01-12-2008, 01:12 AM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2][#002850]Bait_Caster and myself have been wanting to fish the springs south of Haws Point. We decided that today was the day to give it a try ... very bad idea.
Early in the morning we left the marina and headed straight across to Haws with the slush monster consuming us all the way. In an attempt to avoid danger in the springs, we went way out around next to Rainbow Point.
I’m not sure just how to write this report. There are no words to describe how bad the slush is right now. We never even got to drop a line once! We were busy all morning getting stuck and digging out. We never set up a tent and we are just simply glad to be back alive! We did drill one hole and discovered we were on ice only 2 ½ inches thick!
I fell through the ice in that area up to my waist but as I was going down, I quickly put out my arms and was able to roll to safety. Now I was drenched with water in my boots and the snow machine stuck again.
We were stuck MANY times. As the day went on, the slush resistance got worse and worse. Finally, BC was able to go good enough to get the sleds back to the truck but had to leave me behind because there was just too much resistance. I was worried the whole time he was gone that he might get stuck and be alone with a new unsolvable problem.
He did make it back to get me and it was full throttle all the way back to the marina and still just barely making it.
By the time we got back around noon, our lungs were burning and we were shaking like leaves. We had been working our guts out all morning. I felt like kissing the parking lot ground I was so happy to get back!
After we got everything loaded, and were going to drive the snowmobile up into the trailer, we could not get the engine started. We checked all the basic stuff and no luck. We were so tired that we just could not drag that heavy pig up the ramp. Luckily, four guys came by and gave us a hand. I can only imagine where we would be right now if that snow machine would have stopped on us out on the lake.
My feet were frozen and my clothes still wet and froze up to my waist.
I felt like we were very close to a tragic ending many times today.
I think that the heavy snows, like we got this week, just acted like a sponge and soaked up all the lake water. Absolutely NO where on the lake was there a lack of the supper heavy deep slush! We even go stuck several times on the hill sides because the snow was so deep.
Man, what a day. They say we learn something every day. Today I got a lot smarter!
My advice ... don’t venture out on that slushy mess too far from help.
Number of fish caught today ... ZERO! And I am alive to tell the story![/#002850][/size][/font]
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Early in the morning we left the marina and headed straight across to Haws with the slush monster consuming us all the way. In an attempt to avoid danger in the springs, we went way out around next to Rainbow Point.
I’m not sure just how to write this report. There are no words to describe how bad the slush is right now. We never even got to drop a line once! We were busy all morning getting stuck and digging out. We never set up a tent and we are just simply glad to be back alive! We did drill one hole and discovered we were on ice only 2 ½ inches thick!
I fell through the ice in that area up to my waist but as I was going down, I quickly put out my arms and was able to roll to safety. Now I was drenched with water in my boots and the snow machine stuck again.
We were stuck MANY times. As the day went on, the slush resistance got worse and worse. Finally, BC was able to go good enough to get the sleds back to the truck but had to leave me behind because there was just too much resistance. I was worried the whole time he was gone that he might get stuck and be alone with a new unsolvable problem.
He did make it back to get me and it was full throttle all the way back to the marina and still just barely making it.
By the time we got back around noon, our lungs were burning and we were shaking like leaves. We had been working our guts out all morning. I felt like kissing the parking lot ground I was so happy to get back!
After we got everything loaded, and were going to drive the snowmobile up into the trailer, we could not get the engine started. We checked all the basic stuff and no luck. We were so tired that we just could not drag that heavy pig up the ramp. Luckily, four guys came by and gave us a hand. I can only imagine where we would be right now if that snow machine would have stopped on us out on the lake.
My feet were frozen and my clothes still wet and froze up to my waist.
I felt like we were very close to a tragic ending many times today.
I think that the heavy snows, like we got this week, just acted like a sponge and soaked up all the lake water. Absolutely NO where on the lake was there a lack of the supper heavy deep slush! We even go stuck several times on the hill sides because the snow was so deep.
Man, what a day. They say we learn something every day. Today I got a lot smarter!
My advice ... don’t venture out on that slushy mess too far from help.
Number of fish caught today ... ZERO! And I am alive to tell the story![/#002850][/size][/font]
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