It’s hard to put the boat away.

[limeyangler]

Hi all,

Still enjoying the mild weather here, been a great October. Got out for a bit of jigging for whatever was around in the pike bays near home on Lake Wabigoon before spending the late afternoon casting for pike, lots of fish of all sorts and sizes.

 

 

[Rizzo]

what a gorgeous spot and some fantastic fish. i hope mine isn't put away until Mid December

[lew]

48 minutes ago, Rizzo said:

 i hope mine isn't put away until Mid December

Remember the days Roger when a group of us from this board would close the musky season the Saturday before Dec. 15 on the Upper Niagara. Fun times back then and some good memories.

Edited October 27 by lew

[Rizzo]

Sure do! You and Pete would fish together I think, I remember Wayne being nicely set up with a heater in his boat and fishdawg came with me once

[AKRISONER]

I used to like winter a lot, but after the past few "winters" weve had, it makes putting the boat away harder than ever. Perhaps an oldschool winter with snow and ice that will allow me to enjoy outdoor winter activities will dampen the blow.

[limeyangler]

49 minutes ago, AKRISONER said:

I used to like winter a lot, but after the past few "winters" weve had, it makes putting the boat away harder than ever. Perhaps an oldschool winter with snow and ice that will allow me to enjoy outdoor winter activities will dampen the blow.

I hear ya on that, but even with all the snow and ice we get here winter is too long in my opinion, I’m getting old.

[AKRISONER]

On 10/28/2024 at 2:51 PM, limeyangler said:

I hear ya on that, but even with all the snow and ice we get here winter is too long in my opinion, I’m getting old.

thats the major difference we experience here in the balmy south. Growing up daytime highs in Southern Ontario were never much below the freezing mark and more specifically when the big weather systems moved in from the south, our snowfalls were always hovering around the freezing mark. Usually a big storm came with some mixing of freezing rain etc. and now with this warming climate a couple of degrees to the warmer side, suddenly most of our big weather events in the winter just fall as cold heavy rain. 

Up in your neck of the woods, it might not be -20 for weeks on end anymore, its more like -10 or even into the single digits below freezing, but its still winter. I couldnt believe it, i drove to kapuskasing through cochrane for work in early march last year and it was already spring...the snow was basically on its last legs.

heck I was boating in parry sound in march! not a skim of ice in sight.

I swear any person that "loves" the winters weve been having these past few years is absolutely sick in the head. give me -15 and sunny over +2 and pouring rain/dreary...honestly there may be no colder weather than when it pours rain and its hovering around freezing. Last year didnt we break a record for the most consecutive cloudy days? If i recall we had some kind of stretch of 40 days straight from november to january where it was cloudy +5 and grey...and people are celebrating it?

Edited October 30 by AKRISONER

[limeyangler]

10 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

 If i recall we had some kind of stretch of 40 days straight from november to january where it was cloudy +5 and grey...and people are celebrating it?

You just described England year round, there’s more than one reason I moved over here…. Lol

[CrowMan]

10 hours ago, limeyangler said:

You just described England year round, there’s more than one reason I moved over here…. Lol

Born there, done that..

[CrowMan]

21 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

thats the major difference we experience here in the balmy south. Growing up daytime highs in Southern Ontario were never much below the freezing mark and more specifically when the big weather systems moved in from the south, our snowfalls were always hovering around the freezing mark. Usually a big storm came with some mixing of freezing rain etc. and now with this warming climate a couple of degrees to the warmer side, suddenly most of our big weather events in the winter just fall as cold heavy rain. 

Up in your neck of the woods, it might not be -20 for weeks on end anymore, its more like -10 or even into the single digits below freezing, but its still winter. I couldnt believe it, i drove to kapuskasing through cochrane for work in early march last year and it was already spring...the snow was basically on its last legs.

heck I was boating in parry sound in march! not a skim of ice in sight.

I swear any person that "loves" the winters weve been having these past few years is absolutely sick in the head. give me -15 and sunny over +2 and pouring rain/dreary...honestly there may be no colder weather than when it pours rain and its hovering around freezing. Last year didnt we break a record for the most consecutive cloudy days? If i recall we had some kind of stretch of 40 days straight from november to january where it was cloudy +5 and grey...and people are celebrating it?

Agree. The ice fishing season on my lake was 2 weeks long last winter.

I have a good buddy of almost 40 years who lives in Philadelphia. We now have the winters he used to have. They used to have a brief ice fishing season down there, now none at all.

The only bright side is...I don't put away the boat until almost Christmas, and Steelhead season is now much longer. 

Even as a skier, the season is now so short, and the conditions often terrible, that I don't get out much the last few years.

We have a couple of trips planned down south this winter. It used to feel like I was missing something when we went away...not anymore.