2018-2019 ice-fishing season countdown thread: Win a prize!

There's a chill in the air.

Post your prediction of when the first ice-fishing report (from CT waters) will be posted on ctfisherman.com and win a prize.

Rules
Post your guess of the first posted report (from CT water) including date & time of when report is posted

We'll use date & time of when report gets posted (not when the person actually fished)

Report counts regardless if fish were caught, as long as the person had lines in the water (in CT waters)

One guess per person

Once your guess is posted, you cannot edit your guess

You can still win if your own report is the first report

Closest guess posted earliest in this thread wins

Contest open from now until first skim ice reports start coming in

Prize TBD.

Example:

Dec. 29, 2018 10:45 a.m.

Really???? you had to use your best friends picture for this?

LOL!!!!!

December 28TH, 3:10pm

December 22, 2018 12:04PM

December 4th, 7 PM

December 21, 9:45am

December 19,7:30pm

December 30, 6:00pm.

December 22, 2018 at 8:00 PM

January 12th 2019 1:04PM

Dec14, 1135

November 24, 11:15 AM

December 17, 2018 at 6:50 pm

December 8th, 2018 at 8:30am.

November 24th 2018, 2:01 pm

November 23rd, 5:30 pm

No Ice this year. #GlobalWarming

December 11th 3:47PM

November 24 9:00am

January 1, 2019, 1:35 pm

I'd like to say December 18th or so but not sure the weather forecast will hold ice that week. I'm guessing December 26th 12:00.
I hope to be poking around some smaller ponds before that but who knows . Just got back from Maine, a lot of small ponds already locked up. I'm over 50 now so things have changed a bit . I still love the ice but take it a little easier now.

The first ice report was posted on November 24, 2018 at 10:58 a.m.
http://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ub..._in#Post1755178

The win goes to FarmerJay, who predicted November 23rd at 5:30 p.m.

Jay had the closest guess, and his post was un-edited.

Jay, I'll be in touch about your prize.

Congrats Jay!

Ironically Jay isn't built as a 1st ice kinda guy.

Nov 24th is CRAZY EARLY CT First Ice! Wow!

My little four acre pond is locked up tight now. I was out on it all day today cutting up trees that fell into the pond during the May tornadoes.
I am in New Fairfield so anything small and north of me should be safe by now.

For his prize, FarmerJay has a few rounds of drinks coming to him at the Winter Gathering on Sat. Jan 26

Winter Gathering details