Author Archives: billbuchholz

Calm and cold here for the past few days has given us miles of Black Ice on many shallow mid-sized ponds. The execution is Pushaw, who’s entire north end locked in. It was 2.5” yesterday and in the single digits … Continue reading →

Today reminds me of the time many years ago that Lloyd and Jory drove to Plymouth Pond to check the ice at about this time of year. They’d been watching the weather and had a hunch. What they found was … Continue reading →

Out beyond Millinocket on the the Golden Road is a small lake, name undisclosed. Two wing sailors and a couple of skaters found their way there and had a wonderful day after the snow turned to rain and the skies … Continue reading →

Jack Wright swung by Plymouth this morning and found the entire pond locked in with what appears to be about an 1 1/4”. Rain and warmth forecast for coming days might do it in, but it’ll be back! CIBC tradition … Continue reading →

CIBC member Paul Chamberland hit the ice on Owlseye Lake, a tad east NE from Edmonton, Alberta. Last season he was first on the ice at Lac Aurelie in Quebec, often our first plate. He had traveled from Albany. Isn’t … Continue reading →