Go Back   Winnipesaukee Forum > Winnipesaukee Forums > Fish Tales
Home Forums Gallery Webcams Blogs YouTube Channel Classifieds Calendar Register FAQDonate Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-31-2021, 02:41 PM   #1
bobkatfly
Senior Member
 
bobkatfly's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Mirror Lake/Winter Harbor
Posts: 303
Thanks: 47
Thanked 47 Times in 42 Posts
Default Winter ice spots.

I'm primarily a stream/river/remote pond fly guy and for some time I've been wondering what causes ice guys to congregate in certain areas of many bays. For instance, in the Northern part of Winter Harbor, most of the crowd is in the area across from the Libby Museum towards the eastern shore, not the western shore or further North in the bay (see graphic). Is this primarily gained experience where fish have been known to congregate in the winter? Is it the same in summer?
Or is it some other reason like ice thickness, currents, depth, etc?
Also noticed this in other bays near me like 19 mile.
Attached Images
 
__________________
Bob F

Amherst till the big 66 comes (made it!)
Winter Harbor/Mirror Lake till the big guy comes

Last edited by bobkatfly; 01-31-2021 at 03:36 PM.
bobkatfly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-31-2021, 04:20 PM   #2
Lakeboater
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 391
Thanks: 20
Thanked 130 Times in 93 Posts
Default Ramp?

Wonder if it has to do with being close to the launch ramp for access?
Lakeboater is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Lakeboater For This Useful Post:
bobkatfly (02-01-2021)
Old 01-31-2021, 08:54 PM   #3
Striper295
Member
 
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 34
Thanks: 36
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lakeboater View Post
Wonder if it has to do with being close to the launch ramp for access?
Roger that.. wouldn't fish there for any other reason.

Sent from my motorola one action using Tapatalk
Striper295 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2021, 06:00 AM   #4
tis
Senior Member
 
tis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,386
Thanks: 716
Thanked 1,375 Times in 951 Posts
Default

In Winter Harbor they aren't close to the ramp. BTW, Bob, that is an excellent question. I have wondered the same thing. Do you think one person starts in a certain place and the next person goes close and he next and the next and so it grows??
tis is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2021, 08:19 AM   #5
bobkatfly
Senior Member
 
bobkatfly's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Mirror Lake/Winter Harbor
Posts: 303
Thanks: 47
Thanked 47 Times in 42 Posts
Default Crowd effect?

I guess there would be some crowd effect going on but year after year it's pretty much the same. Assuming there are a lot of regulars out there I would think they have some experience on what works best and where. The ramp access is a good point. The small parking area at the Libby is packed but there seems to be a lot more people out there than full cars would handle and a lot of them are more than a quarter mile away. Only one or two holes near the ramp even considering the depths and drop offs are similar. There's a large condo complex in that area so maybe resident access is a factor.
Nineteenmile bay also seems more concentrated towards its South shore.
Are other bays around the West and North shores similar or are they more random and spread out?
Dam cabin fever. I need to think about something else.
__________________
Bob F

Amherst till the big 66 comes (made it!)
Winter Harbor/Mirror Lake till the big guy comes
bobkatfly is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:10 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.

This page was generated in 0.30173 seconds