When it thaws...

will the spring fishing be kind of poor because of the ice jams blocking flow and grinding up fish? I know last year was bad but this ain't looking any better. I do believe ice kills some fish, no idea if it's significant, is this worse than last year?

I haven't been up north since xmas week. I know last year me and a buddy made a trip up early Feb and Ice was up to the RT.5 Bridge on 20 Mile. Ice was all the way into the parking lot. It was bad then, not sure what its like this year.... I'll see if I can find the pic I took. 
 
Last years thaw filled in and changed almost every creek, going to be all new again looks like this this year!
 
 
- We need more gas guzzlers running - we need global warming back 

WHAT!?!?! Global warming is bogus!?!? 
 
lol - here is that pic of 20 mile last year:
 

Yeah well -24° the other morning I think the creek by my house might be solid til memorial day. At least any survivors should be hungry

walcat
Pork: you got to know that you are not as qualified as Been There Done That !!!!!!!

 
Certainly will be nice to see the effects of climate change so these children don't miss kindergarten because it's too COLD. 

HI,
 
Just thought someone might be interested to know what the weather is like, today, here in my little piece of Penns Woods.   Please find included; actual temps. recorded for this same time last year. 
 
High of 2 degrees today with a low of -17 degrees tonight..........  The NORMAL high is 37 degrees and the NORMAL low is 18 degrees......  On Feb. 19, 2014 the high was 47 degrees with a low of 30 degrees. ~  AccuWeather.
 
No doubt about 'Climate Change'.......  eh?
 
PS.  I wonder what the computer generated surface temps. taken from outer space might reveal? (or, what the notorious mad scientist(s);would want us to believe?)
 
PSS.  CNN* Weather reports: close to a hundred cold records could be broken in the next 24 hours.
 
Think Spring!!!!!!!!!!  or 'Global Warming'!
 
* Won't mention Fox Weather; wouldn't want to upset my fan club.
 
 
 
 
              

I'm too much of a tightwad to buy Trout/Erie stamps but, I'ma  waitin' fer  'ice off' on da lakes 10-4.............?? 
 
Haven't been out to drill any holes through the ice (yet) but, cabin fever is beginning to set in so, I'm thinkin' "the times a comin' ".   Just something about the better half constantly telling me to "get out of the way" or "go find something to do" says, I'd better listen. (lol). 

Looking through photos last night, the first farm pond bluegill of the spring for my boys wasn't caught until March 22nd last year.  Can't remember how long the ice had been off exactly, but we're usually hitting it within a few days of when the ice clears.  
 
I'd like to get one more steelhead trip in this year, but in years with heavy, prolonged ice and lots of snowmelt, my March trips haven't been real productive.  In milder years, March fishing seems a little more productive with a mix of drop backs and jacks that enter.  

Might just go buy a dozen goldfish and put them in the tub and fish for them to get the itch off for another couple weeks.  

sounds good to me, bassman.  i need water, open water.

I don't know about the cold front bite DRod but, I know I ain't got the @zz (no mo)  to trudge through deep crusted snow to try it out.   Oh well.............  Springs......... a-comin'! 
 
Dang.............. so is the next snow storm!
 
PS.  Minus 10 degrees (F) and dropping. 

Pork, I mean this as a serious question...do you work in a science or environmental career? You speak about climate change and global warming as an "insider" rather than one of us peons. I'm curious.

fisherofmen376
Pork, I mean this as a serious question...do you work in a science or environmental career? You speak about climate change and global warming as an "insider" rather than one of us peons. I'm curious.

Nope, peon too.  I'm far from an insider, it just interests me.  I took some environmental science classes in college, 20 years ago when I was figuring out what I wanted to do.  But not interested enough to make a career out of it.  Although I did hang out with a bunch of those hippies through school...  I enjoy watching the Weather Channel, reading articles on Weather.com, Weatherunderground or Nat Geo about weather patterns, ect.  I also find it ironic when I hear people try to claim that it is so cold outside, that it disproves global warming.  When in essence it is the opposite.

Nearly 81 percent of the lakes' surface area was covered with ice, the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory reported Friday. That was down slightly from more than 85 percent the previous day — a glitch that probably happened because strong winds broke apart some ice and created open spots detected by satellites, said George Leshkevich, a physical scientist with the lab in Ann Arbor.
But with forecasts calling for frigid weather at least through the end of the month, the ice cover may keep expanding, he said. It's grown rapidly as temperatures have plunged this month, nearly doubling over the past couple of weeks.~ The Associated Press - By By JOHN FLESHER - AP Environmental Writer
 
Climate Change  (aka: Global Warming) A natural phenomenon exploited by certain highly educated people who wish to further their own agendas.  That's a fact Jack!

I know................... so shocking!  It leaves one speechless....... 10-4?