Thread: Hard Water Season Next

That snow and ice can reflect a lot of the sun's energy. I remember being on the ice one day when it got downright hot and I ended up in shirtsleeves and they got rolled part way up. Paid for that rolling up dearly. White hide...bright sun...cooked.

Ma and I went to the grandson's basketball game last night and the air felt different now. Felt like winter even if it was 30 dgrees. No1son and others who live in the northern tier states know the feeling. I think no1son may be entertaining a snow shovel today and perhaps tomorrow and then we get cold according to the local weather. I'm thinking you're going to get nipped too Crappie 1. The weather map I saw looked pretty wide where the cold was going to settle and with the amount of snow forecast the air is going to lose a bunch of heat. Just hope the snow precedes the cold so you're ice can set up clear.

Originally Posted by CTom

That snow and ice can reflect a lot of the sun's energy. I remember being on the ice one day when it got downright hot and I ended up in shirtsleeves and they got rolled part way up. Paid for that rolling up dearly. White hide...bright sun...cooked.

Ma and I went to the grandson's basketball game last night and the air felt different now. Felt like winter even if it was 30 dgrees. No1son and others who live in the northern tier states know the feeling. I think no1son may be entertaining a snow shovel today and perhaps tomorrow and then we get cold according to the local weather. I'm thinking you're going to get nipped too Crappie 1. The weather map I saw looked pretty wide where the cold was going to settle and with the amount of snow forecast the air is going to lose a bunch of heat. Just hope the snow precedes the cold so you're ice can set up clear.

Just looked at the weather, it is supposed to get colder. It was 37 earlier. I'm ready for some ice...

They changed the weather to include high winds [40 mph or more], heavy snow in some areas, and well below zero by this time tomorrow. I can almost hear the ice snapping here with that forecast, but I hope the snow stays to the north.

You can finally smell winter in the air, but then it gets back up into the 30's by middle of the week again, probably not warm enough though to stop building ice for most of the day. Looks to me like the week after this next one we get to play St. Peter and walk on water, at least on some of the lakes. I am not ready to chance it yet this coming week.

Dale

Originally Posted by CTom

That snow and ice can reflect a lot of the sun's energy. I remember being on the ice one day when it got downright hot and I ended up in shirtsleeves and they got rolled part way up. Paid for that rolling up dearly. White hide...bright sun...cooked.

Ma and I went to the grandson's basketball game last night and the air felt different now. Felt like winter even if it was 30 dgrees. No1son and others who live in the northern tier states know the feeling. I think no1son may be entertaining a snow shovel today and perhaps tomorrow and then we get cold according to the local weather. I'm thinking you're going to get nipped too Crappie 1. The weather map I saw looked pretty wide where the cold was going to settle and with the amount of snow forecast the air is going to lose a bunch of heat. Just hope the snow precedes the cold so you're ice can set up clear.

The winds don't seem to have made it to Minneapolis, but by now we have around 5" of new snow here in the mid/mid-south of the Metro. Temps still running right at 30, too. This evening and tonight the bottom will drop out, but it may stay a bit milder than they were originally forecasting only down to 5 - 10 above. If that is all the colder we get this winter, I will take that for sure. (I can dream can't I!)

I did a shake down trip yesterday with a friend of mine. I found 5 to 6 inches of clear blue ice on the bay we fished. I iced some medium sized crappies in the 9 and 10 inch range. I caught some small gills with one nice fish going 9 inches.
I got to try out my E. C. inline reel; what a sweet rig.:-)

Originally Posted by Crappie 1

Hi no1, I have gotten my face really tanned sitting on a bucket ice fishing, especially in Mar. Even got accused of going to the tanner...lol

Just caught this. My nephew goes to the tanner in the fall or else he gets seasonal depression. It is just too blame gloomy. He needs the extra ultra-violet.

Originally Posted by Bob/MN

I did a shake down trip yesterday with a friend of mine. I found 5 to 6 inches of clear blue ice on the bay we fished. I iced some medium sized crappies in the 9 and 10 inch range. I caught some small gills with one nice fish going 9 inches.
I got to try out my E. C. inline reel; what a sweet rig.:-)

I'm envious. We have 29, but going into the 40's again mid week. Glad you got out..