What's Wrong with Me?

[Big D]

Better not be trying to stand on the ice in Michigan. You're gonna get wet

[mobirdhunter]

Frank, to appropriate the words of Gordon MacQuarrie, those are some pretty nice guppies you got there.

Now, get yourself some more Parkers and become a full fledged member. We'll see you at an upcoming event, I hope.

[6pt-Sika]

My friends that used to live in Doylestown PA always wanted me to come up and go ice fishing in the Poconos with them . I never could quite get wrapped around sitting on ice in the open and drinking beer while it was frigid outside . But they liked it lols !

[Bob K]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

My friends that used to live in Doylestown PA always wanted me to come up and go ice fishing in the Poconos with them . I never could quite get wrapped around sitting on ice in the open and drinking beer while it was frigid outside . But they liked it lols !

Craig, we used to call it Lake Wallensixpack!

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bob Kimble

Craig, we used to call it Lake Wallensixpack!

Those guys were big on the Tobyhanna and Goldsboro lakes . I’ve spring/summer ultralight fished them both for pickeral and perch but that’s about the extent of my fishing in NE PA .

[Frank Good]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

My friends that used to live in Doylestown PA always wanted me to come up and go ice fishing in the Poconos with them . I never could quite get wrapped around sitting on ice in the open and drinking beer while it was frigid outside . But they liked it lols !

On the nice days I am outside lots. On the really cold days I leave the tent every 10-15 minutes to keep the holes open between shows on the underwater camera...and yes there is plenty of ice to drive a truck on.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CZ-2qKHAa...-RqB9ulbQv5s-o

https://youtube.com/shorts/FLvh79gI4...Y1fTgtSdMHy831

[Big D]

Or this:

https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news...e-in-wisconsin

[Frank Good]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

Or this:

https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news...e-in-wisconsin

I never travel on the ice without getting out with my auger in one hand, 5' ice chisel and measuring stick in the other and test my entire intended path. I drove log truck for 10 winters crossing frozen rivers and lakes with loads weighing close to 250,000lbs and have a good understanding of what to look for in good ice vs poor ice and a consistent thickness of 12" of good clear black ice will support a pickup truck no problem but I still will not drive my truck to my fishing spots if there is less than 15". My truck does not see the ice until I see 15" along my entire path and though 4" will support a snowmobile or small ATV I wait for 8" for those.

[Stan Hillis]

Frank, is that a big Northern Pike you're holding, or a small Muskie?

We have neither down here, the closest kin being the Eastern Chain Pickerel, which rarely exceeds 4 or 5 pounds.

[Frank Good]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Frank, is that a big Northern Pike you're holding, or a small Muskie?

We have neither down here, the closest kin being the Eastern Chain Pickerel, which rarely exceeds 4 or 5 pounds.

They are northern pike...my pb to date was a 40" that pulled the lip grip scale to 21lbs-7oz. I was alone, it was -29C and I did not want to freeze the fishes eyes etc. in order to set up my tripod and take pics so I grabbed one of it on my tailgate, a quickie of the scale and had a replica mount made. First two pics are my wife and I with a pair of 13.5 pounders caught about an hour apart. She caught hers jigging a Williams Whitefish 50/50 gold/silver spoon in 7.5ft of water and I caught mine in 19ft. of water on a quickstrike rig with a dead 10" herring under a polar tip-up...Same lake as the others in the pictures. It produces some nice fish though most seem to think there aren't any big ones in it to be had....