Author Topic: say good bye to the ice (Read 3156 times)

inHISgrip · « **on:** Dec 10, 2011, 10:34 PM »

Clear
40°23°   dec11

M Sunny
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Cloudy
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Cloudy
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Showers
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inHISgrip · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 10, 2011, 10:39 PM »

5 days above freezing then 50 and rain..... if this happens no way the ice will hold in southeast NE

fowlfoolr1979 · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 07:58 AM »

You must be looking at a different forcast than I just saw.... local news just said warming up a bit for the first couple days of the week then back to highs in the low 20's by the end of the week.

Layne

Spark · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 08:22 AM »

Different than Lincoln also: 36H 31L, 36H 27L, 34H 31L, 45H 25L, 37H 15L, 31H 13L, 28H 11L.

Forecast still doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling!!!!

Fish-icer · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 07:15 PM »

As long as it doesnt rain we should be fine around the lincoln area for next weekend. Or at least I hope

inHISgrip · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 08:41 PM »

Posted by: Fish-icer
« on: Today at 06:15 PM
As long as it doesnt rain we should be fine around the lincoln area for next weekend. Or at least I hope

Fish-icer you have got to be kidding ME did you see what the lakes looked just today........ by Thursday we will have open water... Look i want to be Wrong. I want to Ice fish more then anyone. But I am try to be realistic............ wishing it won't happen won't help. Expect the worst and if your wrong then it feels great

JAM3S · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 09:10 PM »

Hear me out. How about one 90 degree day to melt all this nasty crap away so we can start over with no snow.

Tomhusker · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 09:14 PM »

Quote from: JAM3S on Dec 11, 2011, 09:10 PM

Hear me out. How about one 90 degree day to melt all this nasty crap away so we can start over with no snow.

Sounds good to me!

Fish-icer · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 09:56 PM »

positive thoughts bring positive results

JAM3S · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 11, 2011, 11:17 PM »

well, my positive thought for tomorrow will be.......

At least it's not July!

inHISgrip · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 07:05 AM »

I am positive that Southeast NE sucks for just about all kinds of fishing......

inHISgrip · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 08:10 AM »

We had good clear ice down here.... if its get warm enough to open the lakes back up all the way then we may be OK..... but i have seen this before when it gets to 31, 29, 27 maybe even 18 at night then warms up during the day cold enough to kind of re freeze the slush and grap on top then melt and re freeze. even later in the year when we get back to zero or below if air and slush is stuck in the ice we get Honeycomb ice. I have seen people break though 10 inches if that kind of "honeycomb" ice..... I telling you the season could be over if the wrong things happen while the ice is just forming. You guys already dodged a bullet with the last snow.... we did not get that wet snow south of Lincoln. but we are looking at now could make the ice unfishable all winter....... It would not be the first time this happened in this fishing wasteland we call Nebraska

Tomhusker · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 09:03 AM »

If all else fails we could carpool to South Dakota and the Iowa Great Lakes!

inHISgrip · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 09:07 AM »

I am ready................. ....

thesleddinfisher · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 09:27 AM »

Sure is nice havin 5-6" of clear ice waaaaaaay over here.

inHISgrip · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 09:55 AM »

yea yea rub it in .....

looks like road trip time......

BojiHawk · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 11:00 AM »

Quote from: Tomhusker on Dec 12, 2011, 09:03 AM

If all else fails we could carpool to South Dakota and the Iowa Great Lakes!

IGLS's will be iffy as well Tom. We'll see....forecast is sketchy.

inHISgrip · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 02:27 PM »

Quote from: BojiHawk on Dec 12, 2011, 11:00 AM

IGLS's will be iffy as well Tom. We'll see....forecast is sketchy.

I don't think the I.S. Team realizes how bad and widespread this warm up and Rain is going to be.

BojiHawk · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 02:40 PM »

Pretty dangerous guys. This stuff gets honeycombed or blows out partially and turns into a puzzle of chunks...it's very touch and go. I would drill a lot of test holes and def. thow in a rope with a cushion on the end. Drawdowns and ramps with run off will be especially worthy of a second glance.

fowlfoolr1979 · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 04:36 PM »

Let's just melt all this stuff off with the rain the next couple days and start from new around Xmas....

Layne

spikes · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 05:58 PM »

Looks like I will have to take an early vacation and go north. Not looking very good right now. Just hope that the lakes open up before the weather turns.

Derag2 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 07:07 PM »

I agree melt it all down and start over, it just isn't looking good.

medicfisherman988 · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 12, 2011, 10:51 PM »

Unfortunately our temps in eastern nebraska aren't improving over the next 10 days and 2 of those days there is going to be rain. I hope that they are wrong about the forecasts havent even been out yet.

Kodiakman · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 13, 2011, 08:00 AM »

Honestly, at this point, 2 days of rain with these temps is exactly what we need. Ma' Nature needs to melt this crap ice off and start fresh.

inHISgrip · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 13, 2011, 08:16 AM »

Quote from: medicfisherman988 on Dec 12, 2011, 10:51 PM

Unfortunately our temps in eastern nebraska aren't improving over the next 10 days and 2 of those days there is going to be rain. I hope that they are wrong about the forecasts havent even been out yet.

That's the deal its not going to get back to being cold any time soon..... when you look at the long range temps it all 20s and 30s that is fine to maintain good ice but no way will that make good ice.... we need 7 to 10 days in the teens and single digits. I know nobody wants to hear this but i say we don't get on the ice before Jan. 15... And if we dont get a good melt and get back to open water.... We wont be ice fishing at all.....

Tomhusker · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 13, 2011, 09:07 AM »

Quote from: inHISgrip on Dec 13, 2011, 08:16 AM

That's the deal its not going to get back to being cold any time soon..... when you look at the long range temps it all 20s and 30s that is fine to maintain good ice but no way will that make good ice.... we need 7 to 10 days in the teens and single digits. I know nobody wants to hear this but i say we don't get on the ice before Jan. 15... And if we dont get a good melt and get back to open water.... We wont be ice fishing at all.....

Shoot, I spent way too much money on gear this year to NOT get on the ice.... I'll drive to Canada if I have too.....

hillbill · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 14, 2011, 05:48 PM »

I am withyou Tom, I bought a new shanty sunday. I will go crazy if it spends all winter in the basement.

Tomhusker · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 14, 2011, 06:19 PM »

Lol...

I just moved back up here. I bought everything, new. Power auger, Ice 55, Scout TC, Vex suit, Fatfish 949, rods, reels.......

Tomhusker · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 14, 2011, 06:21 PM »

But, really, except for a couple of coming days, we will be having somewhat "Normal" temperatures for the area. Maybe the ice has been coming early lately and everyone is just spoiled.

Crash04 · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 14, 2011, 07:13 PM »

Ice was early last year

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Author Topic: say good bye to the ice (Read 3156 times)