12-10-2010, 10:01 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Deeper lakes, like Pineview, take a prolonged spell of brutally cold temps to get a cap on the lake. And it must also stay wind-free during that time. Deep water maintains a warmer surface temp longer than shallow lakes that cool quicker.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The last couple of years there was fishable ice around the first of December, and it looked like it was going that direction again this year. But the turnaround in the weather kinda put a hold on the ice cap. I'm looking for another deep freeze about Christmas and fishable ice by New Years.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will probably dunk my tube in Pineview one day next week and get a reading on water temps and fish concentrations at different depths. Hope I can find some of the larger crappies and perch. They have really been averaging small again this year. But, there are always some big ones if you can find them and get them to "yawn".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the meantime, just breathe through your nose and don't jump off your ice sled just yet.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The last couple of years there was fishable ice around the first of December, and it looked like it was going that direction again this year. But the turnaround in the weather kinda put a hold on the ice cap. I'm looking for another deep freeze about Christmas and fishable ice by New Years.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will probably dunk my tube in Pineview one day next week and get a reading on water temps and fish concentrations at different depths. Hope I can find some of the larger crappies and perch. They have really been averaging small again this year. But, there are always some big ones if you can find them and get them to "yawn".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the meantime, just breathe through your nose and don't jump off your ice sled just yet.[/#0000ff]
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