I'm reading too many stories of guys going through the ice and some losing their lives over a chance to ice fish. I'm not seeing any long range (week to 10 days) forecasts that are showing the temps staying below freezing to continue good ice growth.
I checked my gear and had it loaded in the truck, ready to go, but have taken it back out and put it in the garage. Around the Lima, Ohio area, it's either open water or 2" of ice...at best. I am not trusting my life to anything less than 4" or 5" of ice. It's just not worth it!
Even in 2010, when there was good ice for a long period of time, once the temps got over 45 degrees the ice quickly melted and became unstable...by the second week of February.
On the less windy days, I'm leaning toward getting my kayak back out and going fishing. :smiley_bril:
Good luck to all and be extremely careful out there!
Bowhunter57
I checked my gear and had it loaded in the truck, ready to go, but have taken it back out and put it in the garage. Around the Lima, Ohio area, it's either open water or 2" of ice...at best. I am not trusting my life to anything less than 4" or 5" of ice. It's just not worth it!
Even in 2010, when there was good ice for a long period of time, once the temps got over 45 degrees the ice quickly melted and became unstable...by the second week of February.
On the less windy days, I'm leaning toward getting my kayak back out and going fishing. :smiley_bril:
Good luck to all and be extremely careful out there!
Bowhunter57