All I Want For Christmas Is Enough Ice To Ice Fish

This El Nino weather pattern has some folks cheering because of our mild weather.   While it's nice to be in December and not even have my winter jacket out, it sure sucks for outdoor winter activies like ice fishing.  I was up at Fish Lake at my in-laws yesterday and saw that it was ice covered.  But upon closer look, it's nowhere near ready to fish.

I sat on the shore and pressed my foot down gently on the ice.  It broke immediately and appears to be only 1/4" thick.

The weather forecast calls for daytime highs above freezing all the way through Sunday.   I'm sure there won't even be any ice on most lakes by the end of the week.

Even if we get a cold snap next week, I wouldn't bet on getting much if any ice time in before the end of the month.  Maybe we shouldn't have put our boats away so soon?