Took a walk out back and it is wet for sure but still some deep snow out there. My pond and little trickle creeks are blown out as I couldn't venture too far back from the slush pooled up in the low spots around them. Overall I don't think its gonna be too bad from here on. This stuff was pretty frozen solid for quite some time. Just gonna end up being more ammo towards a blow out for the next thaw...if it ever comes that is!!!

Ouch!  Cheaper to buy a new one Jack. 

Clint S
Yea man, for  $1200 that fix should come with a guy to operate it................... The weather mans prediction came true , but about 4 hours late.   The sun is out. 

Yeah it was rather nice out with the wind having let up and a nice bright sun

Lucky you all. never seen it here today only grey skies and rain with massive flowing grey and brown  tributaries (huh mud swamps from equipment)   on the J.O.B..
It's now all sheet ice everywhere outside on this Sat , 12am, not so fun drive home..
Give me freezing cold over precipitation in the winter any day or night..
You know where my cabin fever lyes, .. In the shanty, on the ice :)..
Alas. this is the break from my hardwater garble for awhile (yea right) as the weather has put me down out there.. Not into waders walkin on TOP of the water..
Lets all hope this cabin fever don't last too long.. Bring back the cold ..lol
 
 

Jack, as you know they don't make stuff like the old days.. If you can still fix it, your better off..I have things that lasted and still running from the 50's but junk 10- 5 years old seem a dozen , bust out another $100.+ for a new one
 
You also know I HATE SNOW !!! Stay warm buddy ..

45 and sunny.... some of the larger corn fields that get wind blown are going bare... some are really pooled up. The flat lands near the lake have water/slush pools all over the place. The smaller creeks have broke loose with free flowing water. Gauge up to the north is on a slow but steady vertical rise... I'd be surprised if the salmon doesn't get bumped to 1k by tomorrow night or monday...

Clint S
AND windy as hell.  If the banks were not around in some places there would be water across the road in some places and in some places there was some creeping on.

Absolutely... saturated was an understatement...
Local ontario tribs are free flowing in many areas... now how about the possible 20+ inches that's gonna fall on top of the soon to be ice pack??? That's a set up for catastrophe if a big wet thaw comes afterwards... the pack will act like an ice luge with straight grain alcohol pouring down it at a college frat party.... minus the wet T-shirt contest though :)

Man what a beautiful day today... sure is a great to be fishing anywhere... kudos to those fortunate enough

Was a great day all around today.  plenty of sun and warm.   Next week, back in the ice box.  Below 0 predicted.

Hah , keep it up there because its gone on the hard water here. Enough snow for the year for me.. Ice is nice, open water near but snow must go !!

Close to a foot by 7am    gonna be a 2 plow out day

Wonderful .. The sun is shining here but the temps have plummeted back into the 20's.. Maybe all that snow will scare the fishers away. I'm bringing my kid up on Sunday for his first steelhead fishing adventure so everyone should stay FAR away from us unless they wish to deal with a total newbie trying to fish around them . Lol

I hear that Jack but I have to be very close to the SR overnight sat so figure what the heck. He bought his first pair of waders and wants to give it a try. He tried salmon fishing Once and that was enough .after freezing his butt off I'm sure he will be ready to head back to a warm shanty instead. Lol

Now the wind has picked up BIG TIME.   It is going to be BRUTAL when go out around 430 to clean up this mess..

Looks like it is winding back up again...............

Looks like I was wrong... instead of 1000 by Monday its gonna be 1200 :)

Tuna... I don't see the water being up til Sunday....They really are doing a great job with the water management. They are almost matching natural flows it seems. I would assume it will do nothing but boast better natural reproduction in the future and mostly it gives the fish a better chance of survival and lowers stress levels. Just think, an extremely cold winter and we've barely had more than two weeks of 285... that's awesome.

Clint, you guys are getting bombed down there... I'd say I maybe got 8 inches or so but with the wind its all blown off of the hard snow pack with odd shaped wind drifts here and there. Parish to hastings was white out this morning and the same this afternoon...