HT I weighed anchor and sailed south. Bonifide silly "snowbird" now. 😎

Stuck a "house for sale" sign in the front yard this fall and on Dec. 29th turned the keys over to the new owner. Fired up the truck and down the road we go.

Visiting Alabama and Florida till end of this month then heading west.

A bit tough hearing the stories about hardwater fishing but from what I read, the ice was short lived in my area so that does take a little sting out of it.

Next fall we plan to swing up through r3's area and cont. north on a fall foliage ride to the top, before heading west.

Keep them stories comin. While I ain't punching holes, I got plenty of memories.

Not trying my hand at any fishing here... but there's always next year. lol

The Sun is out and it is in the mid 40's so I went out and scrapped the coating we got yesterday,applied some ice melter and after a hour or so gave the driveway a test run.....I ESCAPED!!! So now I'm going to do some grocery shopping so I can continue to eat.Tomorrow they say it will be in the 50's.
Sorry to hear you cancelled the SR trip Rich,hope you find something fun to do in its place.I'll be hitting thr Ohio steel in late March/April ,looking forward to it as I'm getting cabin fever and a itch to fish!

Glad you got out Jack. Maybe you should start raising hogs and chickens so the freezer is always full through the winter, lol.
We've already made our reservations at motel go chase Lakers all next week.
Bringing the ATV so no dragging gear around and with 22" ice , go anywhere on that 13 mile lake to find them. I will even throw some traps out for the monster pike that also inhibit them waters.
This one was caught there last week by a friend of mine.

WELP the weather man missed this one. Forecast was for 2 to 6 inches and we got HAMMERED. 2foot of nice powdery stuff up to mid thigh. To top it off it all came off the roof at once so the back  door may be lot till spring. The pile was at eye level. LOL. Will get omen ice time this weekend

Rich,what was the weight of that Pike? What is a Pike trap?

They estimated at about 20 -23 lbs. Quick picture and release.
Caught on a short rod jigging Lakers
Weather was great today and I stuck my limit at 12 for tomorrow's Daytona500 fish fry. . Released as many.
Wish we were fishing the SR instead but heading to Laker & Pike on ice all week instead

Figures they drop the flow to a manageable 750 and expect it will recede even more.
We are on a ice fishing mission now so maybe next time for the SR.

Had some freezing rain last night that turned my driveway to a skating rink.but temps are up and the Sun peeked out so all is clear at the moment.Another "SLOP" storm  for Wed.Can't wait for April/spring!

Wouldn't be too sure Rich. Another warm up for the weekend may bring more water. Last I checked it was 1500 aging today

-6 on. The frozen lake