Any launches open??
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Any launches open??
Looking to fish Sunday, hopefully the weather between now and then will open up some launches....
Does anyone know the status of
1- Coast guard launch in Burlington.
2- Converse bay
3- Arnold’s bay
Thanks for any info...
Fish on!
Does anyone know the status of
1- Coast guard launch in Burlington.
2- Converse bay
3- Arnold’s bay
Thanks for any info...
Fish on!
Matt B
Re: Any launches open??
Sure is going to be Next Month before Converse south sees open water.
We used to launch my 16 ft Sylvan at Shelburne Beach but usually needed waders and shoveling skill and a roller trailer.
Salmon around Meach Island and North side of Wings point.
We used to launch my 16 ft Sylvan at Shelburne Beach but usually needed waders and shoveling skill and a roller trailer.
Salmon around Meach Island and North side of Wings point.
Fish On!
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Re: Any launches open??
Ice in Arnold Bay looks like it will be around for a while too. Seems like the wind blew slabs of ice into the bay a couple weeks ago and they've refrozen there. Unfortunately its not great for ice fishing access either, because the ice gets thin quickly once outside the little bay itself...
I do not exaggerate when I talk about fishing - I underestimate, like I say "just one more cast honey, then I'll come home" !
Keep Calm and... Fish On !
Keep Calm and... Fish On !
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Re: Any launches open??
Coast Guard launch was locked up last time I was there...2/12/21.
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Re: Any launches open??
hey matt,sounds like you might have to head west,like couple hundred miles west!!!!!
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Re: Any launches open??
Wow... updates on all 3!!!
Thanks Randy, Dilly and Raz...
I’m banking on warm weather, sun and wind..
They will all help..
Crew expects to fish and we still hope to find a spot!
Come on SOUTH WEST wind!!!
Fish on!
Thanks Randy, Dilly and Raz...
I’m banking on warm weather, sun and wind..
They will all help..
Crew expects to fish and we still hope to find a spot!
Come on SOUTH WEST wind!!!
Fish on!
Matt B
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Re: Any launches open??
Port Douglas if your a dual citizen...
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Re: Any launches open??
Shelburne is normally snowed in near that ramp in the old days. It's a shelburne resident (pass or sticker on bumper) launch. No wiggle room for them.
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Re: Any launches open??
Shelburne beach is right across the street from the shop I work out of. It has open water a couple hundred feet out, but, like Arnolds bay, the ice that is there is blown in and really thick, there's no getting through it.
On the sticker thing though, the kids they hire to sit in the folding chair to keep Non-Shelburne people out usually don't show up until late May or June. However, that launch is always really shallow. Worse than converse was a few months ago.
On the sticker thing though, the kids they hire to sit in the folding chair to keep Non-Shelburne people out usually don't show up until late May or June. However, that launch is always really shallow. Worse than converse was a few months ago.
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Re: Any launches open??
Thanks Jack for the update. I am hoping for the 21st of March like last year for an early splashdown at Converse.
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Re: Any launches open??
getting closer at converse
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Re: Any launches open??
Thanks for the update Ben... Ron I have to admit port Douglas looks good, if the salmon were hot it would be a plan...
Fathead sent me a pic of a guy fishing tip ups on Converse bay this morning.... the snow bank will require a plow, and I am not sure I can maneuver between the tip ups in the ice... so we really need some wind...
Lots can change in 2 days...
Hope
Is
Still alive
Fathead sent me a pic of a guy fishing tip ups on Converse bay this morning.... the snow bank will require a plow, and I am not sure I can maneuver between the tip ups in the ice... so we really need some wind...
Lots can change in 2 days...
Hope
Is
Still alive
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Matt B
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Re: Any launches open??
Anyone know how converse looks today??? I am hoping the wind got it broken up last night....
Probably a futile question....
Probably a futile question....
Matt B
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Re: Any launches open??
Matt, I don’t know how the launch looks but I’m thinking you should just bring the tipups for a backup plan!