The answer to my above headline is "probably no." It's still early in our winter and cold temps seem to be returning to the area. I don't see a severe cold snap in our future, but enough to skim the lake back over given calm winds. The news is a bit better for our friends in the Island area. Bud Stonerook, from North Bass, reports that ice remains locked in between the islands and to some points west. Although there are ponds and cracks that need to heal up, there is still the potential for ice fishing in the islands area. That is always a much needed shot in the arm for islanders who rely on the ice for some extra, if not critical income. Of course, the news is different for us mainlanders.
My first pic shows our harbor still locked in fairly well, although our bubblers are doing a great job around our hoist well to the left and farther in towards our gas dock. We use bubblers in key areas of our harbor to protect certain pilings and sea walls. You can see a Rescue Marine towboat in our hoist, in the ready position, should the need arise. Otherwise, the marina is a quiet place right now. A few contractors and boat owners come and go in the storage buildings. I have a small boat in my paint shop, which will be receiving a complete hull bottom re-finishing. My paint shop is the taller part of our complex near our harbor's edge.
My second pic shows our channel, with some fairly thick cakes of ice bobbing in our entrance.
My third pic shows how we get down onto the ice bridge, if it was still there. All that remains are some tracks in the gravel, some shore ice and some slush waiting to re-freeze.
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