early ice

[bottom-bouncer]

Only 173 days untill freeze up! I cant wait building a new wheelhouse this summer. tomorow is spray foam day. making better progress than I expected thinking I should have it done by end of july. who else is counting the days?

[katophil]

I am. Where's the pics????

[Boar]

Always counting till ice up. Boar

[rodmoen]

Replaced my auger's on/off switch this week, ran her hard for a little while, topped off the charge on the Marcum, and Aqua-vu. Next week its time to strip the line off my rods and respool them. Clean and organize the jig and spoon boxes. I'll put the shack up soon as well to make sure nothing has decided to take up residence there.. It hangs from the ceiling of my garage, but you never know. After that the only thing to do will be spend a little time in the freezer at my wifes work to keep me in the right frame of mind, and keep marking days off the calendar...

TIGHT LINES EVERYONE!!!

[rickl1968]

Last week myself and a friend were sitting in the back yard of his house checking out his new portable. We were laughing at the fact the neighbour might be looking at each of us taking turns in the portable drinking beer and pretending to fish. We were throwing the cover up fast and seeing how everthing worked.

But I really wish we could get an exact day the ice would be here!

Do we need help?

LOL.

[rodmoen]

Rick, as it gets a little closer, usually during our time sitting in the blind waiting for ducks, my buddies and I always have a pool to see who can guess the 1st day we'll be out ice fishing. Although, I've seen some guys try and tip toe out on basically heavy frost to try and win if they pick a day thats a little early...

[zamboni]

After my ex wife and I split up this past march, I set the Frabill up in my living room and got a good lighting system rigged up. My fave time of the year is around mid october when the stores start putting stuff out.

[BD110]

zamboni,

Not to make lite of your situation. I'm going to guess you plan to spend a little more time on the ice this coming season? You'll have to let me know if you are planning any trips up north this ice season. Hope all is going well.

[zamboni]

Will do, BD. I have never left the area to ice fish, and I plan on it one of these years, now that my marriage is done, I should

[WTN4ICE]

I'm also in the wating mode!!!! I don't have a boat but I do have some hard water gear.I need to rig some lights for the 6800 and rework the battery set up for the lights. I want to replace the HEAVY deep cycle with vex style batteries and have an idea useing foam to secure them in the Voyager.

[BD110]

Will do, BD. I have never left the area to ice fish, and I plan on it one of these years

I hope all goes well for you down the road... I thought I remember fishing with you when a group of us went to International Falls for a weekend of ice fishing on Rainy about five years back or so.

What ever the case hopefully we can hook up at a gathering during one of the coming ice seasons.

[zamboni]

You got me mixed up with someone else I think. But I have been thinkin about coming up north. I will let you know if I do!

[Rippinlip]

Just was pondering "5 months til Ice".

Not that I want summer and wheeling or Fall and archery season to pass, but Ice would be Nice!

Mark

[Eelpout08]

Thanks for the pic, WTN4ICE, i needed that