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sevnseat · Site Admin Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 569

I'm sticky-ing this for you hard-water guys looking for places to fish. Please use this post to report ice conditions wherever you head on out. I'll update the lead post as often as necessary.

Ice Conditions as of 12-8-07:

Roarback Pond - Harwinton -- 4"
First Arm of Wood Creek - Norfolk -- 5"
West Twin - Salisbury -- 1" slush, open spots
East Twin - Salisbury -- open

Ice Conditions as of 12-17-07:

Scoville Res. - Wolcott - 4-5" at the launch, 2-5 inches in the big bay
Beaver's Pond - 5" on shore, 3" in the middle
Beseck Lake - Meriden, CT -- 6" on shore, 3"-4" further out
Wethersfield Cove - 4" (AVOID MIDDLE)
Bantam, South Cove -- 3-4"

Ice Conditions as of 12-22-07:

Black Pond - Meriden -- 2" Solid Ice with 2-3" slush ice on top.

Ice Conditions as of 12-30-07:

Stillwater Pond - Torrington -- 6"
Mudge Pond - Sharon -- between 5"-2", middle shakey, north end open
Coventry -- 85% Open, assumed unsafe
Colebrook Res. -- Half Open, depth of ice unreported
Becket Ponds, Becket MA -- Ice covered with water on top, depth of ice unreported.
Bantam, North Bay -- 7"

Ice Conditions as of 1-3-08:
Bantam, south Bay -- 9+"
Mt. Tom Pond -- 5-6"

Ice Conditions as of 1-7-08
Lyman's Pond -- Wolcott 4-5"
Black Pond -- Meriden -- 5-6"

Ice Conditions as of 1-13-08
Highland Lake -- 6"

Ice Conditions as of 1-14-08
Scoville Res. -- 3.5" by launch, 2.5" further out
Highland Lake -- 5-7"
Winchester -- 7+"

Ice Conditions as of 1-15-08
Bantam -- 6-7"

Ice Conditions as of 1-20-08
Bantam, North Side -- 8"

Ice Conditions as of 1-21-08
West Hill Pond -- 5-6"
Mt. Tom Pond -- 6-7"

Ice Conditions as of 1-27-08
Mashapaug -- 5-7"
Coventry --3-4.5"

Ice Conditions as of 1-28-08
Wagamaug 6-10"

Ice Condtions as of 1-29-08
Wethersfield Cove -- 5-6" away from river enterance
Coventry NOT SAFE 1-2"

Ice Conditions as of 1-31-08
Beseck -- 6" By the Dam, open water over large portions though
Wintergreen -- 2-5", Be Careful.

Ice Condtions as of 2-2-08
Mt. Tom -- 7"
Tyler -- 8-10"
Colebrook -- 7" north of ramp, 5" south

Ice Condtions as of 2-4-08
Winchester -- Safe, no thickness reported.

[b]Ice Conditions as of 2-17-08[/b}
Crystal Lake -- Ellington -- 7"
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Nickp · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 468

That pond in harwinton had a little less then I was told- 3 -31/2in of solid clear ice. Heard 5inches in the first arm of wood creek

regl · Site Admin Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 74

is there a website out there, maybe dep, that monitors the depth of ice on lakes around CT?

Big M · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 23 Location: Central CT

wood creek has 5 to 6 inches as of Saturday, December 8th

Big M · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 23 Location: Central CT

west twin has about an inch of ice and slush all over with big open spots

east twin - bring a boat

^ as of Saturday, December 8th

SenkoBandit · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 198 Location: Vernon area

just wondering if anybody has been up to black pond in woodstock to give an ice report. I think myself and a bunch of other people may go there sat. so if no body knows I will let everybody know when I check it out.

Nickp · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 468

Be careful senko, all that snow isn't making ice unfortunately. The 48 hours of 40 degree weather didnt help either...

Silver lake, berlin/meriden 1 1/2inch- rotted shoreline as of noon today
Route 9 pond berlin 1/4 open..... No idea how. Anyone ice fish this place?

Might be a week before we see some solid ice below the northwest corner of the state. Be careful- you guys know im usually balls to the wall out there but it doesnt look like il be risking it this weekend unless im further north.

Tightlines

Bigpapa · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Bristol

Hey Nick can you give me the directions to Wood Creek I want to venture out and try this place. Do you have any suggestions or tips for this place?

SenkoBandit · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 198 Location: Vernon area

Thanks nick we are gonna go check it out first thing in morning.I will let you guys know what we find out.

Nickp · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 468

Bigpapa- go to mapquest.com and click directions and fiull in your home and wood creek lake in norfolk.

As far as location on that lake- JUST move if you dont get hit in 30 minutes on a flag, move it! I drill 60+ holes by hand on a day trip and usually dont have time to jig between moving traps and tending flags. Think of it this way, do you sit down hunkered in one spot all day in the open water?

Bigpapa · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Bristol

Thanx nick I know how it works with ice fishin and all. I'm use to fishin in slow areas especially for trout. I only seem to fish for bass and perch on the ice because they are easier then to me. I will take your advice in consideration, you know the place better than I do. I will fish it with shinners probably mediums. What is the max depth on that lake. Am I aloud to use a gas drill or does it have to be a manual one.

Nickp · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 468

scoville res- 4-5in in front of the ramp 2.5inches back in the big bay 12/17
beavers pond-5in by shore 3in further out 12/17
beseck lake- 6in by shore in the cove 3-4in further out 12/17

Heard of 4in+ on wethersfield cove
Heard of 3-4in on bantam south cove

Bass Addict · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject:

If fishing the Wethersfield cove stay away from the middle. The middle of the res is spring fed and the middle ice almost never thickens if it freezes at all. Stay on the edges.

I fell in while ice skating there when I was younger. The temp had been in single digits for 3 weeks +, so I assumed the whole thing would be frozen solid. I was skating across the ice and fell in right through the middle lake.It was scary as hell, I fell right to the bottom. I had my headphones on blasting Black Sabbath which sounded crazy under water.I was lucky to have friend at the shore that saw me fall in that helped get me out. My friend had to lay on his stomach and held my hockey stick so I could pull myself out. I was trying to get out but the ice kept crack around the edges and would fall right back in.

Every couple of years you hear of people ice fishing there and they fall in the middle. Be careful all.
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mikenice · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 78 Location: hamden,ct.

i went out for the first time this year, went to black pond in meriden and had a little bit of luck. got a few yellow perch. and a rainbow along with a brown. no size to any of them except the perch looked like a football. plan on going tomarrow,not sure were yet but its on. black pond in meriden has 2inches of good black ice and 2 to 3 inches of snowy ice .

Nitrolmic · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

IF this site is to work.. it be nice to see that we update our post...... Confused