When does ice-in start? When are agitators needed?

barefootbay · 11-09-2019, 07:12 PM

I think total ice in is going to become a rare event in the coming years .

JADAQ · 11-10-2019, 01:46 AM

I was placing my bobhouse on Alton Bay at noontime on December 31st this year.....8” of fishable ice!

Lakeboater · 11-17-2019, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JADAQ

I was placing my bobhouse on Alton Bay at noontime on December 31st this year.....8” of fishable ice!

How did you do that? It’s only November. LOL

chipj29 · 11-11-2019, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by barefootbay

I think total ice in is going to become a rare event in the coming years .

What makes you think that?
And how would you define "the coming years"?

barefootbay · 11-11-2019, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chipj29

What makes you think that?
And how would you define "the coming years"?

I believe that it is a combination of the hundreds of agitators plus warmer winters that makes ice in increasingly tenuous.

Descant · 11-17-2019, 01:09 PM

Do the bubblers also extend the growing season for milfoil and other invasives? What's the impact on aquatic animals? Why don'tr I see crayfish and sunfish anymore? Horned pout also seem to have disappeared.

rsmlp · 11-18-2019, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Descant

Do the bubblers also extend the growing season for milfoil and other invasives? What's the impact on aquatic animals? Why don'tr I see crayfish and sunfish anymore? Horned pout also seem to have disappeared.

Much more likely the prevalence of rockbass.

LFODMatt · 11-11-2019, 12:29 PM

This is kind of a related topic...

Is there some reason that the majority of island docks (nearly all without a breakwater) have retractable docks, and a majority of the mainland docks look to be permanent? Is it safety issue, is it that the mainland residences have their permanent docking system grandfathered, or something else entirely?

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barefootbay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 395 Thanks: 81 Thanked 108 Times in 76 Posts	I think total ice in is going to become a rare event in the coming years .

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LFODMatt Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 7 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	This is kind of a related topic... Is there some reason that the majority of island docks (nearly all without a breakwater) have retractable docks, and a majority of the mainland docks look to be permanent? Is it safety issue, is it that the mainland residences have their permanent docking system grandfathered, or something else entirely?