I don't even want to start the vehicle this morning - but now it warmed up to 10 deg.

Drove through my first white-out of the year on the way home last night. We picked up about 4 inches from squall.

First nitwit encounter of the year too - he just had to pass me by because he must have been impatient with me going 25mph. About 4 miles later, I saw him standing next to his big SUV in da ditch, waving a flashlight my way as I rolled by him at 22 mph. I didn't bother to stop - figured I'd return the favor since he basically tried to run me off the road earlier.
I hope his cell phone battery died and he froze to death.

Good day to tie flies for Fichy's swap.

ORIGINAL: hot tuna

If I wasnt tied up in sheetrock all day , I darn sure would have been on the water.. HARD water that is.. Maybe tomorrow .. I feel a 3 day flu coming on..

We are still waiting up here, but this weekend sure helped.  Oneida was skimmed  about a week ago and then it was gone.  Hopefully by next weekend there will be some ice.  I am conservative, so I will probably let it get a good 6 inches  plus before I go out.

Hey Tuna, I'm working a job in Delmar. Close to you ? Pete

HT - checked a small pond near my place today - first 10 feet of shore ice is barely an inch. Pretty surprising given the temps the past 2 days. 4in snow on thin ice will make for really crappy white ice after Tuesdays predicted rain then re-freeze.

Like Clint - I am conservative with ice depths - might not drill a hole till Feb if the January patterns continue.

but I got an inch to jig pannies whilst sittin on mah bucket.

ORIGINAL: hot tuna

ORIGINAL: draketrutta

HT - checked a small pond near my place today - first 10 feet of shore ice is barely an inch. Pretty surprising given the temps the past 2 days. 4in snow on thin ice will make for really crappy white ice after Tuesdays predicted rain then re-freeze.

Like Clint - I am conservative with ice depths - might not drill a hole till Feb if the January patterns continue.

but I got an inch to jig pannies whilst sittin on mah bucket.

That sucks..
At least NY has a few good things :)

My next move.. AZ..

Where are you going to ice fish in AZ,for that matter do any fishing?

Here's a question for all......what states have no trout fishing?

There's some decent lakes on the Mogollon Rim east and north  of Show Low. Oak Creek  by Sedona isn't bad and  gorgeous scenery. Bass fishing ain't bad in some of the reservoirs, I did Ok in Apache Lake. Catfishing is very good, especially in the White  River. I won't count Lee's Ferry, or canyon hikes like Bright Angel Creek. Too much driving and adventure trekking. The Colorado is fishable for warmwater over on the Ca. border. from Bullhead  City down. Huge carp and stripers available in Havasu. At least that's what I found when I lived in Wickenburg. Personally, I think Prescott, which is up around 5,000 in elevation, is one of the best places to retire to in the US. Cool town and some fishing in lakes right around it.  I only lived there for  a year and have visted a  number of times (I was there in August for a few days ) HT probably has a better handle on it than me.
 
Pa, Im guessing Fla. and Louisiana are the only states without trout. Sea trout (weakfish) don't count. Most of the southern states  have bottom release tailwaters or winter stocked lakes. Even Hawaii has trout. This is probably a trick question and Fla. and La. have some very short seasoned stocked ponds.
 
Charlie
 
 
 

    Always thought I'd really like AZ till going there-Snowstorms and blizzards high up-desert and prickly stuff all over down low. Game and fish -yes- but ya gotta drive a gazillion miles to find stuff. SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES
   When ya say a state has lotsa stuff in it take an outline of the state and place it over a map of the Northeast-big state- lotsa stuff- yep big drivin to find it too - no dif than the driving ya gotta do now.
If your goin for the warm dry weather OK but remember- dont make any difference bout all that 'dry heat' talk -- 110 is 110.
  Fella told me once its nice to vacation in places but if you wanna move there - RENT for 6 months or a year first-full time  makes a difference.

That's cool, Drake. I have a piece of property outside of Belen, south of Alb.  I was going to move there many years ago, but the girl I was going to move there  with.... kinda moved somewhere else...  I kept the property. Never know... the taxes are cheap. It's at the foot of the Manzano Mts.  The San Juan and the  creeks in the Jemez Mts. are none too shabby.  Nancy and I seem to have desert rat in our genes.  Or at least in my case, just rat.  Snakes, who's afraid of snakes.  Try walking down railroad tracks at night  in March and April in Az.
Warm cinder bed, coldblooded creatures trying to get warm.... Makes for some real excitement.  Now, scorpions, they  suck!
 
 
Charlie

RT - in most cases, a horse will let you know there is a snake close by b4 you have a chance to get off. Me thinks your biggest challenge will be to stay in the saddle..

Fichy - small world - spent plenty of time down in Belen - around the Bosque Del Apache bird sanctuary - thousands of cranes homesteaded there in the winter. Xmas time I would party with my friends family down there - slaughter a pig and roast it in the ground, carne adovada, posole and a wee bit of Tekilla. I miss the luminari - (for you yankee heathens they are candles placed in small brown paper bags with some sand to weigh them down) Xmas light decorations.

later

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