Author Topic: Time for a funeral, wear your black (Read 6183 times)

Mr.Seaguar · « **on:** Feb 02, 2017, 12:29 PM »

It's dead in here. I can hear the low organ music, smell that odd smell mixed with flowers. Precious memories, how they linger...

sparkee · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 02, 2017, 02:55 PM »

SEAGUAR----OPEN YOUR DOOR & LET SOME OXYGEN IN----You are starting to hallucinate

ralphy · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 02, 2017, 08:11 PM »

Take the large lady to a great restaurant . Ply her wine. Keep her at your place for at least another month or so!!!!!! We will all thank you

Mr.Seaguar · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 03, 2017, 09:00 AM »

There is more talk of open water fishing than ice fishing.

tricohatch · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 03, 2017, 04:25 PM »

It's attributed to "global warming"

Bates · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 03, 2017, 05:06 PM »

7° this morning here, still driving trucks all over the ice. Towards the end of next week the weather guesser's say things might change. I'll believe it when I see it gone, not a really good year for ice but not the worst. It's not global warming it's weather, it changes day to day, year to year.

Mr.Seaguar · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 03, 2017, 06:51 PM »

Yeah, it's was cool when we moved the shack around today

tricohatch · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 03, 2017, 10:23 PM »

I have yet to see a "polar vortex" this year!

MidnightRambler · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 04, 2017, 06:06 AM »

We had a polar vortex. It only lasted a day or two.

I am heading out the door to hit a pond south of Cedar Rapids. I hate to agree with the pessimists, but based on the current forecasts this may indeed be my last weekend on the ice this far south this winter.

Bates · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 04, 2017, 01:21 PM »

tricohatch
What do you consider a "polar vortex " ? Why use that phase anyway, did you here on TV to hype up a cold spell a few yrs ago? I remember ice 20+" on Big Creek in the 90's. In '08 or '10 lakes up in northern iowa had ice so long and thick there was lots of winter kill. Coldest this winter up here is -24, is that a so called "polar vortex" ?

Kevin23 · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 04, 2017, 07:02 PM »

I was on 8-9" in the QC today. We will be on the ice next weekend for sure, not sure how much longer than that for this spot though. I was told my late ice spot has 12"+ still, so might have to check that out after next weekend.

MidnightRambler · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 07, 2017, 09:34 AM »

I was on 6" of decent ice on a small pond in northern Johnson County Sunday night. No cracking at shore or over the deeper water I was fishing.

I went back yesterday at 5:00 PM, thinking I could get one more outing before it went bad. Wrong.

Six or eight hours of above-freezing temps had turned the shoreline ice to mushy crap. It settled and cracked everywhere I put a foot on it, and one or two hits of the spud bar went right through anywhere I could reach. The ice over the deeper water may have been in better shape, but I was not about to find out for sure.

The pond that was a no-go last night was in better shape on Saturday than a couple others I looked at, which had nothing but skim ice near shore.

If anyone hasn't heard, two guys took a cold bath Sunday (before the warmup) on the south arm of Macbride. They got out fine.

Long story short, unless there is a long cold spell coming soon that none of the current seven, ten, or fifteen day forecasts can see, I am done ice fishing south of Cedar Rapids for this winter.

Bryan in iowa · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 07, 2017, 11:55 AM »

Guy went in at Ft DesMoines pond yesterday, got out ok . Head North for good ice. Even then it looks to be short year.

Bates · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 16, 2017, 06:58 PM »

I'm done for this ice season, took a lot of my new toys out today, Atv, camera, flx28, rods/reels. The ice is still 18-19 inches but starting to get bad and water is going through. The temps are supposed to be 60 or so for the next 6 days. Wish I had a shaded spot so I could fish a few more weeks.

reg01 · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 16, 2017, 07:10 PM »

Are you talking about Clear Lake when you say the 18-19 inches of ice is going bad?

Bates · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 17, 2017, 03:16 AM »

reg01, this was on Lost Island Lake.

Mr.Seaguar · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 17, 2017, 07:47 AM »

West okoboji will be good for several days yet but I don't know how long

MidnightRambler · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 17, 2017, 07:57 AM »

There is rain forecast for Monday for NE Iowa. Maybe up to 1/3 of an inch.

They may have enough ice up that way in places to withstand the temps this weekend, but a decent amount of rain on top of it will probably put an end to ice-fishing up there, too.

Oldbear · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 18, 2017, 09:27 AM »

Quote from: Bates on Feb 16, 2017, 06:58 PM

I'm done for this ice season, took a lot of my new toys out today, Atv, camera, flx28, rods/reels. The ice is still 18-19 inches but starting to get bad and water is going through. The temps are supposed to be 60 or so for the next 6 days. Wish I had a shaded spot so I could fish a few more weeks.

Like wise here too. Couple days ago started cleaning out and cleaning up my stuff from the truck. A week and a half ago I was on 15" up North but I'm done for the year unfortunatley.

crappeye · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 18, 2017, 10:41 AM »

Sad day. Just put all my stuff away. Had a good year,got 9 weekends of fishing in. Better than the past couple years. Freezers full, ready for summer fish frys!!!

potatoe · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 18, 2017, 10:27 PM »

We are done also, heading south in a few weeks. Going to try the ice fishing poles around the docks with the vexilar.

Fish Butcher · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 21, 2017, 07:23 PM »

Not yet. I have a shady spot.

jstfish · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 11, 2017, 05:33 PM »

Thank God ice fishing season is over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bates · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 12, 2017, 08:30 AM »

Lakes up here locked back up. Lost Island area.

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