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[Ermghoti]

Domm, Vinnie and I hit the Merrimack at 12:00am. The 'Crack hit us back, as temperatures quickly fell into the low 20's, and by 3:00, we had to bail, as the skin ice was grabbing our lines and heading for Newburyport. I didn't notice, I was dozing in my chair. Domm and I resumed operations a little past 10:00am on the Charles, with Domm breaking the ice (pun certainly intended) at 10:24am, with a 8-13 common. He gradually built a small lead, but at quitting time, I had landed 6 @ 51lbs to his 5@ 41. He recorded the biggest, 12+, but I had my first mirror of the year, at 8lbs and change, 12:24pm. Domm's Baby Phone entry was 6lbs even, IIRC, but we sadly forgot to photograph the bait, er, I mean "catch.". The last fish, I named "Lucky." Only one eye, and I landed it when my feeder rig entangled the factory-snelled Eagle Claw embedded in it's upper lip!

There was ice on the water throughout, so even though surface temperatures were only fractionally above 32F, physics tells us our baits were in 39F water. Most were taken on tutti fruiti Pescaviva, a couple on Concept for You pineapple boilies and a few on tiger nuts; all with method balls. Frankly, location seemed more important than bait. The fish were there to eat. They fought quite vigorously.

I have some photos, but due to the steady, wet snow (air temps ran from about 30F to 35F all morning), everything I brought was drenched, and I want the camera to dry thoroughly before I power it up again.

This post has been edited by Ermghoti: Jan 1 2008, 08:22 PM

[Sarah]

Good report Eric. You guys are hardcore I missed participating with the MA boys this year! Glad you guys caught some carp when all was said and done.

[macfish]

macfish here. Great catching guys! You're certainly more gutsy than I am. Can't wait to see the pics. Jonahan

[hammercarp]

WTG! It good to see persistance and skills pay off. Next year I'll try to be more mobile.

[Ermghoti]

I bow humbly, and because the prolonged exposure to cold prevents me from straightening my back fully.

Should this thread be in Stories and Pictures? Somebody feel free to move it if so.

[John Bramley]

Awesome report and huge congrats to everyone who turned out in those temps, hardcore indeed

[bailybird]

Awesome report and huge congrats to everyone who turned out in those temps, hardcore indeed

OK GUYS AND GALS. WE ARRIVED AT 11PM AND FISHED TILL 4PM.A WOULD OF STAYED LONGER BUT I RAN OUT OF FOOD AND FRANK R AND ME WERE 45MPH WIND DEAD..MY POOR SON SAID YEA DAD I WANT TO GO THAT LASTED TILL HE STEPPED OUT SIDE OF THE MOBILE BIVY....THEN I SAID LETS MAKE YOUR SNOW CARP HE SAID COOL..SO I HELPED THE LITTLE MONSTER MAKE HIS FIRST EVER SNOW CARP.HE WAS LIKE A PROUD PAPA AS YOU CAN SEE.....WAY TO GO CORY JR...
HOPE YOU SLEEP WELL ON YOUR WAY HOME


NOW THE FISHING REPORT ...THE ONLY TWO BRAVE SOULS THAT STAYED WERE FRANK R AND I AND OMG YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE ICE AGE..10DGREE AIR 45 TO 50 MILES AND HOUR WIND GUST..FIRST FISH CAME AT 12.20 SAM SNOW.FRANK R HAD A NICE MIRROR 10LB PLUS AT ABOUT 1AM OR SO........MY STORY NO FISH TILL 4:20AM AND IT WAS 2.7 LBS IM ON THE BOARD...FRANK R WAS ON THEM ALL NITE LONG WITH ME NOT TO FAR BEHIND..I THINK NOT FOR SURE TOTAL FRANK HAD 130 LBS PLUS OF FISH.PICS TO COME.......AND I HAD 80 PLUS LBS OF FISH.......THE TWO TWEENIES CAME IN THE AFTERNOON FRANK R....19.5.CORY B...........19 LOL GO FIG I HAVE A FEW PICS ..BUT FRANKS GOT THE GOOD ONES..ONCE HE THAWS OUT IM SURE HE POST THEM.....THANKS EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED AND SPECIAL THANKS WHO STAYED..............HERES THE PICS ENJOY





PICS IN MIDWEST SECTION

[jimmym]

Well I have no pics of fish or sun set. I did not get 1 run all night, Mark M came up from DC to fish with us here in PA. we had ICE forming on the lake and then we had rain then wind and snow moved in. Jake and Josh they was supper JRS for there first time out for a FFF and the nasty weather that we had they hung in there like true CAGERS, even that they are 12 and 9 years old. at the end of the fishing we ended up with 3 flat tires, 1 on Herkels van 1 on my van and 1 on Mark M. truck sorry Mark you had to change it in the snow. Mark brought my new poles that I got from HOPPY they are real nice he all so gave me a real for 1 of them. I did not get to use them this night, so sorry Hoppy that I have no pics for to show ya with fish on them. There was 1 fish got by Al Anderson it was about 7 or 8 pounds. Mark R got some all so His bigest was 17lbs Herk had a pig on but lost it. We had a good crew from CAG here. in all of us was Mark M, Mark R, Herkel, Steve L, Tim, Al A, Jake W, Josh W, Bryan and Bubba D, and Me, So you can see we had a good group of guys

[Corey]

Congrats on all the catches, well deserved!!

[Rob Byer]

Great Work Guys!!!

[Jerome]

Very glad to see you fared so well in this FFF utterly non-sensical event, Eric. We've been so used to have Domm grab the FFF headlines, it's just about time you show him who's boss!

PS. and yeah, yeah, I know, your PB is still bigger than mine, I had to disable signatures on my forum set-up just to stop reading this one, but this will NOT LAST LONG. This is my main resolution for 2008.

This post has been edited by Jerome: Jan 2 2008, 08:47 PM

[supercarpio]

Nicely done guys. Pretty hardcore indeed.

We had the same problem with the ice dragging our lines. It was a tough day to be on the water, I kid you not!

Kuddos to all who made it out yesterday.

-Marius

[Ed's Bait]

Awsome effort guys. FFF rocks!!!!!!

[AnglerMike]

nice job guys.

[Ermghoti]

Allrighty then. Camera works, I'm not dead from the flu, propichosting is back on line.

31-12-07: It was cold enough...



Yes, the thermometer was jabbed into the skin of ice. It would read all the way down to 32, but that was the best photo. As mentioned, no fish at the "Crack.

01-01-08: Not as cold out, but the water still teetered at freezing at the surface.



Dom "Quixote" finally banked one, and then a double, even.





I eventually decided to get in on the act, including the mirror:





The idea struck me to capture a representative photo of the poor conditions.



Dom outdid me, with a fish-fighting action shot.



The fish in question turned out to be "Lucky," the one-eyed (congenital?) Eagle-Claw bearing carp! This was also a pretty snazzy foul-weather shot.