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Smith Point · 04-07-2016, 10:14 AM

I’ve got one, back in the late 70s early 80s my buddy just bought a new canoe with a little 3 horse outboard, it was early spring and the ice was not completely out. As we all know the ice melts around the shore first and makes a “little river” around the shoreline, so we plopped the canoe in and headed for Ames farm where we were told that there was grate salmon fishing, (and open water) if I remember correctly we caught a couple of little guys and headed back to the camp, but in the time we were at Ames farm the ice shifted and blocked our passage back! Thank god we had paddles in the boat as we had to chip a new path home. It probably took us 10 minims to trolling to Ames and about 2 hours to get back. Lesson learned.

04-07-2016, 10:14 AM	#16
Smith Point Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Smith Point/ Bangor ME Posts: 193 Thanks: 196 Thanked 35 Times in 18 Posts	I’ve got one, back in the late 70s early 80s my buddy just bought a new canoe with a little 3 horse outboard, it was early spring and the ice was not completely out. As we all know the ice melts around the shore first and makes a “little river” around the shoreline, so we plopped the canoe in and headed for Ames farm where we were told that there was grate salmon fishing, (and open water) if I remember correctly we caught a couple of little guys and headed back to the camp, but in the time we were at Ames farm the ice shifted and blocked our passage back! Thank god we had paddles in the boat as we had to chip a new path home. It probably took us 10 minims to trolling to Ames and about 2 hours to get back. Lesson learned.