Ice fishing ?

[splashhopper]

With the cold snap here in southern Ontario last week, I am wondering how much colder will the water temperature have dropped from the previous week and how will it affect the bite?

 

This newbie to ice fishing wants to know if I should go out first thing in the am tomorrow( no shelter) or wait a few hours and go for the "afternoon bite".

 

 

Thanks

[Terry]

if the water temp drops it will be ice and the fish would be stiff

 

but really

it will not make much difference

 

I di believe that 4 degs is the heaviest water

so except shallow water, it's a fairly stable water temp for them

[Sinker]

Yep, water temp thru the ice is pretty much the same all season, and throughout the whole water column. The warmer water will actually be 4 degrees C, and on bottom. Barometric pressure, and lunar cycles will still effect fish though.

 

S.

[splashhopper]

Yep, water temp thru the ice is pretty much the same all season, and throughout the whole water column. The warmer water will actually be 4 degrees C, and on bottom. Barometric pressure, and lunar cycles will still effect fish though.

 

S.

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I noticed the last two weekends that as the day progressed towards afternoon, the fish seemed to move higher?

Does this make sense?