In spite of the lousy forecast today, the true iceboaters took the old mantra “show up and pray” to heart and at both ends of the state gave it their best shot. Tyler Vroman found three inches of black ice at Kellys Landing, Moosehead Lake:

Tyler had his skate sail and as far as he could see, there was black ice. Sadly, barely a breath to scoot.

Down at Sabbatus Chris and Nick pushed around searching for a puff, all for naught. But, they were on the ice, in their boats, and that counts as one day of iceboating in the season’s ledger.

The pending snow tonight appears to be covering the entire state. Not until later in the week will there be a warming spell with a chance of rain.

But Bravo to you guys who got out there today and hoped for the best: it could just as easily turned out much differently.