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We like the last few years have been out fishing on the day after Thanksgiving. It has become a ritual for some of us here. I will keep you posted.
Christmas is usually the first safe ice around me too!
"Safe" is a pretty loose definition...
do you really fish on 1.5 inches of ice
Safe is when you're on the ice all day and then come off without falling through.
Does getting a foot and leg wet count as falling through?
If it does, then I am a member a few times over. Last year towards the end of the season, at a local lake, the ice was fine in the morning, and on the way in, I put my legs in 4 times. That was not fun, because it's a deep lake and was all white ice.