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| wiswimbait - 4/21/2013 9:36 PM
Thanks!
Funny that the earliest and the latest will be back to back. And if it goes out on May 10 then the average of the last 2 years will be April 15, which would be average. Strange huh |
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| Lakes are wide open in SE WI and NE IL. |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | wiswimbait - 4/21/2013 6:46 PM
What is normal ice out in northern Wi?
On average by me it's been the first or second week in April. Last year she was open by mid-march. That was extremely rare. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Wide open and flowing through the homes of thousands of people. If there were one place that could have benefitted from a slow thaw this year it would be NE Illinois.
Guest - 4/22/2013 8:50 AM
Lakes are wide open in SE WI and NE IL. |
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Location: Ontario | Massive flooding in Muskoka Ontario this weekend too. With any luck, Georgian Bay may recoup some of the 7-8 ft its lost over the past 20 years. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Plenty of ice and many still ice fishing in Hayward...got another foot of snow last nite following nearly two feet last friday!
Global warming my arse! |
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| I never kept track, but isn't mid-late April about normal for N WI? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 60 Friday, 70 Sunday with a thunderstorm...some of the smaller Oneida Co lakes may be fine. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Just checked three area lakes. The shores are soft, but anywhere 20' out is as solid as it was last month. We'll be out ice fishing tomorrow morning for crappies. |
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| Interesting how one year is probably the earliest ice out followed by the next which is probably the latest. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Will IcefishingFIRST be covering the fishing opener this year ? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | If that's possible, we will do it just to shoot the video. Nutso. |
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| Burnett Co. WI last weekend 19" solid ice under 4" snow/slush. |
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| While rain will really eat into the ice, the sun angle will eventually catch up with it even if the temperatures stay cold. Remember that the sun is as high in the sky today as it is in mid August and we we're only about 8 weeks away from the highest it will ever be in the sky.
We've had our cabin in Iron County, WI for about 20 years and April 15 is about our average. Last year was the earliest we've ever experienced, and 1996 was the latest on May 5th. I also remember one opening weekend somewhere around the early 80's give or take where we were on N Twin and it didn't open up until Sun afternoon as we were leaving for home. Anyone else remember that one? |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Looks like a warm week next week, 50's and 60's, but not a lot of rain up there.
I remember that week in 96, we got up to the landing about midnight on friday and had to break 1/2" of ice to get out to the camp grounds on Palmer. I don't think it ever got past 35° the entire weekend. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | If we get the heat that is supposed to come and any wind with it, I think we will see a quick melt as the ice will bring the greenhouse effect into play and really eat away from the bottom up. Opener for MN should be o.k.
We get a good blow when that ice gets thin and breaks up, there will be piles of ice on shore.
I recall one year where the ice on Mille Lacs came across the road it was literally being pushed by wave action.
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| 32 " on Cass lake 1950 ice out may 22 on leech that was a record year for snow also
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | The snow is gone, but a heep of ice remains. Good thing I never put any of the ice stuff away yet. Sled, flags, Auger are still in the same spot I left them in back in late Feb. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | We'll see, there's lots of ice left, but it's supposed to rain this week quite a bit. That will do a job on the ice IF it's not a near freezing rain. It's supposed to snow Thursday. Yep, snow; 1 to 3". That will help..... |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Steve, you like me, wanting an ice fishing opener? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Would be very cool. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | a tiny sliver of ice is left on Medicine lake near my house. and I mean no bigger than 3-5 cars side by side. That was yesterday at 3:00 I bet its gone now
Edited by FAT-SKI 4/30/2013 7:46 AM
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| Oneida Co. lakes are about three feet open on some of the shore lines. Ice is starting to turn black. My guess is it could be open by the tenth. Snow predicted on Thurs. of this week. 98% of the snow in the woods is gone. |
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