Awsome Joe.
What a way to start,,, ay?
Maybe I'll get out a little later this week. It was supposed to be about 60 here today. It was nice if you like about 3 inches of rain.
How deep is the pond your fishing, and those are stocked bows?
We are finally having ice out up here in Western Massachusettes.I hit a local pond today in my little boat.It was calm and 33 degrees when I hit the water at 7:45 am I fished till 11 am.The rain and hale and snow started about 10 am.But,the fish were hitting.I got 33 Crappies between 8 and 11 inches.8 Yellow Perch 10' biggest,4 6-7in Pond Shiners,7 Gills, 8' biggest and 4 rainbow Trout,10-15".Got soaked .but it was worth it.Hoping the weather is gonna break, supposed to be 60 tomorrow.
Nice when I went out!
Got 33 of my favorite fish! ( No Monsters though)
4 Nice Trout on the Crappie rigs!
Awsome Joe.
What a way to start,,, ay?
Maybe I'll get out a little later this week. It was supposed to be about 60 here today. It was nice if you like about 3 inches of rain.
How deep is the pond your fishing, and those are stocked bows?
Mike
Wow Joe.....that bow was as nice a looking fish as I've seen....congrats....nice to get out on some open water, huh?
Duane
Spring is almost here. Good looking fish, glad you could get out and fish.
Take your kids hunting and fishing, and you won't be hunting your kids
Nice fish .... still a while before ice out here. checked last weekend and we still had 3 ft.
Ken
What's iceout? :D It was 84 here last Friday. :D Pretty darn good for a first trip out.
2010 NWR Bash Crappie Division Champion
rub it in why dontcha! LOL.
Glad to hear that ice out has hit mass, means it's gonna be here real soon.
Great way to start the season Joe. If my first outing is only half that good, I'll be a happy-camper.
I did take a drive out to a nearby steelhead stream Sunday - was 13 degrees when we got there at around 7. Spent more time getting ice out of the line-guides than fishing, but at least got to put a hook in the water!
Figured we'd be the only folks crazy (or stupid) enough to try steelhead fishing when it was that cold, turned out there were probably 20 other people just as crazy (stupid) as us... lots of fishing, but no catching going on.
Nice catch. will be glad when we have a mud out!!!
Dave
Thanks guys! Went out again today. The pond is from 3 to 22 feet dep.We had winds to day be we stuck it out and it payed off.Got about 70 fish,mostly Crappie.Those are stocked Trout from last year.They are WAY nicer to catch and eat then fresh stocked Trout.But.I'm a catch and release guy ,so there are still there,I did keep a couple Calico Bass though! :D:D
A few pics from today
Looks like you guys had a good day on the water and good pictures.
Your comment that "We had winds to day be we stuck it out and it payed off." made me kind of envious of your weather there. Looking at your pictures it looked like the second picture showed the most wind and if I had that kind of wind out here I would consider it an absolute ideal day for fishing something we don't seem to have out here often enough.
It sure seems like you folks back east have alot less winds back there based on how all the pictures look. Not complaining just envious about your weather.:D
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