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Offline swillerjig

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Question about cold weather and the making of ice???
« on: Jan 21, 2011, 07:12 AM »
When you have a foot of snow on top and a little slush on the ice does it still make ice?? I know it makes it from bottom up but the snow insulates it.  It is going to be be 0 or below the next few nights and a couple of my spots were skinny on ice just curious.  Thanks for any info
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Offline ice dawg

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Re: Question about cold weather and the making of ice???
« Reply #1 on: Jan 21, 2011, 07:49 AM »
It still makes ice, but probably not as fast. I have a problem with trusting ice with slush on top of it.
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Re: Question about cold weather and the making of ice???
« Reply #2 on: Jan 21, 2011, 04:38 PM »
It slows the ice down a lot, usually 1/4 as fast as no snow from what I heard.  The slush is good for the ice because the more the snow melts, the faster the ice is made.
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Re: Question about cold weather and the making of ice???
« Reply #3 on: Jan 21, 2011, 05:26 PM »
i am actually thinking about getting my leaf blower out to blow snow at some local ponds, where i usually catch fish, just because the more the snow lays the more the ice loses thickness.
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