on the ice

[Terry]

well I decided to walk out on cooks bay keswick side today

I went to Harry's tackle at the river, the place was closed...so people if you minnows or tackle, get it before you come to Keswick

as I walked to the edge of the ice I could see there was no snow on the ice and it looked

like some cars/trucks had been on the ice..

it was tough walking, not only was it ice but it was uneven making walking difficult. I walk a fair way out,there were a few guys fishing near by

I drilled a hole, with a manual auger...lots of ice, about 10"

but I only in 7' of water...it started snowing

 

I packed up and started walking out to deeper water, but the light snow coming down made it all but impossible to walk

so I gave up and walked to shore, man it was slipperly, I fell once but I saw two other guys walking and they must have fell 10 times

so I felt good about only falling once....

 

I came up on a spot were someone had fished, the pig left a timmies cup on the ice, it's ok bud I took it off the ice for you

 

a couple of ATVs went by

just as I got off a car drove on to the ice....

 

well I did learn I need cleats and my next trip will be with the atv

 

 

 

 

[Dondorfish]

Thanks Terry - Guess that answers that question - I'll be up soon - but with the atv and cleats on the boots.

 

 

Thanks

 

Don

[mistyriver1]

Thanks for the report Terry, nice to see some hard water reports starting.

 

It doesn't look like there were many folks out Terry, were there more people over on the Gilford side ?

[medmart]

Good to see you got out terry i did to to Virginia beach same thing there the walk out was not bad but coming back in was a different story with the snow and i had cleats on and i was still sliding all over and when i left a guy with a pick up drove out to the huts

 

rob

[Joey]

Great, I was wondering when you were going to get your scared, lazy arse out there Terry

 

That's the info I was looking for too, thanks.

 

Joey

[misfish]

Wish I was there,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,to catch ya.LOL

[Terry]

glad you got out too rob

 

mistyriver1, I couldn't see that far, it was foggy and snowy

[Guest gbfisher]

You should have stayed closer to home. Went off of Gilford and did well. I brought home 50 fish in the 9 to 10" with a few in the 12' range . 18fow was good today. Bottom 5 to 10' of water was full of fish. Through back at least 250 to get 50. Fast and furious first thing. Eys balls and maggots did the trick. Diners gonna be great.

A quad would have been nice. 4plus inches as far as I walked.

Edited December 27, 2007 by gbfisher

[Terry]

maybe I will need to walk out from gilford tomorrow

is there anywhere to buy maggots near there..or minnows

eyeballs I can get after I catch a few...LOL

if I don't release them

[mistyriver1]

You can buy minnows from Peter of Ice Cabins Terry, he's right at the end of Gilford road.

[addict]

lol i did that every yr till i bought some cheap cleats a wal-mart they work like a charm

[Terry]

good, I was afraid he would be out of minnows too

 

a real problem around here

[Greencoachdog]

Great report and pics Terry!... but there seems to be something missing.......

 

I'm sure you'll get them next time!

 

I dunno about you, but whenever I go ice fishin' I've got so many clothes on that if I do fall down... it's like landing on a marshmallow.

... unless I land on my head, you see I have this piece of cheap government plastic....

[fishindevil]

Well at least you got out terry..thanks for the report !!! too bad it was rough walking i hate when its like that,it hurts my back bad !!! ...well thanks for the heads up,as on sunday i will bring my cleets for sure !!!!!...better luck next time terry....cheers

[danbo]

Crappie jigs & power grubs works fine for perch there Terry!

[Terry]

Greencoachdog, I was hoping no one would notice

 

thanks danbo, I do have and use them

but sometimes live bait is the best way

I will see whats working tomorrow

[Fisherman]

Yes, it was a great day on the ice if you were wearing cleats or chains, chiropractors will be making money shortly. Tomorrows supper caught fresh today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twRjfFCXcfk

[Greencoachdog]

Yes, it was a great day on the ice if you were wearing cleats or chains, chiropractors will be making money shortly. Tomorrows supper caught fresh today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twRjfFCXcfk

 

 

OMG!!! I've been info-mercialed!!!!

[Riparian]

Was the car a white ford escort?

[Terry]

cool where does everyone park around there

[Fisherman]

Straight back up on Gilford Rd about 120M or on the next side street, Nelly St I think it's called, pretty easy walk.

[Terry]

thanks I will go tomorrow and play

[Fisherman]

thanks I will go tomorrow and play

Forgot to mention, they are pretty hard with the parking tickets, don't park within 10M of an intersection, only on one side of the road, etc, I'm sure you'll see the rest.

[Sinker]

Well, I went down twice I was towing my 2 man, with my son in it!! he laughed his ass off every time I slipped.....Great day for him out there today. We caught a bunch, kept 16 nice ones for dinner. Just ate them

 

Found the same ice you did......around 8" give or take. Plenty safe. Casey's Huts was running huts out......had around 6 or 8 ready to go that I could see. They're running argo's for now, but getting the bombadier ready! It was ice as far as I could see from georgina to Thorah.....looks good.

 

Sinker