Thought Id just give all the ice fishermen a little heads up, I just got my new Dec. issue of In-Fisherman and its loaded with some good articles about ice fishing for several different species.
Hold your tongue I'll take 45 degrees all winter long
I don't want to upset any hard-core ice fishermen but I'm burning my copy of In- fisherman for luck.
When's that ice arriving , any guesses when we'll be ice fishing
Ironically, I can’t wait for ice…..to get out of the cold!
My flip-over with heater is MUCH warmer in 0 zero degree weather, than my kayak is in 40 degree weather. Went to Caesar Creek on Saturday, and froze in the kayak to catch a half dozen crappie.
Well if we do get it.I Hope we get it. Nothing worst then tweener ice!! You know just enough to not be safe to walk onbut keep u from fishing. Luckily the first snap,the deeper lakes and most rivers will survive.... Ill admit im not ready for it yet.but will take ways given to me
Right on the money saugeyefisher, nothing worse than a long period of coldish temps with unsafe ice and not being able to find open water. I'll ice fish when forced to do so but ---- not exactly my favorite past time. Maybe I need a flip-over and a buddy heater and a 2 quart thermos.
Good luck and Good fish
Tom. Just for asking were gonna make you drill the holes when the lake is making ice. Lol. Diaper time when cracks come from across the lake and runs between your legs.
Sorry there hard water guys, don't mean to be the bearer of bad forecasts but saw the following report today ....
Leave the ice skates and fish shanties; ready the shovels and snowblowers. That could be the forecast for this winter, based on unusually high surface water temperatures on the Great Lakes.
Each of the lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario — as well as lake St. Clair, all have temperatures well up from this time last year. When compared to long-term averages, the surface water warmth now is even more striking: Lake Michigan, for example, is above its long-term average temperature by 3.81 degrees Fahrenheit. (Think about how long, and how much energy, it takes to warm that volume of water that many degrees.) Lake Erie is 3.4 degrees above average. The last time the Great Lakes were warmer than this on Dec. 1 was in 2000 — and that’s the only year they’ve been warmer than this, going back to 1994.
Relatively warm surface water at this time of year has historically meant Great Lakes that remained mostly ice free for the entire winter, said George Leshkevich, a physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. The laboratory uses data gathered from several Earth-orbiting satellites, offering a more lake-wide assessment of the Great Lakes than isolated data from buoys.
enough ice for the fish to know to spawn, that's all we need of course, I won't be thrilled shoveling the extra couple feet we get because of the open water but I'll make the sacrifice if it's warmer than usual ...
I don't , I almost always use a sharp axe, but my brother goes the chain-saw route, It slings a lot of water and ice for my taste( he has on occasion soaked me down--- but I cut my holes farther from him now) but maybe we where doing it wrong but it is pretty fast.
Good luck and Good Fishing !
I have seen people use them ice sculptures and for scuba diving under the ice, but that hole is much larger than you're allowed for fishing, like 4'-5' square, if might would work but you'd need a small bar to do 8" ... probly does a number on the chain to, not sure how many holes you could do before it's dulled up
Of course I blaming Tom for these current deplorable weather conditions, As far I know, he was the first one to mention ICE [/QU
Don't blame Me its that dang calendar again, I read today it is the anniversary of the blizzard of 77-78' the same year the big O froze over, now there was some ice for ya.
We need a good ice year after the poor one last year. Just pulled the sled out of the shed today and moved it to the garage. Can't wait to get it loaded up!
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