Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Ice Fishing for Big Bluegill

Put a valve stem through the ice so you could measure pressure with a tire gauge?

Just taking a WAG, I don't think there would be a serious pressure difference under solid ice as opposed to under ice with open water in it. Or even under completely open water.

The same amount of water is pushing down at a given depth whether any of it is frozen or not. The same atmospheric pressure is added in, pushing down on top of the pond, in both conditions as well.

I also wonder how many ponds shy of the true North freeze over completely and solidly. Even if my pond edges are frozen hard, I seem to always have a little water flowing out at the drains.