[briansnat]

Last Friday I was thinking of taking the boat out on Monks but changed my mind. Later that day I drove on the causeway at the north end and it was frozen as far as I could see in both directions. I congratulated myself for not wasting a trip with the boat.

Then I went past the south ramp and saw a boat being trailered out. So out of curiosity I went down to the ramp and the water was completely open and there were half a dozen empty trailers in the parking lot. I almost went home and got my boat but a quick calculation told me by the time I came back with it I'd only have a half hour of daylight left for fishing.