was declared @ 9:30 this morning... 8 days until the salmon opener.

Is that a record for earliest ice out ever on Winni?

or in the last hundred years i reckon

Hell it was never fully iced over to begin with.When I was up last month Alton Bay was mostly open.

I will be at the ramp in Wolfeboro before first light next Sunday with the boat. That's where she does her early season warm up drills every spring.

I might be doing a Yak thing there on the 7th....looking for some Salmon

Good luck Kevin. Judging from what I saw this winter, it should be a banner year for salmon.