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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: JMZ on Jan 11, 2015, 11:52 PM
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We fished on Belmont in PA on Sat night. The temp was 4 degrees F. There was no wind but it was brutal. My tipup line was freezing on the ice My artifical bait, wax worms, minnows froze. We were in a hut, but the zipper froze so the door would not close. We fished until 1 PM but nothing was biting. Three other guys were there from Nanticoke and they said the bite was tuff all day. Did I make anyone laugh or feel sorry for me? :'(
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Went out yesterday and it was -25 celcius or -15 F. The wind made it feel like -30
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Here's a little trick to estimate the temp in from Celcius to Fahrenheit. Just multiply it by 2 and add 32.
If you want to go from Fahrenheit to Celcius the subtract 32 and the divide by 2.
So for my example 4 F - 32 = -28 / 2 = -14 C.
That's cold in PA. :o
Wow saskbucks, you got guts or are nuts! ;D
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-5 fished for 3 hours and said the hell with it and sat next to the wood stove
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The wife & I fished for about six hours one day in -15F w/15 to 20 mph winds. It was brutal, but we fought through it because we were catching fish. We had chilled bodies for two days after that trip.
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About -7f, wind howling, NO SHACK. My BIL and I fished a promiscuous fishing lake in SD and caught two five gallon pails of perch. I doubt we ever counted them, I don't remember how many. We would fish as long as we could, then get back in car to warm up. We drove into town and had lunch and bought a pan so we could heat our coffee over a fire. My in-laws thought we were nuts. They could not believe our catch. I couldn't either. This was Xmas 1996 or 97, the real cold one.
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-15* dead calm in the open. Got tired of skimming the hole ice out constantly, only lasted an hour or so. Temp wasn't that bad but I was much, much younger then. Gull Lake, MI and ~3' of ice mid '70s, did well on Smelt that night
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minus 25 twice,i didnt learn the first lol.
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I've been out at -15 F with no wind an that was not bad but one time I fished it was about 10 f with 30-40 mph winds and that was brutal.
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I've been out at -35* with no wind, it was sunny and felt warm facing the sun. I only jigged that day, getting tip-ups in is never
the problem, it's picking them up at the end of the day. :o
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Saturday morning when I went out it was -1*F with some wind. Yesterday was -4*F but no wind. It was much nicer without the wind
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-30's is fairly normal on northern lakes here.
When properly equipped that's not as bad as it sounds.
WS.
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I think it was -25 F , near Kieler, WI while in college. Can't remember if it was with or without windchill, probably with, I think it was about -15 though, holes froze before jigs hit bottom.
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10 years ago, it was -13 without a shack. I had a buddy heater out in the open to keep my hands warm. I will never do that again.
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This season -29F and -26F. ! do use a shanty with heat though. -4F was the high one day but with sunshine and no wind it was one of the nicer days to fish.
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My very first weekend of ice fishing about 7-8 years ago. We drove 3 hours to the cabin on a Friday night. Saturday morning was nice and about 20-25f with a little breeze. We fished outside the portables in the morning and then all hell broke loose midday. First the snow came and the temps took a nosedive. We split up into the 2 portables. Fished for a little longer and packed it up. Me buddy and I were in a clam 5600 with the plastic floor, he got out to start loading the truck and the shack took off across the lake with me in it. By the time we got off the lake it was -20 with windchill around -55. Sunday was no better, the wives were happy that we were home early
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It was minus -20°f here this morning regular temperature. If in a shelter jigging it's not so bad but trying to set up or pull in tip up's is brutal, my hands can't take it anymore once below around +5°f setting tip up's that is.
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Last year -38F on Upper Red. I know I was out in -40's back in college (Ely, MN), before I knew any better.
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Below zero and right at Zero and a few times in single digits not considering wind chill, here in pa.
I have a shanty and I fish when I can. Don't let the cold dictate that. If I didn't have a shanty and fished tipups it would be a pain though.
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Last year we cancelled work so I went fishing. The sun came out and it wad a clear day. The fish were biting all day. The sun was VERY warm. I had to run back to the truck so I checked the temp on my mirror...it said -8*. It didn't feel anywhere near that temp. Amazing the power of the sun!!!
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Devils Lake two years back. Wind blowing 20 - 30, -12 F. Cold cold cold
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-20* variable winds. we stayed several hrs with non stop action. Then One time i believe it was 10* and -25 windchill 30-40mph wind we stayed less than an hr and called it quits.
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I was out Saturday all day before sunrise to sunset. Think it was 1 or 2 before the wind chills got above 0, didn't take the shanty because it was a mile or two hike in down railroad tracks with minimal amount of snow. Didn't think it was bad but definitely had to clean out tip up holes every half hour or so. Wasn't the coldest Ive been out but coldest I've been out from sunrise to sunset with out a shanty.
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My coldest was -33F. Back when we didnt have huts. Lasted 2 hrs, no bites. Done -25F several times, with no humidity and no wind it aint bad if the fish are biting. Back when I was younger and didnt know any better! ;D
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Below -10 it all really feels the same...fricken cold.. But you dress right and there's no problem.
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-20 several times last year, was a brutal year for ice fishing. We caught more fish the worst the temps were. Tip ups were hot, but it was so cold, no one wanted to go out when a flag went up!
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Coldest actual temp was -32 F. No wind and we were out all day on snowmobiles with no shelters, it was actually very tolerable fishing outside due to no wind.
Coldest I've felt fishing was +5 F with sustained 25-30 mph winds... I could feel the wind through my car door on the drive to the lake. I fished 2 hours in a shelter and it was still brutal, heater ran out of propane and I had to leave because my hands didn't have the dexterity to switch in a fresh propane tank. Good thing I left when I did because the DOT shut down the interstate shortly after I got home.
I fished Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon this weekend without a shelter and temps were -5 to +5 F but no wind so it was pleasant fishing outside.
I'll take bitter cold temps and calm over mild temps and a strong wind any day.
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-35 Wind Chill the last 2 years at the Brainerd Ice Fishing Tournament. Lets just say the Striker Suit and Facemask are key. The skin around my eyes got messed up. Goggles this year for sure.
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-35 Wind Chill the last 2 years at the Brainerd Ice Fishing Tournament. Lets just say the Striker Suit and Facemask are key. The skin around my eyes got messed up. Goggles this year for sure.
No disrespect, but do you realize you can look up weather history? The past 2 Brainerd Jaycees haven't gotten below -15 F windchills... I'm not saying it wasn't cold, just saying windchills weren't even close to -35
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Close to -50F with the wind chill.
Yesterday it was -31 with the wind chill when I was out.
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Back when I was in collage it was so cold they cancelled classes -30F (don't know what the wind chill was). Day off school so me any my friends went fishing. No heaters, no shelter, just siting on a bucket out in the open. Pulled in a few perch, but took about 3-4 hours to get the feeling back in my hands after cleaning up and pulling in my tip-ups.
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I'm not interested in a "size comparison" bud, trust me it hit -30.
CBS said -20 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-brave-minnesotas-freezing-temps-for-ice-fishing-contest/
And weather measured in one specific area of Brainerd isn't indicative of the same temperature on open water. -10 with 10 mph winds is -28 on the new charts.
The day after the tourney it was -9 regular temp, it was a crazy cold snap. 43mph gusts http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/arctic_blast1301.htm
Feel free to look at this video and tell me your thoughts.
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-27 and some wind! Chesterfield, Idaho last year, coldest I have ever been in, cut right into the bones.
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-54 ambient. Was in the hardside. Sleds wouldnt start for two days. Put my knee on the seat to grab the pull cord and my leather seat spider webbed.
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I'm going to do a semi-scientific heat measurement in my Otter with a gun the next time its -10 to -20 to see how warm it gets with a heater and without. Thank god for it!
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-15F, thats the reason we have insulated portables. Big buddy heater and It was an awesome day.
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When I was younger and had no shanty. Out in the open with mad wind. Couldn't stand out there long and kept truck running so we could go warm up after setting tip ups and reeling in fish. Caught a bunch of big gills and a few bass. Got my truck stuck on the way out. Had my girl friend and a buddy with me. They got out and stood on the bumper and got it out.
Trip from hell although makes for a good laugh later over a nice fresh fish dinner! Older and wiser now for sure. 4WD truck and a shanty.
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Minus 8 this past Saturday in Torrington Ct at 5:15 when we were setting gear but it warmed up to the positive side once the sun rose. No wind so no problems. -13 last year same weekend, same lake and never got above 0 but the bite was on so it was a great day.
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Years ago -50f with the wind chill, first spot I hit was a river that normally have no safe ice. The first pool I got out on, every hole I cut would fill with slush from the up stream open water (could not drop a line)... To bad, that pool normally holds some nice browns. Next spot was even more in the open, I was getting some smallies on the tip ups and jigging some perch. As soon as I would pull a fish out of the water I could watch the ice form on the out side of it, completely covering it in a second or two... I was releasing the smallies, so I would open my coat and pull them from the water in to my jacket, take the hook out and drop back in the hole. My wife said I smelled even more fishy than normal! This is all with out a shelter or wind break. I was dressed well and stayed mostly warm. The coldest I have "played" out in was with a wind chill of 80 below, riding a bicycle to work (the things we do when we are teens), I was dressed great and the only thing cold on me was my eyes, the water on my eyes would start to freeze and I would close them, then they would freeze shut, and I would have to pop them open again! I love my Clam Scout!
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Minus 21 degrees at Starvation Reservoir in Utah. Not that bad since the wind wasn't blowing. I have have been fishing in worse when temps are warmer, but wind is blowing harder and snowing or raining hard. I have had shanty blow across the lake a couple of times and that really sucks!
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18 below for me... took my jacket off after the walk and had icicles growing out of my shoulders from the steam lol that was a fun day. Luckily no wind and when sun came out a great day
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A few years back, -18* ambient temp with a -47* wind chill. Inside the hut probably 60* and toasty. Didn't even go outside to p**! Gave new meaning to "just hold it!" Lou
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-15 or so plus 40 mile an hour winds up in Maine a few years ago. Couldnt even stay warm in the cabin!!
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Many times in -30 F and wind chills at -50. Not uncommon around here.
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-32 in the Adirondacks in the late 80s temp that day got up to a whopping -10 fished tipups and no shanty.
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Oneida lake 1977. Ice 3 feet thick. Dad was cooking chili on the Coleman stove, chili was boiling in the pot by time you took a spoonful and put it in your mouth it was cold. Sunglasses froze to my nose when I took them off they peeled the skin off both sides of my nose, ended up getting frostbite on 3 fingers on left hand all for one walleye.
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Oneida lake 1977. Ice 3 feet thick. Dad was cooking chili on the Coleman stove, chili was boiling in the pot by time you took a spoonful and put it in your mouth it was cold. Sunglasses froze to my nose when I took them off they peeled the skin off both sides of my nose, ended up getting frostbite on 3 fingers on left hand all for one walleye.
This is the type of memory that makes a story to tell!
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On Green Bay last year, first day was -19. a few days later it was -25. Not bad after we got to the shacks. Fishing was a little tough though.
Many tears ago, (1980??) prior to me owning any type of shanty, I fished a small pond when wind chill was -65. Later went to a lake caught a fish and hands almost froze taking it off the hook. We left.
A few years later - we set tip ups in -35 wind chill and watched from my truck. No fish.
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Fished last Thursday -20 wind chill 25 mph brutal no shanty
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Last year had to be one of the coldest winters around here and I was out in about -15F with 25ish mph winds, I was in my Frabill (black hut), sun was very bright and Buddy heater going from the get go. It wasn't too bad, I fished in my Blue suit without the jacket and hoodie on for about 5-7 hours. The walk back took the breath out of you.
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coldest fishing was 5 F with a wind chill of -5 F.
Caught a few fish but spend most time net to a shore side campfire.
Went skiing back in the 90's at Mt Sutton, Quebec where it was -17 F at the base lodge and -50 F at the summit.
Skied all day and the cold was only a mild deterrent.
The wildest thing was walking into the summit lodge through a cloud. The indoor air was warm (fireplace) and the outdoor air was -50 F, so when you walked through the door, a cloud would form instantly so you couldn't see what/who you were walking into!
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Coldest day so far this year for me was -11* with wind chill of -32*. It was a nice day to have the insulated Eskimo 949 for sure. :icefish:
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Try to forget the coldest day until the next time. If I would remember to many I wouldn't be out there again in the sub and wind. Gotta love it for some reason. Oh well gotta go its a balmy 10.
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minus 30 degrees F on the bay of Quinte years ago.
Wind chill was minus 60 degrees F.
I sat on a bucket and cleared the hole scooping snow every 30 seconds.
Line was like hard rock candy on a string.
I wore a Northern Outfitters snow suit and only undershorts beneath it.
I was not cold but it sure was freakin' windy!
Spindoctor-Bud
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-25 , the insulated clam shack did it's job though. Great day of fishing that day
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Mine would be -24F.
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-44f below Jan.2010
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-25. When my wife and I were dating in '87 she wanted to go ice fishing with me and when we got up to my favorite lake it was minus 25. No shack but thankfully no wind.
She never complained but sure seemed to enjoy the hot chocolate at the lodge that day. ;D
28 years later, I guess she was a keeper.
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-25 with some decent wind. I'll go out without a shanty in -10 and be fine if the wind isn't blowing. Hands get pretty cold after a while but if the fish are biting it's tolerable. I was out 2 weekends ago and it was -18 with 35 mph wind and that was brutal. Last Sunday was -8 and I seen about 7-8 guys fishing out in the open with only jacket,jeans, and work boots....only in North Dakota :o :o If I'm bundled up well the wind is about the only thing that will stop me from going out.
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Was -48 with windchill two weekends ago when we were at the shack. Been averaging -30 for last few weeks until today. Above normal temps in the forecast will be a nice change fishing around 0
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-15 here in Syracuse yesterday. I actually ended up getting frostbite on my right hand pinky.
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Fished the artic blast last year -50 degree wind chils...
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minus 25 with 30 mph winds. wasn't fun at all,lol.
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I think alot of you guys are talking wind chill temps and not actual air temps throwing out -20s and -30s.
There's a big difference there.
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30 below zero several times
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-38c no wind and sunny so it was bearable once we got the shake up and the heater going it was,nt to bad
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Here's a little trick to estimate the temp in from Celcius to Fahrenheit. Just multiply it by 2 and add 32.
If you want to go from Fahrenheit to Celcius the subtract 32 and the divide by 2.
So for my example 4 F - 32 = -28 / 2 = -14 C.
That's cold in PA. :o
Wow saskbucks, you got guts or are nuts! ;D
Depends who you talk to. I say part guts part nuts!
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22 yrs ago sackets harbor international ice fishing derby..-48 below wind chill..brandy want good enough antifreeze that day...it was good fishing though...couldnt get through the ice without an exstention for the power auger....i would freeze in my footsteps if ibtryed that now
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-40 upstate Wisc. We had a huge bonfire. 10 tip ups per person. The old timers let us kids catch all the northerns, they stayed by the fire and drank brandy. We came home with a bunch of fish.
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Ive fished lots of days with 40+ mph wind and below zero. those days are misable but i couldn't think of something better to do then go icefishing.
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-27
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-24 on Meacham Lake in the Adirondacks. Had been that cold for several days in early January. But lots of snow on the lake.....I joked with my buddy on the first hole we drilled.
"Wouldn't it be funny if you popped through with your auger right away and it's only like 2 inches thick?"
"Ha,ha. That would be funny.!"
Pop.
We were on about 2 1/2 inches of ice.
We did not move much that day and just stayed in the shanty. It was useless. The blowing snow was filling up our tip-up holes instantly and freezing.
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I think alot of you guys are talking wind chill temps and not actual air temps throwing out -20s and -30s.
There's a big difference there.
I think "a lot" of them are Canadian, so they are talking Celsius
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I think alot of you guys are talking wind chill temps and not actual air temps throwing out -20s and -30s.
There's a big difference there.
Dont know where your from but any of the guys here from the adirondacks and up through to my neck of the woods arnt talking wind chill. -20 and colder, air temp.. the other night i looked at the statewide forecast, not including wind chill...... it was like 4 degrees down on the PA border, it was -19 upbhere in Massena. Its cold up here bro.
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Here's one for you. You need some basic algebra to figure it out. What temp is fahrenheit the same as celsius?
F=1.8 C +32
You need to replace the F by C and solve the equation:
C=1.8 C + 32.
Answer coming up soon.
You'll see when the temp gets in the low negatives they are about the same. ;)
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"40 below is 40 below"
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-52 without windchill and was below -60 with the windchill, needless to say I had the wood stove a rockin in the shack but had an amazing day burbot were biting like crazy. Last couple weeks has been -30 to -40 and colder before this warmup came last week, fished almost everyday in the cold. It's above freezing here now and more warm weather for the weekend will be nice to fish outside without bundling right up and not fighting to keep the holes open