First Ice

LundLover · 08-13-2008, 02:47 PM

So what is your prediction on the first date that there will be enough ice and it will be thick enough to fish?

BoB_25 · 08-13-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LundLover

So what is your prediction on the first date that there will be enough ice and it will be thick enough to fish?

last week in Nov. If i had it my way i would say the day after i get my buck......

Musky Dreamin · 08-13-2008, 02:51 PM

After coming off the bucket after every little creak and groan I dont think there will ever be enough ice to get me back out there

Harold · 08-13-2008, 02:52 PM

If Algore hadn't invented Global Warming, I would have suggested November 15th. But NOW, I'm predicting January 19th.

My ice auger is on a farmhouse somewhere between Merna and Anselmo. Hope it got some use the last couple/three years! The only ice "walkable" around here during that time frame was the cubes I dropped from the freezer.

Harold F.

**Chad** · 08-13-2008, 03:02 PM

We'll be fishing before Christmas.

MA Machine · 08-13-2008, 04:16 PM

I've been practicing all year. Bring it on!! The earlier the better.

Jump n Fish · 08-13-2008, 04:28 PM

I'm praying every night that if I make it home for Christmas this year that I'll get to go ice fishing.

fishingman · 08-13-2008, 04:50 PM

I think I hate you

Frosch · 08-13-2008, 05:22 PM

magnusthebigbrownlab · 08-13-2008, 06:47 PM

The ice came early last year. I don't remeber when I was fishing, but I want to say it was early December. I'd say we'll be checking the tip-ups right around Christmas...

jimbosan · 08-13-2008, 06:58 PM

Hopefully there won't be any ice!

Trout Bum · 08-13-2008, 07:03 PM

El Nino will allow only for fleeting opportunities on the ice this year! Certainly not as good as last winter.

jimbosan · 08-13-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Trout Bum

El Nino will allow only for fleeting opportunities on the ice this year! Certainly not as good as last winter.

Trout Bum · 08-13-2008, 07:10 PM

I feel bad for all of you guys who got hooked on ice fishing last year and bought a bunch of gear. You'll have to go North if you want to use it before Christmas! Of course, I'm partial like jimbosan, I like open water! Float-tubing on ice is a real hassle.

**holdemplyer** · 08-13-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trout Bum

I feel bad for all of you guys who got hooked on ice fishing last year and bought a bunch of gear. You'll have to go North if you want to use it before Christmas! Of course, I'm partial like jimbosan, I like open water! Float-tubing on ice is a real hassle.

uglymike · 08-13-2008, 07:18 PM

A couple days after I really start to hammer those mallards.........

**Mako** · 08-13-2008, 08:12 PM

LL, are you actually going to go out this year?

walleyeking · 08-13-2008, 08:19 PM

I'd say by mid december and we'll definitely be walking on the hard stuff by chirstmas

I'm ready....

LundLover · 08-13-2008, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mako

LL, are you actually going to go out this year?

I don't know....my fishing partner(and probably the only one who could talk me into it) moved three hours south.

magnusthebigbrownlab · 08-13-2008, 08:23 PM

Oh horse-poopy. I've only been ice-fishing for the last 8 years or so, but I can only remember one winter where there was very little ice. We usually get at least two good months of safe, solid ice. Sure, it's not Fairbanks, but it ain't exactly Miami down here either.

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Musky Dreamin Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Auburn NE Posts: 262 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	After coming off the bucket after every little creak and groan I dont think there will ever be enough ice to get me back out there __________________ Yesterdays tomorrow is today!

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Harold 2008 Catch and Continue Finalist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kearney Posts: 628 Thanks: 84 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	If Algore hadn't invented Global Warming, I would have suggested November 15th. But NOW, I'm predicting January 19th. My ice auger is on a farmhouse somewhere between Merna and Anselmo. Hope it got some use the last couple/three years! The only ice "walkable" around here during that time frame was the cubes I dropped from the freezer. Harold F. __________________ "Catching fish on a fly makes me giggle like a school girl. Probably because, when you think about it, it’s such an absurd thing to do." -OBG

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Jump n Fish Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Laurel, MS Posts: 434 Thanks: 5 Thanked 22 Times in 11 Posts	I'm praying every night that if I make it home for Christmas this year that I'll get to go ice fishing. __________________ We accidentally replaced your heart with a baked potato. You have about three seconds to live.

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MA Machine 2008 Catch and Continue Finalist Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lincoln Posts: 384 Thanks: 32 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	I've been practicing all year. Bring it on!! The earlier the better.

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magnusthebigbrownlab Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Omaha Posts: 1,419 Thanks: 39 Thanked 49 Times in 41 Posts	The ice came early last year. I don't remeber when I was fishing, but I want to say it was early December. I'd say we'll be checking the tip-ups right around Christmas... __________________ On a cold winter morning in the time before the light, in the flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight. When the darkness has fallen down and the times are tough alright, the sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight.

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jimbosan Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blair, Nebraska Posts: 1,421 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Hopefully there won't be any ice! __________________ GET EM CLOSE/happiness is a bloody arrow!

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Trout Bum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Millard Posts: 720 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	El Nino will allow only for fleeting opportunities on the ice this year! Certainly not as good as last winter. __________________ "The solution to any problem - work, love, money, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." - John Gierach

08-13-2008, 07:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
Trout Bum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Millard Posts: 720 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I feel bad for all of you guys who got hooked on ice fishing last year and bought a bunch of gear. You'll have to go North if you want to use it before Christmas! Of course, I'm partial like jimbosan, I like open water! Float-tubing on ice is a real hassle. __________________ "The solution to any problem - work, love, money, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." - John Gierach

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uglymike Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A couple days after I really start to hammer those mallards.........

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Mako Director Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A bit further south... Posts: 4,301 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	LL, are you actually going to go out this year? __________________ "Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut."

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walleyeking Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lincoln Posts: 189 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'd say by mid december and we'll definitely be walking on the hard stuff by chirstmas I'm ready....

08-13-2008, 08:23 PM	#20 (permalink)
magnusthebigbrownlab Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Omaha Posts: 1,419 Thanks: 39 Thanked 49 Times in 41 Posts	Oh horse-poopy. I've only been ice-fishing for the last 8 years or so, but I can only remember one winter where there was very little ice. We usually get at least two good months of safe, solid ice. Sure, it's not Fairbanks, but it ain't exactly Miami down here either. __________________ On a cold winter morning in the time before the light, in the flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight. When the darkness has fallen down and the times are tough alright, the sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight.

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