In my limited (26 year) experience, the ice leaves our local lakes on or about April 15. It's the 19th today, and Wapogasset is still pretty iced-up, though the ice is getting darker. Maybe with a little rain and a warm day today, we could see the ice go within the next day or so. I'm ready. Our daughter Margaret called from Minneapolis on Friday to ask whether we were going to have the boat in the lake this weekend, so she's ready, too. It's been a long winter.
The Governor's Fishing Opener is coming to Wapogasset on May 3. Let's hope Governor Doyle won't have to bring his ice auger.
Update: Ice out day this year, at least on the southerly part of Lake Wapogasset, was April 24th. Some of our neighbors to the north of our place said they still had ice on the 24th, but I think most, if not all, had disappeared by the morning of April 25. Pretty late this year.
No comments:
Post a Comment