The lake has ice on most of it. I was out walking on it tonight. It will not be long now. :tease:

Thanks for the update. I can see the headlines on Monday after some clown goes thru the ice this weekend. Temps in southern Ontario supposed to be above freezing on Sunday & Monday.

you just took the words righ tout of my mouth lol

I know the river over here in Keswick has ice, but it will be a while until it freezes out in to the lake!

If it'll hold snow it'll hold a sled

:frech32:

if you have a can on your sled, ppl will hear you better out there, and know if you made it across the lake or not LOL

:cn:

we all know you dont need ice to make it across the lake!!, but it is nice to ride the lake without a wake behind you, and as for the if it holds snow?? i wouldnt trust my fat ass on the lake let alone my sled, but i could be convinced to follow you out if you go first!!!lol

It takes me forever to get through a post because i keep staring at Blackrevcaker's damn avatar!! :banghead:

I live on the island and they go right by me near the shoreline.
I'll let you know on Monday if I see anyone run the lake.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Noticed she was closed right up this morning :banana: ................ going to check the thickness on my way home tonight, once the first coat of ice is on and stops the wave action, Scog begins to build ice at an amaizing rate :fluffy: :fluffy: :fluffy:

who will be the first genius of the year to die in lake skidoobegone? i am amazed that it never fails.

Yup, someone will be a statistic this weekend. :frech32:

i think this is the best post going right now. it was exactally what i was thinking,

Morisson Lk in Muskoka also froze over last night. If it stays shut next weeks forcast calls for rain in the day and below zero temps at night, backwards way of making ice but who cares? :beer:

Makes for a great pond hockey game though....

bottom end of Cooks Bay on Simcoe froze over last night. Just gets the blood going but surely to be gone with next weeks forecast

ptm

I see dead people

Don't stare too long or you will enter into a hypnotic state. :beerchug:

4+ inches 60 ft out from the boat launch at around 4 today, to bad about the warm spell coming :banghead: she's making some good black ice under the top 1 inch layer of the grey ice :frech32:

I bet there'll be more than 6 inches by morning ............ more than enough for a few rips close to town, just no lub it's all wind blowen :banghead:

:no_bashing: Nutter I Was already on the bay where I live Friday, 5 inches. Blew all the cob webs out of all three sleds. Not to slam the guys from out of area but as you know Nutter Scugog freezes very fast and makes ice quick. If I did not know this lake (been riding it since 1975) I would also be in disbelief that it would have enough ice to play on. I would how ever not be riding all over it, so yes enless you are a local it is best to stay off for a while longer. :div20:

Word of wisdom dont no dont go :div20:

Going for a scoot myself this afternoon , once I put my skid back in :fluffy: :fluffy:

Apparently a couple of guys have already gone through the lake up around Haliburton some place...no fatalities, just stupidity so far.....

Best advice - stay off the lakes - it is not safe yet - and it also makes us all look dumb if some one goes through the ice!

Still remember back in 1989 running all of Scugog on Dec 19th on 18 inches of ice. I also remember the 3 or 4 guys that dropped through the big open spot several years ago between the island and Caesarea. I've been riding on Scugog since 1980 and that was the only year I never rode on it- should tell you something.
Like Nutter said- if you don't know don't go.

Billy, you avitar is disturbing

Thats what I'm going to like like if we dont see some good conditions in the next three weeks, except I'll be sitiing on my sled down in the shop ....... shot gunning tallboys :banghead:

did somebody say tall boys? :burp:

I'm off work for the next 3 f&*%@g weeks and the weather goes in the shitter like this again this year! :banghead: :drunk:

my family used to have a cottage on scugog.. i remember havin the ice fishin hut out on the ice.. etc... there used to be a load of them out there... they still popular?

also remember a LOT of cars/trucks always driving across the ice.. was like a highway

Yup the wife said there was more than enuff this morning,whgen I woke up

now back to sled and ice talk

Yes locals know best

3 yrs ago I seen some people run near a dam up here

It was out of towners wanting to do open water as no locals would go near there as there is never safe ice down there and 80+ feet deep of water

I'll ride on any pretty much any conditions, but I noticed someone mention they blew the cobwebs out of the sleds on not much ice, thats crazy.....,

Lots of ice between Port and the island on Scugog ..... 6+ inches as as of yesterday afternoon, and Nova75ss confirmed 5+ before going out on Friday :div20:

Remember once the first skim of ice is on and the waves stop, Scugog becomes an ice making machine, but you must know the lake, theres more than a few bad spots that take a little longer to get up to safe conditions.

As I always say if you dont know dont go :brrrr:

:cn: Thanks Nutter, I agree with you about the ice conditions on Scugog. It is one of the first lakes in Ontario to get safe as it makes ice very fast, I don't know why but it just does. Only reason I can think of is that the average depth of the lake is between 6-8 feet deep, so it does not take long to cool it off so it can start making ice. Example, by the time Simcoe will freeze over Scugog will already have been frozen for weeks and will be around 10-12 inches thick already. :div20:

correct me if I'm wrong but due to the lake being so shallow, there is little room for error when the air gets warmer... thus when the water shifts and forms ice, it can also shift the opposite way (when it gets warm out) and thaw....

does this not make for horrible ice conditions and a big reason why scugog is known as a sledder's death trap?

Yes you are correct, when it warms up Scugog will also thaw fast, but up until Sunday night it was making ice every night and holding what it had made during the day. It is to bad that the long range is showing warm temps till the 18th and then it is going to drop off very cold again. This has happened the last three winters from what I can remember, sucks. :banghead:

Coming off the island this morn, it looked like the ice was water covered.
There wasn't enough snow on the lake this week-end, so I didn't see anyone take a run.

You have to wonder about peoples children in and around Scugog. Were or are they mentally challenged?

Have to agree that the headlines are going to be a good one. :frech32:

When's the last time you heard of a local going in

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:wut60: You took the words right out of my mouth Nutter. The Simcoe boy's such as F6-fuelie should remain in the area that he lives and rides, I don't want to read about people that have handy caps going through the ice. :frech32:

That was nasty .................. I was really thinking more about the south of 7 newbie riders, most of those Simcoe riders know about ice, they spend enough time on the big ice cube.

they just need to learn if they leave others alone they wont have to defend themselves all the time :lol2:

I grew up on Lake Scugog and don't recall it being A " sledders death trap"...or is that just what you city folk call it.. Yes there have been some unfortunate incidents and deaths over the past years...but I don't recall any in the past 5 or 6. Scogog is an excellent lake to run..very predictable..shallow ( on the west side ) pressure cracks usually in the same general location and best of all....fast!

Hey Nova....u ready to run?..My radar is waiting

Hey Shadow44.........plug in that radar gun cuz i'll be waiting for ya on scugog.........hell i'll even buy ya a bevarage afterwards!! :burp:

ac4life

:beer: Looks like you found me, Sure we will put the F6 through the gun, you may however be surprised with the numbers. It is going to need a track soon, just holding off to see what the winter is going to be like. The Polarass also needs a track and new studs, ouch to my pocket. By the way you can buy the first round after you see that my numbers are higher then yours :beerchug:

Radar gun hmmmm might have to hook up with you guy's and flip the premium switch on my stocker

:smilielol: Sure Nutter, always more fun with more sleds...

I'm south of 7 and I know enough about ice conditions that its way to early to be out on anything!!!

Yes but your not a newbie now are ya Sled Dude

Couchiching is now wide open again :frech32:

:banghead:

This is all El Nineo's fault - as in Nine degrees above normal :banghead: