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Desperately needed a "fishin' fix" so I called Scott and said "Meet me at Cumberland Farms, 6:15" and he did - we had a good chat on the way north not having seen each other in a couple months. Fishy told me Port Henry was "iced in" and it was so we continued to Westport - got here at 7:30 and there were 3 trailers in the lot.

Drop in, started up and headed to Scotch Bonnet - fished through little sections of skim ice - no bites. Headed to Diamond and ran through a huge pile of flotsam and a mud line - poked around the line but no bites. Crossed and went up to Whalons to get out of the wind which had a little bite to it - no bites.

Smoked back to Westport, fished the breaks on the south side - no bites. This is what the boat looked like when we launched


And this is how it looked when we hauled out, it still was a day of fishing and it was made better by Scott's company and the smoked goose breast, venison and cheese he brought along - we'll fet 'em next time.

talked to others chessieman that were trolling north of where you were 0 hits in 5 hours.

My friend Tim and I had the same results trolling south of Westport around Barber around 7am. The wind was calm, the sun felt great, the coffee was hot, and everything was working as it should. We had zero hits. We pulled the lines, drove to Port Henry to view the ice, turned north and trolled thru fishville with zero hits. Water temp 34F, skim ice here and there, all in all a nice morning on the lake to start the season.

I to was out of Westport. The pontoon boat that was trolling around. Marked some good suspended fish off the bait but couldn't get a bite.

You all make me feel better! I had the same results in townfarm

Fished Westport toda.. nice day but no takers. Trolled various sized spoons and sticks with a few flasher/flies to no avail. Anyone else been out? Water temp was cold 37-38 degrees.