I don't have photos right now, but we've basically been iced-over since early December. That is unusual for us. We've also had about 12 inches /30 CM of snow so far, which is also somewhat unusual.
I need some smoked trout for New Year's Eve. Our ice isn't thick enough to walk on, but it covers the pond. I'm thinking about driving the tractor to the edge of the pond in the next day or two, and dropping the front-end loader bucket on the ice to open a hole in the ice so I can try and catch some of the trout.
That idea will work out great. We do it sometimes with our loader tractor to open ice up for the cattle.
