Wonderful picture
 

Thanks for sharing...

We Rattlesnake Islanders are most anxious for ice-out...

Cow Island Site
 

I started a Cow Island website. On the site many of my neighbors including myself have posted pictures of various spots around Long Island 19 Mile Bay and Cow Island. You can check it out at: www.cowislandnh.com

Webmaster Don has linked the new site from the associations section in the links area.

Bring the heat on!!!!! :coolsm:

Nice job, Hazelnut!!!!

Spring Skiing?
 

Is this the new Spring "Skiing" in New Hampshire? I think I need to try it out! :laugh:

Does anyone know what conditions are over toward Cow and Little Bear? and 19 Mile Bay?

Are there any members who live on Chase Point who could post a photo looking toward Hole In The Wall? :confused:

Hazelnut, nice job on the website. We don't live on Cow but appreciate the photos from up in that general area. Thanks

From the Wentworth Forum

When I checked the Bear Cam about 8:45 AM today, there were boat wake waves coming from somewhere off to the left. Clearly someone was having some fun out there.

Looks like we won't have a March ice-out, but it is changing quickly.

Thanks
 

Thanks for the nice comments. I will be posting more pictures from that neck of the woods as they come in. I will be heading up into that area this Sunday with camera in hand. I will post the pics next week.

Nice job, Hazelnut!

Boats out on the lake...
 

I saw a boat on the Varney Point cam this morning - lots of prople getting an early start!

It's happening before our eyes now. This morning Merrymeeting was still completely locked in, with fairly solid looking ice. The view on the webcam now shows open water close to 100' out and receeding fast.

Disappearing on Bear Cam too.

With a confidence rate of 99.9%, I say that ice-out will be declared tomorrow, but not necessarily by the Lakes Region Association. Be advised that tomorrow is April first and any ice-out posts are highly suspect unless posted by Don.

Looks like 11 folks took April 1...

Cow Island conditions
 

There are pictures posted on www.cowislandnh.com
There is another link to the original Cow Island Webpage under links on the forum.

19 mile bay is still pretty well socked in. Fishermen reported 14 inches in spots as of Wednesday/Thursday.

Thanks
 

KPW: Thanks for the information. :)

Cow Island Conditions
 

I was up at Harilla's yesterday about 1 PM. It was ice free from the public docks and landing to about half way to the hole in the wall. There seemed to me to be three individual sheets of ice floating around and I got the feeling that I would have been able to make the trip by boat if I waited a few hours.
I took some telephoto shots of Cow which appear to show open water around the hole in the wall extending about half way up Ragged Island.
The ice was very porous near shore and I hope the crunching sound it was making contacting the shore is not indicative of the mess it will cause with our docks!
I left my boat at Harilla’s and am going to try again today. :D

10:40am BEAR CAM- Boater!
 

:D Just checking out the Bear Cam and there it was at 10:40am - boater puttering by - not moving too fast through the slush - but moving along!!

:banana:

To make it easier for new visitors to find recent Ice-Out information I have split this thread into a new one. Please carry on in 2006 Ice-Out Watch II.

Don