Open Water Reports

[JD]

Click here to see where the ice is out.

http://climate.umn.edu/doc/ice_out/ice_out_status_07.htm

[holdemtwice]

thank you for this post !!!!!!

[JohnWester]

i wonder why they track lower red lake instead of upper?

[rchaze60]

this is a good link to have....... gives me an idea on how much time I have to do things around the house  :ROTFLMAO:

[rchaze60]

Yeah whats up with that about lower red lake why not upper we cant fish the lower anyway right? ???

[JohnWester]

this is a good link to have....... gives me an idea on how much time I have to do things around the house  :ROTFLMAO:

good idea.

[JD]

Maybe we can get a link to this on the front page.

[blazer]

Drove by Bone Lake today in Washington county and the lake looked to be about 30% open.  Yesterday she was all locked up so quite a bit melted off last night.  I'm hoping the lake opens up by this weekend so I can get out and go after some crappies. :)

[Realtree]

Hardly any ice left on many of the lakes here in S Central Mn or N Iowa. We have had temps above freezing for several weeks now and some considerable rainfall which has pretty much eliminated any ice on the lakes. Temps will stay in the mid to upper 50s here through week's end with rain predicted off and on through the weekend.

[MuskyManiac]

i was up the Hwy 8 way today and all the lakes look like they could go as early as tomorrow and even some of the smaller bays and little ponds are out

i am ready

[ScottPugh]

I'm hoping to get the long rods out this weekend and chasing some slabs from shore...   

[Joe]

That's some handy info. Thanks for the link.

[JohnWester]

i gotta get the boat down here from up north soon... be on tonka in a week or so i bet.

[The_new_guy]

Thanks for the great web site!!!!

[rchaze60]

did a drive by White bear it's about 50% open  and it wont be long now I am thinking about another week or so also Bald Eagle lake is ice free now also Forest Lake is still iced maybe another couple of weeks or so til its opened

[Mayfly]

Peltier and Centerville are both wide open! :)

[Mayfly]

I am thinking that everything is open in the metro.....haven't seen ice for a day or two now.

 

[UncleDave]

I have a friend that lives on a Western Metro lake that is catching crappie/sunnies already.

[MuskyManiac]

Is it just me or did the Lakes go out really really fast this year?, 2 weeks ago i was fishing Comfort Lake and drilled holes in what had to be 28 inches of ice or more ??? ??? ???

that just boggles my mind  ??? ??? ???

[JD]

You're right MM, the weather the past two weeks has been unbelievable, causing the ice to melt so fast, I still can't believe how fast it happened though.

[WoodChuck]

    hey ! l.a.  everthing is fast when ya get older ! that is after 50 i hear ? ???

[JD]

I hope so, does that include the women?

[Realtree]

with the rain that has been moving through S MN and N Iowa this week , I can't imagine that we have any ice left anywhere by now s of the metro.

[JD]

From the looks of the report it looks like everything is open south of the Twin Cities.

[JD]

Minnewaska is open, things are moving fast! ::cheers::

[JD]

This should change quit a bit in the next week! ::rockon::

[JD]

The northern lakes should be opening soon!

http://climate.umn.edu/doc/ice_out/ice_out_status_07.htm

[JD]

Looks like everything is open south of Red Lake.

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=DLH&itype=vis

[Mayfly]

According to that image Mille Lacs still has ice on it except for the shorline.

[A-Rod]

Mille Lacs definately still has ice.  I was in Brainerd yesterday and drove past on 169.  There is even loose ice blown up onto the shore.  When we drove by I felt like it was actually still winter.  From what I could see only the shoreline doesn't have ice.  Fog was thick out over the lake so it was tough to see very far.

Lakes around the Brainerd area are open.