Fishing report January 6 2009

Ice fishing in Massachusetts has finally gotten underway in many areas but also you still need to keep track of the ice conditions as they have been changing all the time. Went to a favorite pond today and being it was Tuesday there wasn’t another sole out there and when that happens, I make sure that everything with the ice is good so that I don’t put myself into a bad situation. With spud bar in hand I started venturing towards my first spot and as I went I would drill holes and measure the ice. What I had found was there was quite a variation from 4 inches in areas to 7.5 inches in other areas. There was some snow on a good portion of the ice but the areas that didn’t have the snow the slush was frozen but soft enough that you would break the crust of an inch or two. I usually stayed on the snow as the thicker ice was there as opposed to the slushy areas.

Rest of the report:
http://www.backwoodssportsman.com/OutDoor_Reports.html

Video of the day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOX46X5aG8g