02-05-2011, 01:07 AM
the reason you will find ice thinner after a freeze is if it was acompanied with snow just prior to.
snow is a great insulator. I have seen spots open up because of the snow and the presure is places on the ice. because of the insulation, if there is any moving water at all under the snow, the wormer water will eat away at the ice because the friged temps can no longer reach the bottom of the ice.
I was out today, befor the snow we had about a foot across the lake, today I drilled one spot with six inches, one spot with a foot and another spot with two feet. All with in a fifty foot radius.
heavy snows on a lake are dangerous, not only is there the spring action from below, the weight from above places stress on the ice, Where ever there is a crack from presure freezing, after a heavy snow water can seep though those cracks, if if there are multi cracks, it is posible that you can step on a spot that a square or triangle can flip on you casting you under the ice with out notice..
Ice fishing seems to be a dying sport, I stopped by a dozen lakes earlier this week when the bite should have been good, there were only a cople cars parked on a cople of the lakes.
Ice fishing also takes the back seat to the holidays, Few families if any go out on the ice fishing any more. Then there are the sporting events, not to mention the cost.
a cople of our states have thier own ice fishing boards. they are a little more active.
I did make it out on the ice today, I managed a cople perch and 4 gills. enuff for dinner, nothing to hoot and hallar about. but still we had loads of sunshine, not a cloud in the sky the whole day. I did get one flag up, but I had to pull up stakes and come in so I wasnt able to hook in to that one..
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snow is a great insulator. I have seen spots open up because of the snow and the presure is places on the ice. because of the insulation, if there is any moving water at all under the snow, the wormer water will eat away at the ice because the friged temps can no longer reach the bottom of the ice.
I was out today, befor the snow we had about a foot across the lake, today I drilled one spot with six inches, one spot with a foot and another spot with two feet. All with in a fifty foot radius.
heavy snows on a lake are dangerous, not only is there the spring action from below, the weight from above places stress on the ice, Where ever there is a crack from presure freezing, after a heavy snow water can seep though those cracks, if if there are multi cracks, it is posible that you can step on a spot that a square or triangle can flip on you casting you under the ice with out notice..
Ice fishing seems to be a dying sport, I stopped by a dozen lakes earlier this week when the bite should have been good, there were only a cople cars parked on a cople of the lakes.
Ice fishing also takes the back seat to the holidays, Few families if any go out on the ice fishing any more. Then there are the sporting events, not to mention the cost.
a cople of our states have thier own ice fishing boards. they are a little more active.
I did make it out on the ice today, I managed a cople perch and 4 gills. enuff for dinner, nothing to hoot and hallar about. but still we had loads of sunshine, not a cloud in the sky the whole day. I did get one flag up, but I had to pull up stakes and come in so I wasnt able to hook in to that one..
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