There's been some major sales of the latest indie releases from Andrew Bird, Animal Collective and Bon Iver. Heading up to Rochester, NY this weekend for some ice fishing...conditions are great.
redneck ice fishing
redneck ice fishingtext and chart from 13 WHAM.com - Perfect Weather for Ice Fishing
(Rochester, N.Y.) – There's always a chorus of people complaining about frigid weather. But it’s more fun to listen to the ones singing –“Hallelujah -- it's cold outside!”
Your friends in Florida don't know what they're missing.
On Conesus Lake, this was the perfect day for doing what Joe Yantachka has been doing since he was a boy. “We've always been coming down in the wintertime; it's a good time,” he said. “Ice skating? I don't do too much of that no more. But I do a lot of ice fishing."
He explained, "You gotta enjoy fishing first of all. And you gotta enjoy the cold. You can't be a real wimp about it."
The shelter helps, and the food from home. “I’ve got soup and hot chocolate and coffee,” he said.
Joe already knows what's for dinner. "Catch northern pike, bass and bluegill -- and if you get real lucky every once in a while, you get a perch…the fish taste so much better when they come out of that real super cold water like this”.
Just another perfect day.
Ice thickness is not uniform on any body of water; the below chart is a guideline only--to be used along with good judgement.
Ice Fishing & Ice Thickness Safety
Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
| Ice Thickness | Permissible Load |
|---|---|
| 2 inches | one person on foot |
| 3 inches | group in single file |
| 7.5 inches | one car (2 tons) |
| 8 inches | light truck (2.5 tons) |
| 10 inches | truck (3.5 tons) |
| 12 inches | heavy truck (7-8 tons) |
| 15 inches | 10 tons |
| 20 inches | 25 tons |
