The good fishing for perch on Moses Lake has been interrupted. The recent cold weather put a layer of ice on the lake, both at the I-90 Bridge and at the Blue Heron Boat Launch. Bummer. I could see where people had been tossing rocks onto the ice off the rip rap shore of Moses Lake, trying to open up enough water to get a bait through. There is a narrow strip of open water at the bridge fishing site, but it didn’t appear that anyone was fishing there. It’s just been too cold. Now we are in that awkward stage where you want the ice to get thick enough to walk on and drill holes with an ice auger or wait until the warm weather that is forecast clears it off. Meanwhile, we can’t fish. It’s tough knowing that there’s a bunch of fat perch under the ice and we just can’t get at them. I have a feeling that the shore fishing for trout at Medicare Beach is on hold as well. Unless we get some high winds to break up the ice, fishing on Moses Lake and on Potholes will be at a standstill.