Category Archives: 2016 Season

Bill and I had equivocated over Denis Guertin’s video of his spade bit swirling a full inch of slush before it labored thru 2″ of solid ice…..not reassuring!…..this was countered however by an ice-hound’s imperative….we absolutely must stand on frozen … Continue reading →

We do things a bit differently than the folks in Minnesota. We find obscure little lakes in the middle of nowhere, watch the conditions ebb and flow, and then pounce. Lake Abenakis, in Ste. Aurelie Quebec was ready to go … Continue reading →

What Outlaw really needs instead of the upside down high aspect storm sail 2.0 is a Cheap Skate nice low aspect long boom Sunfish rig carried high enough to clear the roll bar, not much higher really that the over … Continue reading →

The snow has indeed fallen on Lake Abenakis. But there is ice under it, and with the weather being above freezing as much as below, a surface could develop. We’ll know more when our Ice Ace checks it on Sunday. … Continue reading →

The ice on Plymouth Pond that Bryan Hitchcock found for us last week managed to survive the warm weather over Thanksgiving. The edges melted in places but they are now buttoned up again. By walking very lightly we were able … Continue reading →