12poundbass

The lake has officially been iced in for two days now. There are a couple bigger ones still open. At 16 degrees the rest will be closing pretty soon.

I’ve yet to find a Lake Menderchuck in Michigan so he must be fishing in another state and saying it’s Michigan. Plus there aren’t any good fishing in Michigan.

Welp just watched the weather and they’re forecasting 6-8” through Sunday morning.

I don’t see how it couldn’t be. Must be those were just flukes. I couldn’t be happier with my Garmins.

Hell thats not even worth firing up big red to clean the driveway, just fire up the leaf blower and you’re good to go.

Maybe @A-Jay might get that much. Down here we are looking at (it changes daily) 2-4 inches. Lake Michigan is the deciding factor, she’ll do what she wants. She can be nice and break up the storm and only give us a couple inches or she can be nasty and really hit us hard with a ton of snow! Our really bad ice storm they were talking about all last week that put everyone in panic mode didn’t really pan out. We got some ice and about 4000 of us lost power for a few hours but that was it. Most people got rain instead of freezing rain. As much as I rag on the weather guessers, it has to be hard accurately predicting the weather with that big body of water throwing a wrench in everything.

Sheesh! I wasn’t aware it wasn’t out yet. With no Humminbird units anymore and a $1200 price tag, I’m not complaining. Looks pretty cool though!

Birthday suite works well for and dries pretty quick. The only downfall is when you can and can’t use this suite, and the biggest downfall is you need to be really careful around treble hooks!

Yup Friday night into Saturday. We’re looking at 4-6”.

January 19 was when all he-l-l broke loose last year. I’m going to continue enjoying this weather too, but in the back of my mind I’m prepared to cry when reality hits.

~UPDATE~ We got power back on about 10 minutes after I took melatonin. ?

We’re on well water too. We always have drinking water on hand. I have access to a generator but since it won’t be too long We’ll just tuff it out. I think tonight is a good night for an early bedtime.

~UPDATE~ Power won’t be on until 12:30 am now. This sucks!

Happy birthday to you and your mom! They’re saying 6:45 the power should be back on so it’s looking like you will have to wait to see me in a toga.

We were going to stay the night, so ham sounds good tomorrow.

We got a ton of rain over night, no snow as of yet, and I’d guess by what’s on the tree by our front door 1/8” of ice. Apparently enough to break a pole somewhere close by and knock power out for 1800 of us. I’m loading the family and dogs up and we’re heading to your place @slonezp. What’s for dinner?

Annnnnd there goes the power. ?

Today is catching up on DVR shows. I might do a little fishing later....PlayStation 4 fishing.

We got a ton of rain last night and now we’re getting freezing rain and sleet. Everything is covered in ice and the roads are slick. We’ve got everything we need for today and tomorrow so we’re going to be reclusive for the next 48 hours or so.

Pretty cool to see! The Bassresource family is a good one that’s for sure!

The wife comes home and here’s the “guard dog”.

It’s 45* as I type this, with a high of almost 50 today. The forecast for the next 48 hours says there’s a great potential that we’re in big BIG trouble! Some areas of West Michigan are looking at almost 4” of rain. The Grand River is already flooded. In my neck of the woods we’re looking at close to 3” of rain and 1/2-1” of freezing rain! I’m hoping the temps stay a little warmer than they’re predicting because even a half inch of freezing rain is bad news. The roads won’t be treated because of the rain we’re getting all day today through tonight. We had about 48 hours of a cold snap that had froze the first couple inches of ground, so the rainy will have nowhere to go and the dirt roads could turn into a skating rink. After tonight it’s time to batten down the hatches and not resurface until Monday morning. Hopefully we don’t lose power.

It never gets old seeming those pups in the snow.

Hunting licenses are down in Michigan. Fishing licenses I’m not sure about. I see boats out all the time in my area fishing. Last summer I took my son and his best friend out fishing. We were right in front of this house and they were hammering the gills and trying to catch the catfish that kept popping it’s head out. This old guy (late 70’s) came out and stood at the shore just looking at us. I finally said hi and he smiled and said he had been watching those two for a while (I was just the guide that day) and said he was so glad to see them out fishing and having so much fun doing it. He gave me a wink and a thumbs up. That was a proud dad moment for me. I’m doing what I can to keep hunting and fishing going in my household.

Good luck with the tournament! Besides the rain sounds like some good weather.