but then by next Friday the temps are looking to rebound well, so hopefully it is the last below 0 of this winter.  At this  point I would take normal temps for this time of year and be extremely happy

back on dry land ready to switch gears and head west.. It was brutal out there this morning.. Very windy so we both fished outta the 2 man with the good heat.. Bite was slow.. Hope its better on the open water but somehow i kinda think it will be slow as well..
Stay warm guys.. Looks like maybe a good 6 weeks more walking on top for me..

Good luck HT, I did not get in until late last night AND my check engine light came on in the car.  Need to try and fix that today.  Luckily I think it is just the Oxygen sensor.

Yea a gradual thaw, keeping me on the ice for a few more weekends would do me fine.   Freaking O2 sensor I put on the car did not do the job so now I think it is the catalytic converter meaning big $$$$$$$.   Luckily I got 7 month before I need an inspection.  Have to decide weather to keep the car or dump it. It is older and owes me nothing.   There is one more trick I will try that involves "tricking" the  sensor that only cost like $10 so when it gets a bit warmer I will try that. 

Ws here are looking at temps at least 32 from Fri thru Tues
If they are right I may be dipping a line by Tues.
 
Of course the local weather experts can't get this afternoon's weather right so I'll take it with a beachfull of sand.

hot tuna
I knew it ! First sign of spring today . Seen a Robin . It's coming , like it or not

I saw Robins 2-3 weeks ago around here,they looked bewildered.

bigbear2012
man i knew i shouldn't have shot that groundhog on feb 2!

 
So you're the cause of this misery......did you at least roast the critter?

This cold weather has to give it was 10 below this morning.   For the first time in a long while I have to get fuel oil in the winter because I do not dare to run out.  150 gallons = $600 or $4 a gallon. 

It's been a long cold winter and along with everyone else , I'm ready for some warmth . Got 2 deliveries of fuel and went through a lot more wood pellets then normal. I'm sick of frozen pipes with cold floors.
We hit negative temps again last night but they say 40's are on the way, lets hope the 50's aren't far off.
Looks like I will be still hardwater fishing easily into April but I'm more then ready to take the kayak out in search of stripers. Tradition here in my crik the herring show up by April 15 ( tax day ) but I might need the auger and jig pole to catch some.
Stay warm fellas,

What a day.   Sunshine, 40 degrees, blue skies.   Could not ask for anything better.   Any days like this next week will find me up to the river with the extra hour of daylight.   Look like temps will be more seasonable.   

Going to try to hit the Genny tomorrow AM. AHPS says steady and under 2K cfs through Monday night, I may actually get to swing some of the big ugly streamers with the spey, and then , like Clint I will start to hit IC or another ditch in the PM with the extra daylight next week.  I can guarantee that the big run will come thorough a week from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, because I have to be out of town.  But maybe not, NWS says cold again midweek next week, although nothing as brutal as the recent past.
 
L13

It was a glorious bright sunny day today ..  Slight breeze dried some of the thawing clay, mud up and while I have no idea of temps, it felt warm out , again..
Stuck around the house getting caught up on things I have put off .. Changed oil in car (5,000 overdue) , replaced a bathroom sink faucet  ( the hot water knob has been missing since winter) and fixed that broken pipe in apartment addition ,oddly it was a cake job..
Heck I even played with some striper, steelhead and trout gear today.. But yes, bought more ice fishing gear too.. lol
 
Spring has Sprung !!

Clint S
  Anyone care to remember 2 years ago when it was almost 80 degrees in the middle of March.   

I do... The year Lake George never froze
I will have to look back at my dates but times I recall.
Mid Jan in DSR 60 + degs. March Ice storm that shut Rochester to Rome down for a week.. I was in a DB and staying the week in sodus
Feb , Daytona week ... Staying in Oswego .. Hurricane force 70 mph winds, warm temps.. Watching surfers .. Yes surfers !!!
Fished lfz for maybe 2nd time ever.. Made 1 cast, right up into an overhanging tree.. Went back to Oswego and watched race with wife at Steamers, oh yea, I had my boat in tow too..
April, Mid 1980.. HUGE chocolate water on SR, I mean in the corn fields of the wires.. Little Salty crik was our savior.. Rob-Bob Howe hooked us up...
Moose, oh Moose..another story for another time...
 
Good times were ALL despite the weather and conditions.. I go because it's about the adventures .. We do the best we can in all situations

Are you talking about the ice storm that blew out all the pole transformers?
If so that night was as good as any steel run I've ever witnessed.
Tucked myself up to the old abutment across from the shaft to try and have some protection from falling limbs and trees.
 
Quite literally non stop action for about 3 hours until brains got the better of valor and I got out before I got trapped by the trees across the road. 

I see pulaska is under a blizzard warning.. Shakes alive, it's raining quite steady here in MUDs ville.. A big drop in temp later tonight and through tomorrow but that's it for us low landers .. Spring is coming , no stopping it. From sat on for the extended week ahead, above freezing and only slightly below at night.
Will the streak end at 15 on Sunday ??