Hi Folks, Still guiding the hard water. We received almost a foot of snow over the weekend. Great for winter activities. The snow pack makes moving around on the ice a bit difficult. The trout water I have been fishing has 7” of black ice covered by 10” of snow. The...

Hi Folks, Still ice fishing and guiding trips on the hard water. There is a flood of information currently about unsafe ice conditions. I have been guiding inland lakes and there is plenty of safe ice for fishing! Lake Champlain is not safe for fishing. Champlain is a...

Hi Folks, The ice fishing has been pretty steady. I have chasing northern pike mostly with my guests. I have made a few forays for trout. Ice conditions have varied from each body of water. It appears that it will be a short season on the hard water with our unusually...

Hi Folks, After a short respite from guiding due to unsafe ice conditions, I am back at it! We currently have 7.5” of black ice with a thin layer of snow pack on top of the ice. The walking is pretty good. We have been focusing our efforts on warm water ponds and...

Hi Folks, The ice fishing has been pretty good. My guests are enjoying some fine early season northern pike action. We have 6” to 7” of black ice. The up coming warm up should not adversely impact the ice on the lake where I am currently guiding. My inventory of water...