Several nights of -6 Celcius have proven to be enough cold weather to freeze the deep layer of slush on the west half of Lac des Roches. As of today, January 14, several auger holes show 6 to 8 inches of soft ice. Soft ice results from frozen slush as opposed to hard ice which is formed when the water freezes. The west end of the lake is almost entirely frozen slush. With only traces of thin snow drifts, the ice surface is extremely slippery. It has supported sleds and walkers and will no doubt, soon be dotted with ice fishing holes at some of the more popular Burbot fishing shoals as word travels to fishers of the ice depth. As a reminder of the thin ice incidents earlier this winter, 3 log poles stand frozen in the ice along the Boultbee Road shoreline, marking the locations where 2 snowmobiles and one atv were pulled from the frigid water. Ice travel and fishing on both the east end of Lac des Roches and Little Lac des Roches is reported to be safe as the ice has been on for some time. As always, please be careful on the ice.
