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NO QUESTIONS AS MANY MAY BE HUNTING NOW SO i WILL GO OVER SAFTY AT THIS TIME OF YR

TIP......1 AS THE WEATHER COOLS DOW DEEP WATER JIGGING BECOMES KING. WALLEYES AND BASS BOTH MOVE OFF TO 20 OR MORE FEET OF WATER AS THE WATER TEMPS SLIDE BELOW 50. SAFTY IS PARENOUNT THIS TIME OF YR. ALWAYS WEAR A PFD. ALWAYS WEAR A PFD YES I SAID IT TWICE. DRESS WARM LIKE YOU WERE HEADED OUT ICEFISHING. FISH WITH SOMEONE OR HAVE A PERSON THAT KNOWS WERE YOU ARE AND WHEN YOU WILL BE HOME. IF YOU FEEL COLD AND START TO SHIVER GET OFF THE WATER AS SOON AS YOU SEE SIGNS. HYPOTHERMIA IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING AND WHEN YOU START TO SEE SIGNS IT MAY NBE TOO LATE. FISHING IS THE #1 MOST DANF=GEROUS SPORT ON EARTH ENJOY IT BUT DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC.


TIP......2 FIRST ICE ****** BE SAFE!!!!! FIRST ICE IS A TIME OF EXCITEMENT! IT IS ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS TIMES TO GO OUT! WHAT IS SAFE ICE? WELL A MINIMUM OF 3 INCHES IS REQUIRED FOR ME TO GO OUT ON A PERSONAL TRIP AND I USUALLY WANT 5" FOR ME TO DO A GUIDED TRIP. WHEN I GO OUT ON LESS THAN 5" OF ICE I ALWAYS DO SO WITH A PFD. IT MAY SOUND WHIMPY BUT......YOU DONT HAVE LONG IN ICE COLD WATER TO GET YOURSELF OUT. EARLY SEASON YOU SHOULD NEVER VENTURE OUT ON THE ICE ALONE. ALWAYS HAVE A ROPE WITH A FLOATATION DEVICE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE LINE TO THROW A PERSON. i USE A BOAT DOCK BUMPER. IT ADDS WEIGHT AND FLOATS. iT IS ALSO EASIER TO GRAB THE ROPE AND NOT HAVE IT SLIP THOUGH YOUR HANDS WHEN THIS IS ATTATCHED TO THE END OF THE ROPE. . NEVER EVER RUN TO THE PERSONS HELP ALWAYS HAVE ICE PICKS AROUND YOUR NECK TO HELP PULL YOURSELF ONTO THE ICE WHILE USING A SWIMMING MOTION WITH YOUR FEET. ICE SAFTY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. ITS YOUR BUTT ON THE LINE! ICE FISHING IS SOME OF THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE FISHING! IN NH YOU CAN HAVE 5 TIP-UPS AND A JIGGING ROD ON NONE LAKE TROUT WATERS AND IN VT YOU CAN HAVE 8 TIP-UPS! NO OTHER TIME OF THE YR CAN YOU HAVE THAT MANY CHANCES TO CATCH A FISH. i HAVE HAD DAYS WHERE IT HAS TAKEN OVER 1 1/2 HRS JUST TO SET UP 5 TRAPS! WITH PROPER SAFTY PRECAUTIONS IT CAN BE SOME OF THE MOST REWARDING FISHING YOU CAN DO! iF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A LETS GO FISHING COURSE. NH F&G OFFERS FREE CLASSES. WE TEACH SAFTY ALONG WITH PROPER EQUIPMENT SET UP. 2 DAYS ARE CLASSROOM THEN WE HAVE A DAY OUT ON THE WATER! ALL EQUIPMEWNT IS PROVIDED AND ON THE DAY OF THE OUTDOOR CLASS NO LICENSE IS REQUIRED DURING THE OUTING. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A FREE CLASS. FOR CLASS DATES GO TO MY LINKS PG CLICK ON NH FISH AND GAME THEN ON THIER PG LOOK FOR THE LETS GO FISHING PG. THEY TEACH MANY COURSES. ICE FISHING, BASIC FISHING, FLY FIISHING AND FLY TIEING! CHECK IT OUT!


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I AM TEACHING 3 LETS GO FISHING CLASSES FOR THE NHF&G THIS YR. THEY ARE ALL ICEFISHING CLASSES AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTLY FREE TO ALL THAT REGISTER. ALL EQUIPMENT IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH EXPERT INSTRUCTION FROM THE NHF&G LETS GO FISHING INSTRUCTORS! WE TEACH ICE SAFTY, PROPER SET UP OF, THE EQUIPMENT, HOW TO DRESS TO BE COMFORTABLE FOR A DAY ON THE ICE. ON NON TROUT BODIES OF WATER EACH PERSON IS ALLOWED 6 DEVICES EACH FOR SOME OF THE FASTEST FISHING ACTION OF THE YEAR AT TIMES. ONCE AGAIN THERE IS ABSOLUTLY NO COST TO TAKE THIS COURSE. ALL EQUIPMENT IS PROVIDED NO FISHING LICENSE IS REQUIRED THE DAY OF THE PROGRAM. ITS A GREAT WAY TO SEE IF ICEFISHING IS FOR YOU WITHOUT BUYING A SINGLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT!
MY CLASES WILL BE AT
LEBENON REC CENTER JAN 17TH, 24TH, AND FIELD TRIP 28TH
HAVERILL REC CENTER FEB 2ND, 9TH,AND FIELD TRIP 11TH
CLAREMONT REC CENTER FEB 28TH WHICH WILL BE BOTH CLASSROOM AND FIELD TRIP THE SAME DAY!
CALL TO REGISTER AT THE REC CENTERS OR GO TO MY LINKS PG AND GO TO THE NHF&G PAGE. GO TO THE LETS GO FISHING PAGE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MANY MORE CLASSES ALL OVER THE STATE. ALL INSTRUCTORS DONATE THIER TIME TO THIS PROGRAM TO TEACH OTHERS HOW TO ENJOY THE SPORT WE LOVE!

MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU AND MY WAY OF GIIVING BACK TO THE SPORT I LOVE!!!!!!



******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ICE FISHING IS IN FULL SWING. WHEN I STARTED WITH THIS SPORT I SET UP THE TIP-UPS AND JIGGED TO PASS THE TIME. MY DAUGHTER KATIE AND I USED TO JIG UP MANY MANY BIG PERCH. AS TIME WENT ALONG I MOVED ON TO SEEKING OUT OTHER FISH. DAVE GENZ FISHED FOR BLUE GILL DURING THE WINTER AND THAT WAS A NEW CHALLENGE AS THEY ARE SOME OF THE TRICKIEST FISH TO CATCH. I USED A X LIGHT WEIGHT ROD WHEN FISHING WAS TOUGH. A 1/64TH OUNCE JIG AND A COUPLE MAGGYS WAS THE BAIT OF CHOICE ON THOSE DAYS. A HALI JIG THAT WAS ABOUT 1/16 OUNCE ON A MEDIUM WEIGHT ROD WITH A COUPLE MAGGOTS WAS THE HOT SET UP WHEN FISHING WAS FAST AND FURIOUS. I HAVE MOVED ON TO FISHING FOR LARGER FISH WITH THE JIGGING ROD THE LAST FEW YRS. I MUST SAY THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN AWESOME! I HAVE CAUGHT NORTHERNS, LARGEMOUTH BASS, SMALLMOUTH BASS, AND BIG CHAIN PICKEREL ALL ON THE JIGGING ROD. MUCH TO MY SUPRISE THEY ARE THE BIGGEST FISH OF THE ICE SEASON IN MOST IF NOT ALL CASES. LOOKING BACK ON THIS SO WERE THE PERCH KATIE AND I CAUGHT ALL THOSE YRS AGO. HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE JIGS......

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT PICTURE 1 ARE ALL THE LURES TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERNCE IN SIZE
PICTURE 2 ARE THE SMALLEST..... A GENZ POUNDER..... A SMALL LINDY JIG AND A HALI LURE
PICTURE 3 ARE THE MID SIZE.......A SMALL LINDY BUCKSHOT RATTLER....AND A SMALL LINDY FLYING LURE
THE LAST ARE A LARGE SWEDISH PIMPLE AND 2 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE RAPALA ICE JIGGING FLYING TYPE LURE

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