Next weekend, the 2014 Special Olympics Massachusetts Winter Games will be held March 8-9 in Worcester and surrounding areas.The 2014 Winter Games will host approximately 2,000 athletes, and 1,200 coaches and volunteers under the guidance of the professional Special Olympics Massachusetts State Office staff. The Winter Games give athletes a chance during the year to train and compete in the sports they adore, to ultimately showcase their love for winter sports and have the opportunity to experience a full and vibrant lifestyle. The Special Olympics Massachusetts Winter Games consist of competition in five sports: Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Floor Hockey, Ten Pin Bowling and Basketball. Basketball is the largest of the five sports hosted at Winter Games, with more than 100 teams and 1,200 coaches and athletes. Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding will take place at Wachusett Mountain in Princeton, and I will be there as a coach with my team, the “Nashoba Shooting Stars.” This is our 12th year competing. Our athletes have been training for this weekend for months. We will compete in Slalom, Giant Slalom and Downhill and hope to bring home the gold. If you are in the area, stop by and watch an inspirational group of athletes that believe in their competitive alpine racing abilities and not their disabilities!What a season for hard water anglers, especially up north. Most readers know I have a great attraction to Sebago Lake in Maine, where the togue fishery provides a lot of action. Ice thickness varies all over the lake, and there are still areas without ice, which is not unusual for this big lake. With property on the big lake, my family and I have been fishing this lake for years and, as you know, we have scored some pretty big salmon and lake trout, often called togue. I proudly have one on my wall that weighs 11 pounds and a good friend of mine has one that went over 12 pounds. For years I’ve been telling you that if you want a trophy lake trout, go to Sebago because there are some real monsters in the deepest part of the lake, which is over 300 feet. I have seen these large ones on the fish finder on occasion. Last weekend an ice fisherman landed one of these giant togue, a trophy of a lifetime that tipped the scales at over 22.42 pounds, just shy of 40 inches in length. Rumor has it that one of the hottest baits this season is nightcrawlers, which are not really traditional bait for togue! Locally, anglers across the state can take advantage of the early February stocking of broodstock Atlantic Salmon. Each district received a limited number of broodstock salmon ranging in size from 3-11 pounds from the Nashua National Fish Hatchery in Nashua, New Hampshire. Due to the limited number of fish available and the challenge of stocking through iced-over waters, only a select number of waters received salmon. Nearby, Horn Pond in Woburn, Lake Saltonstall in Haverhill, Baddacook Pond in Groton, and Lake Cochituate in Framingham and Natick will be or have been stocked.The lottery is now open for New Hampshire’s 2014 moose hunt. Enter soon and try your luck on what many consider the adventure of a lifetime. Lottery applications are just $15 for New Hampshire residents and $25 for nonresidents. To enter, visit huntnh.com/Hunting/Hunt_species/hunt_moose.htm, where you can apply online or get a mail-in application. Or pick up a lottery application from any Fish and Game license agent or at the Fish and Game Department in Concord, NH. Moose hunt lottery applications for 2014 must be postmarked or submitted online by midnight Eastern Time on May 30, 2014, or delivered to the Licensing office at Fish and Game headquarters in Concord before 4 p.m. that day. Winners will be selected through a computerized random drawing on June 20 in Concord.Oh, by the way, in case you haven’t noticed, this year’s snow is deep and it’s still coming down, getting deeper every day, so don’t hang up your skis or boards, spring skiing could be the best in years and