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If you're really serious about seeing how wind affects water temps you're going to have to go about what you are doing in a more scientific manner. You'll need years of sample data and you need to take into account all the conditions. At the very least you need to take surface temperature readings at different areas of the lake bofore the wind starts, during the wind, and after the wind stops. You also need to take air temperature readings, log wind speeds, and note how sunny it is and how many hours the sun is hitting the water. I wouldn't bother with the wind chill factors because those are calculated in realtion to what your 98 degree body feels. This time of year surface temperatures of lakes are already around freezing temps (mid 30s-low 40s depending on the lake) and if you have a 45-50 degree windy day and the water is in the 30s the combination of the warmer wind and the sun beating down on the water and bottom will actually warm up the surface (even though the wind chill might be below freezing.) If you get a windy day in the 20s then the wind will help the water cool down faster but at the same time it will prevent it from freezing. River ice is a different story and forms in a bunch of different ways. I fish coves of rivers where the water is calm enough to make ice. Ice also forms in curent breaks created by rocks, trees, shorelines etc...During the day the sun heats those pieces of structure causing the edges to melt allowing the current to sweep the ice downstream away from the structure. These chunks of ice congregate in areas like deep pools and at the base of waterfalls. The mist thrown off by the falls also freezes almost instantly on cold days when it reaches any surface (just like freezing rain) and this can cause feet of ice to build up.
idk i thought this was just plain and simple. ice will form faster if the water is calm. ice will form if there is wind, but not nearly as fast as it will as if there was not. i'm not getting pulled into this cause i have better stuff to do like organize my tackle, sharpen hooks and respool . so i'm just going to leave it at
I've been using this warm weather to stock up on more pike and muskie bait. In the last week I think I've added about 4 dozen fallfish and 3 dozen suckers to my collection. If anyone has big goldens and wants to trade for suckers (live or dead) let me know. I've had a rough time catching goldens and I'll take them live or dead, doesn't matter. Here's a few pics from the other day. It's always good when you can't see the bottom of the bucket. I even had to throw a fallfish back because it was too big...2lbs 8oz (Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)
My ice season started on December 14th, and 6-8 weeks will give me 42-56 days on the ice
I'm a musician, every day is a vacation. If you see a guy sitting in his car practicing saxophone while watching his tipups, that's me.
If it gets cold enough..... Even the Niagara above the falls will freeze solid and no water will pass the drop-off. If memory serves, this has happened in 2-3 winters of extreme cold in the past 100 years. But "cold enough" depends on where and when. I have fished the Mullica river on brackish water ice some 35-38 years ago. It was brutal cold that far south in NJ to form the ice on that salted water. It was also a time when NJ had 18-24 inches of I've on some lakes. There are exceptions to all rules. Scenic Lake was half skimmed this morning, but that won't get any of us dragging and thunking and buzzing on the hard stuff for the next few days at least.
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