Cold in the South

Old man winter has had a hold on the old south for the past 3 weeks.We have had below normal temperature .
Our average temperature for this time of year is in the 40's in the day and in the upper 30's at night. Last night it was 15 deg with a wind chill of 8 deg.
My bait pond has been froze over for the past two weeks the ice is about 1 1/2 thick that cold for here in North Carolina Piedmont .I can't imagine liveing up north where most of you guys live. I took a few pics this morning to share.

It's a little cool here too. We have about an inch of snow on the ground and it's been in the teens for several days. All we have been able to do is sit in the house and cook and eat.

Grumpy wrote:

It's a little cool here too. We have about an inch of snow on the ground and it's been in the teens for several days. All we have been able to do is sit in the house and cook and eat.

Ah hell I do that when its warm too lol Almost all of the ponds around here that are less than 3 acres are frozen as well but we do start to warm up next week so I guess fishing will resume I just hope the fish havent been affected to badly because they were biting good even as the temps were dropping.

you guys down there is getting our wether and we are getting yours i thing its time to send it back up this way lol, its good to see no snow some times but when people gets snowmobils for christmas and otheres gets shevels its not good becouse thay needs snow for them,We been haveing rain all december and all this mouth and thats not like use here its crazy.

Ain't this global warming just grand, i like cold weather it's a challenge on both the body and the mind, meaning there are times that it really really sucks but you still manage to get by some how and then there is just plan old winter been living with it all my life (46 years). Ace that looks pretty cold for you guys down there, they were showing the little lizards falling out of the trees down there in Florida that is pretty chilly since there cold blooded anyways hope ya warm up down there soon.

we have about 18 to 20 inches of snow an last i talked with musky he said that fox lake had 11 inches of ice an duly pick-ups were on the ice .....its been like a week so im sure its more now ...last few nights its been in the -0 range for a temp ....ive lived in the north most of my life ...i have lived in ms,al.la.an fl .....i wont give up the snow n ice for nothing ....its nice down south but .....

I know the Volvo hates this cold as much as I do. I'm going to buy a tank engine heater for next year.

You'd think that a car that is manufacured in Sweden would be ok in the cold. From what I've read today Volvo's don't like the cold. Do you think they are made in China like the Abu Garcia's are now???

Gotta remember though not all Abus are made in china ;-) Helluva difference in price but most are still made in sweden.

!2 miles from the coast today we drove by a 1 acre pond with ice all around the edges...This was 2 in the afternoon!

Yep yep... It's cold most everywhere right now... I'm sure looking forward to spring and the warmer temps. I'm tired of the cold, snow, ice etc. already!~!

ME TO AMEN. I hope it goes back to Newfie SOON !!!

Drove past gainesville college today and there were some fools walking on the ice of the old pond out front 's Its a pretty big pond of 2+ acres but I cant imagine the ice is very stable

I have been hearing about people falling threw the ice down that way a lot the past few days, it's just not worth the trouble doing it when ya don't have a clue what your doing.

North Star wrote:

I have been hearing about people falling threw the ice down that way a lot the past few days, it's just not worth the trouble doing it when ya don't have a clue what your doing.

Guess mother nature has her ways of thinnin out the herd. To me its obvious when and where I can step on the ice but I guess to someone born and raised in this area curiosity gets the best of them.

jerseycat9 wrote:

North Star wrote:

I have been hearing about people falling threw the ice down that way a lot the past few days, it's just not worth the trouble doing it when ya don't have a clue what your doing.

Guess mother nature has her ways of thinnin out the herd. To me its obvious when and where I can step on the ice but I guess to someone born and raised in this area curiosity gets the best of them.

Hell terry it happens here every year and not just to kids.

I fell through the ice when I was about 4 years old. I surely am NOT going to go out on the ice again. That is one reason why I will not go ice fishing..

If someone would babysit my dogs for a week, I would go to Florida.

Cold in the south.Ya think!

Check out this link.


http://www.ajc.com/news/teens-die-after-falling-271301.html

Yep it's sad Ace but it happens every year even around here were they grow up with the ice.

Mike how thick does ice need to be to support a 200lb person?

About 4 inches for a 200lb person and about 6 inches for a ATV or snowmobile, about 12 inches for a small car or 1/2 ton pickup about 16 inches for a heavy duty truck. Now people do not listen to that stuff and are driving out on 10 inches with big cars and all size trucks pulling there fish house on wheels out there, there nuts and not very smart and there are always a few that go threw and some even die.

It don't get cold enough around here for ice to get that thick. I have about inches of ice
on my pond. It finally warmed up here today after 3 weeks of freezing it got up to 64deg today.

Grumpy wrote:

If someone would babysit my dogs for a week, I would go to Florida.

You look up one of those doggy motels yet?...They have them here, not sure of the rates though.