Ice Check Worcester Area

[hydroTechNoCrat]

Heading out to Browning Pond in the Worcester area on Sunday. I was wondering if anybody has an any predictions of how how thick the ice will be out there Sunday since above freezing temparatures are predicted for the next few days.

Thanks in advance

DTB

[Bob Parsons]

The ice on the inland ponds is sooo thick that even a 60 degree day would not make the ice unsafe.

15"-20" of ice out there

[hydroTechNoCrat]

Thanks,

I haven't been out of the city lately. My only point of reference is the Charles in Cambridge. Its been looking a little slushy.


DTB

[bdowning]

At this rate, we'll probably have safe ice well into March, west of 495, especially on the smaller ponds. We're supposed to plunge back into the arctic freezer late next week. Of course they also said we were supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow today. As of now, it's 7 inches and still coming down in Hopk.

-bd

[BobG]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by hydroTechNoCrat
Heading out to Browning Pond in the Worcester area on Sunday. I was wondering if anybody has an any predictions of how how thick the ice will be out there Sunday since above freezing temparatures are predicted for the next few days.

Thanks in advance

DTB [
/QUOTE]

Browning pond...
The first time i went ice fishing was back in the late 60's, and it was on Browning Pond. If my memory serves me correctly, that, along with Comet Pond were the two ponds in Worcester County to typically get "first ice".
Browning Pond was also famous for getting the thickest ice too.
One time in 1970 or '71, my buddy and i drove his truck onto Browning Pond. The ice was so thick, that my Fin-nor auger could NOT succesfully cut a hole through the ice. We had to take our chisels, and finish making the hole using them.

[hydroTechNoCrat]

BobG,

Sunday at Browning the ice was about 20" thick (maybe more). I used a hand auger to cut a couple of holes. But mostly used holes that were cut by the guys ahead of us. There were also trucks out there and snowmobiles cutting across.

As they were leaving, around 11 am, the guys who cut the holes I used said the fishing was non-stop. Lots of Bass and Pickerel. When we got set up the crowd picked up and the fishing died down. Got one small pickerel.

I was wondering. It seemed that early in the morning the fish might have been feeding before Sunday's storm front came through. And when we finally got set up, the front had arrived, and the fishing died. This has been my experience with saltwater. Can this hold true for Ice Fishing as well? Barometric pressure and all that. Nobody was getting any fish while we were there.



DTB