I am waiting on ice-out with great anticipation.
With the exception of the one corner where I'm running a shallow ring diffuser, my pond has been under ice since the weather snapped off cold the 1st of January.
We had a couple warm days last week which melted the 7"-8" of snow that was on the ground. All of that runoff coupled with cold nighttime temps has actually
caused a substantial increase in the thickness of the pond ice.
Air temps are all over the place this time of year in Misery. The ice might all be gone by the weekend, and it might hang around until mid-March.
Either way, I will be ready to begin some hook and line sampling as soon as I have open water.
