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jbird68
12-23-2005, 01:48 PM
The ice is melting...the ice is melting. :sad:
It's 41 degrees here and the water is pouring off my roof. No ice fishing until we get some more cold weather here in Illinois.



dinoday
12-23-2005, 02:10 PM
It's warming up,but I'm not sweating it.It's only a little above freezing and below it at night.It's only going to last two days and by SUnday they're saying back below freezing.
I'm glad to see some snow go...makes for better ice!

I'll be fishing on Monday :)
Cooley
12-23-2005, 07:57 PM
Thank god I live in Michigan,(S.E)Just got off the lake, 5 inches of ice.
Nothing melting here! just a little surface
PS. 465 acres, deepest 110 feet
icefishermanmark
12-23-2005, 08:16 PM
cooley are you talkin about Union Lake? Gettin anything?
Cooley
12-23-2005, 08:48 PM
Yes I was, Very slow, one small eye,Now I know there's 5 inches of ice,
I will be hittin one of my hot spots on my new/used 3 wheeler.
10 days off work, gotta love it. :)
Hamilton Reef
12-23-2005, 08:53 PM
The short melt is helping the ice in some areas by melting the excess snow to water, filling in the gaps, and then refreezing into real ice. Too much cover snow hinders formation of safe ice.
double trouble
12-23-2005, 09:10 PM
which side of union and is the ice thick enough with the rain?
Cooley
12-24-2005, 09:12 AM
which side of union and is the ice thick enough with the rain?

Even with the little rain we got did not hurt the ice at all.
I was 100 yards out from the boat launch.Had my tape measure
with me & measured the ice,5 inches thick,their was a guy on a snowmobile
zipping back & forth on the lake.Looked like he was having fun.If its only
5 inches at the boat launch you know its only 2 inches in other area's.
I'll wait a little longer to bring out the the wheeler! ;)
William H Bonney
12-24-2005, 06:18 PM
There was more ice today than there was last weekend, at least on the lake I fished(Kensington "area"). I stayed until 230pm, the top was just startin' to get a lil' soft.
stinger63
12-24-2005, 07:11 PM
Lexington harbor alot of water and slush but a solid 5 inches of ice there.Dont go near the mouth its very shaky out there and busting up :yikes:
deputy865
12-24-2005, 11:45 PM
It is warm, and it was raining. I was hoping to do a christmas day fish here on Lake Fenton with a freind but IDk..My dads a littler worried about it but i think its good. (i'm fishing Lake Fenton, SE) We seen a guy out there this morning with a 4 wheeler at about or depth. I hope it's still good. Just found a spot!

Shane