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I don’t feel sorry for dumbasses!

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Went out to West Rush, and found 6 inches of clear ice with an inch on top of white ice.
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It's been making ice lately the past couple nights locally. Was 3/4" of ice in the water buckets this a.m. St. Olaf froze back over entirely again over the weekend but so far, haven't seen anyone out or in, yet.
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Reports say that a couple trucks went in on Gull Lake today.
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yikes!!!   
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Reports say that a couple trucks went in on Gull Lake today.

Gull Lake in Brainerd?
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Crazy people.
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Checked Bald Eagle yesterday....12" out by the island,surprised not one gotta be first driving out in a vehicle yet,just walkers and wheelers so far,fish ain't biting either (mid day)

same with white bear lake no vehicle traffic yet on the main lake as of o1/02/2022.I ain't thrilled to be the first either.

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Chopped my spearhole and a good 16 inches on cabin lake
 My little crappie hole lake I'm guessing had 3-4 inches less.

Very little water on the ice that surprises me. A good foot of snow on the lake.
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Anyone driving out on lakes yet? To much snow???
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Too much snow unless someone is plowing. 

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Plowed roads up here on the big pond and they are driving out.
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maybe....   just sayin...
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Ice report from Barnacle Bills on the North side of Mille Lacs

1-21-22 Ice Update: Our roads go the sands, rockpile, bumps and east side of east flats. An initial road was established to barnacle flats, however, it is not ready for vehicle traffic yet as it only has 10” of ice. A few more cold days are needed before it is safe for vehicle traffic. We were able to open up a little more area on east flats. The decision was made that we will be open to public traffic this weekend including wheel houses. Please remember to keep your speed down to 10mph and check in with the resort before going out in case lake/ice conditions change.
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This happens every year on West Rush in Chisago county.... Never drive between Braham island and Cigar Island..... you won't make it.

This happened yesterday...  :banghead:
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Ummm..... don't be that guy....

This was in Becker county today.  :bonk:
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 :banghead: :banghead: :shocked: there's always a few!! No way I'd drive a vehicle on.

Hope they got out ok, trucks too!
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Oh no!!!  What a terrible feeling that must be.  Hopefully they get out ok. 

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the white truck is toast!!  and yes hope all is good other wise!!
« Last Edit: April 04/04/22, 07:00:11 AM by mike89 »
a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at work!!

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I bet there undies isn't white no more. Crazy. Hope they got out.
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That is crazy. Fishing suddenly gets real expensive if you put yer truck in the drink.

Ice appears to be out on St. Olaf unless there's hunk floating down in the SE corner not visible from the road. I'll have to check it out sometime today to see.
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Ummm..... don't be that guy....

This was in Becker county today.  :bonk:
Total Ass-a-Nine!   And they had a kid out there!  :doah:
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Upon further review, it appears the ice is out on St. Olaf.
Time itself is bought and sold, the spreading fear of growing old contains a thousand foolish games that we play. (Neil Young)

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Heard from my friend over on Beaver Lake. Ice went out there today as well. They had 3 loons on the lake calling tonite. It's coming for you guys to the north!  :happy1:
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A whole different world up here. 40" of rock hard ice here. Most of the snow is gone from the ice now though.
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Heard that yesterday too JB.  Some resorts had over 40" this year.  The river is open at Frontier and Kooch Co was just loading their backhoe onto the trailer after they cleaned up the ramp.  Still solid at Vidas.  I watched fisherman for awhile and never saw a fish caught.  I will take the boys for a ride that way again today.

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a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at work!!