Both on my ponds have a little open water due to some daily aeration activity. Local ponds with no aeration are still in thick ice cover. Most of the snow is now off the ice; wet slush on top. Smaller pond has 14" of ice and larger pond has 11" of ice. When it is below freezing at night the slush refreezes. Whenever there is some open water with sun, the wind action will pretty quickly melt the ice as noted in Dwight's post. I don't think my ponds will be ice free until late Mar. I hope the ice does not last until early April, I want to stock some YP.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/13/15 01:53 PM.
