Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: jmsteele187 on September 26, 2013, 08:42:12 AM
Title: I can't wait
Post by: jmsteele187 on September 26, 2013, 08:42:12 AM
I can't wait for the new ice fishing season! After only getting out once last year and none the year before, I'm ready for a nice cold winter. I do have a feeling that most of my fishing will be done in Michigan though. Up here in Toledo there just isn't much going on, unless Erie freezes up good. I have one spot within 15 minutes of my house, but I'm not sure how the panfish are. The gills are usually all dinks. I did however pull a nice FO crappie out of there in the spring while kayak fishing, so I'm hoping the crappie bite will be pretty good. I also still have a lot of gear that hasn't had much use from the lack of ice, the last couple years. Here's to, hopefully, a great ice season!
Title: When does the first freeze of the fall season normally occur?
Post by: Banker on September 26, 2013, 10:52:35 AM
When does the first freeze of the fall season normally occur?
A temperature of 32 degrees fahrenheit has officially been recorded as early as Sep 28th at Cincinnati...Sep 21st in Columbus and Dayton. However...elements such as topography...urban and rural setting and placement of recording instrument can create wide variations in temperatures across an area.
National Weather Service temperatures are officially taken at an elevation of five feet above the ground...but the temperature at ground level may be colder. On typical fall nights when frost occurs...the temperature at the five foot level may read 36 degrees while at the ground level it is actually the 32 degrees needed to form frost.
The following reference table will give an idea as to when the first freezing temperatures might occur...based on the latest 30 years of climatological data available at each of the listed locations. A graphical presentation of the average first freeze date and the termination of the frost/freeze headlines for the season will be available on our website at www.NWS.NOAA.Gov/iln/ (http://www.NWS.NOAA.Gov/iln/).
Location avg date first first 32f in one first 32f in nine 32f in fall year out of ten years out of ten (10% probability) (90% likelihood)
..southwest Ohio
Cincinnati Oct 23 Oct 9 Nov 6 Dayton Oct 19 Oct 3 Nov 4 Hillsboro Oct 24 Oct 7 Nov 9 Milford Oct 13 Sep 28 Oct 29 Wilmington Oct 13 Sep 28 Oct 27 Xenia Oct 11 Sep 26 Oct 27
..central Ohio
Circleville Oct 19 Oct 2 Nov 4 Columbus Oct 20 Oct 6 Nov 3 Delaware Oct 9 Sep 27 Oct 22 London Oct 8 Sep 25 Oct 21 Marysville Oct 16 Sep 28 Nov 3 Newark Oct 11 Sep 27 Oct 26 Washington c.H. Oct 19 Oct 4 Nov 3
..west central Ohio
Bellefontaine Oct 11 Sep 27 Oct 25 Greenville Oct 8 Sep 25 Oct 22 Kenton Oct 13 Sep 26 Oct 30 Springfield Oct 10 Sep 29 Oct 20 Urbana Oct 11 Sep 25 Oct 28
..south central Ohio
Portsmouth Oct 17 Sep 28 Nov 4 Waverly Oct 9 Sep 25 Nov 9
..Kentucky
Carrollton Oct 20 Oct 8 Nov 1 Covington Oct 17 Oct 5 Oct 30 Maysville Oct 20 Oct 7 Nov 3 Warsaw Oct 17 Oct 3 Oct 30 Williamstown Oct 21 Oct 6 Nov 4
..Indiana
Richmond Oct 12 Sep 29 Oct 24 Vevay Oct 24 Oct 9 Nov 8
Title: Re: I can't wait
Post by: davidhoheisel on September 30, 2013, 10:12:50 AM
I am with you on that. Cant wait.
We are starting a new division of the Great lakes largemouth Series next summer out of Toledo and we had an open event a few weeks ago.
That is a big body of water with a lot of marinas around. Ever ice fish around Maumee Bay?
Title: Re: I can't wait
Post by: jmsteele187 on October 03, 2013, 09:45:19 PM
I have not. The last couple years have been pretty tough when it comes to ice. Last year I was only able to get out one and I had to travel up to Michigan to do that. The year before, ice was pretty non existent. Three years ago, when I got back into ice fishing, I was able to get out once, but took a week of vacation to fish and all the ice melted the first day on the first day. This year, I'll probably try to head up to Michigan again. I'll also try to check out some of the marinas that are closer to me, but that will be more toward the western part of the bay, in closer to the shore. If we get a good freeze, it would really be nice to get on some walleye or jumbo perch. There is also a smaller lake about 10 minutes away from me, where I'll be trying to get on some crappie and maybe a few northerns I've heard rumors about. I may end up spending most of my time there instead of the bays and marinas off Erie.
Title: Re: I can't wait
Post by: slabslayer on October 05, 2013, 10:45:10 AM
Me too, lake or ponds, I don't care. I just want to get on some safe ice!!
Title: Re: I can't wait
Post by: OldSailor on October 06, 2013, 09:44:12 AM