With water temps in the 40's and cold nights, it will not be long before the water turns to ice up here. A sad time. Hope to launch a time or two more before winter sets in. How close do you guys cut it?

My last day out in my boat is usually around thanksgiving

I launch until the water is too hard for my boat to float. Last 2 years I have been out the first week of December and water in my area is usually hard by Dec 10-15 . My home lake has a couple of houses with webcams so I watch those before driving up. I watch those instead of TV in the spring, with bated breath, waiting for ice-out. i think I will have 2 more trips out this year...Nov 17th and Dec 1st.

Threw my back out last week and had to put my yak up......sigh. Nice to hear you guys in Maine are out there. Usually I stay out 'til about Thanksgiving myself. 

Threw my back out last week and had to put my yak up......sigh. Nice to hear you guys in Maine are out there. Usually I stay out 'til about Thanksgiving myself. 

Sorry about your back. I keep telling myself to take the kayak out but end up shore fishing with my dog. I will shore fish until it ices up (looks soon   ) All of us love fishing so much it leaves a big void in our lives. Thank God for this site!

Fished Friday and Saturday in 24* weather and dropped the boat off at the dealer Monday for winterization and warranty work. 

Winterized my boat 2 weekends ago.  I didn't see any chances of me getting out again this year so I got it out of the way. Ice is forming thin on smaller water bodies here already.    

While I'm sad to pack in my normal gear for the year, I'm excited about my first season of ice fishing. I have never done it before. Just picked up my first setup and a few lures to try out once the lakes freeze over. Almost time to see what it's all about. Anyone else planning on dropping a line through the ice this year?

I wait until the lakes are frozen to winterize my boat. The last 2 years have been mild here and I fished all winter. I change the lower unit oil and plugs and keep going. I haven't fogged my engine in 2 years. I just jinxed myself didn't I? Crap! I hate shoveling snow.

I don't stop, if one spot is frozen I'll go somewhere else