Winter 2021/22

[Way north bass guy]

2 hours ago, Black Hawk Basser said:

Bring on the cold, I'm about ready for ice fishing.  Am I the only one who ice fishes on here?  Seems like almost everyone from northern climates on here don't transition to the hard water but just call it a year until ice out.

I’ve spent thousands of hours on the ice over the years, chasing just about everything that’s in season at one time or another. 
I will admit though, as I’ve gotten older, my time in the ice has dwindled greatly. Some of it is due to being busy with work and other stuff, but I also don’t enjoy the cold like I used to. 
If I could launch the boat year round these days, that’d be just fine by me. 

10 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Had a nice dumping yesterday ~ 

Got a couple more inches overnight.

A-Jay

Boy did you ever!  If you can keep it over on your side of Lake Huron, that’s be fantastic ?.

[Black Hawk Basser]

23 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Dude!!!! Holy crap. We’ve seen a few flurries down here yesterday and I said thank you A-Jay for sending me some. Little did I know you were getting absolutely dumped on. 

I am not a fan of sitting on an ice cube fishing through a hole freezing my arse off. 

I'm not a fan of sitting on my arse dreaming about catching fish for four months.  You'd be surprised how warm you can stay.  With today's specially designed clothing and insulated portable shacks, that stereotype just doesn't match the reality anymore.

22 hours ago, Way north bass guy said:

I’ve spent thousands of hours on the ice over the years, chasing just about everything that’s in season at one time or another. 
I will admit though, as I’ve gotten older, my time in the ice has dwindled greatly. Some of it is due to being busy with work and other stuff, but I also don’t enjoy the cold like I used to. 
If I could launch the boat year round these days, that’d be just fine by me. 

I will also admit that it does get a little harder to take the cold as I get older.  I am also not Way North!  Where I live is almost on the southern fringe of having safe ice every winter. 

[Way north bass guy]

1 hour ago, Black Hawk Basser said:

I'm not a fan of sitting on my arse dreaming about catching fish for four months.  You'd be surprised how warm you can stay.  With today's specially designed clothing and insulated portable shacks, that stereotype just doesn't match the reality anymore.

I will also admit that it does get a little harder to take the cold as I get older.  I am also not Way North!  Where I live is almost on the southern fringe of having safe ice every winter. 

Yeah, it can get a bit frosty up here some years! Lots of lakes up here get enough ice to drive a truck on. I remember quite a few years ago I was working on an island cottage build in the winter. It was a huge cottage, there were about 30 guys working there most of the winter. Roads plowed in all different directions across the lake that year, we had about 36” of ice. I remember when everyone got out to the island, we just parked on the ice beside the cottage, and it looked like a Walmart parking lot out there ?. 

[Black Hawk Basser]

I think we've gotten ice thick enough for trucks about 3 out of the last 10 years.  Some years it's been sketchy even for foot traffic.  Very hit and miss.

[Boomstick]

I generally dislike winter. But my youngest son is back to travel hockey (although fewer games due to fewer teams, somewhat covid related but more the older age group in this area).

 

Then I have been working on my jazz and fusion guitar skills and finally getting it down. I've played a lot of rock and metal so this is new and fun.

[Fallser]

Last time I did any fishing was over Columbus Day weekend when I took my great niece fishing while visiting my niece and her family in Vermont.  She's 3 years old and she got bored after about 20 minutes.  

I plan to do a little squirrel hunting over the next couple of weeks.  Deer hunting is out.  My shoulder can't handle the kick of my .270 anymore.  I've got one spinning rod to repair, one to rebuild and another one to build over the winter.  Make up some spinner baits, in-line spinner and hair jigs for my fishing buddies.  Since I mainly fly fish, tie up a bunch of flies for next year's warm water season.

[A-Jay]

We got blasted yesterday. (Red Zone)

Spent 3 hours throwing that mess into the woods.

Still coming down and there's another dumping on the way.

Life in the Snow Belt ~ Good Times.

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

My home thermometer reached a whopping 12 degrees earlier...it's down to 9 now.

 

Supposedly, we're looking at 40s later in the week...we'll see.

[12poundbass]

Yup she’s pretty chilly out and that windchill was frigid! 

[MN Fisher]

Whelp - looks like the snow is on it's way. Not too much here, but SE MN is looking at some travel issues before the weekend

[Deephaven]

On 12/6/2021 at 3:27 PM, MN Fisher said:

My home thermometer reached a whopping 12 degrees earlier...it's down to 9 now.

 

Supposedly, we're looking at 40s later in the week...we'll see.

I hope it stays cold.  Worst part about winter is snow/thaw/snow/thaw.  Just ******* snow and stay.

[Jigfishn10]

51 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

I hope it stays cold.  Worst part about winter is snow/thaw/snow/thaw.  Just ******* snow and stay.

I only wish for this because my neighbors don't pick up leaves. I spent 3 Saturday's in a row cleaning the yard only to have my neighbors leaves blow in during Monday night's storm. At least the snow hides it until spring. ?

 

We're expecting a couple of inches tonight with lows in the upper 20's. 

Next 10 days...50's to low 60's. 

[The Baron]

Getting a little snow here in Kingston, ON today, but it's headed back up well into the plusses by Saturday with rain.   We usually get yo-yoed in and out of cold and back and forth between snow-freezing rain-rain.  Not usually crazy cold, but either way it's a long drag until turkey season and being out in a boat again.

[gim]

On 12/8/2021 at 6:45 AM, MN Fisher said:

Whelp - looks like the snow is on it's way. Not too much here, but SE MN is looking at some travel issues before the weekend

 

They have shifted the primary track slightly north now.  Core of the Twin Cities is 2-4 inches now.

 

I'm fine with a couple inches or so.  Its when we get like 10 or 12 inches at a time it kinda sucks.

 

Supposed to be quite warm next week though.  Even a crack at 50 degrees.

[MN Fisher]

Just now, gimruis said:

They have shifted the primary track slightly north now.  Core of the Twin Cities is 2-4 inches now.

 

I'm fine with a couple inches or so.  Its when we get like 10 or 12 inches at a time it kinda sucks.

NWS is saying 2-4 tomorrow and another 1-3 tomorrow night - so 3-7 total by Saturday morning.

 

And I gotta run to Carver Saturday to pick up a couple things...might be engaging the 4WD for the first time this year.

[Boomstick]

On 11/11/2021 at 11:30 PM, Fallser said:

Last time I did any fishing was over Columbus Day weekend when I took my great niece fishing while visiting my niece and her family in Vermont.  She's 3 years old and she got bored after about 20 minutes. 

Where'd you go in Vermont? I fish much of the southern half of the state fairly regularly.

[Fallser]

4 hours ago, Boomstick said:

Where'd you go in Vermont? I fish much of the southern half of the state fairly regularly.

For the past 40 years, the area around Ludlow and Plymouth Union.  My sister had a place in the area.  I fished the Ottauquechee River, Black River, Williams River, the lakes along RT 100, the White River and numerous brooks.  She sold that a couple of years ago and brought a house in Waitsfield to be near my niece and her grandkids.  Now I have a whole new area to explore.  The Mad River for starters, Blueberry Lake.

[MN Fisher]

Well, here we go...starting to remind me of October '91 when they kept upping the snow forecast.

NOW they're saying 7"-12" for the metro...few days ago it was only suppose to be 1"-3"

[gim]

Won't take much movement north or south to change the totals either.  Head just northwest and there's virtually no accumulation.  Head slightly southeast and it jumps up significantly.

 

I generally think they are trying to scare us with their weather terrorism, so I'll say 4 inches here.

[soflabasser]

South Florida recently had a day that the temperature dropped to 58 degrees which is cold for this time of year compared to previous years. In less than a week South Florida had a high of 87 degrees. Right now the weather is very nice.

[jbsoonerfan]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

I generally think they are trying to scare us with their weather terrorism, so I'll say 4 inches here.

That has become a common thing here in Oklahoma the past few years in regards to tornado watches and warnings. I actually think it is in very poor taste to be telling folks that the worst is coming to install fear in people, especially the elderly. These days, if there is a storm with absolutely zero threat of a tornado, the major new stations will interrupt regular programming for hours on end showing the "storm chasers". IMO it has had the opposite effect of what the intended. I no longer take the threats seriously because of the side show it has become.

[gim]

12 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

That has become a common thing here in Oklahoma the past few years in regards to tornado watches and warnings.

 

They haven't taken it to that extreme here yet, at least in terms of tornadoes.  They're wrong way more than they're correct especially in terms of rain prediction.  And yet they continue to do it every single day without any back lash.  Lying for a living.  What a life.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, jbsoonerfan said:

That has become a common thing here in Oklahoma the past few years in regards to tornado watches and warnings. I actually think it is in very poor taste to be telling folks that the worst is coming to install fear in people, especially the elderly. These days, if there is a storm with absolutely zero threat of a tornado, the major new stations will interrupt regular programming for hours on end showing the "storm chasers". IMO it has had the opposite effect of what the intended. I no longer take the threats seriously because of the side show it has become.

I’ve been hollering that same story from the tops of mountains to anyone that can hear for a long long time. Thank you! Haha. 
 

If people would stop relying on weather predictions , they wouldn’t be able to forecast it incorrectly day after day after the advertising revenue dried up. But they keep clicking and changing it to the weather!!!

[MN Fisher]

Still got a bit - Maple Plain (north of me) recorded 5", Excelsior (south of me) recorded 7"...I'd say my backyard has around 5"-6"

 

Further south, they got hit harder. Savage - 16.5", Shakopee - 14"...both south of the Minnesota River but not terribly far from me, so it was a steep curve to the amount.

[Deephaven]

50 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Still got a bit - Maple Plain (north of me) recorded 5", Excelsior (south of me) recorded 7"...I'd say my backyard has around 5"-6"

 

Further south, they got hit harder. Savage - 16.5", Shakopee - 14"...both south of the Minnesota River but not terribly far from me, so it was a steep curve to the amount.

I have just over a foot of beautiful white stuff in my yard.  We need some cold so the lakes freeze and we can play in the snow.