Went to NH for an annual outing with friends that we have done every year for the last 15 yrs the weekend of Feb 6th (2 days of fishing). Pine River Pond. Conditions were brutal. Felt like I ran a marathon each day we were up there. We had a snowmobile to get us out and back and it was still brutal. 4 inches of slush under 2 ft of snow.....with 18 inches of solid ice under that. Auger pretty much bottomed out drilling holes. We all decided that if it's like this next year, we will postpone or reschedule as long as the house rental will adjust. I like to ice fish but that was just nuts. That experience alone makes me not even want to attempt to fish locally.....I could care less if I ice fished again this year. Well, maybe I would like to get out locally for one last trip, but I will pick my battles!!
Snow shoes did keep me above the slop of the slush. Made it more tolerable for sure.
I'm winded just thinking about it writing this post....
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