Day two of ice shots near Presque Isle. The fisherman pull out to the ice with trucks and put-in their boats. On shore ice plates pile up in pretty slabs of 5-7 inch thick ice. Mike and I were first out on Valentine’s Day and headed out again today. I was more enthralled with the boats than the ice on day two.
This boat headed out so fast that through my viewfinder it looked like he was pretty heavy in back and might swamp his boat. I shivered at the thought. It was about 18 degrees with a nice wind today. Parts of Superior had white caps, but the boats here had protection from the break wall.
This next boat was a bright spot of color as clouds moved in. I wasn’t getting the blues out of the ice slabs that I wanted with the clouds piling up. To tell you the truth, Mike’s camera was catching all the color over the last two days. I was really struggling to get the February Blues that Mike has posted at his Flickr account.
In the background is a pocket iron ore dock and where they off-load coal for the power plant. The waters coming into Lake Superior at this location (from the power plant) often have the water misting with steam. The fisherman hit ice again soon enough, pole thru, and get to where a bit of open water remains. This varies from day to day. On Valentine’s day in the 30s offered much more ice. Today things were glazing up.
This is so interesting seeing the fishermen with actual boats out. No one around here has boats out yet. They’re still doing the ice fishing routine. I am really wanting two days of sunshine and clear roads for a trip to Marquette to explore your outdoors. Can’t wait for that to happen! Your pics are beautiful, as always.
Snow again! No sun :-(
The guys go out o the big lake in boats all year here in Marquette. Especially down where the Power Plant heats the waters. It is an odd sight indeed, especially when they get only so far and have to pole thru the ice. They are certainly a determined lot.