Ice Fishing Derby!

donnamatrix · 02-09-2007, 02:09 PM

Well, the Derby weekend is finally here. Looks like excellent weather. Everyone is pumped. I just learned that the Rotary WILL be selling official Ice Fishing Derby hats (similar to baseball hats) for $15 at the headquarters trailer for anyone who is interested in buying one. Good luck to everyone!

Lin · 02-09-2007, 04:02 PM

Good luck with the Derby this weekend. I'm in MA and traveled 495/3 from the Marlborough area to my mom's in Billerica and back today and I can't count the number of trucks/cars hauling either snowmobiles or ice fishing gear in the back. Looks like a lot of folk were heading North to the Derby. Wish we could be there this weekend but the horse dentist is arriving tomorrow.

John E · 02-09-2007, 06:28 PM

I came up this weekend to check out the whole area. I've never been here. I'm coming back at least a few times this summer. If anyone has some suggestions of where to go or what to check out, I'm all ears. I'm staying at Church Landing.

Thanks,

John

secondcurve · 02-09-2007, 08:08 PM

I am not going to be able to visit Winnipesaukee this weekend, but I can't imagine better conditions for the fishing derby. Have a great time and leave some fish for the spring and oh, by the way, Please post some pictures!!

PS: On an unrelated ice topic, I've got BC in a romp on Monday! Go Eagles.

Island Girl · 02-10-2007, 12:06 AM

The bob houses are being set up around the lake. I hope to snowmobile around if the wind dies down. A lot of the snow has blown off the lake. We watched it disappear as the wind howled all afternoon.

Here is a little page of pictures from this morning, Friday, and the Bob House Villages started to grow... Brrrrr.

http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/07Derby/derby.htm

Lin · 02-10-2007, 12:11 AM

Neat photos IG, thanks for posting them. Looks cold though.

hockeypuck · 02-10-2007, 07:00 AM

IG, Thanks for posting the photos they are a real tease to get the ice fishermen and fisherwomen out on the lake. Looks very cold and windy. Nothing like a sausage and pepper sub out on Meredith Bay in sub freezing weather.

This'nThat · 02-10-2007, 10:08 AM

If you need to get there from Alton Bay, then check in at the airport, first.

searay220 · 02-10-2007, 12:48 PM

Thanks for the photos there great. Also I've been hooked on watching the Alton Bay cam. It's fun watching all the activity on the bay today with planes landing,ice fishing,and the snowmobiles zooming by. I have to ask this: how many of you out there would drive your car or truck out on the bay? I have mixed feeling about this and how cool it would be. But on the other hand you have to be a little crazy. So with that said who drives there 20,25,30k dollar car out there.

mcdude · 02-10-2007, 01:20 PM

ALTON BAY CAM

This cam can be very interesting at night. I'm watching the headlights from a group of snowmobilers cruising into the bay and up the boat ramp.

secondcurve · 02-10-2007, 04:24 PM

Thanks for the pictures they are great!

This'nThat · 02-10-2007, 06:35 PM

One more picture. The highway lane on the ice is to the left; the Airplane runway is that strip of cleared ice to the right of the Alton Bay gazebo. Traffic was heavy today on both sides.

SteveA · 02-11-2007, 07:26 AM

Just a couple of shots;

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Loved the old "snowmobile"

mcdude · 02-11-2007, 10:41 AM

Interesting article in the CONCORD MONITOR today including a neat aerial shot by Bill Hemmill.

LadyJane · 02-19-2007, 12:36 PM

I came up this weekend to check out the whole area. I've never been here. I'm coming back at least a few times this summer. If anyone has some suggestions of where to go or what to check out, I'm all ears. I'm staying at Church Landing.

Hi John, I am not a "native" either, but I make the journey up here at least a few times a year, every season, although I have yet to be here for the fishing derby. I usually stay at one of the Inns at Mill Falls in Meredith. It's a lot busier here in the summer but every season has its beauty and things to do. Enjoy!

HomeWood · 02-24-2007, 04:52 PM

Awesome pictures! We had a blast during the derby. On saturday morning my friend caught what he thought was a 21" 3lb rainbow, uhhh woops that would be a 21" 3lb salmon. Back in the hole he went unharmed. Then my other friend caught a nice 19" 2.5 lb laker. I hooked a few nice sized fish, but the planets were not lined up in my favor, they all fell off the hook at the hole. I know I know, sure ya right

, but seriously I caught a pickeral on saturday afternoon that would have been the biggest in the derby. It fell off at the hole after fighting it for 35-40 feet of water, I did however catch a wet arm from reaching down into the hole trying to grab him. Oh well, maybe next year. Awesome weather though, thankfully.

02-09-2007, 02:09 PM	#1
donnamatrix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 833 Thanks: 24 Thanked 258 Times in 120 Posts	Ice Fishing Derby! Well, the Derby weekend is finally here. Looks like excellent weather. Everyone is pumped. I just learned that the Rotary WILL be selling official Ice Fishing Derby hats (similar to baseball hats) for $15 at the headquarters trailer for anyone who is interested in buying one. Good luck to everyone!

02-09-2007, 04:02 PM	#2
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Good luck with the Derby this weekend. I'm in MA and traveled 495/3 from the Marlborough area to my mom's in Billerica and back today and I can't count the number of trucks/cars hauling either snowmobiles or ice fishing gear in the back. Looks like a lot of folk were heading North to the Derby. Wish we could be there this weekend but the horse dentist is arriving tomorrow. __________________ Lin

02-09-2007, 08:08 PM	#4
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,084 Thanks: 1,267 Thanked 557 Times in 286 Posts	Pictures Please I am not going to be able to visit Winnipesaukee this weekend, but I can't imagine better conditions for the fishing derby. Have a great time and leave some fish for the spring and oh, by the way, Please post some pictures!! PS: On an unrelated ice topic, I've got BC in a romp on Monday! Go Eagles.

02-10-2007, 12:06 AM	#5
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	The Derby set up The bob houses are being set up around the lake. I hope to snowmobile around if the wind dies down. A lot of the snow has blown off the lake. We watched it disappear as the wind howled all afternoon. Here is a little page of pictures from this morning, Friday, and the Bob House Villages started to grow... Brrrrr. http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/07Derby/derby.htm __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

02-10-2007, 12:11 AM	#6
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Neat photos IG, thanks for posting them. Looks cold though. __________________ Lin

02-09-2007, 06:28 PM	#3
John E Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 58 Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	I came up this weekend to check out the whole area. I've never been here. I'm coming back at least a few times this summer. If anyone has some suggestions of where to go or what to check out, I'm all ears. I'm staying at Church Landing. Thanks, John

02-10-2007, 07:00 AM	#7
hockeypuck Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern CT Posts: 169 Thanks: 19 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Ice Fishing Photos IG, Thanks for posting the photos they are a real tease to get the ice fishermen and fisherwomen out on the lake. Looks very cold and windy. Nothing like a sausage and pepper sub out on Meredith Bay in sub freezing weather.

02-10-2007, 10:08 AM	#8
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	Airplane Rides If you need to get there from Alton Bay, then check in at the airport, first. Attached Images

02-10-2007, 12:48 PM	#9
searay220 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Reading Ma/ Alton NH Posts: 81 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Thanks Thanks for the photos there great. Also I've been hooked on watching the Alton Bay cam. It's fun watching all the activity on the bay today with planes landing,ice fishing,and the snowmobiles zooming by. I have to ask this: how many of you out there would drive your car or truck out on the bay? I have mixed feeling about this and how cool it would be. But on the other hand you have to be a little crazy. So with that said who drives there 20,25,30k dollar car out there.

02-10-2007, 01:20 PM	#10
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,359 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,041 Times in 489 Posts	ALTON BAY CAM This cam can be very interesting at night. I'm watching the headlights from a group of snowmobilers cruising into the bay and up the boat ramp. Last edited by mcdude; 02-10-2007 at 05:41 PM.

02-10-2007, 04:24 PM	#11
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,084 Thanks: 1,267 Thanked 557 Times in 286 Posts	Thanks for the pictures they are great!

02-10-2007, 06:35 PM	#12
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	One more picture. The highway lane on the ice is to the left; the Airplane runway is that strip of cleared ice to the right of the Alton Bay gazebo. Traffic was heavy today on both sides. Attached Images

02-11-2007, 07:26 AM	#13
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,053 Times in 496 Posts	Pics from Meredith 2-10-07 Just a couple of shots; Loved the old "snowmobile" __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

02-11-2007, 10:41 AM	#14
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,359 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,041 Times in 489 Posts	Interesting article in the CONCORD MONITOR today including a neat aerial shot by Bill Hemmill.

02-19-2007, 12:36 PM	#15
LadyJane Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: northern Ct. Posts: 335 Thanks: 129 Thanked 50 Times in 33 Posts	I came up this weekend to check out the whole area. I've never been here. I'm coming back at least a few times this summer. If anyone has some suggestions of where to go or what to check out, I'm all ears. I'm staying at Church Landing. Hi John, I am not a "native" either, but I make the journey up here at least a few times a year, every season, although I have yet to be here for the fishing derby. I usually stay at one of the Inns at Mill Falls in Meredith. It's a lot busier here in the summer but every season has its beauty and things to do. Enjoy!

02-24-2007, 04:52 PM	#16
HomeWood Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Clayton,NC / Sanbornton,NH Posts: 610 Thanks: 125 Thanked 136 Times in 74 Posts	Awesome pictures! We had a blast during the derby. On saturday morning my friend caught what he thought was a 21" 3lb rainbow, uhhh woops that would be a 21" 3lb salmon. Back in the hole he went unharmed. Then my other friend caught a nice 19" 2.5 lb laker. I hooked a few nice sized fish, but the planets were not lined up in my favor, they all fell off the hook at the hole. I know I know, sure ya right , but seriously I caught a pickeral on saturday afternoon that would have been the biggest in the derby. It fell off at the hole after fighting it for 35-40 feet of water, I did however catch a wet arm from reaching down into the hole trying to grab him. Oh well, maybe next year. Awesome weather though, thankfully.