Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The thawing of ice on the surface of a body of water, such as a lake.
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- noun the
annual thawing ofwinter ice on a body ofwater
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Examples
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I've done it myself at early ice-out below dams and it was fun, but you lose a lot of tackle if the boottom is rocky.
snagging fish 2009
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We'll be camping off the back of them and fishing the lakes and rivers along the way for ice-out northerns, walleyes, and lake trout.
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I've done it myself at early ice-out below dams and it was fun, but you lose a lot of tackle if the boottom is rocky.
snagging fish 2009
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This is the story of how four guys spent two weeks on three quads and a Rhino in the beginning of June, trying to fish our way up this road, from Lynn Lake to Brochet, during ice-out.
Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009
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Interesting that the ice-out cake appears to be a "yellow cake" that is also chocolate.
Recycled Wrecks 2010
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Start early, because the period during and just after ice-out can be absolutely hot.
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Wife reports ice-out on the nature center lake, also wood frogs quacking.
Gray again, bird update jhetley 2009
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Some years, it seems as if we have about three days between ice-out and black-flies...
Narrow window of opportunity jhetley 2008
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The researchers catalogued ice-out dates for 29 New England lakes.
Climate Watchers 2008
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The NHDP had what some called the "ice-out strategy", which loosely means that when the ice goes out on Lake Winnipesauke party activists would scramble like heck to put together what's called the coordinated campaign.
Chaz Proulx: How The 2004 Primary Helped Turn New Hampshire Blue: A Net Roots Success Story 2007
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