People still have a hard time believing that is the law.

Went there last summer and was quite disappointed in the vinyl selection. Really like the Vinyl Canteen.

Much better.

Big Brook trout in there as an added bonus

Only the northern portion. Stay away from the dam if you’re planning on paddling.

I believe Blueberry Lake in Warren is still paddle only.

Athens, Baltimore.

When I got broken into it took them over two hours to come. And I live 2 miles from the barracks.

So what you’re telling me is that you remember my experience better than I do. My memory isn’t that short. I would consistently ice fish out in front of Eagle Mountain in Milton every year when I lived in Georgia around Christmas time. This was the mid-1990s. I lived there for 10 years. I remember because I would always have fish for New Year’s Eve. Thanks for your input.

I love trout fishing and the last three years of no snow melt combined with little rainfall have really beat up the streams. The water heats up and gets low by the beginning of May now. We used to have good stream flows well into June, but now it’s over in a month.

We’re two days away from halfway. Not exactly barely. And like I said before, the ten day forecast is temps above freezing. So 10+12 is the 22nd. Practically March. I will confidently say that the “cool” weather will return. The sun is marching north, and that is on a definite timeline. It’s ok to admit that you’re probably wrong. In fact, it’s quite healthy. And if I’m wrong, you’re more than welcome to DM me and rub it in.

A foot of rotten ice isn’t as safe as 4” of good dark ice.

In my 58 years I’ve never heard of “February thaw” before. “January thaw” yes, February never. We’re 16 days from March, and the next week is above freezing. The “cool” weather will return, but I believe the “cold” weather is behind us.

We used to drive on from the boat launch in Malletts Bay and come off at the Sandbar. The only problem was if there was too much snow on the ice. Neither of which is an issue anymore.

Shelburne bay in early March used to always produce big slabbers.

Same here. I watched my father wither away in a hospital bed not knowing who he was anymore because of the toxins in his brain from kidney failure.

I’ve had the ice pull away from the shoreline from the time I went out to the time I went back to get off. Luckily there was another spot to get off.

I can understand that. Very similar fear as to climbing a ladder. I used to hate it as a kid because I couldn’t catch anything. When I got older and learned to fish better, I could make money selling perch, and fill my freezer too. It’s easy to catch the fever and cast away common sense to get out there and try to fill a bucket. Humans are a complicated species.

What’s happening under the ice is also a factor of how safe it is. Such as current and amount of vegetation. If there is a lot of grass it emits oxygen which will rot the ice from underneath. Same with current. When the weather is warm, feeder streams run higher with runoff which will also deteriorate the ice from underneath.

I’m not really surprised actually. Old guys have memories of being able to drive cars out there, and think that things are still the same. Their mobility is restricted too. So they resort to mechanical means to get around. I’ve met a lot of old timers out there that believe climate change is bullshit. I remember being able to fish from around Christmas to Saint Patrick’s day. But that hasn’t happened in at least ten years now.

No one deserves to die. Don’t be a jerk.

It’s actually alot of fun. There’s a real inner peace to being out there first thing in the morning when the world isn’t awake yet. Plus fresh perch through the ice is one of the tastiest fish you can have. But you really need to know and understand the ice conditions. Not everyone enjoys it.

You only see them for a day or two after a big crash. Then back to normal.

I call it being a nicehole.

You must be new to the Vermont policing policies.