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Old 02-07-2017, 03:32 PM   #119
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Originally Posted by NYCtoLSP View Post
Had an interesting conversation the other day with some fishermen who live in the area. They thought it was possible that the reason the broads and in front of welch's isn't staying frozen was because of the bubblers that people are installing around their docks on welch's, and possibly installing them improperly so that they cause a larger open space than necessary. Not sure if there's any truth to this, but food for thought...
Not buying that one bit, sorry. We used to run 2 bubblers at our dock on Mark (we had 3 fingers so one in each inside slip), the ice would be safe to walk on 20-30 feet from the open water.

It is due to natural causes- springs, currents, wind patterns, etc, not bubblers.
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