Official 2020 Ice Out Thread
Here you go folks. Post here about this year’s ice out. I think it will be quite early. You can watch the progress on the lake’s many web cams at http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/watch.htm
Post your pics and videos on this thread. The lake temp is warm enough for the ice to go out and there is water along many shores. It’ coming soon! IG |
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I'm already looking at the buffer and polish.
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Ice Movement
I think we will see some serious movement between today and tomorrow. Expected high temperatures this afternoon, along with rain (possible thunderstorms) and a bit of wind. The wind duration will be the key.
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Ice Out
Can someone give an update to Ice Conditions on Lily Pond in Gilford?
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Just saw a small aluminum out on the bear island cam
hope he was the ice breaker lol |
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Fat bike rider
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Getting closer
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Fog eats ice...
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Lily
Lily pond is 50% open water as of 6:00 PM today.
From my vantage point overlooking the broads, ice will be going out very soon and I see no reason why I won’t be quarantined on Welch island next Saturday!! Dan P.S. Don can you combine the other ice out thread with this one... |
Easter on East Bear???
Does this seem like a possibility given the current conditions / forecasts?....
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Open water between Pine and Bear islands.
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Ice out
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Lots of open water in the broads this morning! The wind is really making things move!
Get your boats ready!! Dan |
Yeah, the warmer weather is helping, and the wind is really doing its thing! The ice on Mirror Lake is disappearing before my eyes.
Check out the Webcam: http://www.mirrorlakenh.com/cam.htm It may be possible to kayak all the way around the lake at this point. Wouldn't want to fall in !! That water is C-O-L-D :D |
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Progress
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I’m guessing ice out in less than two weeks....
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Hopefully. Passing time with a line in the water is a positive
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Busted!
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I did make it to Pine and them broke through the ice to get to Bear... still some pretty thick parts... but shouldn’t be too long now... although the forecast for the beginning of next week isn’t looking so positive It is officially spring!! -PIG |
Rattlesnake Landing today
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This afternoon at Rattlesnake’Landing
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Broads - Wolfeboro Neck looking out to Rattlesnake.
After lots of progress and ice movement yesterday, it was in the teens last night and only now cracking 20 degrees, so most open areas have a thin skim back on. |
Better?
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Looked Good Enough To Rotate
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Ellacoya
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A few pics from Ellacoya this morning...
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I too am fascinated and follow water temps religiously through the season mainly to target salmon. It’s amazing what just a couple degrees difference can make especially during early spring fishing. Dan |
Still guys fishing on it up in tuftonboro my buddy said.
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401K Going The Wrong Way!
Agree, now if we can only afford the gas in a few weeks!
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North side of Welch opening up.
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Rain on the way
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Rain, rain, come our way, rid the lake of ice today....
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Insulate the ice for a longer stay! :D |
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Very frustrating- You know how THEY are! :emb: |
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Kinda like..
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Lily Pond: no ice in sight this morning.
Alan By the way, I are an engineer |
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it will be a while on Tuftonboro bay
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Looking East towards camp Northwoods
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3-24-20
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Here’s a few pics just taken at 6:30 PM today.... The first one is a panorama of the second two.
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wow...looks like you could launch out of Ellacoya and make it to the southern shore of Welch with very little ice breaking. Of course HUGE risk of having a sheet of ice crush your boat against the shore line there should a southern wind kick up.
Soon....very soon... |
contest
where is the link to the "ice Out" contest?
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Here you go
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The view from the MODIS satellite today
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Almost all clear on the Broads
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These photos are facing Parker Island and Rattlesnake Island (looking south from Wolfeboro Neck)
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Was on the dock today putting my bumpers on and to my surprise a snowmobile flew by then another on 19 mile bay. These two guys rode a rode around a good half hour. Still guys ice fishing too.
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This Morning!
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These pics taken this morning from Lincoln Park!!
Welch Island here I come!! |
woohoo!!! guess i had better get to work on the boat!
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Yesterday from Morse Preserve
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Yesterday from Morse Preserve looking towards the Ossipees.
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Glendale and Belknap Point today:
It looks closed from Glendale to FL 26 today but should be open tomorrow. Quite a bit of ice north of the route out to Welch much of which will get blown south today likely headed for Wolfeboro bay. Smith cove today is more than half iced in. Alan |
Not long now
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The wind is grinding away at the ice.
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It’s heading to Wolfbouro
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From Alton Mountain- end of Alton Bay out to broads
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And by this evening...
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Almost gone...
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Love seeing all these pictures. With the marinas not staffed by the stay at home order I wonder how many will be getting a later start than usual. Has anyone heard how this may effect those that depend on the Marinas services?
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Gas docks
If Marinas are closed is it correct to assume all gas docks on the lake will be closed?
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Alton Bay is open up to about 1/2 mile north of Sandy Point. Then mostly ice up to the top of the bay.
Smith Cove looks ice free. The north side of Welch still looks iced in. Looks like still floating ice up in the Timber, Round and 40 Islands area. |
After today’s rains and above freezing weather, the ice can’t be long for this world!
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Not exactly about ice, but it seemed like the lake was low when I was up yesterday but the chart I found shows it's in the upper average range. Are we really above average and did we have enough precipitation to keep it up?
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Lily pond
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If Lilly Pond has been ice free for two days then Winni should be open in about twelve more days assuming a typical two week spread.
My 4/8 guess is looking mighty good! |
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Today’s report from Mink Island
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Just slush moving around now.
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No ice this morning in Smith cove!
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Getting closer
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Hopefully it will be gone by the weekend
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All clear north of Mink Island!
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Beautiful Spring morning
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Does anyone have any visibility to the ice conditions between Shep Browns and Bear island? Can you launch and get out of that area?
I'm looking to travel to Long Island bridge from that area OR to head south past Cattle Landing and down toward the Witches and beyond....anyone know what the ice conditions are on those routes???? |
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https://www.shepbrowns.com/live-lake-cam There are cameras at the tip of Bear, showing passage between Bear and Pine: http://www.bearchow.com/ |
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From the Crow's Nest Lookout
Looks like ice is still ready to welcome anyone headed above Five Mile Island and over to Long Island. Looks like open water below Bear Island. 🐻
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Tuesday, March 31: 3-pm
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Going south from Shep's to Bear Island looked very blocked by a lot of ice. Going north from Shep's to the post office dock looked probably doable by going out north just a little past Pine Island and then coming back to the Bear Island dock .... in case you want to pick up your mail. From the Cattle Landing town dock, it was totally ice free going south to Dolly, Mark, Timber, and Governor's. From the Cattle Landing town dock, going north, it was all solid ice from the main land across to Rock Island area, and not doable. |
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http://www.charlesyoung.com/pineislandeast.jpg There is a live Cam on Bear facing Shep's that shows ice but I am told you can get around it by staying to the north near shore. That Cam has time lapse. https://www.wunderground.com/dashboa...slanders2002/1 |
Lake Cams
Rattlesnakecam.com is a great resource for seeing different areas of the lake. It includes the Islanders2002 webcam on Bear that looks south towards Shep Browns that Bear Islander references.
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thanks everyone...I use the RattleSnake webcams several times per day but the ones in the areas I am asking about don't have time stamps on them and frequently when cams go out they keep the last picture posted. The poor ice out progress in Sheps had me thinking it was stuck at last week.
Strange ice out for me. Usually when I see Rattlesnake cams showing open water, the cams in Sheps and off Pine are either already open or open within a day or two. The Shep cam shows what looks like another weeks worth of ice. Lol...like everyone, I get pretty antsy to get out on the water as i get closer to first launch day of the season (which for me is Saturday). Be careful and be safe out there...this is the time of year that dangerous debris is floating (sometimes just under the waterline) and hoping to sink an vessel that doesn't see it. |
Look at them at night. If you see a daylight picture, then it is frozen.
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Clear by Melvin Village
We live near Geneva Point. All visible ice between Geneva Point and Melvin Village is gone. Saw our first boater this past Saturday and a couple of more out yesterday. The loons are back nd we’ve seen the eagles as well
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Ice-Out Guesses
Where are this year's ice-out guesses posted?
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An ice out declaration must be imminent with these fierce winds!
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2020 Guesses
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Winni.com home page
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Ice out ?
I can't find any ice on the lake . except the southern end of Paugus Bay
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Is there any ice in Alton Bay ???? My guess for ICE OUT WAS 4/2/2020 @ 9:30 am. I'm In the running....I can only find 4 other guesses for this date. I guess it's all up to the guy who has to do the "FLY-OVER", and I can't see anyone that would want to fly a plane in this weather ??? Winni Bob |
There's a big slab in front of Springfield Point, Worcester Island, Melody Island and Clark Point in Wolfeboro.
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Center Harbor is ice free. The wind cleared it out overnight.
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I think I had tomorrow at noon. If all you folks would be kind enough to turn off your dock bubblers maybe the ice can last till then.
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