Spring's first signs

[Gill-T]

Robins showed up today on the wave of warm air.

[GAMBLER]

[back on eerie 2016]

Where you located?

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[Locoman]

I was driving through Akron yesterday and saw a dead skunk and a possum along the road. Another sign that spring is not far away.

[Gill-T]

Buffalo. Everything I have seen until now suggest that we will not have an early spring. 

[Landshark]

Having to use my kayak to get out to the ice to ice fish.  

[steelhead'r]

Last week my son saw two longbeards at two locations strutting and gobbling.  Oh Boy

[Gill-T]

I think we are in for a bi-polar warm-cold March the way the jet stream has had such deep troughs.....which probably means lots of wind also.  The lake is pretty warm.  It has not quite reached complete isothermy as there are still some islands of 41 degree water offshore.  Those are where the kings are wintering.  Having three banks of 40 degree water evenly spaced out in the different basins, I am predicting the whole South shore is going to enjoy spring kings.  

 

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=o&ext=vwt&type=N&hr=00

[Gill-T]

But not as warm as the last two mild winters. Bottom temps of Lake Ontario is two degrees colder than last two.

 

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/compare_years/compare_years_o.html

Edited February 25, 2018 by Gill-T

[choo-choo]

Some red winged blackbirds showed up here the other day....saw 2 large flocks of  high flying northbound migrating geese...and the resident Canada geese here have been squawking and fighting over prime nest spots.

[windburn]

Oh yeah, redwings have always been my indicator that spring is near. Haven't seen any yet but I'm always listening and watching.

[windburn]

steelhead'r, you ever own a 22' sabre HT? I think I own your old boat!

[Nautitroller]

Saw a woodchuck today... It's official!

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[fisherdude]

well hang on to your sneakers and don't put the shovel away yet could get a new 12'' of snow Friday 

[jimski2]

A satellite photo of the Lake Erie ice coverage showed only fifty per cent ice coverage yesterday. Warm water will be flowing from the Welland Canal, Port Dahlousie and Niagara River sooner than expected. Get ready .

[Gill-T]

Less now despite the storm.

 

https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=e&page=1&template=sub&image=a1.18062.1907.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg

[GAMBLER]

Our intake temp at work went from 34 degrees a couple weeks ago to 39 degrees. 

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

On 2/26/2018 at 6:33 PM, windburn said:

steelhead'r, you ever own a 22' sabre HT? I think I own your old boat!

He's a very good friend of mine. He sure did.

[jimski2]

On 3/3/2018 at 7:57 PM, GAMBLER said:

Our intake temp at work went from 34 degrees a couple weeks ago to 39 degrees. 

An up welling of bottom lake water. The physical property of water is it becomes denser or heavier around thirty nine degrees F. That is why ice rises to the surface as it becomes colder and fish do not freeze under the ice. An offshore wind blows the cold surface water away and the bottom water rises to the surface. In summer conditions the colder bottom water rises to the surface during off shore wind events. Ice fishing in Lake Ontario bays is dangerous as the warmer bottom water can rise up and melt the ice from below also.

[choo-choo]

Saw a turkey vulture here in Delaware county yesterday

[Todd in NY]

No signs of spring in Watertown NY yet...

[Smoke-N-Finn]

I can guarantee there aren't any geese "migrating north" ,. Unless they plan on turning around. There is still 2 ft of Ice on lakes, and 1-2 feet of snow in the woods here!

 

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[Todd in NY]

Just looked out the window and it's snowing pretty hard 10 miles east of Watertown.

[Gill-T]

The tarp is still on my boat.  

[Todd in NY]

44 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

The tarp is still on my boat.  

 

Mine too...