Ice Caution Time

[SkunkedAgain]

Hey all I went out on the pond this afternoon after work and took my spud bar with me... Usually I haven't been able to knock a hole through the ice without really working to get through it with the spud bar... This afternoon four hits knocks a big hole through the ice... Looks like about 7" total ice now, but only an inch or so of solidish looking ice and that inch crumbles and has like pores running through it where I guess ice is melting and the water is draining out of the ice... I think we are at the end of our low elevation ice season... Top six inches are mushy white terrible looking ice... Be very careful this weekend and the edges were crumbly so a plank to get on the ice is probably a good idea as well.. I wanted to go tomorrow, but probably won't... I don' t really want to go swimming in that cold of water... It held, but my trust is really fading... This was on a pond in Benson, not one of the regular lakes, but it has had about the same ice conditions for most of the winter, as Hyrum... But it is a lot shallower, so maybe it is melting faster... Let me know if things are still good on Hyrum or Porcupine... Thanks J
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