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Offline Drgetiton

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Refreeze?
« on: Mar 14, 2018, 07:15 PM »
Temps looking gold at night  for a refreeze in the berkshires, anyone with any conditions, please keep me posted

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #1 on: Mar 14, 2018, 07:52 PM »
I think it is possible. I saw ponds Sunday that slushed over and were hardening.  Problem is if you fish that in direft sunlight or on a day above freezing, you can easily get wet.  To worsen things it snowed since Sunday and the temps will not be near cold enough to make black ice under snow.  Especially on lakes or ponds that have iced out, and then slushed up.  The water temps are increasing even on lakes with ice on them.

I think some of the highest spots will remain fishable for a bit.

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #2 on: Mar 15, 2018, 11:16 AM »
The surface may refreeze, but because the waters have been warming gradually over the past few weeks, they won't freeze solidly enough to allow safe fishing.

As stated prior, direct sun and above freezing air temps will degrade any "new" ice faster than you can say "holy crap!" and go thru!

Add the snow weight to the mix and it spells "fool's venture" to anyone willing to take that risk!

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #3 on: Mar 18, 2018, 10:00 AM »
the Club pond still had on section frozen and with the last 2 colds night it has set up again.  will i bother to drag out the gear and head up is the question.
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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #4 on: Mar 18, 2018, 01:23 PM »
Haven't put the gear away yet and don't intend to. I was on 12" yesterday
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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #5 on: Mar 18, 2018, 04:00 PM »
Today 12 to 14". Solid, 2"white ice the rest solid black. No slush, most snow blown off.


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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #6 on: Mar 18, 2018, 04:19 PM »
Wheres that jigabob??

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #7 on: Mar 18, 2018, 05:33 PM »
Had to go up to Mt Washington resort this morning.
 Up around the lakes region exit 23 on Rt 93 at 10;30 this morming the temp. was 7 degrees.
 I would say there is a lot of safe ice on small ponds north of Manchester.
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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #8 on: Mar 18, 2018, 05:56 PM »
it freezes overnite and melts in the daytime

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #9 on: Mar 18, 2018, 06:58 PM »
it freezes overnite and melts in the daytime

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #10 on: Mar 18, 2018, 07:04 PM »
Vampire ice fishing.
Fish from sunset to sunrise. ;D

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #11 on: Mar 18, 2018, 07:48 PM »
Had to go up to Mt Washington resort this morning.
 Up around the lakes region exit 23 on Rt 93 at 10;30 this morming the temp. was 7 degrees.
 I would say there is a lot of safe ice on small ponds north of Manchester.
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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #12 on: Mar 18, 2018, 09:08 PM »
Had to go up to Mt Washington resort this morning.
 Up around the lakes region exit 23 on Rt 93 at 10;30 this morming the temp. was 7 degrees.
 I would say there is a lot of safe ice on small ponds north of Manchester.
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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #13 on: Mar 19, 2018, 10:18 AM »
There is ALWAYS a chance of refreezing during late FEB and early MAR.

I saw some skim coating on a slow moving section of Mother's Brook in Hyde Park this morning.
The water was completely open yesterday afternoon.

Waters that were still locked up can gain additional ice, but not too much as the ice forms AND melts from below.

I'm planning on possibly hitting Winnipesaukee for a day trip on Sunday, but I'm still working out all the details beforehand.

There should be good ice on many lakes and ponds, in addition to the snow they got last week....
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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #14 on: Mar 19, 2018, 06:15 PM »
Dunns pond in Gardner probably has close to 3 nches on the snow covered part of the lake give it maybe 3 cold nights and you got safe ice in central mass don't mean to spot burn but I'm pretty sure everyone is desperate to Ice fish right now

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #15 on: Mar 19, 2018, 06:23 PM »
I think they stopped stocking dunns in the fall starting last year.

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #16 on: Mar 19, 2018, 09:23 PM »
I think they stopped stocking dunns in the fall starting last year.
only because it was too low to stock

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #17 on: Mar 19, 2018, 11:49 PM »
i always wanted to try Dunn for trout through the ice. not to many places to catch trout through the ice in the worcester area besides comet and we all know about "no flag comet". I didnt bother trying it this year because i saw that it wasn't stocked in the fall. will probably try it next year.

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #18 on: Mar 20, 2018, 05:48 PM »
i always wanted to try Dunn for trout through the ice. not to many places to catch trout through the ice in the worcester area besides comet and we all know about "no flag comet". I didnt bother trying it this year because i saw that it wasn't stocked in the fall. will probably try it next year.
it is very good with plenty of fish to spare not much over 16 inches but there's lots good number place I've gotten 10 a day there and what do you mean no flag commet?

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Re: Refreeze?
« Reply #19 on: Mar 20, 2018, 08:22 PM »
thats a well known nickname for comet because the fishing can be unbearably slow at times through the ice.

 



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