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[limeyangler]

Hi all,

Our bay iced over last night, some areas of open water in the main basin visible from our shore but with three days of light winds and -20C temps midweek should lock up everything. Bit of a bummer that we have 10cm to 15cm of snow forecast tomorrow  to insulate the new ice, but it’s better than the three feet some parts of Ontario are getting, you can keep that sh$&! I was looking back at my first ice post on here from last year, we are a day short of 2 weeks later this year, hopefully we have an ice road before Xmas. Might get out somewhere on Sunday, will post if I do.

 

 

Edited December 2 by limeyangler

[AKRISONER]

we were battling some really warm lake temps here parry sound was still in the high 40's last weekend, but that snow acted like a giant ice cube and sure enough i got word that some ice has started forming close to shore in the back bays. The inland lakes have also skimmed over...we of course are also due for a clipper mid week which I wish would be cold rather than snow, beggers cant be choosers though after last year.

[limeyangler]

10 minutes ago, AKRISONER said:

we were battling some really warm lake temps here parry sound was still in the high 40's last weekend, but that snow acted like a giant ice cube and sure enough i got word that some ice has started forming close to shore in the back bays. The inland lakes have also skimmed over...we of course are also due for a clipper mid week which I wish would be cold rather than snow, beggers cant be choosers though after last year.

Yeah, last year was insane. We had no snow on the ground anywhere on Xmas eve………

 

[AKRISONER]

19 minutes ago, limeyangler said:

Yeah, last year was insane. We had no snow on the ground anywhere on Xmas eve………

 

a green christmas in dryden makes me want to cry.

[limeyangler]

2 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

a green christmas in dryden makes me want to cry.

It’s very sad. On the other extreme I remember spear fishing off the beaches in the Caribbean as a kid, literally wade 10’ into the water and there were red and black coral ferns the size of an ice shack, every colour living corals everywhere, sea grass fields and every species of fish to make the mind boggle and senses overload, have been back to those same shores 40 years later and it’s all gone, nothing but dead , bleached coral and a few hardy species of reef fish sparsely distributed. In behind what mangroves have been spared by developement is plastic piled 3’ high, it is literally disgusting. Many factors at play, all contributed to by us, sad my son will never experience what I was privileged to see.

[ccmtcanada]

Hey there Limey!!! I look forward to your ice reports!!  Will be a while before there's any ice down here...