Ice fishing begins

[Mark Knapp 0]

1 hour ago, Upstate said:

Just found it on a map. I see that it is land locked. Almost drove by it when I drove the Alaska highway many moons ago . Hung a left before I got there and headed to Anchorage

You should have come straight to Fairbanks, Anchorage is a dump.😄

[Mark Knapp 0]

10 hours ago, jamieofthenorth said:

@Mark Knapp Looks like a blast! Nice looking fish (and breakfast sandwiches). I have all of the gear, but for whatever reasons don't get out on the ice much. Perhaps this year though. 

It WAS a blast, I go all winter. Last year I caught 789 fish from that lake. The biggest was my 28 inch rainbow. I'm trying to catch a new personal best 30 incher.

[Sandan 0]

Looks like fun, cold fun. Were those Thomas's English muffins on the shovel? Great breakfast eats. Stay warm out there

[Mark Knapp 0]

24 minutes ago, Sandan said:

Looks like fun, cold fun. Were those Thomas's English muffins on the shovel? Great breakfast eats. Stay warm out there

I think so, they're the best.

[Poopdeck 0]

Okay now I'm depressed. Today I will put my boat away for winter and enter the dark days of warm winter. It will be cold enough to where I won't go wading but typically not cold enough for my definition of safe ice which is 5". The last two years we didn't get more than a skimming. 3 years ago I was able to travel north for an hour to fish sketchy ice. I don't like traveling more then an a couple hours to fish because I hate driving for four hours round trip but this year I'm planning on travel wherever necessary. perhaps I should invest in a mobile ice fishing world headquarters. Hmmmmmmmmm. 

[Mark Knapp 0]

7 hours ago, Poopdeck said:

Okay now I'm depressed. Today I will put my boat away for winter and enter the dark days of warm winter. It will be cold enough to where I won't go wading but typically not cold enough for my definition of safe ice which is 5". The last two years we didn't get more than a skimming. 3 years ago I was able to travel north for an hour to fish sketchy ice. I don't like traveling more then an a couple hours to fish because I hate driving for four hours round trip but this year I'm planning on travel wherever necessary. perhaps I should invest in a mobile ice fishing world headquarters. Hmmmmmmmmm. 

Sorry to have done that to you.

[Mark Knapp 0]

On 11/20/2020 at 9:38 AM, Mark Knapp said:

Funny thing was, the stove top worked and the propane heater, and fridge worked fine. We even used the propane oven the evening before, it just wouldn't work for breakfast. Another good reason to carry a metal snow shovel. We'll have all those problems fixed before the next trip. Of course, it'll be colder then.

Ice will go out in the middle of May. Six months of ice fishing is good, less than six months of fly fishing is bad.