Lots of those shallow water (First Ice) spots are locked up with marginal ice, but with all the snow that is in the forecast, my depression level is escalating. Looking at the local reports, it looks like the North Country is going to get a foot of snow. I am preying that we get some really high winds that might blow some of the accumulating snow off the ice.
If the snow builds up on the marginal ice, the weight will push the ice down, water will perk up through the ice and soak into the fresh snow. We will end up with a pretty thick layer of white ice that will be very misleading, and very unsafe.
I am planning to head out to my annual “First Ice” spot on Perch Lake this week on my lunch break and bring my spud bar for an ice check. I will post a report (Probably tomorrow afternoon) and let everybody know what is out there. I was really hoping that I would be able to get out fishing this weekend…Not so sure that will happen now.
