Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: Minnowhead on December 16, 2012, 08:42:35 AM
Title: Ahhh, that's better...
Post by: Minnowhead on December 16, 2012, 08:42:35 AM
Fri Dec 21
32° 26° Snow Shower / Wind Chance of snow: 40%Wind: W at 22 mph DetailsSat Dec 22
36° 26° Snow Shower Chance of snow: 40%Wind: WSW at 14 mph DetailsSun Dec 23
34° 23° Cloudy Chance of precip: 20%Wind: WNW at 10 mph DetailsMon Dec 24
31° 25° Mostly Cloudy
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Post by: jiggin junkie on December 16, 2012, 09:08:58 AM
Where is this?
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Post by: slabslayer on December 16, 2012, 09:15:19 AM
That's for us, I've seen the same thing. Hope it's right, wanting to be on ice by New years.
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Post by: deerslayern on December 16, 2012, 10:19:47 AM
thats right. hopen to be on by jan 5th. lake eries gonna b a bust again but east harbor is gonna b good this year.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 16, 2012, 10:45:35 AM
I know. I can't believe with the Lake open, we're not getting snow off it. I'm glad though, snow on a layer of skim ice can kill a lake. We need a cold snap before any measurable snows!
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 16, 2012, 11:14:04 AM
Dont look at the 15 day forecast on accuweather.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 16, 2012, 11:33:31 AM
I just did. >:( They changed it!! It's like deja-vu all over again. If I don't get at least a month of ice fishing in this year, I'm going to go crazy!!
But, I remember 3 or 4 years ago it started like this and then in Feb it never got above 30 the whole month. We weren't on ice until the last week of January, but the ice stayed good and solid thru mid-March. It was one of the best ice seasons I've had. Not in terms of length, but in terms of quality and quantity of fish. Hoping for something similar this year. I'm not panicing yet, just waiting for the ice to come and making sure my gear's 100% ready when it arrives! ;D
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 16, 2012, 11:41:20 AM
If we dont get ice this year im going to be screwed. I have invested to much money into a few business ventures that revolve around ice fishing. If there is no ice or a super short season people are not going to spend money like they normally would.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 16, 2012, 12:03:34 PM
You're right. Dave and I were noticing that at the Fin show last weekend. There are a couple things I wanted for this season but haven't bought yet. If its only a 2 or 3 week season, I'll put that money into new stainless storage locker latches for my Ranger and other boat improvements and save again over the summer and if we have a good season next year, I'll buy the ice stuff I want. Just seems like a waste to me to spend $1500 +/- on ice gear when I have everything I need. If we're going to continue this trend of no or brief ice, I'd rather put that money into bass boat luxuries rather than ice fishing luxuries. I boat 9 or 10 months out of the year and at this rate, I've ice fished 1 hour in the last 22 months.
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 16, 2012, 12:10:30 PM
Ive have always held out on buying a boat because i work 6-7 days a week during the soft water season. If this no ice trend continues I may break down and buy a small pontoon boat and drill a few holes in the floor so I can "ice fish" thru it. I could set up my hub shanty on it and have a heater in it so I can fish when its cold out but no ice. I can picture all the peoples faces when the see a pontoon with a ice shanty on the deck. LOL
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Post by: slabslayer on December 16, 2012, 12:28:23 PM
Sounds crazy, but that's not a bad idea! I've been out after crappies and had 2-3 inches of snow in my boat. I'd have killed for a pontoon with a shanty set up on it! ;D Warm and toasty instead of wet and freezing.
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Post by: jaybird62 on December 16, 2012, 07:44:20 PM
we need lows in the teens cold man cold
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 16, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Just looked at the 15 day again and as of tonight there is not a single day that the high is below 32 degrees. There is also only a handful of days that the low is below freezing. I sure hope that accuweather is wrong. Im not banking to much on there predictions because yesterday they were showing the 3 days before christmas totaling 6 inches of snow with 1/2 inch of freezing rain/ice. So I started to go into plow/salt mode and started getting everything ready to go. I looked at the forecast this afternoon and all of that had changed to sunny and warm weather. You would think with all the modern technology that we have today they could do a little better predicting the weather. I think that they are more wrong today then they were in the past.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 17, 2012, 09:50:15 AM
I agree. They never get it right anymore! I just want to have an ice season, at this point I don't care it it's one month, 2, or 3. I just want to get on some ice and use my gear!!
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 17, 2012, 08:25:25 PM
Just looked at the forecast again only 24hrs. later and it shows all good ice making weather starting friday and continuing to the first of the year. Hope this forecast is right. ???
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Post by: icebucketjohn on December 18, 2012, 06:02:06 AM
I'm taking off work the days between xmas & new years. Hopefully we'll have a little ice.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 18, 2012, 06:34:48 AM
Agreed, I'm off then too. We'll need to fish if there's ice!!!
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Post by: slabslayer on December 18, 2012, 06:37:41 AM
Hope its right this time!!
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Post by: jumpy on December 18, 2012, 12:53:56 PM
Hang in boys...
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Post by: jiggin junkie on December 19, 2012, 07:36:25 AM
I know this is subject to change in a few hours, but accuweather shows ice weather coming our way!
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 19, 2012, 04:04:24 PM
For the first time in awhile accuweather hasn't changed the forecast to much for 2 days now. Where they have changed it it is for the good. The daily temps keep getting lower and lower. My cousin in law is in the Air Force lives up in Fairbanks Alaska on the base and said it was -40 today. I asked him to send some of that cold our way. Hopefully he will and we will be on the ice in no time.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 19, 2012, 04:11:46 PM
Heard that!!!! 8) :o
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Post by: futurestrader on December 20, 2012, 08:15:47 PM
just checked the forcast and knock on wood they are right for once.
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Post by: slabslayer on December 21, 2012, 05:53:31 AM
Looks like it's finally on its way. Any luck and we're on at Palm Road next weekend!!