Yesterday, with sunshine and temperatures scratching at the 50s, my mountain cabin neighbors came out to spend some time on the ice at my lakefront. The ice is something near 18 inches thick at present—thick enough for any activity. While my friends fished through some holes they drilled through the ice, I tended a fire on the shore and spent time padding around on the ice.
The ice is displaying unusual patterns
this year. The patterns resulted from
harsh weather when the lake froze. The
first inch or so of ice formed during an arctic impulse. That ice was partially broken up during a brief
warm and windy spell. The broken ice and
open water then refroze quickly, creating the patterns seen today.
Our sunshine day ended with one
trout pulled up through the ice (and released to live another day) and grilled
bratwurst at the lakeshore.
Unusual Ice Patterns
Fishing on the Ice
Sun and Ice
A Trout on the Ice
—Mitchell Hegman
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