2 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Hope the local brown bass population doesn't get the virus.

A-Jay 

Those mean ole brown bass would infect the virus. Similar to what Chuck Norris would do 

24 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Similar to what Chuck Norris would do 

6 hours ago, A-Jay said:

As this 2nd week of March comes to a close,

warmer temps, wind & rain seem to be dominating the local forecast.

We've seen a significant snow loss recently with more & more bare ground appearing daily.

 Lakes are still iced over but I Like where this is trending . . . 

 

My projected open water date is 34 days away.

 

A-Jay

There was a lot of ice still left when I was there last week- good luck!  We are clear finally down here but still holding off a week or so before I get my boat out...mostly because my buddy has his ready to go already

55 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Hope the local brown bass population doesn't get the virus.

A-Jay 

Word on the street is in order to prevent the spread to the brown bass, they will not school this year. Good luck pal. ?

I drove by my local smallie lake and as I had suspected it still has ice on it. I’d say it’s about 40% open, and of course the ice is in front of the launch so even if I wanted to go out there I couldn’t. The bright side the ice appears to be on its last leg and I’d guess gone in a few days. 

Ice is gone here but it's snowing today

Seems this area is in a sort of suspended animation. 

Not getting worse but not really getting any better either.

Better being- overtly obvious conditions that promote open water.

 

A-Jay

We woke up this morning to a dusting on the ground and skim ice on the lake, it’ll be gone by the end of the day but still a reminder that this is still Michigan and Mother Nature is still in control. 

 

Sitting right at 30 Days now. 

Need a tropical heat wave  . . 

A-Jay

It was 12° this morning.  Gonna be in the 60s by the weekend.

7 hours ago, J Francho said:

It was 12° this morning.  Gonna be in the 60s by the weekend.

That’s a wild ride 

On 3/12/2020 at 3:40 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Those mean ole brown bass would infect the virus. Similar to what Chuck Norris would do 

My favorite nickname for one of those big ol’ fat bronzebacks is “Chunk Norris!”  ?

14 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s a wild ride 

Now they're calling for even higher temps.  It will drop back down below freezing by Saturday morning.

51 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Now they're calling for even higher temps.  It will drop back down below freezing by Saturday morning.

Yup Friday morning is supposed to be around 60, by Friday evening low to mid 30’s. 

3 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Yup Friday morning is supposed to be around 60, by Friday evening low to mid 30’s. 

That fits - day or so after we get it.

 

 

 

Zing ~

A-Jay

Tonight is the vernal (spring) equinox. 

Perhaps more importantly and in tune with the title of this thread, it's 40 degrees and RAINING at 9 PM.

 

 

A-Jay

38 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Tonight is the vernal (spring) equinox. 

Perhaps more importantly and in tune with the title of this thread, it's 40 degrees and RAINING at 9 PM.

 

A-Jay

We had low 40s and rain much of the day. Really pounded the snow-pack. Have to see what it did to the ice on the lake the next day or so.

Last Thursday it was almost 70 here.  Now it's snowing out side.  This is nuts.

Took a drive down to the town docks yesterday ( Georgian Bay in Parry Sound). There’s still a bit of ice out there, but it’s open at the river and I can see a fair bit of open water a couple miles out in the bay, which means it’ll likely be all open in about two weeks. I’m bringing the boat down from my shop/winter storage next weekend and into my heated garage so I can start loading up and sitting in it at night, dreaming of a spring trout fish! 

Snowing in Chi-Town

It was cold (below freezing ) most of this past weekend but the next few days seem to be trending in the right direction ~ 

 

A-Jay

Another blessing and a curse. I’m a utility locator so we will continue to work which is good. The downside is I’m working, so I can’t fish on our open lake. Trust me I’m thankful it’s business as usual for us. But I wish... 

We're continuing to trend is a very positive direction; on multiple fronts.

 

 

20 Days ~ 

A-Jay

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

We're continuing to trend is a very positive direction; on multiple fronts.

 

 

20 Days ~ 

A-Jay

What’s that white stuff behind the gas station? ?