Well, we went from wondering if we were going to have an ice fishing season on many of our area lakes, to having plenty. Lakes at high elevation like Molson which is at over 3,900 feet and Bonapart at over 3,500 feet have had good ice for weeks. Even Curlew Lake at just over 2,300 feet has treated ice fishers to great fishing for its large perch. Now some other lakes are coming into play. Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee, is at just 2,000 feet as of last weekend saw anglers venturing out on its ice. It was what I called “iffy” then, but the continued sub-freezing weather has improved conditions. I imagine that Palmer, out of Tonasket, and Patterson, out of Winthrop, have good layers of ice on them now. Last winter, the Coulee City Marina was worth the trip. Located right at the bottom end of Banks Lake people had a great time fishing for perch here. Also, at this end of Banks is an area that sees significant numbers of ice fishers catching the large whitefish through the ice. They drag their sleds quite a distance from the marina to an island where the whitefish are schooled up.