12-27-2016, 12:32 AM
Last year we started ice fishing on Ririe on Dec. 27th which was the earliest that we have ever fished it. It generally freezes over between Jan 5 to Jan 10 and will probably be that time again.
The core of the lake has to get cold enough to keep the warmer water from "turning over" or coming to the surface. As long as there is steam coming off the top of the lake, it will not freeze over as that shows that it has turned over. The reservoir stopped releasing steam on Dec 23rd this year and with all the snow cooling the top to 32 degrees, several nights of below zero should do it.
I am betting that by January 9, we should be fishing on safe ice.
Any other guesses??????
The core of the lake has to get cold enough to keep the warmer water from "turning over" or coming to the surface. As long as there is steam coming off the top of the lake, it will not freeze over as that shows that it has turned over. The reservoir stopped releasing steam on Dec 23rd this year and with all the snow cooling the top to 32 degrees, several nights of below zero should do it.
I am betting that by January 9, we should be fishing on safe ice.
Any other guesses??????