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Hit Strawberry Monday morning with two friends and without a snow mobile we went hoofing it, not fun especially when you hit the lake. Slush was bad, walking on the lake was horrible, need snow shoes. We did manage to make a couple little packed ice spots around a hole to step up the shelter on.Turned out to be a nice day, so we fished it all day. Fishing was pretty good early on then slowed down a lot. We did manage to get three keepers, took home two nice rainbows 17-19" and 23" cutty, threw back 6 slot fish. We also lost 4 fish and two of those right up in the hole. Caught almost all the fish on white tube jigs with chub meat.
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does slush on a lake mean that it will melt that much faster? sorry for the noob question, like ive said many times, i know nothing about ice fishing, or frozen lakes for that matter
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I sorry to say I'm not sure, this is my first year of ice fishing myself, maybe. Someone else well have to answer that knows.
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No, it really won't melt it any faster. Sometime in the next couple of weeks we will probably get a cold spell and all that slush will turn to solid ice, making the ice pack thicker. I wouldn't expect ice-off before mid-May on Strawberry.
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Slush on the ice isn't caused by temps.
Its a weight issue.
Ice is buoyant. When snow stacks up on the ice it pushes it down. Water seeps up threw cracks and you get a layer of slush on top of the ice. The snow then acts as an insulator to keep the slush from freezing. Until the snow gets packed down then its more likely to freeze. (previous tracks)
I noticed post of worry about the warmer temps coming and causing more slush. To the contrary it will help compact and melt snow on top of the ice. Reducing the blanket over the ice and allowing the slush to freeze.
Lakes in the high Uintahs that get lots of snow and super cold temps still have slush all winter long.
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We did manage to catch a few nice fish that day, and the 'bows were a pleasant surprise! I want to switch up my choice of line and go hit it again next week!
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