Official ice-out on Wolf River
The New London Fish and Game Club’s two iconic dummies, Pete and Joe, officially marked the ice-out on the Wolf River at 6:02 p.m. Wednesday, March 10.
They begin their journey on the ice in a boat just below the Pearl Street Bridge.
A string attached to the boat connects with an electronic clock.
When the boat containing the two dummies shifts and groans with the ice’s movement downstream, the string tightens and the clock stops, signaling the official time of ice-out.
The dummies initially became jammed up about 100 yards upstream from the veterans memorial, before moving on.