I've been reading all the traffic.  One question.  With all the abnormal warm weather, will there ever be enough cold weather for safe ice this year? 

ORIGINAL: Stillhead

My prediction,  not a chance.

Ice season is over. If you can call that a season.

I think your right.

I have a shanty and auger for sale.....Anybody??   lol
 
Aint gonna happen this year again, that's for sure!

Then you need to go to the winter just a few hundred miles west of erie they wouldn believe global warming exists! Mucho snow minus 0 conditions lots of ice,wisconsin minnosota Iowa, the winds just blew a little different again this year! hang in there krott old man winter will be back with a vengence again soon i hope!!If you guys remember the 1st freezeout we have tee shirts that say i survived the erie freezeeout!! and believe me it was survive. its cyclic it will return to normal just as it has since the beginning of time!!
 
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ORIGINAL: ICE NUT

Then you need to go to the winter just a few hundred miles west of erie they wouldn believe global warming exists! Mucho snow minus 0 conditions lots of ice,wisconsin minnosota Iowa, the winds just blew a little different again this year! hang in there krott old man winter will be back with a vengence again soon i hope!!If you guys remember the 1st freezeout we have tee shirts that say i survived the erie freezeeout!! and believe me it was survive. its cyclic it will return to normal just as it has since the beginning of time!!

                                                icenut

I was at the 1st Freezout! That was one of the coldest days I have spent on the bay. Wind was at least 30 mph and wind chills well below zero. About 20" of ice to boot! I love winter!

I just had my daughter and her family move to PA from northern Minn. about 150 miles from Canada and her children(my 4 grandchildren) have asked me several times when winter is going to come so they can play in the snow. My daughter tells me that the weather she has encountered here since October is comperable to their spring. Unless something really drastic happens I believe ice fishing season is over especially here in southwest PA.

any word on the freezeout, next weekends looking pretty good...?

Is this really gonna happen if it is now is the time? maybe next weekend since there is a tourney this weekend elsewhere?

This Saturday afternoon??????????????????????????????????????? 



My brother finally talked me into hitting the ice.  So, I went out for the first time Sunday, and had a blast.  Ended up meeting up with a few guys who are on here and we had an impromptu mini-Freezeout.  I struggled to even get a bite, but I wasn't the only one.  Eventually we found a spot that had some fish, and then the chrome started hitting.  That was fun!  I closed out the day with a pretty hen that took about 15 minutes to get up and out.  4 sMal bluegill, and one 25" steelhead capped off a great day outside. 

Great!  Another hobby.  My wife is thrilled.

Im thinking if we have good ice next week, we can have it March 8th, Saturday.  This is not for sure yet, because weather conditions dont look great for next week, just an idea, who would all be interested?

This weekend is to early of notice, plus its the outdoor show.