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Nothing yet! I forgot my vexilar too, so I have no idea if there are fish under me or not. Oh well I'll give it a while and see what happens.

 
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And on the menu today "freezing fog". They are inventing weather this year.
 
tradewater said:
And on the menu today "freezing fog". They are inventing weather this year.
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We actually get a lot of freezing fog. If you drive in it you accumulate what looks like frost on your vehicle. You have to keep the heat on your windshield so you can see. I've even had to pull over and clean my grill off because the motor was starting to get hot because no air was getting to the radiator.

Eta: success!! A bit smaller than I wanted so I out it back....maybe I'll catch bit next year again!! Sorry if my pics are huge. I can't figure out how to size them on the app.

 
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ac700wildcat said:
Nothing yet! I forgot my vexilar too, so I have no idea if there are fish under me or not. Oh well I'll give it a while and see what happens.

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Probably a dumb question, but as one who has never been that close to that much ice and snow (and hope to never be :D :D ) much less ice fishing, what's the ladle for? The world's smallest dip net?
 
zzyzzogeton said:
Probably a dumb question, but as one who has never been that close to that much ice and snow (and hope to never be :D :D ) much less ice fishing, what's the ladle for? The world's smallest dip net?
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After you drill the hole in the ice there are ice shavings still in the hole, so you use the scoop to scoop them out. It works well as a minnow scoop in a pinch too.
 
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tradewater said:
And on the menu today "freezing fog". They are inventing weather this year.
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That should give new purpose to all your axes. "Honey, I'm going to chop my way down to the mail box. Be back in a bit."
 
GSO1962 said:
That's what happens when you give meteorologists their own TV channel and they have to fill 24 hours of programming each day...
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Then they start doing things like naming winter storms... Soon they will start naming every minor form of weather....

WEATHER GUY: "Looks like Weather Event Dewayne will be sweeping across the plains this weekend, bringing with him slight breezes. So if any of you in the affected area have piles of leaves not bagged up outside, or papers sitting near an open window now will be the time to batten down the hatches and hold your loved ones close."

Found the story I heard on NPR the other day about the psychological impact of naming winter weather events if interested. Essentially all about drumming up "fear" or concern.
http://esl-bits.net/advanced.listening/Media/2014-02-28/Naming.Storms/index.html
 
I heard of the term "thundersleet" and thought it was ridiculous, and then it got here, and I'll be damned, it was accurate. On top of that, the frozen fog we had too, and even though I thought it was ridiculous as well (as did the missus) we saw it firsthand and again, it was an apt term. I don't think they are inventing new weather so much as mother nature is becoming more of a wretched c**t.
 
GSOM, the platen should be adjustable. I have a similar issue with mine though. I'll try james' frame twisting notion on mine too and see if it fixes things.
 
Have always wanted to go ice fishing.. have in laws in Minnesota and they have a little house / cabin thing they drag out on the ice.. Looks like a lot of fun and I understand the beer keeps you warm ;)
 
I think what it was is that fishing was a way for the men-folk to get away from the women for a while. Then the women wanted to try fishing and a lot of them actually liked it, for some reason. So then ice fishing was invented because women absolutely cannot stand cold.
 
bigghoss said:
So then ice fishing was invented because women absolutely cannot stand cold.
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Ice-fishing is historically incredibly important. You can catch fresh protein that way pretty much all winter long... when most birds worth eating are long gone and deer are pretty hard to find, and scrawny at best. It's a lot easier than tromping around all day in the snow looking for a couple squirrels or bunnies.

LeeBower said:
Have always wanted to go ice fishing.. have in laws in Minnesota and they have a little house / cabin thing they drag out on the ice.. Looks like a lot of fun and I understand the beer keeps you warm ;)
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It's called a shack or shanty. Some folks go completely bonkers with 'em... generators, heaters, TV's, the whole nine yards. At the peak of the season you'll see hundreds of 'em on the lakes in WI and MN.

On a related note, I used to see posters up north for "IceHole" peppermint schnapps that depicted two guys ice-fishing. The caption read,

"How come Bob doesn't come fishing with us?"

"His wife lets him drink at home."

:D
 
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DerekH said:
I heard of the term "thundersleet" and thought it was ridiculous, and then it got here, and I'll be damned, it was accurate. On top of that, the frozen fog we had too, and even though I thought it was ridiculous as well (as did the missus) we saw it firsthand and again, it was an apt term. I don't think they are inventing new weather so much as mother nature is becoming more of a wretched c**t.
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We've been spoiled for the last five years. Little or no snow, lows in the teens and twenties. "THE" icestorm of 2009 trimmed all the trees and we went two weeks without power, but that was considered unusual. This entire winter has been bad though. Or maybe I'm getting old and crotchety. No, wait...I was already old and crotchety so that's not it...
 
tradewater said:
We've been spoiled for the last five years. Little or no snow, lows in the teens and twenties. "THE" icestorm of 2009 trimmed all the trees and we went two weeks without power, but that was considered unusual. This entire winter has been bad though. Or maybe I'm getting old and crotchety. No, wait...I was already old and crotchety so that's not it...
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The weather this year has been weird! Closer to what I grew up with than anything I've seen down here. I am not sure what happened last night but we had signs in St. Louis saying that the road to Memphis was closed and go down 57 instead of 55.

james terrio said:
On a related note, I used to see posters up north for "IceHole" peppermint schnapps that depicted two guys ice-fishing. The caption read,

"How come Bob doesn't come fishing with us?"

"His wife lets him drink at home."

:D
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Now that's funny!
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
This is something I can say I have never done, not many frozen lakes in Oklahoma. :D Will have to one of these days just so I can say I did.
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It can be really fun and I would encourage anyone to five it a try. Hearing the ice cracking when someone drives by or when the ice starts cooling off on a sunny day might scare the hell out of a first timer.

LeeBower said:
Have always wanted to go ice fishing.. have in laws in Minnesota and they have a little house / cabin thing they drag out on the ice.. Looks like a lot of fun and I understand the beer keeps you warm ;)
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Like James said, the shacks can get pretty elaborate or be very simple. Some of the ones people have here can be $20,000 or more. Beds, TV, generator, satellite, etc. Pretty crazy stuff. There has definitely been a lot of beer consumed while ice fishing. The two go well together.........just put your beer on the ice and there's no need for a cooler!!

bigghoss said:
I think what it was is that fishing was a way for the men-folk to get away from the women for a while. Then the women wanted to try fishing and a lot of them actually liked it, for some reason. So then ice fishing was invented because women absolutely cannot stand cold.
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My girlfriend won't step foot on the ice, so that works for me!!
 
daizee said:
no crotchety shots, please.
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Awww man.... :(

The ice-cracking thing is a little un-nerving. I remember the first time we took a friend who had grown up outside of Amarillo out on the lake... heh.
 
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