Why is ice floating back up my fishing hole after I cleaned it out?

[dil]

A buddy and I were fishing this weekend, and there was pieces of ice that seemed to be floating under the ice. We'd clean the holes and 20 minutes later we would be clearing the holes again, pulling out several pieces that were 10 inches long, 4-5 inches wide, and about 3/4 inch thick. We couldn't decide if the auger was busting through the last 3/4 inch or if we were on a pressure ridge, or what. Any ideas?

We were on fish, so we didn't want to move, but we lost several fish because of the ice in the hole.

[Wensel]

Global warming?

[john.wells]

Rather interesting. Are you fishing a lake that is part of a river system, or on a river itself? I can't see any reason for sheets of ice to be freely moving under the main sheet for any other reason, unless there is current breaking and pushing it along.

[leech~~]

It's call "Plateonics"

[dil]

I was on the east side of red lake. While I am confident it was not global warming, because I didn't have the boat in the water in December.

[CAMAN]

Since it was Red it easily could have been a pressure ridge forming or if you were near the river mouth that may be pushing ice below. Were the pieces fairly sharp and square or were they rounded?

[dil]

square. They were like landscape bricks. we build a wall inside the house with them for entertainment. We were not near the river, and the pressure ridge is what we thought was the reason, we just hadn't ever experienced this before.

[CAMAN]

Thinking about it, you could have been near some netters. I believe they cut a long narrow channel in the ice and set a net. They probably break the ice and shove it below.

[john.wells]

Thinking about it, you could have been near some netters. I believe they cut a long narrow channel in the ice and set a net. They probably break the ice and shove it below.

ding ding ding! I think we have a winner!

[john.wells]

I was on the east side of red lake. While I am confident it was not global warming, because I didn't have the boat in the water in December.

I am more worried about an impending ice age.....

[calli4120]

I am more worried about an impending ice age.....

As long as they make auger extensions long enough I say bring it on!

[seasock]

We never cut a long channel to set a net, no way to keep it from freezing in. Rather one hole, then use a crawler under the ice with a line tied to it, follow it to desired net length and cut another hole and remove crawler while holding line, then set net pulling it back to first hole. You end up with a net under the ice with anchor lines at each hole and to pull the net you have a length of line longer than the net attached to one end, pull net, to reset, pull line from other hole and net follows back under the ice.

As for the ice bricks,could it be there are now sawfish in Red?

[buddha]

I had the exact same problem this weekend on Red, I think I set up on a pressure ridge. It was a pain in the .... Never seen it before but after thinking about it and reading this post I'm sure I was on a ridge or close to a ridge.

[muskielaw]

You were fishing next to a pressure ridge, ie where the ice piled up on itself. I have had it happen numerous times on red where you drill your holes all the way through, then go to drop line down and it won't go down!! duh!! If you can't see a pressure ridge you can usually tell you are in an area like this because the ice is 2-3 times as thick as the ice on the rest of the lake when drilling your holes.

[CAMAN]

We never cut a long channel to set a net, no way to keep it from freezing in. Rather one hole, then use a crawler under the ice with a line tied to it, follow it to desired net length and cut another hole and remove crawler while holding line, then set net pulling it back to first hole. You end up with a net under the ice with anchor lines at each hole and to pull the net you have a length of line longer than the net attached to one end, pull net, to reset, pull line from other hole and net follows back under the ice.

As for the ice bricks,could it be there are now sawfish in Red?

Alright, sorry my mistake. I thought I had seen something somewhere where it was done that way, they then pull the net up a large hole at one end.

[dil]

Buddha,

I know you had this problem on red. You were fishing in my house!

DIL

[Down Deep]

It cause by all those walleyes banging their heads on the bottom on the ice.

I've had that happen to me. I could be that there is ice that is not fully at the bottom of the hole and is fractured when the hole is drilled. Then it just floats free and some of it finds the hole.