Canada

Heading to Canada in a few weeks for Christmas to my girlfriends house which is right on a small pond. Her family says that it has started to ice over, so I'm probably going to see if the ice is thick enough for me to safely stand on. If it stays cold for the next week or so, i may be in luck. I'm sure the ice will be to thin  for the ice shack so lawn chairs it is! Have a merry Christmas everyone!

No Ice in the Future

Back this week with another update on the upcoming ice fishing season. As of right now there is no extreme cold weather in sight for the ponds to freeze around northern Maine. This is the time of year where there isn't much to do except wait for the ponds to freeze over. The shack is ready and we have all the gear we need. Now we just need to let mother nature run its course! See you soon 

Shacks Ready

The Shack is 99.9% complete. All of the renovations are finished. It took over two weeks to complete the numerous little projects that had to be done to the shack in order to get it ready for ice. We actually made the whole shack about 60 pounds lighter, and a lot stronger. We also got a smaller wood stove, and replaced the heavy front door with a less heavy, reinforced carbon fiber door. Pretty cool right? We had a problem with the picture window fogging up as well, so we invented a manual windshield wiper system made up of cable and pulleys. These small innovations will go a long way this winter!

Whats with this weather?

This past week has been crazy warm, which doesn't make me think to much about ice fishing. With this warm weather my buddies and I have been out on the private stocked pond to see if anything is biting this time of year. Sure enough we caught a few largemouth bass and a few perch. SO even with arm temps, we are still catching fish!

Gearing up

With the cold weather coming, we have started making renovations to the ice shack we had last year. Before I go any further, incase you forgot, this beast weights about 300 lbs and its the sickest shack ever build from scrap. We cut out another jig hole, shortened the pong table (to make room for more seating), and build two slide out steps to get into the shack instead of the ramp we had last year. Once we finish all of renovations I will post some pictures. Last year we got 3rd out of hundreds of entires of the Bangor Daily Ice shack contest. With these new renovations we have in mind, you are shooting for a win in 2012!

Water to Ice

What a great fishing season it has been. As the leaves start to fall, and the air is becoming cooler, the time is getting near to gear up for the upcoming ice fishing season. Last season we kept the shack on Hermon Pond. We plan to start there again this season. Last year we caught crappie, pickerel, bass, and a salmon or two! So we think this is the best place to start once the water freezes. Check back soon to see where we will heading this winter, visiting numerous lakes and ponds around the state of Maine!