Category Archives: 2017 Season

Chicky looks like early April. Open waters getting larger, accesses getting wider. No good. Maybe single numbers for 3 days soon will bring it back. Surface like ground glass. Dusting of snow shows open waters nicely this AM. Go to … Continue reading →

No snow forecast for almost a week. Ice is magnificent. Wind today offered one tack shots from Muscongus Bay to the pits in minutes. Best ever, etc. I’m too wind blown and sun burnt to think. Picture yourself on this … Continue reading →

Bunting says the ice checks out and the surface will be fine, but it looks like Trixie wants to go back ashore and scrounge a lunch. Plate has not been checked for drain holes. Ramp is clear. This is about … Continue reading →

Light and variable winds, shell ice and rain combined to make yesterday not one of the best days of iceboating. We put up with shell when there was a puff and tried to tack on the smooth stuff, but when … Continue reading →

Not seen from shore or breakfast table is a significant sinking pressure ridge down the center of the lake from close to the visible swimming hole to near South shore where there is another skirting the shore. Thickness over all … Continue reading →