Author Topic: How will ice hold up (Read 3258 times)

groum · « **on:** Dec 15, 2005, 10:48 AM »

For those of you that have seen this before. How will the ice hold up with this storm? Any ideas or thoughts.

nepa old man · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 11:28 AM »

Depends where you are, north or south.

groum · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 01:12 PM »

I am in Altoona so can be north or south in an hour. Which will hold up better.

nepa old man · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 01:49 PM »

Quote from: groum on Dec 15, 2005, 01:12 PM

I am in Altoona so can be north or south in an hour. Which will hold up better.

I would say north, but check before going on. You should know your area better than us in eastern pa. Up our way north always is the first to freeze and the last to hold up.

odriscoll · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 03:37 PM »

I expect the Southeast ice to go down to nothing from the rain.
Snow, freezing rain won't really hurt anything up North.

Fat Boy · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 04:34 PM »

I'm keeping my fingers crossed... The good thing about the South Central PA forecast is that the rain is only projected to be for the last 2 hours of and that's good news as long as it's not a heavy rain. Originally, they were calling for rain for 5-7 hours. It could stay cold if things keep going the way that they are now!

R.V. ICEMAN · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 04:51 PM »

snowing like hell in south williamsport, still 21 degrees

Van_Cleaver · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 05:38 PM »

30 degress and raining here in Del Co. Some of the lakes would take a really heavy rain to wipe out. The most damaging scenario is when feeder streams overrun the new ice. At least they're only calling for a day or two of warm weather, followed by several colder than average days. Unlikely to see any single digits again for some time in these parts, though. Probably after X-mas, our more typical ice fishing season.

Icenutter · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 15, 2005, 05:42 PM »

I wish we had a little rain to get rid of all this snow on the ice. All this weight will make the ice drop and it will be a sloppy mess under the snow.

Dizzy · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 04:30 AM »

46 degrees and raining steadily here in Easton, PA... any hopes I had that Lake Towhee would be fishable are probably melting away as I type this.

Hopefully the Pocono's are a bit colder. $:-\$

pletch · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 04:50 AM »

Somerset county mainly received sleet and a little snow. The temp never got above 30 deg. I am getting ready to hit Cranberry will post tonight.

tomg · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 06:24 AM »

I live just south of Meyersdale and we got snow all day through the night. The temp never did go past 27Deg at 7am it was 25 deg. My house is about 2600 feet elev so I think High point will be fine. We also had lots of wind.

1MOFISH · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 06:37 AM »

Quote from: tomg on Dec 16, 2005, 06:24 AM

I live just south of Meyersdale and we got snow all day through the night. The temp never did go past 27Deg at 7am it was 25 deg. My house is about 2600 feet elev so I think High point will be fine. We also had lots of wind.

had to drive the garrett shortcut looks like siberia wind howlin' now blowin' bet you icefish in july

do you ever fish the yough dam up by the old old rt40 bridge

mofish

JiggerPa · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 07:10 AM »

31 degrees here in Howard and the sky is clearing up, sun is trying to peek through. Looks like we got another 5 or 6 inches here, haven't ventured outside yet.

Snapper · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 07:46 AM »

Here in and around Butler thing should hold up fine if everything hold true on the weather prodictions. I'm going to hit the lake for a few tonight.

Snapper

scansy · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 08:42 AM »

Chester County - lots of rain. Creeks running high. Reports of flooding in some areas.

Went to bed last night with snow on the ground everywhere. Woke up today to my green lawn.....

Probably gonna need waders to fish Marsch Creek or Struble.... I will check later today or first thing tomorrow morning.

tomg · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 09:41 AM »

Quote from: 1MOFISH on Dec 16, 2005, 06:37 AM

had to drive the garrett shortcut looks like siberia wind howlin' now blowin' bet you icefish in july do you ever fish the yough dam up by the old old rt40 bridge mofish

The garret shortcut can be fierce. Just getting back into the hard water fishing. Never tried the yough but it is on my list of possibilities. How about you? It seems like we have two season down here sometimes. Winter and thaw-out. The temps are suppose to get colder so that is always good. I may go to high point if I get a chance this weekend.

slider · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 10:56 AM »

fishing the YOugh isnt a good idea .
Its a flood control dam and the water level flucuates
ive heard of times when theres ice the water is 8 feet from it

MikeThePike · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 16, 2005, 03:38 PM »

Quote from: Icenutter on Dec 15, 2005, 05:42 PM

I wish we had a little rain to get rid of all this snow on the ice. All this weight will make the ice drop and it will be a sloppy mess under the snow.

We were walking through 2-3" of water in some places on a lake in Luzrene County earlier today. Drilled a hole and watched all the water whirlpool until most of it was off. Only problem was by the tie it stopped you had a 10" hole when you started with an 8".

sbfPA_Mike · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 17, 2005, 02:30 PM »

fastribs85 and I hit Lake Towhee in Upper Bucks Co today, 4 inches of solid ice! I can't believe I was out this early this year.

The fishing was dead early in the morning with a slight pick up midmorning with a couple Bass

for myself and a couple Gills for Todd. He picked up a decent Pickeral in the late AM.

I had to leave just before noon, but Todd was staying for a bit longer, maybe he will see this post and let us know how he did.

Mike

fastribs85 · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 17, 2005, 08:06 PM »

yep got one more pickeral later at about 1 and left shortley after didi some looking and was just drilling and looking for active fish

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