**The Official 2017 Ice-Out Thread**

[MaineBassMan]

Traditionally in my neck of Maine even if we have a normal hard Maine winter our Ice will go out between April 20 to the 26th. So it might be a traditional ice out here.

[A-Jay]

 Next 5 days or so day time air temps in the high 40's AND night time air temp ABOVE freezing !

That's the deal.   Most local lakes have water on the ice, this bodes well for the home team. 

Without getting overly optimistic (yea right, who am I kidding ?)  I could be reintroducing myself to the local bass population the first week of April.

That would be 2 weeks earlier than last season but still Not Soon enough.

A-Jay

[nhpleasantlakebass]

my local lake had iced out march 8 which is the earliest on record since 1873.  due to the recent cold temps were back to almost 3 inches of ice   hopefully some warm windy days and not freezing nights will get us back on track.... I have uncovered my boat and almost started it up.

[Smokinal]

Dirty April Fool's joke by Mother Nature...woke up to 5 inches of fresh misery and another 2-4 coming during the day today; 4-1-17.

Ice reports from my buddies say still 8-12 inches on most local ponds. I'll be thrilled if we have open water by May 1st.

 

For real

 

Imabouttopullthetrigger.jpeg

 

 

[CTBassin860]

On 4/1/2017 at 8:50 AM, Smokinal said:

Dirty April Fool's joke by Mother Nature...woke up to 5 inches of fresh misery and another 2-4 coming during the day today; 4-1-17.

Ice reports from my buddies say still 8-12 inches on most local ponds. I'll be thrilled if we have open water by May 1st.

 

For real

 

Imabouttopullthetrigger.jpeg

 

 

Thats pretty rough man.Nothing stuck down here in southeastern MA.Supposed to be 60 this saturday.

[A-Jay]

I'm living in the land of WTH !   

60 degrees today and Still Iced in.

 

A-Jay

[Coldbasser]

Ice out is weeks away so I have plenty of time to tie retie and go through all my baits again and again :-)) 

Fred

[Scarborough817]

well i was wrong about my home lake it still had 12" of ice last weekend hopefully its gone soon but a local place is thawed out and im fishing it regularly water is in the mid 40's caught a northern the other day chocked my jerkbait and caught it in the gills so he was bleeding pretty bad he swam away okay though

 

[A-Jay]

And There it is ~ Boom.  ICE OUT ! 

Sweet.      It's only one lake so far but it's a good one - SMB city.

Of course, the 40mph winds, 20 degree air temps and 6-9 inches of wet snow included in tomorrows forecast is sort of a buzz kill.

But hey, the weekend's expected to be in the mid to high 60's - so unless it all freezes up again in the next two days -

Come Saturday - who's going fishing ?

                                                  

                                                  A-Jay

 

[Smokinal]

^^^That makes me smile A-Jay!! Good for you man! We better see a report with some pics! I'm keeping my sanity right now by seeing all of you guys catching some bass! The web cam on my home lake looks to show about another 10-12 days before it opens. I like to let it get a week or 2 of sun so hopefully Sunday the 30th...THIS GUY...will be out!!

[A-Jay]

11 minutes ago, Smokinal said:

^^^That makes me smile A-Jay!! Good for you man! We better see a report with some pics! I'm keeping my sanity right now by seeing all of you guys catching some bass! The web cam on my home lake looks to show about another 10-12 days before it opens. I like to let it get a week or 2 of sun so hopefully Sunday the 30th...THIS GUY...will be out!!

 

You're a good egg Alan. 

If I do get out on Saturday it will be a week earlier than last season's first trip and will most likely be an Old Town Adventure. 

When there are fish brought to the net, there should be pics (maybe some video) and a report either way ~

Hang in there.

A-Jay

[FrogFreak]

Ice is out all over here in ND and Northern MN except maybe the largest of the lakes. Since MN opener isn't until 13 May, I've been practicing my fly fishing on some local reservoirs and creeks. Nothing yet but the water is very cold!

[A-Jay]

Ice has been out for a week or so up here.  Still, it's remarkable how fast it warms up too.  Some places already have water temps close to 50. 

A-Jay

[gim]

The ice line here is about 2/3 of the say up the state, near Bemidji.  Still got almost a month until bass are legal targets on inland waters.

[Smokinal]

I just checked the lake cam and I can't believe it's still hanging in there. Ice is black and looks like just one big Cola Slushee so a good wind may just break it all up. Man, this has dragged on longer than I ever remember!

[Smokinal]

HAPPY EASTER TO ME!! The live cam shows all open water on my home lake! Today is phenomenal outside; clear, sunny and almost 80! Today will open up a lot of water in Maine; southern areas anyway. Northern areas may still have a little while but I'm good to go.

Does anyone still have ice?

[A-Jay]

43 minutes ago, Smokinal said:

HAPPY EASTER TO ME!! The live cam shows all open water on my home lake! Today is phenomenal outside; clear, sunny and almost 80! Today will open up a lot of water in Maine; southern areas anyway. Northern areas may still have a little while but I'm good to go.

Does anyone still have ice?

 

BOOM ~ There it is ~ !  

Good for you.

Enjoy yourself.

You've certainly earned.

A-Jay