Uncharacteristically Warm Winter? What Season is it?

[Hawkeye21]

I was able to get my kayak out for the first time yesterday.  Parts of the lake were still froze but there was plenty of room for me to go.  Water temp was 43.  I never got a single bite but was out there to just spend time on my kayak and didn't expect to catch anything.

[littlefisher]

I drive by a few lakes every day to and from work and I'm watching the ice very very carefully.  As soon as that sucker is gone the Ranger is going in the water.  If I wasn't going to be gone this weekend I'd probably go out to St. Clair or the Detroit River for sure.

[fishingram24]

Don't get that hard water on the Ms. coast but we have only had a handful of days that were cold for our area. Did a little research and found 1 night where the water temps on our river system that I fish dropped below 50 and that was 49.5, usually have low to mid 40's for several weeks, currently 65 degrees. I have fished most of this fall and winter in short sleeve shirts with a jacket for the  early morning ride and enjoyed every minute of it. 

[soflabasser]

It was 87 degrees this past weekend in many places of South Florida.Its going to be one hot Summer from the looks of it.

[Hawkeye21]

He had record highs here in Iowa all week and yesterday the NW portion of the state had a blizzard.  I woke up this morning to the ground covered in snow again.  I told the wife I'm not shoveling it... I'm letting it melt.

[BassThumb]

It should be icefishing season here in Minnesota, with bluegills and crappies stacked up among the new weedgrowth. Problem is, there's barely enough ice to stand on near the shorelines, where it melts first.

 

So here we are, cleaning reels and waxing boats in a state where the bass/walleye/pike opener isn't until early May. These warm winters are a raw deal.

[lo n slo]

now it's gonna snow