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Currently -12 this morning, the good news is that the wind has quit howling and warmer temps are in the forecast.
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Currently 18 degrees, with a wind chill of 5 degrees this morning. The weather has officially won.
Probably a great day for a X Files marathon. Wow! Are you sure you live in Texas Al?
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We bottomed out at 28 below over night. -20 now. No wind though.
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Minnesota? What do you expect? 
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We got down to 8 here in southeast Washington County, AR. We are in upper teens now, but no wind. I was out walking the hound for a little while, not too bad.
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Currently 18 degrees, with a wind chill of 5 degrees this morning. The weather has officially won.
Probably a great day for a X Files marathon. Wow! Are you sure you live in Texas Al? I'm afraid so. Our temp dropped more than 50 degrees in 14 hours. This was quite the front for us. Luckily, there's been no precipitation like farther north. If there had of been, there wouldn't be a wrecker available for a 5 state region. We don't do well down here when there's even a suggestion of cold icy weather.
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Al...it's time to stay inside by the fireplace...I am already working on my 2nd nog. 
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Mark, you getting any ducks yet? We've got close to 40 ring necks that have showed up. Beautiful ducks, and we enjoy seeing them every year.
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No ducks yet Al....but I've about had it with a heron.... fricking welfare mooch stealing the fish I buy. 
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A Texas-sized temperature swing:
70 degrees to 34 degrees in 10 minutes!"Grand prize for the most dramatic frontal passage goes to West Texas, where the cold air mass plowed south on Saturday in the form of a classic “blue norther” (sometimes called a Texas norther).
A mesonet station about 6 miles west of Denver City, TX, reported a temperature drop of 36°F in just 10 minutes--from 70°F to 34°F" https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/cold-wave-crescendos-with-a-frigid-weekend
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All I know is Saturday the 17th started at 63 degrees and ended at 16. I finally got 1 of the house heat pumps going Saturday but not the smaller one. When I left the Tater Rock Ranch on Sunday morning, it was 10 cold degrees. Not much wind though so there is that! The guys were actually working on the washed out bridge at 7:30 AM.
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We had 4 degrees this morning. A pleasant 37 now. Supposed to be more seasonable tomorrow, mid 40's or so. Not much wind.
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Zep, I'm with you on the heron. I got one I have not been able to get rid of for several months now!!! Sneaky DEVILS...
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After this cold snap I betcha snrub is getting packed up for he wintering in the Caribbean.
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We had 4 degrees this morning. A pleasant 37 now. Supposed to be more seasonable tomorrow, mid 40's or so. Not much wind. Almost the same as here yesterday. 38 with no winds seemed almost balmy.
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I'm at 29 this morning and no wind in DFW. They sat it'll be 70 by Christmas but that's too far off for them to predict.
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Cold snap and snow have passed for us. Up to 20 this morning. Fired up the winter aeration this morning to blow a hole thru the ice and snow cover. Once I get a nice size hole, I'll shut it down again.
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Got here the 12th. Didn't see my weather link up above? I been looking at fish in the "big pond" every day. The Tarpon are shiny as a Peterbuilt truck bumper and the sea horses are cute as ever. Cool front made it down here. Much colder than 80 and the locals start wearing sweaters and hoodies. Bonaire weather This is the rainy season and we have been having rain once or twice a day but it only lasts about 20 minutes.
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Snrub, I am envious, I have not been to Bonaire but have made 17 Caribbean islands in the last 20 yrs with diving and Bone fishing as the primary recreation. My plans of being there in the winter months have gone nowhere. After raising kids and then grandkids came along and now we are helping with great grand kids and I can not get the grandmother (wife) to go anywhere for more than a couple of weeks. She loved the islands but she loves being with the kids more. Darn it! snrub, enjoy
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12 inches of good ice here.
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Bill,
A phrase I hope to never say: "Up to 20 this morning..."
Why do you turn off the aeration after you create hole?
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Dale, I'm the same way. Never ice fished and that's OK with me. I can't imagine looking forward to hard water time.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Bill,
A phrase I hope to never say: "Up to 20 this morning..."
Why do you turn off the aeration after you create hole? I primarily use the aeration in the winter to keep sunlight in the pond for the DO producing vegetation. When I get real thick ice or snow cover that's blocking out the light, I blow a hole. I could probably let it run all the time as the winter diffuser is only in 3 feet of water or so but then I figure why even take the chance of super chilling the pond. ...And the best reason of all to shut it down is so the ice cover can keep the dang geese out! You would be amazed how many geese can fit in a 75 foot diameter hole when it's the only open water for miles!
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Opening a hole in the ice and then letting it refreeze results in a clear iced area. Clear ice allows about the same amount of light into that area as no ice. Granted there is no additional oxygenation from the bubbling diffuser which also spreads oxygenated water. Although phytoplankton and benthic algae produce a lot of DO when the sun shines into the clear ice- open water area.
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I read somewhere or was told somewhere on this forum that running an aerator in the winter is harmful to your pond because it allows the CO2 in your pond to escape with the aeration and then the plants die/suffer for lack of CO2.
I think most people run their aerator in the shallows with the goal of leaving a small refuge for their fish to prevent winter kill.
I have not heard that plants run out of CO2 under the ice either with or without aeration (meaning a winterkill for plants due to CO2 supply problems)
Bill, Can you comment on this connundrum?
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