As you can see from the pictures it is opening up-river and at the Birchdale Ramp. There is a ice jam West of the ramp, with ice that is not very thick. We have some "meltable" weather coming up and with the little amount of ice formed it shouldn't take long to open down to Frontier. An average is about 3-4 days to reach Frontier after Birchdale opens. No fishing reports at the time of this report, will update if we get one. Art and I are OPEN and ready for business. CALL US AT 800-433-6085, don't miss out on the "first ice-out" fishing time.

Again, we will keep checking conditions and let you know when you can launch the bigger boats. Hopefully the county will plow as soon as it is feasible. We'll keep you updated.