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Ice Fishing Day 4

Ice Fishing 2019

Day 4

Hawkins Pond, New Hampton, NH

Warmer Today High of 22F

A long walk out today.

Today is our last day with our guides.

Thank you Jeremy, Keith, Brian, and Audrey!!! 

Top 3 after Day 4

1. TC with 30 total and the biggest of the week with his 5lb Bass

2. Dan with 23 total (consistent all week)

3. AV with 19 (14 today)

*totals may not be exact

Friends Fishing

It was pretty cold out in the morning, single digits.

Making a fort for the day

The buckets were fun to spin on after the foot of snow was shoveled off

This guy caught 14 fish today

Mr. Jarvis finally caught a fish

Mrs. McClure caught four good size carapi

Still catching

The guides made chowder using the fish we caught earlier in the week

Yum, it was soooooo good!!!

He may have eaten 4 bowls

Tried out some different gear today.  Used a sonar and a monitor that had a camera so you could see the fish swimming around.  They have 3 holes dug right next to each other. The one of the left has the camera in it and the one on the right has the sonar and a jig pole.

Staying warm at the end of the day.

Always good hair after a day of hoods, hats, balaclavas, goggles, and anything else to keep the wind out.  

Ice Fishing Day 3

Ice Fishing 2019

Day 3

(Big) Squam Lake, Sandwich, NH

Cold and Windy  17F but 0F with wind chill

Access point.  It was a haul out to the site.  You can't even see the guys

Wrapped up today, it was freezing

Winner of the day!!

5lb large mouth bass

Had a little derby going per type

Leader board half way 

The cold didn't bother this guy! He stuck it out all day

The pickerels of the day

Another winner!!  He fished all day and came out on top with the biggest pickerel and the biggest fish of the week so far with his bass. 

Ice Fishing Day 2

Ice Fishing 2019

Day 2

Mirror Lake, Thornton,NH

Around 20F

Getting set up and ready

First Fish perch

A little colder today, heavier coats for some

A bald eagle was circling and even grabbed a snack from the middle of the lake. Someone had left a good sized perch maybe the day before or earlier that morning laying on the ice.  Free lunch for the eagle.

Learning

Fishing in a hole

Using the sonar which has a series of flashing bars on it that we are learning to read.  It can tell you depth, what the bottom is like, where your lure is and if there is anything sniffing the bait.

The three main reasons people ice fish.

1. Being outdoors-check

2. Being with friends-check

3. Catching fish to eat-not so much today

still hoping but no luck all day

Only one of these guys pulled anything up all day.  It was rough out there.

Resting after all that not catching might help

Even the traps didn't go off

When the fish aren't biting we build snow forts!! 

Exhausted by all that sitting around looking in a hole.  Dreaming about tomorrow and all the fish they will catch.

Ice Fishing Day 1

Ice Fishing 2019 

Day 1

Little Squam Lake, Holderness, NH

Walking out

Not too cold, about 20-26F

Got our buckets to sit on, packs with extra layers and lunch

The Group

Scooping ice after the hole was drilled

Setting a Tip-up Trap

First Fish a perch, and the first time she touched a fish

Waiting for a bite

First Fish perch

First Fish perch

First Fish perch

First Fish perch

First Fish perch

A good hole

First Fish another perch

First....Is that a fish?

Smallest of the day

Not his first, but the biggest of the day and the only pickerel.

He learned how to hold it because it has some nasty teeth

First Fish 

The egg sac burst out.  We learned that perch can't release their air fast enough sometimes and so the pressure will build inside. Either their gut busts open or the swim bladder comes out of their mouth.

Our guide showed us how to fillet the perch we caught, he made it look easy.  Even the other guides were impressed.  Thoughts of fish chowder at the end of the week!!