CTBassin860 Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 On 3/7/2017 at 6:20 AM, Smokinal said: Good point about the season. Maine used to have a fishing season which went from April 1st to Sept 31st but they dropped it to open water. Mid May?!? That's horribly late! Anyone else have seasons still? I believe Rhode Island still does starting April 1st.I should get licensed there since I work in the state and could just bring my gear with me.Mass is all year though Quote
MTBassin Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 We are still iced in in NW Montana. Flathead lake is still froze over where the bass are at. Flathead river is open but it never freezes. The main lakes I always fish were completely open this time last year and I caught my PB largemouth March 18th of last year. I'm so ready for open water! Quote
Smokinal Posted March 12, 2017 Author Posted March 12, 2017 3 degrees and windy today. What a setback. And over a foot of snow coming Tuesday. Quote
MrTightLInes Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 58 minutes ago, Smokinal said: 3 degrees and windy today. What a setback. And over a foot of snow coming Tuesday. Yes, it's absolutely terrible! Things were looking better here in New Hampshire, but now this cold snap followed by over a foot of snow this week?!? How much can a guy handle?? lol On a bright note, I'm getting a GoPro Karma with GoPro 5 tomorrow for the official launch of my YouTube Channel. So, I guess it'll give me something to research and prepare for. There's some ice out on rivers, but most of the lakes and ponds are locked right up. Some of the southern stuff was better, but I'm sure that's all changing now. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 12, 2017 Super User Posted March 12, 2017 1 hour ago, MrTightLInes said: Yes, it's absolutely terrible! Things were looking better here in New Hampshire, but now this cold snap followed by over a foot of snow this week?!? How much can a guy handle?? lol On a bright note, I'm getting a GoPro Karma with GoPro 5 tomorrow for the official launch of my YouTube Channel. So, I guess it'll give me something to research and prepare for. There's some ice out on rivers, but most of the lakes and ponds are locked right up. Some of the southern stuff was better, but I'm sure that's all changing now.  Frozen & snowing here too going on day three I think ( I actually lost count).  btw Congrats on the GoPro 5 & Karma - picked up the same rig before X-Mas. Sweet set up. Might want to check out the YoloTek Power stick as well as some of their other products - all decent products. https://yolotek.com Good Luck with your channel. A-Jay Quote
NorthwestBasser Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Eastern WA here, many smaller lakes still have hard water although they are starting to break up gradually as we've had warmer temps in the 50's with rain and good strong winds. Bigger lakes in the areahave open water including the location for my first tournament of the year which will be March 18th. Yesterday, the water temps there were in the low 40's, but with nearly 60 degree highs and lows around 38, I'm hoping that will come up a few ticks into that 45-48 degree range by Saturday. Bass fishing I open all year round here, some entire lakes do have seasons but they are usually trout emphasis lakes and don't hold many, if any, warm water species. And there's obviously salmon and steelhead seasons as well, which also changes from one fishery to the next. Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted March 13, 2017 Super User Posted March 13, 2017 Actually had a little open water up by me last week. Unfortunately there has been a cold spell rolling through that has skimmed the few open holes back over. Last night we got probably 2" of snow, but the weather man is calling for 40's by Wednesday so that should be moving us in the right direction and hopefully an early ice out this year. These pictures were taken on Saturday on Lake Holcombe. You can definitely see what was open and what wasn't, but also how cracked up the remaining ice is.  ^If you get up high enough, you can almost get the illusion of open water haha 2 Quote
Smokinal Posted March 14, 2017 Author Posted March 14, 2017 ^^Cool shots Guide! We are getting 14-18" tomorrow. And the 10 day doesn't look good. More snow and cold; no end in sight. 1 Quote
lonnie g Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 seen blizzard on the news headed your way. I know its not going to help you . "stay safe" ! this cold exstended as far south as texas water there  58 to 60 degree. hopefully you can find a long lost friend that lives in the south and desperately needs your help. 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted March 14, 2017 Super User Posted March 14, 2017 Got about 4 inches of fresh snow here last night. Last week we had 60 with thunderstorms, hail, and a tornado. The rest of this week looks to be below 40 degrees. Not sure what happened in February but March looks like winter again. The northeast looks raw for a couple days lol 1 Quote
Smokinal Posted March 14, 2017 Author Posted March 14, 2017 9 hours ago, lonnie g said:  hopefully you can find a long lost friend that lives in the south and desperately needs your help. I know it! I have been waiting for Catt to invite me down to mow his lawn or somethin... 1 Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted March 14, 2017 Super User Posted March 14, 2017 Just a week and a half ago it was 70 degrees, but the last few days have been frigid and today we get 15-20" of snow. Looks like we still have a ways to go. 1 Quote
CTBassin860 Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 This weather is killing me.Im glad i got the day off but im ready to play outside again. 1 Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted March 15, 2017 Super User Posted March 15, 2017 We're just breaking 50F in my mid-sized ponds. Some small shallow ones have hit mid-50s. I'm fishing now. Just dodging wind storms. Planning a "first topwater" trip here soon. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 15, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 15, 2017 Watching the pond in front of work freeze back over again tonight after being thawed since February. Quote
Basseditor Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 I'm so sorry for you guys. I used to live in snow country, but not any more. Our lakes are in the mid-60s to low 70s. Fish on beds Saturday but it's the end of the spawn on most lakes locally. We cooled down for a few days to the 50s air temp, but the 80s will be back by the weekend. We've had the warmest February on record. Â But it's weird. Most of the lakes I fish are better when the water temp is 80 plus. The 60-70s are too cold for all the Florida strain bass in our lakes. 1 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted March 15, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 15, 2017 Well this thread is the ice out thread but there seems to be a pattern here. It should be renamed the "ice out ice in winter sucks" thread. With temps well below freezing a lot of the bigger lakes are freezing over again up here! Quote
lonnie g Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 On ‎3‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 5:58 AM, Smokinal said: I know it! I have been waiting for Catt to invite me down to mow his lawn or somethin... somebody surly needs to test his gear out for him to make sure it all works good!! 1 Quote
MaineBassMan Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 Same boat here in Downeast Maine, East Machias area, couple of lake are getting dark in the middle. One lake had a little open water in the middle!! Won't be long. 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 22, 2017 Super User Posted March 22, 2017 Lakes around me were open in February, but in early March they froze back up again. It finally looks like they are going to stay thawed now. 1 Quote
JustinCT Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 A few lakes in the area have some open water but next couple days might add to the remaining skim ice. Â Possibly 60 on Saturday though so won't be long. Â Boat prep work begins this weekend! 1 Quote
Scarborough817 Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 local place is almost thawed most of it is open and fishable but my primary lake is still pretty solid about 6" still to go 1 Quote
MaineBassMan Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 It's snowing again as I type this message grrrrrrrr suppose to be 8*F tonight that should really thaw the ice.....  1 Quote
Smokinal Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 ^^^Ya it's about 12*F and blowing like a Banshee out there tonight. I checked the live cam on my home lake and it looks like the Arctic Tundra. Realistically we are a good 3-4 weeks out from having soft water again. 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted March 23, 2017 Super User Posted March 23, 2017 It was 13 degrees here this morning. Quote
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