The "Original" Ice Map (Done for the year!)

[Northlander]

Fish lake North of Duluth now has 9" in most areas and most lakes in the Duluth area are reporting 8-9.5" of very nice ice.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Thanks again to everyone!!!

[Glockwinger]

Drilled a couple holes in Reitz lake near Waconia on Thursday and had 3" of clear ice about 100' from shore. Didn't see any tracks on Waconia yet and it looked like there might have been some open water in Turd's bay...there was geese in there.

[LMITOUT]

5" on Belle and Washington north of Hutchinson.

[Orlip]

Checked a couple small lakes in the southern metro and found 6". I saw some tents on Prior Lake and also open water.

Photos are of Prior Lake just off lords island. The bottom photo you can see watzls beach. Also between lords and reeds island it was wide open.

[Finlander]

7" in front of Holiday resort on Osakis!

[Agronomist_at_IA]

I knocked off of work at about 2:30 and hit a small local gravel pit called Douma Park here in NW Iowa. Had 5-6 inches of Ice. It's only 14 acres, so it freezes quickly.

[Jimmy from Cottage Grove]

Does anyone know if lake elmo is still open? I hope it is!! lol. It helps my goose hunting. I was thinking of heading out in the morning. If it's froze over it's not even worth going out. Last week I seen lake jane was frozen over completly, then drove past elmo and there was a speed boat out there lol.

[bgreen82]

saw a lot of open water on tanners from 94. wanted to get out there tomorrow, but gonna head to battle creek instead.

[thatoneguy]

I walked out on the NW part of Pike Bay today. 4-6" most of the way out, but (gulp!) open water in multiple spots several hundred yards east of the box factory access. Use caution!

[Jeremy airjer W]

saw a lot of open water on tanners from 94. wanted to get out there tomorrow, but gonna head to battle creek instead.

Tanners east shore opened up wed. night or Thursday morning for some reason? Did you notice that thing in the middle with the orange marker? What do you suppose that is?

[Scott K]

I had 7 inches of good ice on Mud Bay on Lake Washington today. 4wheelers driving all over the bay.

[LMITOUT]

9" of ice on Lake Washington north of Hutchinson. Quite a bit of ATV traffic and some smaller wheel houses are out.

[DTro]

7" on a small west metro lake tonight. Plenty of ATV's running around too.

[Jordyn Kaufer]

6-7 inches of clear black ice on the st. croix river near bayport

[HossFisher]

5 inches on a small deep west metro lake

[Northlander]

I had 11" of ice on Fish Lake North of Duluth today but we also got 3" of snow. Its light though so it wont hurt too much.

[PmDavis300]

6 inches off of ramsey beach on white bear lake today

[Jeremy airjer W]

Thanks again!

[KOTTKE]

fished Waconia on Fri and Sat. In the bay ice was 4-5.5 in.

Went out in front of marina on Sat evening and found some thinner ice. The lake appears to have completely froze over on Sat evening. Becareful as the snow will hide these recently frozen areas. In town has these areas on GPS cords.

[Northlander]

Tried a new spot on a lake just north of Duluth and had 13" of real good ice.

[Mike Stark]

10" of nice black ice on small ely area lake today

[Jim Uran]

10" of solid black ice ( 3 different spots ) on South Twin lake near Pinehurst resort near the town of Naytahwaush, Mn. Decent early season walleye lake.

[Jeremy airjer W]

If there is one thing I have learned the last three years of doing this its that it is an educational experience! I have just about worn out my Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer looking up all of the places you have given info on!!

Thanks for the updates!!

[JimBuck]

airjer, thanks a bunch for doing this! It's got to be a HUGE undertaking and we all greatly appreciate your efforts.