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economist suntribune outdoors saturday jan 26 2002 13 ice hut operators still standing on shore ice hut operators on lake simcoe are playing a game they dont like its one that has them waiting impatiently oh shore the unseasonably mild winter engulfing southern ontario has delayed the lake from freezing thats keep- ing anglers on shore and hut operators from commenc ing their seasonal business its a far cry from just a year ago when did man winter arrived early and hardened the lakes surface in time for the seasons tradi tional jan 1 kickoff a spokesman from bonnie boats on the shores of jacksons point who wished to remain anony mous noted the lake is ice- free from the shore out to the mainbody and this weekends- fore cast isnt promising it calls for temperatures to hit an seasonable balmy 10 degrees celsius on sunday the longer the mild weather goes the less chance there will be of get ting good ice right now it doesnt even look like its going to freeze while this year might seem like the warmest on record the spokesman noted longtime area residents say the lake didnt freeze up dur ing the winter of 1937- based on their own expe riences the bonnie boat operator recalled the latest he was able to start his ice- fishing business was on jan 28 in 1975 and 80 while the southerly shores of simcoe are void of ice some angling has taken place on the eastern shore near port bolster which is traditionally one of the first areas to freeze up and in the southeast part of cooks bay operators though are being cautious were out now but its touch and go warned casey cfeber operator of caseys huts now in his 39 th year in catering to ice anglers creber has huts placed about a mile from shore and says catches of yellow perch have been good he report ed on wednesday that ice thickness varied from nine to 13 inches right now were using atvs to get people out arid were only taking two people at a time if conditions get bad well soon get our huts in like other lake simcoe operators 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