Official 2020 Ice Out Thread

hkephart · 03-30-2020, 08:53 AM

No ice this morning in Smith cove!

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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

Thanks for your 1st post, we drove down by the GYC but did not get out to be able to see the whole cove.

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COW ISL TIME · 03-31-2020, 06:37 PM

Hopefully it will be gone by the weekend

Mink Islander · 04-01-2020, 07:26 AM

Beautiful Spring morning

MikeF-NH · 04-01-2020, 10:04 AM

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????

Bear Guy · 04-01-2020, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

Does anyone have any visibility to the ice conditions between Shep Browns and Bear island? Can you launch and get out of that area?

Oh, so close. The Shep Brown's "24/7-365" live feed is showing as offline:
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/

Barney Bear · 04-01-2020, 11:02 AM

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. 🐻

steve-on-mark · 04-01-2020, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

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????

looking at the Varney Point cam, I don't see any ice from there to Timber.

fatlazyless · 04-01-2020, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

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????

I drove up to the Lovejoy Sand's-Shep's town and private docks yesterday at about 3-pm and took a good look around.

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.

Bear Islander · 04-01-2020, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

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????

My cameras on north Bear show open water. However the Pine Island CAM shows ice over near Moultonborough Neck.

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

Mink Islander · 04-01-2020, 02:18 PM

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.

MikeF-NH · 04-01-2020, 03:14 PM

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.

panjumbie · 04-01-2020, 04:02 PM

Look at them at night. If you see a daylight picture, then it is frozen.

03-31-2020, 06:37 PM	#2
COW ISL TIME Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: cow Island and Bedford NH Posts: 24 Thanks: 2 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts	Getting closer Hopefully it will be gone by the weekend Attached Images

04-01-2020, 07:26 AM	#3
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	All clear north of Mink Island! Beautiful Spring morning Attached Images

04-01-2020, 11:02 AM	#6
Barney Bear Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 962 Thanks: 498 Thanked 274 Times in 175 Posts	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. 🐻

04-01-2020, 02:18 PM	#10
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	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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04-01-2020, 10:04 AM	#4
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04-01-2020, 03:14 PM	#11
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	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.

04-01-2020, 04:02 PM	#12
panjumbie Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Hempstead New York Posts: 33 Thanks: 7 Thanked 25 Times in 10 Posts	Look at them at night. If you see a daylight picture, then it is frozen.