Quote Originally Posted by bluedrifter View Post
Brookville came up about four feet from last weeks rain and snow melt. there was open water around the banks and in the back of the coves. I took a small raft out to the ice. the ice was soft at the edges but still solid after that. it is still solid enough for ice fishing but you need to be more careful of where you walk and watch for bad ice. I took the raft with a depth finder out in the back of a shallow cove and the temps on Saturday were 44 degrees. I didn't catch anything though. they are letting water out of the lake and it should be back to winter pool by the end of the week. I am hoping to find some fish thru the ice this week. they should be stacked in that warmer water that is trapped under the ice. with this colder weather coming back in it could be april before the ice is all gone. I am wondering how it will effect the early season spawners like the walleye.
Yep,,weather man on channel 59 just was saying Polar Vortex of cold weather was going to last thru at least 1st week of march. This cold weather is beginning to suck. I am thinking that the walleye wouldn't spawn till the water temp triggers them into spawning. But,,some say the sunlite and length of days can trigger it also. I prefer the water temps. I think, when we finally get warm weather,,all heck is going to break loose and everything is going to happen pretty fast this spring as it will be a quick warm up and come super quick.