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Offline howesfc

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How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:24 PM »
On a pond in Steuben Co. NY its 14" thick. :)
 
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:28 PM »
2' Peace Region, BC
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #2 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:29 PM »
probably more than my auger as ive heard guys here in Sask. are having to install extensions. Its cold here and not much snow..ice is hard in the places ive been....Sask. is not for the faint of heart
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Offline icedpapermouth

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:32 PM »
Small pond Washington county NY measure 18" and that was over a week ago.
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Offline WyoMinFisher

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:34 PM »
Hoping for at least 4" tomorrow!  Might be last trip of the year already >:(
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Offline bobberbill

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:34 PM »
Around 18" here in SW Mich..
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Offline Eddie Spaghetti

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #6 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:36 PM »
@12 here in western PA.
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Offline phantom jigger

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:44 PM »
12" lake George ny
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #8 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:49 PM »
30" in Midwest wisconsin
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Offline Big Burk

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #9 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:50 PM »
3-4' here depending on what lake
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #10 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:56 PM »
two to four and a half feet thick all over Manitoba
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #11 on: Feb 11, 2014, 07:57 PM »
Adirondack mountains 18-24 inches.  ;D
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #12 on: Feb 11, 2014, 08:00 PM »
Pittsburgh,PA area 9-11in.
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Offline DFresh75

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #13 on: Feb 11, 2014, 08:09 PM »
Minnesota Cities - 24-30" with brutal cold.

Debating about a Strikemaster Auger Extension.  Never even thought about it until this crazy year.
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #14 on: Feb 11, 2014, 08:17 PM »
varied from 12-24" last weekend, big warmup starting today, forecasted 40s-50s for the next 10 days at least so there's gonna be less, might even end it here for some lakes! >:(
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #15 on: Feb 11, 2014, 08:19 PM »
30"+ here.
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #16 on: Feb 11, 2014, 08:45 PM »
18 to 21" on the north part of Lake Champlain
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #17 on: Feb 11, 2014, 08:45 PM »
10"-14" of good ice.
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #18 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:04 PM »
Almost 40 inches where I fish in cities.
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #19 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:07 PM »
Southern and Central Manitoba @ over 4 feet on the big lakes. 36" on most of the others.
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #20 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:12 PM »
Merrit res. In north central Nebraska.  20".  Weather for ten day super warm.  Gonna go fast!
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Offline Glowjigger

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #21 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:29 PM »
17 inches north central wa

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #22 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:32 PM »
Right around 30"
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #23 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:32 PM »
Upstate ny: about 2 feet.
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Offline 800stealth

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #24 on: Feb 11, 2014, 09:44 PM »
18"-20" on all the ponds I hit in Southern NH
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #25 on: Feb 11, 2014, 11:46 PM »
  My Buddies Motor was in the snow and that was last week.
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #26 on: Feb 11, 2014, 11:56 PM »
11"-13" with a couple inches of snow on top... hopefully next week's heat wave gets rid of that snow, but leave the ice the same.
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Offline tman

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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #27 on: Feb 12, 2014, 12:05 AM »
Three feet in ND need an extension to get thru
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #28 on: Feb 12, 2014, 12:15 AM »
15'' in central pa  :)
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Re: How Thick Is The Ice Where Your Fishing?
« Reply #29 on: Feb 12, 2014, 03:21 AM »
44 inches here in Manitoba.
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