Ice In contest...

Lakesrider · 11-10-2010, 08:45 PM

How come there isn't an Ice in Contest?

I was just looking at pictures and I think around December 18th this year.....

Bear Island South · 11-10-2010, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakesrider

How come there isn't an Ice in Contest?

I was just looking at pictures and I think around December 18th this year.....

are there any records for Ice in? what is the earliest?
was there ever a year it didn't freeze?

I would have to guess January 23rd

meredith weekender · 11-11-2010, 08:17 AM

ice in 01/31/2011

ice out 02/28/2011

life would be great

hazelnut · 11-11-2010, 10:54 AM

Probably ice-in around mid January.

Yes the lake has had years where it did not completely freeze. I've boated on the lake every single month except February. The January trip was a few years ago and it was interesting as I was in my 13 Whaler and we would be hitting little skim coats of ice as we were motoring along. It was so cool to see ice crystals flying. The March trip was in 2002 and I was with another forum member who was showing me his Island home that he was selling. We went from Minge Cove to Rattlesnake in his pontoon boat.

Ice-Out April 27, 2011. I use that guess every year... and I'm always wrong.

ishoot308 · 11-11-2010, 11:15 AM

I do remember many years ago ice fishing the first weekend in January in front of Lake Shore Park. Ice in had to be sometime in December that year.

Dan

Merrymeeting · 11-11-2010, 01:07 PM

Well, first someone would need to come up with a definition of Ice-In.

When The Mount can't travel to all it's ports without hitting ice? Or when you can travel to all the ports on a snowmobile, safely, without hitting open water?

Bear247 · 11-11-2010, 10:42 PM

January 15th is my guess. Has there been a time the Lake hasn't frozen over?

Lakegeezer · 11-12-2010, 07:11 AM

How about a contest for first car on the ice? As others point out, some years the lake does not freeze over - and some spots never ever freeze. A picture of a car - at least 150 feet from shore - would show that the season of ice-out has passed.

RI Swamp Yankee · 11-12-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakegeezer

How about a contest for first car on the ice? ....

... or first vehicle through the ice? There seems to be at least one per year.

I recall a few years back the Meredith fishing derby had to be postponed in February because of lack of ice.

11-10-2010, 08:45 PM	#1
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Ice In contest... How come there isn't an Ice in Contest? I was just looking at pictures and I think around December 18th this year.....

11-12-2010, 07:11 AM	#8
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,657 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 342 Thanked 618 Times in 278 Posts	End of ice-out season? How about a contest for first car on the ice? As others point out, some years the lake does not freeze over - and some spots never ever freeze. A picture of a car - at least 150 feet from shore - would show that the season of ice-out has passed. __________________ -lg

11-11-2010, 08:17 AM	#3
meredith weekender Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Meredith / Manchester Posts: 373 Thanks: 87 Thanked 83 Times in 56 Posts	ice in 01/31/2011 ice out 02/28/2011 life would be great

11-11-2010, 10:54 AM	#4
hazelnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,348 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 508 Thanked 462 Times in 162 Posts	Probably ice-in around mid January. Yes the lake has had years where it did not completely freeze. I've boated on the lake every single month except February. The January trip was a few years ago and it was interesting as I was in my 13 Whaler and we would be hitting little skim coats of ice as we were motoring along. It was so cool to see ice crystals flying. The March trip was in 2002 and I was with another forum member who was showing me his Island home that he was selling. We went from Minge Cove to Rattlesnake in his pontoon boat. Ice-Out April 27, 2011. I use that guess every year... and I'm always wrong.

11-11-2010, 11:15 AM	#5
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 5,933 Thanks: 2,291 Thanked 4,943 Times in 1,918 Posts	I do remember many years ago ice fishing the first weekend in January in front of Lake Shore Park. Ice in had to be sometime in December that year. Dan

11-11-2010, 01:07 PM	#6
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,217 Thanks: 299 Thanked 795 Times in 365 Posts	Well, first someone would need to come up with a definition of Ice-In. When The Mount can't travel to all it's ports without hitting ice? Or when you can travel to all the ports on a snowmobile, safely, without hitting open water?

11-11-2010, 10:42 PM	#7
Bear247 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Natick Ma. Posts: 110 Thanks: 149 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	January 15th is my guess. Has there been a time the Lake hasn't frozen over?