Those of you who live in the South may not realize that the frozen lakes of the North support a wide variety of activity in winter: fishing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice golf, even heavy vehicle traffic. Every year there’s serious conversation among ice fishermen about when the lake ice will be thick enough to support trucks.
This winter was a strange one. The first half of November was cold, and most lakes iced over early. But then it warmed up and several heavy snows followed. Snow is bad for making ice. It insulates the early ice and creates slush layers. Up-and-down temperatures
