You best believe i will be hopped up on fun dip and beef jerky next time i go lurking for chrome. Global warming? Pssssh not in this neighborhood!

Some of the Antarctic ice cap is on land and not floating.  Without doing much research I would simply say that in the Antarctic, the ice is melting over land and going into the ocean.
 
However it is thought by most scientists that the Earth didn't always have ice caps.  Evidence also shows that there may have been about 5 different periods in Earth's geological history where ice caps didn't exist at all during warming periods, but then they came back during ice ages.   We are just coming out of a major ice age that began over 2.5 million years ago, and it's thought that this is the only period when two ice caps ever existed.  So of course we are entering into the next warming period.  Humans may be accelerating it a little, but certainly not causing it based on the Earth's history.  Anyone thinking we can totally stop it or affect change enough to make a significant difference is drinking to much kool-aid in my opinion. 

Glad you are still among us. That was a pretty bad wreck and the amount of snow that fell all at once was incredible.
 

 

fisherofmen376 With even lower temps the next couple days, I see no steelhead from the creeks being caught for at least another week :(

Thanks for the motivating comment- made me wander the creeks and try prove you wrong.
Caught 5 broke off 2-saw 1 other fisherperson very enjoyable day.
After about 1pm the slush flow cleared.
Never been so happy to catch 5 fish...

Great pics, Erie is indeed a beast in the winter, gives you time to think, I guess.  I logged my second kayak fishing trip of the year here in TN yesterday, went barefoot I might add "local custom". Picked up 9 green fish (largemouth bass). 4 pushed 4lbs+, 3 in the 2-2.5lb range and 2 dinks.  Cold front pushing in had them taking greedy. God I love pre spawn bassin' in the south!
 
Tight Lines Yinz'all!!!!

wcw-glad to be proved wrong!  Did u fish on thursday?  That was some unbelievable wind and snow in the morning, if u fished in that, ur insane!  I was gone from erie by 11am, so I'm guessing it got better later in the day.  

Any open water up there?

Any Updates CBeagler? I just booked for 27th to the 30th and I'm praying the weather co-operates and the stream opens up. Iv been seeing some fisherman on the webcams but who knows quantity/quality of the fish. The week i booked was my last available time to come in the spring so it's either go or not make a spring trip.

fisherofmen376
I was up there today for work and checked out the water. Mid and upper elk are icy in the mornings and slushy with some open spots later in the day. If it had been a little warmer today (10
below with wind), I woulda jumped in to fish. By the time u get here on the 27th, u will have some open water. No one can accurately predict Erie weather that far in advance though, so who knows what the creek levels might be. But that's always a factor whether it's winter or not.
I'll be up for work on the 27th, and for the first time since December, I have complete confidence that I'll be catching steelhead.

Due to my work schedule and travel time (7 hours) I've given up trying to keep track of water levels. I always find fishable water. I've never had to worry about open water in late March though. I've also never experienced the mouths of the creeks being locked up late March.

cbeagler
The walnut access looks just like my first set of pics again. Even a little worse. The ice in the marina is up over the banks as well. A lot of ice came down the creek and met the lake with a 45 knot wind trying to push lake ice back up the creek.

Thanks for the update. Heres hoping to sun and some warm weather in the next two weeks!

Thanks for the report H3Fisher. i can only imagine what it looks like. i think i will make a trip towards the end of the month. im looking for steel, bass, eyes, cats. dont other species make runs on the streams in the spring?