Still loosing ice.

[Retired on Osakis]

Lost a lot of ice during that south wind last night. The ice by me and on Manthey's Bay held up fairly well during the warm spell. Yesterday I walked out about 30 feet in front of my place to check it out. Even with the warm weather the ice has stayed all the way out to the outside of the rushes, which is about 100 yards. Decided yesterday that Monday I would venture out at least to the inside of the rushes, which is about 100 feet out, and punch a couple holes and try fishing. With the lake way down it would only be about 3 feet of water, but one never knows what may be lurking in the shallows. Woke up this morning and no way. With the wind blowing most of the night the ice had melted almost all the way to where I was planning on going and the rest looked bad. So I took a drive around the lake to see what was left and it's not much. The south end still has some ice out for about a half mile but nothing I would walk on. Miller Bay still has some ice but again, nothing I would walk on. There is some scattered ice along the shore amongst the cattails on the west side and the area over by the outlet for the Sauk River. I was just at Manthey's Bay Saturday and it was still totally iced over. The ice was thinning a little at the access from the sun. Today it is completely open at the access with about 35 to 40 percent of the bay being open water. Hate to say it but ice fishing might be a little while yet if this wind keeps up.

[HD]

Thanks for the report! 

Ice has come and gone around here as well, SO..... we patiently wait.....

[Retired on Osakis]

Had good looking ice this morning. Walked out about 100 feet to check it out and it was coming along nicely. The wind started to really kick up and began to destroy it all. I took a little video about noon time. The area in the video was all ice this morning. Now I don't even trust stepping off the shore onto the ice. Not good.

http://s903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/HardSoftWater/2011_2012%20Ice%20Fishing%20Season/?action=view&current=IcegoingoutDec2.mp4