....away is the ice fishing.

North Dakota and northern Minnesota are seeing snow and white-out conditions in some areas since late yesterday. I'm not ready for the crap yet so I'm happy its up there and not in SE minnesota.

We've still got too much water temp here so ice will be a ways off, but this storm system that is hounding the upper midwest is one that gets those winter thoughts buzzing. I had humored the thought of running over to the Mississpi River to jig off marina docks for some crappies but the over-40mph winds which have been gusting up to 60 mph and the steadily falling temps [42 degrees as I type] would probably not make for a fun morning.

We've had such a warm fall that seeing this blow in is hard to take, but in reality it is that time of year. Storms like this have a way of sucking the summer out of whats left of the nice weather options and reminds us that winter and ice fishing are on the way.