I did a drive by at Roses Lake, which is just over the hill at Manson on Lake Chelan. People are always curious about the ice there. You see the Department of Fish and Wildlife plants a large number of rainbow in Roses Lake every fall. When the ice is thick enough for safe fishing, it can be very good. In 2024 Roses was stocked with 25,000 triploid rainbow trout, 6,000 rainbow, 2,000 brown trout and 2,000 tiger trout. You can see why ice fishermen would like to get at these various trout. Roses Lake is also inhabited with abundant numbers of crappie, bluegill, perch and catfish. It had snowed a couple of inches the day before when I checked on the lake and I could see no evidence of holes drilled in the ice. I can report that the access road and parking area has been plowed, and the restrooms are open. I also was surprised to find something new. There was a brand-new fishing pier off one of the shore accesses that I hadn’t seen before. It’s a dandy, too. With a long ramp to place it in deep water off the shore and even benches for anglers. Nice!