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ohiojarhead
Thought that I would start a new thread as this will run a bit beyond the other thread regarding fishing the ice at LOTW.
There was 32-36 inches of new snow (since last sunday) on the 18 (or so) inches of ice. While we had no luck as we were not in a great place (we later learned) the interesting thing was how the ice reacted to the snow. Since it was already good ice, the snow did not hurt it the way early snow can affect ice formation. It did, however, weigh down the ice sheet so that the ice surface wanted to be about 3 inches below the water surface. We ended up digging a trench toward the middle of the lake (low point in this circumstance) to drain our area. Did not expect to need waders, ...grin! Auger hole first, then dig down enough in the snow to stay dry. We did need the snowshoes today.
It was a beautiful day but some windy off the mountain. Fishing, not catching. mutter, mutter
Hope you all get to drown a worm or something akin to that this weekend. Gonna be too warm for ice fishing at LOTW. Best guess is for next Friday or so.
Pat
There was 32-36 inches of new snow (since last sunday) on the 18 (or so) inches of ice. While we had no luck as we were not in a great place (we later learned) the interesting thing was how the ice reacted to the snow. Since it was already good ice, the snow did not hurt it the way early snow can affect ice formation. It did, however, weigh down the ice sheet so that the ice surface wanted to be about 3 inches below the water surface. We ended up digging a trench toward the middle of the lake (low point in this circumstance) to drain our area. Did not expect to need waders, ...grin! Auger hole first, then dig down enough in the snow to stay dry. We did need the snowshoes today.
It was a beautiful day but some windy off the mountain. Fishing, not catching. mutter, mutter
Hope you all get to drown a worm or something akin to that this weekend. Gonna be too warm for ice fishing at LOTW. Best guess is for next Friday or so.
Pat