There is ten inches of good clear ice with a little dusting of snow to make the trek to traps not so slippery . Remember to have your license renewed because NH fish and game visits this lake frequently. Fishing is slow now. The pickeral are hitting most frequently. Followed by largemouth bass,and the trout are very slow to hook up.
Fishing here is very often frustrating.
If you have a house,the smelts are large for freshwater.6 to 12 inches. Mike reports that Kingston Lake is open in the middle and has less than two inches on its shoreline. Rob has recently been fishing on Stinson Lake in Rumney New Hampshire where he found eight inches of black ice. On the return home there were a number of ice-shanties on Little Squam Lake at the northern shore by the town beach. There were also 15 - 20 shanties on Alton Bay.