Ice Conditions- 2010-2011

[DDSBYDAY]

    I have not even had any frost on my truck yet.  I saw some small chunks of snow in the ditch when I went up to the lake of no fish about 30  min. Ne of Brainerd the weekend of Halloween. Please feel free to report your ice sightings here.  I would like to say I saw some in my freezer but it is frost free and I don't have any ice trays.   First ice will be coming soon.  If you see some let us know.   It is time to get this party started   

           (I am only going to say be safe one time----)      BE SAFE !!!!!!

         We will have another thread on ways to be safer soon.  As any ice fisherman knows ice is never completely safe ever!!  That being said, lets  focus on

      BONE SPLINTERING COLD              before   

      I would have said bone crushing cold but my 2010 challenge team will not allow me to use the word crush in any way or form for a year.

[doomanmxz99]

I live in the Wyoming MN area and I have had 3 good frosty morning and a skim of ice on the local ponds but with all this warm weather that is a thing of the past but cant wait to see the cold setting in so we can build some ice. Will keep you updated.

[redbull135]

Same down se lot of frosty morings and the onley ice i have seen was the rain water in my duck boat frooze one night then 60 and 70 onley in Mn

[MTCOMMER]

(I made this topic sticky so it can be seen easier throughout the season)

Sounds like its going to start the freeze this weekend!  Highs in the 30s and 40s and Lows down to the 20s! 
    <---- Thats coming too

Time for me to put away all my hunting stuff and take out the ice fishing gear - gotta make sure the mice didnt get into it.
It wont be long now!!!!   :fishing2:

[fishguy21]

I can see a little bit of ice every morning on the small pond behind my house.

[MTCOMMER]

I can see a little bit of ice every morning on the small pond behind my house.

Where abouts are you located, around the cities or more up north?

  to MNO!

[Retired on Osakis]

I'll get excited when I see that first little bit of ice start to form along the shore. Haven't seen any yet but waiting patiently. But, my patients is starting to wear a little thin. Don't even have any snow on the ground here. Had a little dusting but that all melted.

[corny13]

I'm excited!!   Suppose to be a high of 20F starting Saturday here in ND..   The small lakes will start to freeze up!!!  Wont be long! 

[DDSBYDAY]

   The tiny holding pond iced over today.     The Shallow lake I can see out of my office window will be next to go.  We need a big cold front with no wind to get this party started.

      Please cold but hold the 

[MTCOMMER]

Its supposed to be in the teens early next week.  Tuesday could have a low in the single digits!!

 

The little ponds are starting to get a skimming of ice around me too - the small lakes will be next and if this weather holds up there should be ice in a few weeks 

[BiggA]

Was a little ice on the channel yesterday on Rush. Supposed to be windy and warmer today though.

[corny13]

Forecast for ND next week down to -10F...

[Alumanator]

The small ponds by me were froze over this morning.

[Mayfly]

The small ponds by me were froze over this morning.

NO...... Can we fast-forward to April?? 

[HD]

My small pond is iced over, and the larger one about a 1/4.

And...no....we can't fast forward to April....


We need...... ICE, ICE, BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :fishing2:

[MTCOMMER]

The small ponds by me were froze over this morning.

  to MNO Alumanator!
Once they are frozen over, the hard work is done, it just needs to thicken!  Where abouts are you located?

Tim - you shut your mouth, you can hibernate in the winter while all of us are out on the ice!

[Bufflehead]

 Making ice here in the north. I'm near Grand Rapids and it's 15 above as I type away at 6:30AM Sat morning. I'm betting people will be on the shores of shallow lakes by the end of this week.

 BE CAREFUL AND CHECK THAT ICE GOOD BEFORE VENTURING OUT. NO FISH IS WORTH DIEING

[MTCOMMER]

In Fridley, Moore Lake (which is split by Hwy65) looks like it was totally froze over on the west side of the lake - a light skimming, but enough to add onto over the next few days.

   Its going to be cold this week!

[Retired on Osakis]

Ice has started on Lake Osakis. Put a report and pictures in the Regional form for Osakis. Couldn't get the video to work.

[DDSBYDAY]

    North of Mille Lacs most of the small farm ponds were froze over.  For the fall Muskie Hunters on Mille Lacs there was a stiff breeze and white caps pounding the west shore.   The lake of no fish where I go will be one of the last to freeze.  The last two years the ice was poor due to heavy snows right after it froze up.   That's why this year I will be on the move.

[320Tim]

Talked to a neighbor yesterday...he said there out on Little Rock already!

[rushpointstore]

lake is frozen shore to shore on West..people walking out on a reported 3" of ice in the bays..sucker minnows the bait of the day!  be careful out there, we report it, don't necessarily condone it!

[icebanger]

I seen a fish house in the middle of a small lake yesterday...Now I really have an itch to get out !!!

[BiggA]

I just chiseled through about 1 1/2" right off the dock in the channel. not enough for me to go out on yet.

[kcarder]

I talked to the wifes nephew today.  He was up in McGregor fishing.  He said there was about 5" of ice on the lake where he was fishing and the perch were biting like they were on a feeding frenzy.

Hopefully the warm weather today and tomorrow coupled with the rain don't give us a huge setback from the little ice we have forming here around the cities.

[greatwhitehunter3]

Down in Southwestern Minnesota we have about 5-6 inches of ice already. I haven't gotten out yet but some buddies have been catching a lot of perch.

[22lex]

SEMN had numerous small ponds/retention ponds locked up this weekend with 2-3 inches of ice, however, we now have 45 degrees and rain.

[Pete]

I heard a DNR report today saying that there isn't any safe ice in the state. Be safe guys. I want to get out there as much as anybody, but I'm going to wait for good solid ice.

Until then, we need 

[kcarder]

I heard a DNR report today saying that there isn't any safe ice in the state. Be safe guys. I want to get out there as much as anybody, but I'm going to wait for good solid ice.

I am with you on that.  I don't know the name of the lake on the south side of 94 just to the south west of the Harley dealer but I saw two guys on buckets there yesterday and thought that they must be nuts.

[Pete]

I heard a DNR report today saying that there isn't any safe ice in the state. Be safe guys. I want to get out there as much as anybody, but I'm going to wait for good solid ice.

I am with you on that.  I don't know the name of the lake on the south side of 94 just to the south west of the Harley dealer but I saw two guys on buckets there yesterday and thought that they must be nuts.

My sister and her husband live in Buffalo. He said he saw 2 guys out fishing on Buffalo Lake (Lake Buffalo?) last weekend. He said they were in some type of floating ice house? I don't know anything about them. Does anyone have a link to something like that?