This, so far, has been a strange winter. As I'm making up this post of Thurs. (1/5), the outside temp is 55 and there isn't a bit of snow on the ground. Last year at this time we had 41 inches of snow. As much as I dislike the snow, we need it badly for moisture since we had little or none in the fall months. The lake level is about 2 feet lower then last year at this time. Last year everyone (not me) complained about high water levels, so that means this year they'll complain about low water levels.
The lake froze over around the 6th of December and the weather stayed cold long enough to build up 6 to 8 inches of ice. Then I warmed up and all the ice next to the shore melted. Next, a strong north wind blew for a couple of days and the whole ice sheet on the lake moved toward our side of the lake. The cooling, warming, and windy days has occurred 3 or 4 times so far this winter. You can see the results of this weather pattern on what has built up on our shore.
And as you can see from the last picture, nothing will keep them from ice fishing.
The lake froze over around the 6th of December and the weather stayed cold long enough to build up 6 to 8 inches of ice. Then I warmed up and all the ice next to the shore melted. Next, a strong north wind blew for a couple of days and the whole ice sheet on the lake moved toward our side of the lake. The cooling, warming, and windy days has occurred 3 or 4 times so far this winter. You can see the results of this weather pattern on what has built up on our shore.
And as you can see from the last picture, nothing will keep them from ice fishing.
2 comments:
Wish I was there. Makes for some cool photography. Love that one with all the shards.
This year we are having a strange winter too. It has been in the 40s and 50s most of the time. Last year we had a whopping 90" of snow, this year, we've had about 2".
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