PowderBeard

Sorry for my slang but you got it! Oooof, no snakeheads yet. I wouldn't be surprised if they made an appearance in the Hudson or CT River in the next 10 years though. At one point I'm pretty sure Maine was "managing" the pickerel issue. They seem to have completely over taken some lakes in SNE. Some places you catch 4-6 pickerel for every one bass, and 90% of the bass caught in those lakes are 12-14". I'd like to see some research done on how they effect bass fisheries.

I don't ice fish, not enough ADHD medication in the world for me to sit around when I could be skiing. I would love to get a big pike through the ice though, on my bucket list. I hit a popular shallow lake last Monday with a new approach and had a memorable day. Water was 41-42*, could get nothing going on the jig or jerkbait. Starting "yo-yo'ing" a blade bait in 6-8' and ripping it out of old grass beds in the middle of no-where. Something I had seen have a lot of success in southern lakes - specifically Florida lakes and Guntersville - during the winter but never tried. The fish had clearly never seen it, I had times where 3-4 largemouth were following the blade to the boat. Rare to see a largemouth follow a bait in, never mind 3-4 grouped up doing it. Put about 30 keeper largemouth in the boat in about 2 hours, none over 3 lbs though. Also a ton of "slime darts," one was over 4 lbs. with a big sunfish in its gullet. Left early because my fingers were ready to fall off between them getting wet, wind, and 40* air temps. Definitely need to alter my rod choice, was using a 7'2 medium action rod with 12lbs. flouro but I think a glass/more parabolic rod would have kept them hooked up. It's a balancing act because you need a rod with enough backbone to rip it out of the old grass but soft enough tip so the trebles don't rip out of their mouth. Funny how smallies and largemouths differ. I've found smallies have much tougher mouths so you either need to drill them with a heavier wire hook or "pinch them" with light wire. In the spring I was using the same blade with more of a medium-heavy rod and lost very few smallies despite their acrobatics. The Rapala V-Rap has been my "go to" blade this year in a couple different colors. I used to use all the old "Silver Buddies" but the rattle system is a game changer imo. I will be stocking up on more, and probably trying some new hooks on them next year. It's a pretty fun bite. Where the jerkbait you go to snap it and feel weight or a pull, the blade you go to lift it up and get the same experience.

All day Saturday all I could think about was skiing Royal Flush. One of my favorite trails at K and over-looked once Skye, Bear, and the Canyon open up. In my few experiences it is like a lot of the snow in the Canyon blows onto Royal Flush and The Throne. Flush probably has the most character of any trail at K since it is still narrow, has all the water bars, grundle floss, etc. Skye Peak Lift Line or the few bands on lower Conclusion are my others. Probably have not done enough exploring though as I know there are some fun times to be had in the woods/area around The Jug.

Had a great day out last Thursday. Went out of the CT River-Oxbow section around 11am. Fished the main river for smallies until about 2pm. Current was just too strong, not even a follower. Went into the Oxbow flipping the jig around wood for an hour. Nadda. Frustrated after 4 hours without a bite I started throwing a suspending jerkbait in 10-15' of water in front of the wood I was just flipping and that's when it got fun. Boated about 15 largemouth in 90 minutes, only one fish under 2 pounds. Biggest was 4-11 lbs., best 5 went about 17 lbs. My best bag out of the Oxbow. Water was 43-44* in the main river, 45-46* in the Oxbow. The week prior I had a 5-11 largie and some other good ones from the wood when the water was 2-3 degrees warmer, I think it just was not warm enough for them to move onto it so they were suspending just off the hard cover. You can notice the bellies on the fish, they had/were seriously feeding up for winter. Notice the talon scars on the top of this 4-11 right below the spiny dorsal fin. Some bird almost got her when she was younger. This jerkbait has been absolute magic this year for fishing more than 10' of water on the Quabbin and CT River. Strike King is making decent baits again.

I really need to read up more to fully understand the NFT and gaming area. Seems to be an interesting intersection, the main meme stock has been hiring as many NFT/crypto folks as they can recently. SAND and MANA are green in a sea of red today.

Looks to have found some good support, reddit has only jumped on board in the past week. It was my first crypto buy at about .45, I've DCA'd up to about 1.05 and am still holding. I'm used to stocks so probably should have taken some out but I'll learn. All the Github "leaks" and GME responding on twitter to the rumor make I may take my cost out soon/if an announcement is made and let the rest ride.

My dyslexia got me in this post. I saw LC in the quote, immediately jumped to LRC, saw your comment, and thought "No!" lol

Grabbed GOEV weeklies at 11, 11.50, and 12.00 yesterday morning were $15-25 a piece lol. Ran to $13 in pre-market twice. First and maybe the last time I ever play weeklies, but I'm watching the meme plays from next week until February, lots of exposure and the stars look to be aligning again.

Always had this view. Took the plunge a month ago and now instead of doing work I'm learning everything I can about crypto. Never thought I'd say it but there is a lot less BS involved with prices/volatility than dealing with stocks/options imo. The latest BBBY after-hours run due to their buyback followed by all the meme stonks pumping the next 24-hours just confirmed my suspicions about ETFs and I don't see myself playing with stocks much more.

Winds are cranking. A few gusts around 40, sustained at about 20-25.

Thinking it might be a good idea to throw some grub treatment down. Have a had an opossum in the yard eating the past three nights.

Got stuck at 33* and fog here.

I'd take that prion over FFI.

I think November has had better skiing than December a couple times in the past five years. 38*, crunchy grass tomorrow morning?

Crotched in NH probably has the best system around. When I was a Peaks holder in 2011-2014 they would "resurface" the entire mountain (~100 acres) after any liquid event or free/thaw cycle. Basically just blanket the mountain in 4-6", the conditions were always fantastic, rarely heard hard pack noises. They run into issues come February because they have limited water supply.

Blue Hill has gusted to 45. I'd put the over/under at 64.

Not sure about Superstar but I know North Ridge (Rime, Reason, Upper EF) area they can get enough base in about 12 hours, then a few hours of pushing/grooming to open.

I think I will try Icelantics for my next pair of 110-115 waisted sticks. Any likes or dislikes? I usually prefer a super stiff ski with a little rocker.

Wind maps are not "over doing" for this event, calling it now. Why? Five years of grad school all comes down to this week for me, internship apps due and I really need internet.

He was just flat out good last night. I noticed that but umps were routinely checking for substances between innings. Fox would show it just before breaks. I didn't realize the Yankees complained about the whistling in the 2019 ALCS and MLB agreed but couldn't identify the source. https://www.yahoo.com/now/report-mlb-confirmed-whistling-after-yankees-complained-in-alcs-unsure-if-astros-were-source-145808180.html#:~:text=According to Martino%2C MLB had,to have identified the whistling.

Putting on my tin-foil hat, 98.5 The Sports Hub is going off about the whistling before Astros hits last night and Dusty Baker wearing a smart watch.

A photo of a photo.

35*, feels great.

Looks like an extended window for snowmaking for Killington starting Friday night. They are going to need a couple hundred gun salute on Superstar every chance they can for the World Cup event next month. Hopefully they are able to find the personnel to make it all happen. I just got caught-up on the "Fast Tracks/Pass" option Powdr is offering. Brilliant move! Less litter under the chairlifts. On a powder day, skiers and riders in NY Giants and Rangers jerseys can easily dispose of their empty Bud Lite cans or cigarette butts by tossing them at "Fast Tracks" holders skipping the lines. There is going to be some serious heckling going on there by the Killington faithful. Mike S.'s comments on it appear as though it will have minimal/no real impact on lines. Probably be cancelled 2/3 months into the season like the last time this was tried.