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96/97 set a record here for latest icein and earliest ice out, 68* in January !
- 32 with a windchill of -48 here. suppose to be this cold till Saturday.
I remember a year like this it was the year before hell froze over that was some good fishing there. Maybe I can go back there next year.
I'm at the bottom of the ice belt but 05 was warmer than normal. A good way to tell is look at you local river usgs flood graph. It has historical floods which corelates to warm rains during ice season or heavy snow that melted quickly. Good stuff there "Rairdog" .....I'll check it out!.....Zoo.
WHAT WINTER??!!!
2005? We had tornado watches in Dec. Jan. And Feb Crazy. Our lake was getting just about fishable but now its wide open and muddy, flood watches in the area.
I sure can, but can't remember the year. Somewhere around 1980 I think. Anyway I was on the water with my boat by the middle of March. The date for removing shacks from the ice was March fifth, but there was no ice by that date.
2007- Chaumont Bay was wide open on January 20th that year....it rained almost every day in November and December and most of the first 2 weeks of January.
Nope can't remember a winter where we had this much snow and ice since I moved here in 1997. Last Saturday it was -23* with 24.5 inches of ice and the Rainbow Trout were biting.I will definitely be needing my auger extension this year. Last year we had @ 4 feet at seasons end this year we will surely beat that mark if this weather keeps up.By the way for those of you in the lesser 48 I would gladly take you icefishing if you were to visit me in Alaska.Our local fishing derby starts February first and lasts all month with no entry fee and a bunch of fishing stuff as prizes. A brand new Eskimo power auger and a pile of other fishing goodies.Sorry you guys don't have any ice yet or for those that do that it is thin. We can't all live in Paradise.
I remember a lot of warm winters with little ice, but one thing I bet you can count on in a year like this is that at some point you will get one hell of a snow storm with wet heavy snow.