Well the Car said minus 19. The sensor for the weather stations is under an roof but open on all sides

Working outside all day. Me not like :(

Yes, sounds like it can be swayed inaccurately clint. I really wanted to walk out in the field with mine this morning to see what it was out there but my normal half of my brain convinced me not to

Cold as it was, I refused to go hang  5/8 fire x sheetrock and handle screws in a below zero garage. Nancy had the day off, so we went and hiked up a series of frozen falls in a nature preserve west of Albany. It was a beautiful place and has some neat canoe and kayak only lakes. It was up in elevation, so I think the wind chill hung around 20 below all afternoon.  I'll be out to the river next Sunday morning and staying through Wed.  Hope the weather god (with a small g-ain't givin'  too much credit at this point)  is lenient and shows a little compassion.  I just might be taping a spinning reel on. I certainly am bringing the chuck and duck rig. At worst I'll do a bunch of snowshoeing. I've got 32" on the ground in my backyard as of this evening. Most I've seen in the 24 years I've lived here. Not even close to what I saw a few winters  up on a mt.  in Vt. or in the Sierra, but I'm a lot older and  wimpier. Nancy and I looked around Camden (we think its a great little town) and found some affordable stuff, but it's a hard sell even with the short drive to the SR. About the time we'd buy, the fishery WILL crash. Stay warm guys. I'll talk to Andy and Clint before the week is out.

Thanks for sharing the adventure..
It took awhile this winter but that's about what the inside of one of my water pipes looked like when I got home.. At work, They all look like that now..
Good luck out there on the water, stay safe and hope you play with a few..
 
Actually this coming weekend looks like a little more reasonable temps.. I may have to venture out ON the water myself, If I can still drill a hole

Great photo Charlie.  Looks like copperhead heaven come Spring.
For umpteenth time I shoveled the walks and driveway, not enough snow to fire up the thrower.
I've had it with this weather and I'm definitely ready for Spring.

got to the JOB at 5 am.. Pipes bursting everywhere.. Bobcats & loaders pushing water..
When sunrise came, water froze .. It seemed like a heat wave today..
Great to escape for an hr 1/2 with Rob on ice before sunset at 5:30pm

 
Hang in there guys, soon that will all be a memory ..

Back on the ice! Good, HT. Neat pic. Thanks for the river update, Trevor. Sounds like I'll be trying trestle and up. With the looks of all my local water, I'm amazed any of it is open. I may hike into the upper fly just to see what it looks like with this much snow and ice. It's a pretty area, might get a few nice pics. I taped a firewall today with a propane salamander going. It was easily 85. Gigantic shock to the system. Finish tomorrow, and I'm not complaining to have HEAT many more degrees than we keep  most of our house. I think  Hell freezing over is a pretty common occurrence  this winter.

Charlie -it seemed to clear out at Pineville bridge every day as the sun came up higher but the A bridge stayed chunky all day every day, VERY few guys fishing  didn't see more than a handful,
Kiddie only had one car fishing each day with 2 guys- mostly fishing up a bit from the pool. Never looked at the Church lot.
Looked like a long deep walk to the wires but a car or two each day.
Unemployment lot empty and only saw one guy fishing from the top.
 Good luck- hope ya hit some.
Having spent some winter time up there over  the past several years this is the least pressure the river has had in my experience- seems a nice mid season break for pressured fish this year.
 Way too cold for me to do anything but lurk.

Well looking like a late start tomorrow maybe 11 am.  I will report back if anything decides to play.  Low pressure sounds nice.  Something tells me Saturday won't be the case.  We will drive to Altmar but something tells me we will fish Trestles to Pineville (pm only).

I like the cold, but i have had the sh1ts of this winter .....bring on the spring

I am so f'ing done with this. It is absolutely brutal out. About six inches of snow, the wind is ripping and it is so cold hell did indeed freeze over.......  another day of 20 below next week.

It so cold even the dog doesn't want to go outside to do her business.  LOL 
Stay safe and warm everyone.

Anchorage has been having consistent highs in the  high 30's. Even an occasional foray into the 40's. Time to move north and join the circus on the Kenai. I'll have a t-shirt made up that says "I survived Columbus Day on the Salmon River" on the front, and of course "Snagger" on the back.
That should let those around me know I'm a veteran ripper.  I hate that ice coverage, Clint. Oxygen depletion, decrease in zooplankton, and unusual patterns in the thermocline and lake strata can't be good. Monday is supposedly a high of 5. That may be the day I stay in the hotel room and tie flies. Champlain is 100% ice  for the second year in a row. Not a common occurrence. Well, it wasn't....

It is brutal. Snow drifts that formed from yesterdays winds on already plowed areas were 4 foot in spots. I'm convinced there are 5-6 foot actual depths in areas