Entropy Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wather was cold last Saturday with much wind. Sat night wind died, lake froze. About 1/4" on Sunday morning. Today I did not have a chance to see it, but the entire lake was clam and very glassy, might still be frozen and for sure will be this eve. Going to try to report daily or every other day like I did two years ago. See you out there. Entropy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wather was cold last Saturday with much wind. Sat night wind died, lake froze. About 1/4" on Sunday morning. Today I did not have a chance to see it, but the entire lake was clam and very glassy, might still be frozen and for sure will be this eve. Going to try to report daily or every other day like I did two years ago. See you out there. Entropy Turns out "two years ago" was in 2006!!! How time flies!! http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1291&st=0 Entropy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 you mean 2006 wasn't 2 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregoire Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 What year is it? Where am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mukluk Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Looking forward to your reports Entropy. Saves me gas money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_one Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thanks for updating us! Looking forward to your posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhaman Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thanks Entropy. Lookin forward to fishin Scugog this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 No word of a lie, I had a dream last night I was ice fishing on scugog and I caught a rainbow trout through the ice. For some reason it made perfect sense to everyone around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC1 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Sweet, thanks for the update! Itching pretty bad for ice now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'd say the bog is froze right across now. If its not, it will be tonight. Pigeon has a good bit of ice on it, as well as sturgeon.....not safe for fishing of course, so don't get any bright ideas!!!! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Sounds like a couple of you nighttime dreamers tried billy bob's candy whiskey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldphart Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 ~~~Just checked the web camera on Lower Buckhorn at Reach Harbour, and the lake looks frozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Haha, I had a very similar dream! On Scugog, caught a laker, and it made complete sense....Weird! Glad I wasn't the only one that drank some year old egg nog. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Clear Lake appeared to be frozen right across a couple days back, even had a skim of snow on it. Today it's pretty well wide open again except for ice out from the west shore for 150' or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Paudash is open up near bancroft. Skims over every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Left for work in the dark and got home in the dark, hope to check and measure tomorrow. Located on easter part of lake. Sunday I was able to throw a 2" rock through the ice, looked to be about 1/4". Entropy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Saw this, thought you may all enjoy it... Loads on Ice Required Minimum Ice Thickness in inches Description of Safe Moving Load 1-3/4 - One person on skies 2 - One person on foot or skates 3 - One snowmobile 3 - A group of people walking single file 7 - A single passenger automobile 8 - A 2-1/2 ton truck 9 - A 3-1/2 ton truck 10 - A 7 to 8 ton truck http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/Districts/MVP/Reports/ice/ice_load.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 only 7 inches needed to get your car out there. I believe it, but I think a lot of people would call you insane if you did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 only 7 inches needed to get your car out there. I believe it, but I think a lot of people would call you insane if you did it I watched a hut last Jan 3/11 get dragged out buy a Rav4 on 4" of ice. you could hear the ice from 500 yards away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I found some ice on rice lake today that my boat wouldn't break thru. I will admit, i was kinda shocked. I've never had that issue before.....especially with 3 guys and gear in the boat! Most of it was just skim ice though, just one spot was thicker. We had to turn around and re route!! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorDan Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 only 7 inches needed to get your car out there. I believe it, but I think a lot of people would call you insane if you did it The stuff on ice thickness that gets published in OOD and the like it always extremely conservative. The amount of good, black, solid ice needed to hold up heavy things is much less than most people think. The only problem is that ice thickness is uneven, there are pressure cracks, problem areas, current and so on that make is better to be extremely conservative. So while that post is good and theoretically sound, I'm really hoping it won't lead to people taking out their SUVs onto lakes just because there is 8" of ice near shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrystrs Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I walked on Scugog today. 10' from shore there was a little over an inch , it would creak and crack if there were any lines or impurities. I could see it was still open in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrystrs Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I walked on Scugog today. 10' from shore there was a little over an inch , it would creak and crack if there were any lines or impurities. I could see it was still open in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jer Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 2" thick in front of my place on Buckhorn yesterday, I could walk on it...but didn't like the creaking and cracking noises the ice made. If we get some cold nights, might make it out before the new year afterall...on foot anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 If the ice is soft enough to bend when someone walks by and makes water come out the hole, that's too thin for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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