Winter 2020-2021

[Michigander]

35 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

People in Ely - northern MN near the Canadian border - are already doing some bang-up ice fishing.

 

That looks delicious.

[A-Jay]

 

The first widespread snow of this late-starting winter season remains on track to arrive late tonight through Saturday evening. Gusty northeast winds are also expected to result in areas of blowing snow with the potential for isolated power outages, especially in A-Jay's home.

A-Jay

[Boomstick]

...and it was supposed to be 50 this weekend as of yesterday but unfortunately it's been downgraded to 42

[Michigander]

That'll be fun to deal with on the kayak this weekend...

 

I'll have to check if the wind is still supposed to be crazy....

[Michigander]

Ok, so Saturday.... I'll pass on that noise. But Sunday looks fine.

[12poundbass]

We’re right close to the line as usual. It’ll either be 2” of rain or 4-8” of snow. My guess is a mixture of both leaning towards extremely heavy wet snow.

 

I know it’s passed due but I’m not looking forward to it. 

[Way north bass guy]

Yeah, that same system is heading straight towards us as well, guess it’ll be a couple hours after it hits you guys. We still have a little bit of old, crusty snow in the bush but it’s been pretty dry otherwise. Sounds like it’s gonna start to look a bit more “seasonal” around here now. 

[slonezp]

6 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

We’re right close to the line as usual. It’ll either be 2” of rain or 4-8” of snow. My guess is a mixture of both leaning towards extremely heavy wet snow.

 

I know it’s passed due but I’m not looking forward to it. 

Hitting here as well. I'll be in the the 2" of rain. Started raining 4 hours ago and supposed to rain all night into tomorrow

[12poundbass]

2 hours ago, slonezp said:

Hitting here as well. I'll be in the the 2" of rain. Started raining 4 hours ago and supposed to rain all night into tomorrow

Lake Michigan is on your side 

[A-Jay]

Now it's starting to look & feel a little more like December in the Snow Belt ~

 

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Now it's starting to look & feel a little more like December in the Snow Belt ~

Speak for yourself - still no sign of snow in the forecast here...we're looking at a good possibility of a 'brown' Yule.

[A-Jay]

Just now, MN Fisher said:

Speak for yourself - still no sign of snow in the forecast here...we're looking at a good possibility of a 'brown' Yule.

Hate the Brown Yule -

Love the Bass but not the Yule.

A-Jay

[12poundbass]

Nothing but rain here and a ton of it! 
 

Ice is out on the lake as well. I guess I was 3 months off with my prediction. ?

[redmeansdistortion]

Lots of rain here down state as well.  My mom sent me pics of her home in West Branch a bit ago, she is getting tons of snow right now.  My brother put the plow on his truck and is going to head out later on and dig friends out.

[A-Jay]

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (finally)

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

30 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (finally)

Meanwhile - in Minnesota

 

[gim]

9 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Meanwhile - in Minnesota

What a grizzly scene!!!

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (finally)

A-Jay

Wow that’s pretty awesome looking. (Although I know it gets old)

[12poundbass]

We ended up with around 3 inches of the white stuff. The lake is starting to freeze over again. 

[TnRiver46]

We had my favorite weather today but I didn’t get to fish. Dreary gray skies all day, spitting light rain here and there and about 40-45 degrees . Perfect!!! I bet the smallmouth were stuffing themselves to the gills on shad

[soflabasser]

A big Nor'easter recently occured in several sates. It is nice to see snow in pictures and but I would prefer not dealing with it very single year. Ice fishing does look fun but I prefer fishing in water I can fish with topwaters.

[A-Jay]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Wow that’s pretty awesome looking. (Although I know it gets old)

Folks up this way sort of need the snow; myself included.

The 12 feet or so average contributes to the economy, insulates everything for the super cold that's coming and just looks a whole lot better.

Works out to about an inch a day from Nov thru March;

but often starts much earlier and lasts far longer.

It's like living in a snow globe for half the year. 

How that load is distributed each winter determines if or how many times I end up shoveling the roof.  Easily the single most physically demanding (and least fun) thing I do. 

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

6 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Folks up this way sort of need the snow; myself included.

The 12 feet or so average contributes to the economy, insulates everything for the super cold that's coming and just looks a whole lot better.

How that load is distributed each winter determines if or how many times I end up shoveling the roof.  Easily the single most physically demanding (and least fun) thing I do. 

A-Jay

At least you have a roof with a walkable pitch! There’s a lot of super steep ones around here that I imagine people have to hire everything done (including squirrel trapping and bat exclusion by yours truly) 

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

At least you have a roof with a walkable pitch! There’s a lot of super steep ones around here that I imagine people have to hire everything done (including squirrel trapping by yours truly) 

Mine's a walkable pitch - but I've got a roof-rake. Wife won't let me on the roof anymore.

[A-Jay]

10 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

At least you have a roof with a walkable pitch! There’s a lot of super steep ones around here that I imagine people have to hire everything done (including squirrel trapping by yours truly) 

I wear heavy duty boot spikes.

Still a little sketchy.

Metal roofs are the way to go here and many folks go that way.

Snow slides right off all by itself. 

Just can't park your truck under it.

A-Jay

7 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Mine's a walkable pitch - but I've got a roof-rake. Wife won't let me on the roof anymore.

I tried the roof rakes - broke like 3.

Also I needed 'multiple extensions' to reach the peak and had to dig out a trench around the house to work out of before I even started on the roof !

Either way, still hard work.

Makes me feel like I earn Every Fat smallmouth I catch.

A-Jay