11-28-2010, 08:37 PM
Jigs,
Thats been in recent years and as far as the cisco run in mid January it has only froze 3-4 times in the past ten years, and I have seen people walk on it with their cisco nets with only an inch; keep in mind the cisco come right to the shore, so people are probably willing to risk a four foot deep polar plunge[shocked] Historically Bear Lake would freeze often, I remember being in high school in late February and going for cutts, macks, and whitefish on the hard deck frequently. My grandfather lived in St. Charles on the west side and had land on the East Side; he would always talk about taking his horse team and pulling the sled across the ig lake as a shortcut. Now in all truth he may have only done this a couple of times, but the story was still cool! If you go pre 1920 huge blocks of ie were cut out of the lake to fill ice houses for the spring and summer. I am not disagreeing with you; I just realize the weather patterns have been on the warmer side the last few years, but this year I hope to be on the hard deck for the great cisco run! Go La' Nina
OvidCreek
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Thats been in recent years and as far as the cisco run in mid January it has only froze 3-4 times in the past ten years, and I have seen people walk on it with their cisco nets with only an inch; keep in mind the cisco come right to the shore, so people are probably willing to risk a four foot deep polar plunge[shocked] Historically Bear Lake would freeze often, I remember being in high school in late February and going for cutts, macks, and whitefish on the hard deck frequently. My grandfather lived in St. Charles on the west side and had land on the East Side; he would always talk about taking his horse team and pulling the sled across the ig lake as a shortcut. Now in all truth he may have only done this a couple of times, but the story was still cool! If you go pre 1920 huge blocks of ie were cut out of the lake to fill ice houses for the spring and summer. I am not disagreeing with you; I just realize the weather patterns have been on the warmer side the last few years, but this year I hope to be on the hard deck for the great cisco run! Go La' Nina
OvidCreek
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