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Positive Thinking - Winter #554192 12/11/22 01:29 PM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight OP Administrator Lunker OP Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Waiting for ice to grow a bit more for ice fishing in comfort. Currently 7.5 inches. Ice Castle needs 10, preferably 12. Kubota and Truck 12 too. Been on the ice with the Mule (needs 7 inches). Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554198 12/11/22 05:16 PM Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,236 Likes: 370 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,236 Likes: 370 Central Ohio We had 4 days of skimpy ice back in November, and open water since then. My "ice fishing"consists of taking ziplocks of fillets out of the freezer. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling 2 members like this: gehajake, FishinRod

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554208 12/12/22 07:58 AM Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 1,168 Likes: 290 Boone County Missouri A Augie Augie A Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 1,168 Likes: 290 Boone County Missouri How do you keep your garage so clean? I spent four hours picking up in mine yesterday and if you didn't know what it looked like before you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference. lol

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554213 12/12/22 10:08 AM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14,061 Likes: 369 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14,061 Likes: 369 Somerset, PA If you drink enough Rue 33, you only need 3" of ice on the water.... Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Augie #554215 12/12/22 11:47 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight OP Administrator Lunker OP Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Augie - As an old geezer I am not that good a dodging items laying on the floor so have had to up my game cleaning-wise. Sunil - Rising spirits lift all things. Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather 1 member likes this: DrLuke

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554220 12/12/22 05:00 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana It looks like after next week you will have plenty of ice. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter esshup #554278 12/14/22 10:50 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight OP Administrator Lunker OP Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Yes, the Polar ice cap moving south from Canada. Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554286 12/14/22 02:56 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,644 Likes: 346 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,644 Likes: 346 Miss. Looks like one of the coldest Christmas weeks in my memory for here.

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554300 12/14/22 10:02 PM Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 62 Likes: 29 St Clair County, MO C CrazyCarl CrazyCarl C Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 62 Likes: 29 St Clair County, MO Weather app on my phone's calling for highs in the 20's, low's of 7 on Thursday & Friday next week. Yikes. Looks like I'll be chucking a good bit of wood into the furnace. It'll be interesting to see how hard the pond ices over.

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter CrazyCarl #554303 12/14/22 11:03 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana Originally Posted by CrazyCarl Weather app on my phone's calling for highs in the 20's, low's of 7 on Thursday & Friday next week. Yikes. Looks like I'll be chucking a good bit of wood into the furnace. It'll be interesting to see how hard the pond ices over. Hopefully you don't get a bunch of snow. That will insulate the pond and minimize the ice. If the snow is heavy and thick, it will push down the ice and water will come up thru the cracks making a white frozen mess. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554307 12/15/22 02:24 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,226 Likes: 320 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,226 Likes: 320 Hurst & Bowie, Texas Ice? 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. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554316 12/15/22 09:43 AM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,219 Likes: 42 East Bloomfield, NY USA L liquidsquid liquidsquid L Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,219 Likes: 42 East Bloomfield, NY USA Had a nice 3" thick skateable surface this morning, and now the weather is messing it all up. 2-4 inches of smudge expected, though right now it is sleet. Didn't even get a chance to get on it.

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554319 12/15/22 10:23 AM Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 355 Likes: 42 lake co calif C cb100 cb100 C Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 355 Likes: 42 lake co calif I guess weather is different on the east coast here in California I have never seen smudge not sure if I would know it if I saw it

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554320 12/15/22 11:01 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight OP Administrator Lunker OP Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Going to be a little chilly next week! Should make my Ice Forecasting Spreadsheet happy. Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter cb100 #554321 12/15/22 11:31 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,644 Likes: 346 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,644 Likes: 346 Miss. Originally Posted by cb100 I guess weather is different on the east coast here in California I have never seen smudge not sure if I would know it if I saw it Any rain in Lake Co CA ? How's the weather -- good for the Vinyards? Last edited by ewest; 12/15/22 12:48 PM.

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554361 12/16/22 01:25 PM Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 945 Likes: 216 Central MO G gehajake gehajake G Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 945 Likes: 216 Central MO Originally Posted by Dwight Going to be a little chilly next week! Should make my Ice Forecasting Spreadsheet happy. Darn Dwight! that is some right chilly weather in your forecast, is that for real? youre gonna need a coupla pairs of longjohns! All the really good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554376 12/16/22 11:21 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana Next Thursday - Monday the highs are 16, 16, 11, 16, 19. Lows are in the single digits. That is without windchill. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554387 12/17/22 07:18 AM Joined: May 2009 Posts: 5,750 Likes: 295 Indiana, Boone County, 25 mile... R RAH Lunker RAH Lunker R Joined: May 2009 Posts: 5,750 Likes: 295 Indiana, Boone County, 25 mile... Predicting a high of 5F here on Friday. Glad that I am tagged out on deer...

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter gehajake #554388 12/17/22 07:19 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight OP Administrator Lunker OP Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Yes, for real. Happens once or twice most winters; not this early in the season, though. Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554408 12/17/22 10:40 PM Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 355 Likes: 42 lake co calif C cb100 cb100 C Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 355 Likes: 42 lake co calif ewest just saw your response yes we have had a little bit of rain here in northern California. Weather has been good for the grapes but they are going dormant now Last edited by cb100; 12/17/22 10:42 PM.

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554409 12/17/22 11:39 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana Dwight, how's the snow level at your place? I talked to my cousin in MN and they've had 28" of heavy wet snow in the past 4 days. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554626 12/31/22 05:40 PM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight OP Administrator Lunker OP Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,719 Likes: 35 Minnesota First Ice fishing excursion of the year. 13.5 inch Black Crappie. Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554628 12/31/22 06:41 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14,061 Likes: 369 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14,061 Likes: 369 Somerset, PA I know you're tall, but 13.5"??!!!! Just kidding!!!! Happy New Year!!! Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554629 12/31/22 08:00 PM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,226 Likes: 320 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,226 Likes: 320 Hurst & Bowie, Texas North Texas had a cold last week with temps in the single digits. I hunted but didn’t stay out long. 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. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

Re: Positive Thinking - Winter Dwight #554635 01/01/23 02:30 AM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,924 Likes: 973 Grovertown, Indiana Nice Black Crappie! How much ice do you have? We are in a warm spell, the ice is 1/2 gone from the pond now and it's not safe to go out on. Same with the local lakes. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).