Winter 2021/22

[gim]

2 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

I don't know how you fella's deal with that Cold weather.. Raised in So Cali all my life, and getting up there in age, even at 60 degrees I get Cold. Anywho, stay warm you guys.

There was a time when I was younger when I really actually liked winter here in MN. I could never understand why all the older people left for Arizona or Florida for the winter.

 

I can see why they do it now. Wouldn’t mind doing it myself someday.

[A-Jay]

On 1/27/2022 at 12:16 PM, Jigfishn10 said:

Oh great....I'm in the dark purple area

Friend of mine down in RI sent me this pic ~

I Love It !

A-Jay

[Jigfishn10]

Yeah, they’ve been rolling out the “wicked” lately.

 

The Mainers say it a lot too even tho they supposedly hate the ….

[12poundbass]

It looks like the storm mid week that was supposed to dump 7-10” on us is going to actually drop it on the east side of the state. Enjoy the snow Detroit! 

[ike8120]

Experiencing blizzard like conditions at this time wind chill is 8. Snow drifts against my front and back door. At least it is not heart attack snow.

[Way north bass guy]

I’d almost rather have the snow you guys are getting instead of the temps we currently are “enjoying”. It’s crazy to think of a falling iguana warning in Florida, when our local critters are out enjoying their breakfast in -36 temps! 

[Bird]

What I'd give for falling iguanas.

All we get is falling snow and falling temps.

[Jigfishn10]

16 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Friend of mine down in RI sent me this pic ~

I Love It !

A-Jay

I think we made it beyond "wicked"

Sadly, I'm in the 2'-3' area.

Seas are little choppy with 21' waves - 18' average.

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

I think we made it beyond "wicked"

Sadly, I'm in the 2'-3' area.

Seas are little choppy with 21' waves - 18' average.

That doesn’t even sound real. 18 foot waves????? Do you have a bunker to climb into? 

[A-Jay]

6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

That doesn’t even sound real. 18 foot waves????? Do you have a bunker to climb into? 

It's real ~

And relatively speaking,

open ocean waves get WHOLE lot bigger.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

Just now, A-Jay said:

It's real ~

And relatively speaking,

open ocean waves get WHOLE lot bigger.

A-Jay

Scary stuff. I’ll keep my feet on Mother Earth 

[MN Fisher]

12 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

That doesn’t even sound real. 18 foot waves????? Do you have a bunker to climb into? 

 

7 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

It's real ~

And relatively speaking,

open ocean waves get WHOLE lot bigger.

A-Jay

That's pretty typical height for November storm waves on the Great Lakes too.

While most waves are in the 3'-6' range...

Superior has seen 30'+ waves - the estimated wave that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald was 35'

 

Also - did you know that there's surfing on the Great Lakes? Yep...it's a thing.

https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-ultimate-guide-to-surfing-the-great-lakes

[TnRiver46]

Just now, MN Fisher said:

 

That's pretty typical height for November storm waves on the Great Lakes too.

While most waves are in the 3'-6- range...

Superior has seen 30'+ waves - the estimated wave that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald was 35'

 

Also - did you know that there's surfing on the Great Lakes? Yep...it's a thing.

https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-ultimate-guide-to-surfing-the-great-lakes

Sure did! I saw them doing it live and in color this summer.  I even saw a guy on instagram surfing on Lake Michigan the other day. His beard had massive icicles hanging off it 

[Jigfishn10]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

That doesn’t even sound real. 18 foot waves????? Do you have a bunker to climb into? 

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Jigfishn10 said:

yep. Get in the bunker 

[soflabasser]

It is currently 49 degrees where I live in South Florida and there is a chance the temperature might drop in the 30's which is extremely rare in the area I live in.

On 1/28/2022 at 7:31 PM, gimruis said:

There was a time when I was younger when I really actually liked winter here in MN. I could never understand why all the older people left for Arizona or Florida for the winter.

 

I can see why they do it now. Wouldn’t mind doing it myself someday.

I do not blame Northerners for visiting Florida so much and wanting to live here, I would do the same. I much rather live in a tropical paradise that gets occasional cold weather than live somewhere that is cold for more than half a year. We have to deal with the occasional hurricane but that is nothing compared to dealing with blizzards that happen often in many Northern States.

12 hours ago, Way north bass guy said:

I’d almost rather have the snow you guys are getting instead of the temps we currently are “enjoying”. It’s crazy to think of a falling iguana warning in Florida, when our local critters are out enjoying their breakfast in -36 temps! 

Iguanas are tough animals, many enter a state of hibernation when the temperature gets too cold, this state is temporary and they wake up from it once they warm up. That is why it is best not to pick up a iguana that you find on the floor on a cold day since it will wake up and scratch you good if you have no idea how to handle them. Iguana's claws are sharp and strong like a bird of prey, they have lots of sharp teeth, with a powerful tail that can whip hard and accurate. Iguanas rule the banks of the canals in South Florida, even though so many people hunt them these people barely do anything to the iguanas population. They are perfectly adapted to the South Florida weather, reproduce quickly, and thrive on eating plants. They are here to stay just like many other exotic animals, might as well enjoy watching them when you fish.

[Way north bass guy]

17 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

It is currently 49 degrees where I live in South Florida and there is a chance the temperature might drop in the 30's which is extremely rare in the area I live in.

I do not blame Northerners for visiting Florida so much and wanting to live here, I would do the same. I much rather live in a tropical paradise that gets occasional cold weather than live somewhere that is cold for more than half a year. We have to deal with the occasional hurricane but that is nothing compared to dealing with blizzards that happen often in many Northern States.

Iguanas are tough animals, many enter a state of hibernation when the temperature gets too cold, this state is temporary and they wake up from it once they warm up. That is why it is best not to pick up a iguana that you find on the floor on a cold day since it will wake up and scratch you good if you have no idea how to handle them. Iguanas claws are sharp and strong like a bird of prey, have lots of sharp teeth, with a powerful tail that can whip hard and accurate. They rule the banks of the canals in South Florida, even though so many people hunt them these people barely do anything to the iguanas population. They are perfectly adapted to the South Florida weather, reproduce quickly, and thrive on eating plants.

I know all about iguanas, my brother had two of them when we were younger. They were strong buggers that’s for sure!

[soflabasser]

5 minutes ago, Way north bass guy said:

I know all about iguanas, my brother had two of them when we were younger. They were strong buggers that’s for sure!

They are one of my favorite animals and they are much more intelligent than most people think. I often have iguanas come up to me when I am fishing, it seems they like to watch people fish. Green iguanas are vegetarians so they only eat plants and will leave you alone if you leave them alone. Most of the time they will jump into the canal if you get too close to them. You have to be very fast to catch an iguana with you bare hands, any other method is too easy.

[gim]

39 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

than live somewhere that is cold for more than half a year. We have to deal with the occasional hurricane but that is nothing compared to dealing with blizzards that happen often in many Northern States.

That is a complete exaggeration. Cold for more than half the year? It’s cold for about 3-4 months here. It was still 50 in December here. Our winters have been getting shorter and warmer and we just had the warmest fall on record.

 

A hurricane could destroy your home. Heck, it destroys cities and infrastructure.  A blizzard has literally never destroyed a house here. I’ll take snow over a hurricane any day of the week and so would anyone else. The snow will melt. It’s not going to flatten or flood your home.

 

What a lot of southerners don’t realize here is that it’s hot here in the summer. And humid. Very humid. Like uninhabitable humid at times.

[Jigfishn10]

The official snow total for my town was 30.9”. 
I still have more clean up to do today. 

[A-Jay]

32 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

The official snow total for my town was 30.9”. 
I still have more clean up to do today. 

That's a lot of snow to get all at once . . . 

No matter where you live.

A-Jay

[PhishLI]

Brrrr. Huge snow drifts from the nor'easter and the plow jockey kept looping around in one direction which pushed a huge berm onto my side of the street blocking in our driveways completely. I think I'll just lay here in my feet pajamas.

 

[MN Fisher]

You guys got hammered. Last time we got a snow like that was the Halloween Blizzard of 1991.

 

Stay safe, stay warm, don't try to shovel it all out in one day - don't want to give yourselves heart-attacks...which can happen in something like this to even 20-somethings.

[TnRiver46]

13 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Brrrr. Huge snow drifts from the nor'easter and the plow jockey kept looping around in one direction which pushed a huge berm onto my side of the street blocking in our driveways completely. I think I'll just lay here in my feet pajamas.

 

My relatives in western NC said the same thing happened to them. They got 14” and the plow shoved it onto the end of their driveway. Then that froze over and my uncle said it created a wall. He’s in his mid 80s so I think they just waited it out 

[12poundbass]

24 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Brrrr. Huge snow drifts from the nor'easter and the plow jockey kept looping around in one direction which pushed a huge berm onto my side of the street blocking in our driveways completely. I think I'll just lay here in my feet pajamas.

 

 

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

My relatives in western NC said the same thing happened to them. They got 14” and the plow shoved it onto the end of their driveway. Then that froze over and my uncle said it created a wall. He’s in his mid 80s so I think they just waited it out 

When that plow goes by you literally have to sprint to the end of the driveway to get that removed before it freezes and is stuck there until spring. 
 

Unfortunately our plow usually goes by about an hour after I leave for work so it’s froze solid and grows as the winter goes on. That stuff is like cement in no time at all. ?