That reminds me of spending 2.5 hours spud barring the ice at one of our lauches here in Warren 10-11 years ago. I had waders on and actually wore a hole in my neoprene working on that ice. Man, it was thick too. I actually backed my trailer onto it hoping to crack it or something but no luck.....So I am sweating my butt off and finally cleared a path to fit the boat. I go and change clothes and then got the boat. Right after I launched, another boat came in to launch. The guy (who will remain nameless) says to me,"it is about time you did this, I have been waiting 2 weeks for someone to clear this out."

After my thoughts of choking him finally went away, I just told him good luck and went on my way.

Now, I use a different launch but still have to shovel/salt it but no ice to break up.....