That is the question. The past two spring’s ice has gone out later than average. This year it feels like spring is here and it appears it is going to be an early ice out for most of central Canada. That means only good things to spring fisherman. Some of my best fishing has taken place in the early spring just after the ice off. I saw an article on CKDR radio website out of Dryden Ontario. Showing the temps from across Northwestern Ontario, setting record highs.
http://ckdr.net/news/index.php#20749
Temperatures for Sunday March 14, 2010:
Dryden hit 13.9 degrees.
Red Lake was 15.1 Sunday
Atikokan was 16.7
Sioux Lookout 13.9
Ear falls 14.4
These temps are in Celsius…if you want an easy conversion for Fahrenheit just double the Celsius number and add 30…this is a fairly close conversion. For example Red Lake’s temp this weekend was 60 Fahrenheit. The above photo was taken at Tomahawk Resort in Sioux Narrows Ontario on March 14th...the ice has a way to go but they have a couple inches of slush on top of the ice.
With little snow cover, warm temps and rain, ice could be off as predicted by some as early as mid April in Northwestern Ontario. My fingers are crossed as I am planning on my annual spring trip the first week in May.
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