still iced up

 

solid ice actually, may not open til the weekend

 

soft around the edge, but should be open after this rain coming.

 

Thanks all for the periodic updates. I will bank for this weekend, but if anyone notices it free up sooner and is willing to post, it would be much appreciated.

 

1-2 yards of open water around the edges this afternoon. I saw a guy fly fishing the edge from the platform. It is also dotted all over with manhole size open spots. The thunderstorm they are calling for should open it up.

The Olentangy is blown out. They must be letting it all loose up in Delaware getting ready to hold back as much of the spring rain as they can.

 

The Olentangy was very high tonight. Was out for a couple hours and just way too hard to fish. I hope these rivers go down abit..

 

The seams were opening up today, including about a 10-20 feet wide one perpendicular to the bank. Might be interesting to pitch one way out there and work it right under the edge of the ice back to shore. There was also a pretty good size open spot over by the drain pipe. I'll bet that with this warm rain we are having there will be significant open areas by tomorrow.

 

anyone go by here today? how's it looking?

 

anyone go by here today? how's it looking?

I was out this morning, and left there at about 11AM. Did a circuit around the lake.

There is one channel open that starts off at the point just south of the 'pier', not too wide. It's really shallow for a long ways out and the channel goes all through to the other side.

Water is flowing IN to the lake from the Olentangy through the drain pipe, so there's a big open spot there. I called the Parks folks to let them know, because I was under the impression that water can only go out and not flow in. Expecting a call back.

There's still snow on the south bank, and it's still frozen with lots of ice almost to the bank. Open along the north bank and west bank (towards the north end), though not too much. It's really shallow wherever there is open water and the farthest the ice is from the banks (except the drain area and channel) is about 15 feet - North end.

Other than that it's still iced up, but very patchy and thin in most places. Should be all open by tomorrow morning.

I spent couple of hours there and the Olentangy - nary a nibble.

The Olentangy is really high, fast and like chocolate milk.

 

I was just by there, and there is plenty of room to fish. A few hours of sun and wind make a big difference.