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Mantua Ice? - lavaman - 12-01-2007
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]Any of you fishing fanatics have a guess for when Mantua will freeze over? If I remember correctly, it was frozen over last year around the middle of December, so I'm thinkin' we're still a couple weeks away. The night temps up here in Cache Valley have been plummeting though, so that's a good sign.[signature]
Re: [lavaman] Mantua Ice? - fairwayphilly - 12-01-2007
I drove by yesterday and there was no signs of ice yet. The temps never did get above freezing for the whole day.
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Re: [lavaman] Mantua Ice? - toyguy - 12-01-2007
It's simple. Your own prior experience (mid-December last year), plus maaayyybe two extra weeks for "cushion" because it's been a bit warmer this year.
So anywhere from Dec 15 to Dec 31.
If that's not a tight enough range for ya, find out what current water temp is, factor in a weekly water temp decrease of what? 1 to 3 degrees? and see if that helps.
Whatever you come up with is not going to be more than two weeks off the mark.
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Re: [fairwayphilly] Mantua Ice? - lavaman - 12-02-2007
Thanks for the info guys. I drove by Mantua today (just along the highway) and it looks like the edges might be icing up.
It won't be long...
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Re: [lavaman] Mantua Ice? - toyguy - 12-02-2007
Or another way of predicting hard water is to go back to prior year posts around the time of ice up (or Search), and adjust for current year conditions.
12-01-06: [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=291851;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"][#800080]Mantua is ice capped![/#800080][/url]
12-04-06: [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=292494;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]Mantua[/url]
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Re: [lavaman] Mantua Ice? - Out4Trout - 12-06-2007
[cool]Or Derek, you can go to ksl.com and check out the forcast for next week for example. Gonna be down in the teens in SL Valley and I would think 5-10 degrees less than that at Mantua. Sounds like ice making to me. Mantua will have safe ice around the 15th or a couple days later...see ya up there...
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Re: [Out4Trout] Mantua Ice? - lavaman - 12-06-2007
You better let me know when you come up, so I can outfish ya again! heheh
I'll bring the waxies that I still owe ya. I think Pat might have some goodies for me as well. [
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