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Originally posted by bz:
... However Theo, no one would ever want to exclude you from a converstaion so go ahead and consider yourself a northerner and welcome to the ranks. By the way, I've always wondered where the line is between those areas that ice over premanently in the winter versus those that get a few days of ice here and there.
(Tears leaking out) I'd like to think that back when my Grandpa snuck over the border from Kentucky, with his four sisters hidden in a wagonload of pipefittings, he knew the day would come when his family would be accepted as Northerners. (sob) \:D

I think your permanent vs. temporary ice line must move back and forth quite a bit from year to year, BZ. This year we had about 7 weeks of ice, in 5 separate periods over 3 and a half months. 2004-2005 was very similar. But the first couple of years I had a pond, it was more like 3 solid months.

Mostly I'd put Central Ohio below the line, much to the disappointment of my icefishing friends.

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