OK folks got a close up look at the ice in Meredith, alas I could no longer wait and I put my boat in to do a little fishing. Ice is not solid at all, it's ready to break up, but will need some wave action to get it going. There is little to no soild ice left, it's all poris and very flimsy. I ventured to give the boat a bit of throttle to create some waves next to the ice and the wave action broke up about the leading three feet of ice as you could see my waves moving the ice up and down. It's on average about 3" thick and like I said pretty much ready to go, all we need is a good windy day to get the water stirred up.
This week may very well clear much of the lake surface of ice.
Be very careful out there as there is a TON of crap in the water left over from this winter's activities on the ice.