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| May_Day |
For only the second time since I've been here (17 Springs) there is ice on
the lake in May. The other time was in 1996. With the little rain and warm temps last night (it stayed around 40), it appears that the ice has loosened up a fair amount. I think most (but not all) of it will be gone by Saturday morning when we plan to put the pontoons in the water. But the problem is this: Now through Friday the wind will be from the East or Northeast at 15 to 20 mph, so assuming that the ice sheet starts moving today, it'll hit my shoreline and pull out my dock posts. [Darn!] Then on Friday night the wind is supposed shift to the North. If there's a lot of ice up against my shore when it shifts, a North wind will not move it out. If that's the case it'll be tough getting my pontoons in the water because a lot of the ice that is left will be up against my shore. [Darn(!) again.] We still have 48 hours for the ice to melt or for the wind predictions to change.........but neither one is very likely to happen. A few hours later........ Geez, that didn't take long. The ice sheet started moving and here it comes. Click HERE. |
| May 2nd | It's 38 degrees with a heavy cloud cover, a strong wind, and rain. That's typical fishing opener weather........ but that's not till next weekend. |
| May 3rd |
The ice is finally gone. Click HERE, and
HERE. There were 15 White-throated Sparrows under the bird feeder at the same this afternoon. Today was windy and cold, but we got a lot of work done. We put four pontoons in the lake as well as Brian's boat and 8 of my 12 dock sections. This is far from the earliest this work has been done, but it is the soonest after ice-out that it has been done, on the same day no less. Hey Brian, Ann, Larry, and Dennis.........thanks for the help. |
| May 4th |
Well we're in first place for about 2 days Once every 3 or 4 years. And then we go back with the rest of the pack Where we really belong it appears. Those words were written by Garrison Keiller about the Minnesota Twins, several years ago. I believe that it applies to the situation of today. |
| Cinco de Mayo |
LBL bird number 82: Ruby-crowned Kinglet. (Different lists have different
rules.) Click HERE. There were tons and tons of Tree Swallows flying over the lake yesterday. Last year they showed up on the same day that the ice went out, but I didn't notice any on ice-out day this year. Maybe I missed them or maybe the wind kept them away. |
| May 6th |
There sure are a lot of Warblers going through here now. They're all over
the place........mostly Butter-butts (Yellow-rumped Warblers). It looks like there may be ice on Winnie for the opener. If so, that'll put a crimp in the plans of a lot of hardcore fisherpersons. |
| May 7th | This happened 63 years ago today. Click HERE. |
| May 8th | Is this a beautiful Spring morning, or what? Click HERE. |
| May 9th | It's 10:45 PM. At the moment the temperature is 45 degrees, the sky is clear, and there is no wind. It's beautiful. Tomorrow morning is the fishing opener. The weather prediction is: low temp tonight of 30 degrees. The chance of rain tomorrow is 70%, with a high temperature in the high 40s, and Northeast winds at 15 mph. And an inch of snow is predicted for tomorrow night. Such is the fishing opener........every year!!!!! |
| May 10th | The opener was typical. Temps in the Low to mid 40s and rain, although the morning was fairly dry. We did okay. We caught a 9 pound Northern and a 5 pound Bass (both of which went back into the water), and a few smaller ones. |
| May 11th | The fishing opener was yesterday: Click HERE. |
| May 12th | LBLR Bird number 83: American Redstart. Click HERE. |
