SPRING TOWNSHIP -- Lee Reish of Lewisburg loves to go ice fishing. Faylor Lake near Beavertown is one of his favorite spots.
"Look forward to it every year," Reish said.
Unfortunately for anglers, the weather has not been ideal.
"We haven't had a normal fall, an abnormal early winter, totally opposite of last year," Reish said.
"It hasn't been cold enough for us to get out on the ice very much," Emory Holler said.
And in Snyder County, there have not been too many places to ice fish.
Nearby Walker Lake is only partially frozen. So how did these anglers know Faylor Lake was safe for ice fishing?
The ice fishers say they feel comfortable being out on the lake when there's at least four inches of ice.
"If there's four inches of ice, there's a very, very small chance you're going to fall through," Holler said.
"You can feel real safe on four inches. There's no problem whatsoever. You still have to monitor the ice, know your lake," Reish said.
Reish says the ideal weather for ice fishing is when it's calm and cold, so the ice thickens more quickly. He prefers when it does not snow.
"When you get a lot of snow early, and the ice isn't real thick, the snow acts like an insulator. It takes longer for the ice to thicken up," Reish said.
Before walking onto a lake, it's important to check your surroundings.
"You want to look around and make sure there are a number of people out on the ice. If they're all in one area you may want to move to them and speak to them to make sure you're on a safe amount of ice," Holler said.
The anglers say there are about 5.5 inches of ice on Faylor Lake, so they feel safe fishing there.