators
From: Tazman
24-Feb-19
From: peterk1234
03-Mar-19
Some of my bounty from today. I love perch. I just wish I could find a place where I could catch thirty of them at a time. These were some nice ones though.
From: xi
03-Mar-19
4lb female
4lb female
Great Brown, released!
Great Brown, released!
Great pics everyone, gotta love what we all enjoy. All fish released !!!
From: Huntskifishcook
03-Mar-19
Nice fish guys! They were biting well last week. Had a MONSTER bass snap my line the other day. Took a hard run right by the hole, swam upward and caught my mono leader under the sharp edge of the ice. I just caught a quick glimpse of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was well in excess of 5 pounds.
From: Huntskifishcook
03-Mar-19
Fresh caught fish and taters fried up in bear fat. Doesn't get much better than that.
From: Will
04-Mar-19
Awesome looking trips afield guys - very cool!
From: bowandspear
05-Mar-19
HFC oh man!been lucky to sneak out couple weeks ago twice with my youngest Ethan. Hopefully out this weekend
From: Deerdawg
05-Mar-19
Went ice fishing with a crew of 15-20 guys up in the Bomaseen lower Lake Champlain Vt. area a few weeks back. Lots of good food and great times with old friends! Weather was great! Fishing ok Pike up to 15 lbs and some big bass as well. Had Champlain Srhimp for the first time, yellow perch fillets steamed and dipped in cocktail sauce. Prime rib was unbelievable! Annual trip . Been going up for many years lots of laughs! Not so many fish!
From: bjstcrusn
05-Mar-19
Ice fishing was awesome in Boston yesterday!!!
From: bjstcrusn
05-Mar-19
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05-Mar-19
From: Dthfrmabove
05-Mar-19
Bj. Your fish is red!!!! Are you ice fishing on salt ??? Little confused by these pics of what looks like a salmon and a red fish ???? Looking at the pics they are from the same hole. I can tell what is from a kettle pond but never saw something like that. Please educate me on this one !!!!
From: lunker
05-Mar-19
Im glad im not the only one
From: bjstcrusn
05-Mar-19
Slack tide off deer island
From: bjstcrusn
05-Mar-19
Lol I'm kidding. My buddies got me with it. So I had to share...They work at the fish pier in Boston and staged it in the parking lot. The hole is hot top
From: Dthfrmabove
05-Mar-19
Hahahaha. Now that’s funny. Thought the pic was a little funky but am not the one to call Out anyone unless there is def proof. What’s funny is the fish didn’t really throw me off but the placement of the tilt and line on the ice is what did you in. Then I noticed a pink fish. Nice salmon though hope you took that home and ate it !!!!
From: Huntskifishcook
05-Mar-19
Hahaha! I scrolled past this quickly earlier today and thought you had a huge Laker, but I was also really confused by the red fish.
From: bjstcrusn
05-Mar-19
Dth very observant! I didn't even pick up on that till you just said it lol
From: xi
06-Mar-19
That is funny !
From: BruceP
06-Mar-19
HSFC, that was pretty much me. The pink fish and what looked like a nice salmon just didn't add up. Definitely had me a bit confused...
Pretty creative and funny though.
From: Bowbeard
07-Mar-19
Trying to get out this Sunday. I’m on the South Shore and still see open water. Where’s the ice?
From: xi
07-Mar-19
Bow, 16+ here. Western mass
From: Huntskifishcook
07-Mar-19
I went out for an hour this afternoon. Ice is weird in my area of z10. Some places on the pond had the thickest ice I've seen all winter and other areas of the pond had a thick layer of slush and water on not so great ice. That heavy snow and stronger March sun are doing strange things to the ice. Be careful out there.
From: Bowbeard
07-Mar-19
That’s a little vague, besides I consider Central Ma to be Western Ma, ha! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Looks like I’m going to have to take a short road trip.
From: xi
07-Mar-19
Bow, sorry. Where you looking ? What pond ? 4° degrees yesterday, -4° this morning. Anything west of Rt.91 will have ice.
From: fisherick
09-Mar-19
Got out on the ice today for 4-5 hours and managed to catch 5 bass and 7 crappie. All but one in same hole. Beautiful day on the ice.
From: peterk1234
09-Mar-19
Nothing but pickerel for me today. The weather was unbelievable! Great day.
From: xi
10-Mar-19
Definitely a top 3 day on the weather for this year. Kids had alot of fun chasing flags !
From: Will
11-Mar-19
Took the kids after their swim "meet" Saturday. Hit an isolated little pond on the Hubbardston Princeton line. We got several nice perch on tip ups and jigging and one blue gill. For 2hrs, it was good. Warm - which was good as in my rush to get everyone out and get the gear set I totally forgot to grab my coat... Just enough snow on the ice to provide traction and for me the best part...
12-14" of ice consistently. The first 1-2" may have been a bit soft, but under that, the rest was beautiful black hard ice. This week and the longer days will eat at it... but I was impressed for this late in the year, how much there was.
From: peterk1234
16-Mar-19
This is my last day to ice fish. Hoping for some nice perch so I can do a fish fry tonight. Pete
From: Shanation
17-Mar-19
Nice job guys! I got a couple decent pike so far this year, cooked some great dishes and shared some good times with great people. Also had some fun making videos of the whole thing. Hope you all enjoy the last few weeks of ice time!
From: Shanation
17-Mar-19
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