2009 Year Review!!!!!

[TonkaBass]

I still have yet to put the severe smack down on the smallies! I will though... This weather is going to make it not as it was in the past though, thats for sure... I had 47 degrees where I was fishing yesterday and the lake had already turned over... really early.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I find it really hard to believe a lake had turned over at 47..

[TonkaBass]

Well before the lake had about 6" of clarity, and now it has about 5'. There was also more stuff floating then before (according to the guy I fished with). I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that turnover occurs in the low 50's.

[TonkaBass]

"As the days get shorter and cooler, and energy is transported away from/out of the lake, mixing becomes easier. At about 50 degrees, the cooler water (with a higher oxygen content) at the surface begins to sink into and through the thermocline, forcing warmer and less dense water to the surface, eventually erasing the temperature stratification built up over the summer. At some point, the majority of the water in the lake reaches an approximately uniform temperature. Now, storms and sustained high winds can begin to perform the task of overturning and mixing all of the water in the lake -- referred to as fall turnover. The deep water contains an abundance of decaying matter and sulfurous gases; when it reaches the surface, it produces a telltale odor that indicates the process has begun. Eventually the turnover mixes fresh oxygen into the entire lake mass, replenishing the deep waters with the life-giving stuff and cleansing the sulfurous fumes from the water, allowing fish to return to the depths where they will spend the winter months"

I took this from a webpage I just googled...

[Cecil]

yeah, usually its turns at 50 degrees and since water temps were so low this year, it might happen earlier than in the past...

[Deitz Dittrich]

ok, I stand corrected.

[bassNspear]

im staying out of here for awhile.

[Cecil]

Yeah, go to the ice fishing page where you seem to want to be all of the sudden!

[bassNspear]

Deitz,

Put all your stuff away yet?

[ShoreGuy1984]

Yeah, is it winter yet ? lol. The bite is hard, but im still out there!

[bassNspear]

ice right around the corner!

[TonkaBass]

Not as long as these days still hit 50 degrees!

[grab the net]

Deitz - Is it winter yet? Still waiting on the official word.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Ok Fine.. Stick a fork in it. I'll bring my boat in this week to get winterized.. ***Input sad face here**

[Fever]

Thanks Dietz... I'll start spending time on the ice fishing forums now.

[grab the net]

Thanks, Ok - now lets hear some of the year in review or should we wait for a cold snowy weekend in January to start that. Maybe give us something to look forward to. I vote for January.