[icebadger]

well it's official you can stick a fork in the ice season on the cong i fished the state park area and there is open water around most of the shore and i took a ride around the lake, like squatch said the wind blew the lake apart in most areas i saw... you can get on to the right of the park the ice was 5" there however the crack that goes from one side to the other keeps you in shallow water 3 to 5' to be exact. managed to get two slime darts and two small perch. will try to look up north of rt 15 to find any safe ice. the lake never totally froze over. between the winds and up and down temps and the improper use of ice eaters the lake is opening up early as usual but at least we made it past feb 14th this year. lets hope next winter is a real one for a change.