Author: Lexi Krupp

The state’s annual ice fishing festival is supposed to be held on Lake Bomoseen, in Rutland County. That was until a few weeks ago, when the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department decided to change the location to an area with more reliable ice — to Lake Elmore, a smaller lake, further north.”Fortunately, we have really good ice conditions out there,” said Corey Hart, who works in education with Vermont Fish and Wildlife. “The last time we checked, we had about 12 inches of consistent ice in front of the state park.”It has been an unusual season for ice fishing and…