12-16-2022, 03:38 PM
Alan, good luck finding the big boys to get a photo of... I'll bet they will be there with all the snow this year so far...
This is just an ice update for Hyrum, it capped last night so start the clock till when it's safe... I have 8 degrees so far this morning, so it's pretty cool, but I don't know how long it will take to get safe ice at these temps, but I expect it will be probably Monday at the soonest for me to feel safe-ish.... On that deep pond I don't dare venture until there is at least 4"... I know I'm a wimp, but getting too old to pull myself out if I go through... unless it's shallow and I can touch bottom...
Yesterday afternoon Cutler ice had turned ugly, it had an inch of water on top and cloudy top layers of ice and only about 2.5" of good solid ice... However, I expect after the cold last night, I'll bet that water layer has turned to good solid ice so I'm hoping today gets back to 5" of ice, maybe not clear, solid ice, but good enough to fish... I'm thinking of taking the trip to Newton sometime today, I'm pretty sure it's good to go and probably has been for some time, but the fishing wasn't that great over there, so I haven't been in hurry to return, but I have some time off today so I'll probably go check after I get my chores taken care of around here... More later... Jeff
This is just an ice update for Hyrum, it capped last night so start the clock till when it's safe... I have 8 degrees so far this morning, so it's pretty cool, but I don't know how long it will take to get safe ice at these temps, but I expect it will be probably Monday at the soonest for me to feel safe-ish.... On that deep pond I don't dare venture until there is at least 4"... I know I'm a wimp, but getting too old to pull myself out if I go through... unless it's shallow and I can touch bottom...
Yesterday afternoon Cutler ice had turned ugly, it had an inch of water on top and cloudy top layers of ice and only about 2.5" of good solid ice... However, I expect after the cold last night, I'll bet that water layer has turned to good solid ice so I'm hoping today gets back to 5" of ice, maybe not clear, solid ice, but good enough to fish... I'm thinking of taking the trip to Newton sometime today, I'm pretty sure it's good to go and probably has been for some time, but the fishing wasn't that great over there, so I haven't been in hurry to return, but I have some time off today so I'll probably go check after I get my chores taken care of around here... More later... Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!