Ice on Ontario?

[Gill-T]

Looks like some ice forming on north shore. Brrrrrrrrrr its friggin' cold out there!

 

 

 

[Captain Carl Bish]

Report from pt breeze 2 days ago was that ther is no open water in sight...all ice. Suppose a wind shift could change that.

[Mike M]

I've lived in Buffalo/Niagara area my whole life. Avid fisherman on both Erie and Ontario for walleye,salmon,and steelhead. I have never understood why L.Ontario does not freeze over the way L.Erie does, atleast parttially each year. Someone once told me its because Ontario is so much deeper. That makes no sense to me. I mean L.Erie does not freeze solid from surface to bottom of lake!! So what does it matter how deep the lake is??  As of today L.Erie is 100% covered with ice. Yes I'm thinking of spring Kings!! Maybe alittle late this year!!

[blueghost1]

Sodus point webcam shows ice far as you can see. May take a 10 min ride to the lake shore and check it out. Far as I know right now only fully open body of water is Seneca lake. Maybe we can set tip ups for kings soon

[Frogger]

I could see it now, tip up spools with 500 ft of braid lol. Light house looks like the wind took whatever was there out to sea. Mike, your question on the deep lakes, has all to do with mass. The more water, the more it takes to freeze. Lake Erie being shallower allows it to cool / warm more quickly than Ontario. With that said, Lake Superior, freezes some, the deepest of the great lakes but because it is more North (colder) then them all. Good news would be there would be less lake effect snow with more ice on the lakes. Rumor has it if temps stay low through February we could see record ice amounts.

[King Slammin]

I've lived in newfane my entire life. I remember as a kid walking out on shove ice in Olcott a 100-150 yds and fishing for trout. That's all I can remember as far as Lake Ontario freezing

[mostlymuskies]

Lake Michigan is 1/3 covered with Ice, 1st time since the early 60's I read somrwhere.I looked for open stream water from Erie, Pa to Buffalo along Lake Erie on Thursday to get in some steelhead fishing.I could not find one stream that was not frozen over, even the fast water had a ice cap.Usually you can break the ice out of a hole, let the fast water move that ice, go back sit in the truck for a half hour and return and catch fish that have moved back into the hole.You can break ice , but no where for it to move!With no warmup in sight the steelhead will get an uninteruped spawning.Best part about Lake Erie having full ice is later start for algae in west basin and lots of bait fish to follow ice flows to the Niagara River, bringing walleyes into the upper river for good action opening week in May.

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[rabhunt]

Flew over the lake at about 5pm yesterday and there was ice as far as you could see! Passenger next to me said that there were white caps and I mentioned that they were not moving! He agreed after a few seconds that they were snow spots on the ice. Small patch of open water by the bluff's

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[BAZOOKAJOE]

I could see it now, tip up spools with 500 ft of braid lol. Light house looks like the wind took whatever was there out to sea. Mike, your question on the deep lakes, has all to do with mass. The more water, the more it takes to freeze. Lake Erie being shallower allows it to cool / warm more quickly than Ontario. With that said, Lake Superior, freezes some, the deepest of the great lakes but because it is more North (colder) then them all. Good news would be there would be less lake effect snow with more ice on the lakes. Rumor has it if temps stay low through February we could see record ice amounts.

That would be AWESOME!!

[blueghost1]

Lol! Imagine the next guy over by you 150 yards away having to pull his lines out of your way while you hand spool a 20lb screamer! That would be sweet

[rbonnell]

That would be an awesome fight threw the ice

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[DJ 17]

You would need a big a$$ auger to get a 25#er through the ice!

[Hookedup]

Wilson and Spring LOC will be fun, will need an ice breaker to fish if this keeps up.   

[Efishent]

Hopefully the harsh winter won't effect baitfish populations too much and eventually result in smaller fish. But then again fewer baitfish.........hungrier fish?!!!

[Gill-T]

The growing Gizzard Shad population is going to take a hit as they are on the northern fringe of their range.

[GAMBLER]

Not good for the alewives either......Hope for a warm March and April to get things back on track. 

[dremarquis]

Gill-T,

 

that's a great photo - where did you get it? (i'm curious what the ice on lake O looks like now!)

 

andre

[tlox]

Gill-T,

 

that's a great photo - where did you get it? (i'm curious what the ice on lake O looks like now!)

 

andre

 

Modis Imagery   http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/html/modis/modis.php?region=o&page=1

 

Looks like 2/22 was the last date with clear enough skies to get a good look

 

Edited February 27, 2014 by tlox

[Nessmuk]

Located a couple of blocks from the lake and drive past it every day.   The last few days the only ice is that piled up on the shore.   Still very cold out there and if the engine dies you might too since the wind is pretty stiff out of the south!    What is interesting is that the ponds/bays are starting to have open spots which I assume is due to more sun the past week or so?

[Erskin]

Someone said there were gas pockets on several of the ponds causing a few small sections of open water.

[kliph]

I've lived in Buffalo/Niagara area my whole life. Avid fisherman on both Erie and Ontario for walleye,salmon,and steelhead. I have never understood why L.Ontario does not freeze over the way L.Erie does, atleast parttially each year. Someone once told me its because Ontario is so much deeper. That makes no sense to me. I mean L.Erie does not freeze solid from surface to bottom of lake!! So what does it matter how deep the lake is??  As of today L.Erie is 100% covered with ice. Yes I'm thinking of spring Kings!! Maybe alittle late this year!!

 

I was asked once by some someone from the Detroit area the same thing, when Lake Superior does freeze.

Lake Superior is further north and is colder to begin with.

For your question, I think it's up-welling. But it gets cold enough long enough it will freeze.

Check this link:

 http://www.mynewwaterfronthome.com/greatlakesfreeze.aspx

[Nessmuk]

Someone said there were gas pockets on several of the ponds causing a few small sections of open water.

 

That is interesting.    The open spots look like typical open water over springs so the gas theory sounds reasonable.     The open areas around the outlets have also grown larger.

[Chas0218]

I am waiting for some warmer weather so I can get out add my winter goodies to my boat!  Come on lets see a thaw!

[Hookedup]

I am waiting for some warmer weather so I can get out add my winter goodies to my boat! Come on lets see a thaw!

Same here can't get a thing done it will be a mad rush when it warms up!

[Chas0218]

Same here can't get a thing done it will be a mad rush when it warms up!

I am hoping to install everything in 1 weekend but I am going to have to really bust my butt to get it all done!