Hows Black Lake look,fellow ice fishermen

[pondskipper]

Getting real ichty to get out on the ice,hoping to get up to black lake in a week. Heading to southern tier small mountain ponds this weakend.

[TroutTrooper]

As of Monday 12/21/08 There was 5 Inches on most bays and funnels.  However, we had heavy snow(insulate) then  warm spell, wind, rain, and now it's down to 15 degrees as of 0800 on 12/26/08...so hopefully that reduced the snow insulate, got rid of the crap ice, and hopefully we'll start fresh, but I would imagine you may have to wait awhile longer

[FISHFORPIKE]

Check out the New York Fishing Reports And Conditions board.  Lots of info there and it's where several locals post conditions.
pondskipper - you might need to post a few more times before you can into those conditions threads.  Just get er done and enjoy the info there.