Was up at the pond over the weekend. Single digits at night and teens during the day. It was ice covered, of course. The ice looked to be in the 3 to 4" range. Clear enough to see down through it.
Interesting that two of the five SMB spawning sites I build look like they are on a seep of some kind. We had about a 1/2" of rain the week before. I was assuming zero runoff, and indeed the pond level didn't change, but look at the ice flows coming in on these SMB beds. The seep would be at or slightly higher than the expected water level.
Three small seeps above this nest. Snow on the ice almost looks like the pic is upside down.
Second shot shows another seep over the bed. Coming from up in the leaves.
It'll be like running water for the smallies!
I actually hope I don't have any of these "seeps" below the water level.
