driving out yet?

[redseal]

seeing alot of people parking by shore, not many driving out yet though. will you after this little cold snap?

[meschke]

if there is enough ice and no slush yes i will.. i wont be driving out anywhere around my hometown, found a spot yesterday with about 2 inches of ice under 3 inches of snow, no springs or current in that part of the lake... i ran pretty far away after drilling that hole!

[Bassinbob84]

Im driving with my 3/4 ton ext cab diesel around brainerd and walker. Not every lake is safe though. I still can't get to some of my hotspots. Lol

[redseal]

was on briggs lake by palmer 3 weeks ago with about 10", then the following week on mud by mora with about 6".... seems wierd that the lake more north had less ice a week later, this was b4 the snowfall

[mntim]

There were a dozen or so people driving on a lake near Waconia today. I wasn't as brave and pulled the portable across on foot. Had about 10 good inches of ice and another 3 of the frozen slush from last week.

[Brad B]

hopefully this cold spell will thicken the ice to drivable condition.

[Eelpout08]

hopefully this cold spell will thicken the ice to drivable condition.

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[Phred52]

Okay redseal, Lets go this way, If YOU were a Wrecker operator, would YOU be interested in driving onto 10 or 12" of ice, that's covered with slush and snow to save some sorry a$$e$ 'junk' and/or carcass that's sunken due to STUPIDITY to the bottom of a lake???? I know I wouldn't!! Save your money for your MUCH LATER Funeral Services!! Park with the rest and let some OTHER smart A$$ show HIS STUPIDITY!! I've put my dropdown BACK into storage for now, so I'm around in the future to warn other potential 'examples'. Could you justify DYING for say 2 limits of Walleyes??? I couldn't!! FISH SAFE-THINK SAFE!!! Phred52

[BK19]

on some lakes south of clevand there were trucks all over 14 inches of ice

[bikeoutback]

Was on Cedar Lake south of the cities yesterday and saw about half dozen trucks come and go at some point during they day. We walked cause I'm not willing to sacrifice my truck or life to risk it. We were sitting on right around 12" of ice but the bottom 5-6 is nice clear ice and the top 5-6 is cloudy ice so I'm not willing to trust it yet. My buddy says he'd drive out so I'll let him drive next week if he wants which he will cause I'm unwilling to drive out just yet.

Other factor is we are hitting different lakes each weekend and I've not been on any of them previously so I don't know them which can be dangerous in and of itself.

[zamboni]

We have around 2-3 feet of snow on the lakes here. Tough going around here

[Gordie]

pulled out my perm shack they day of the big storm with my toyota 10 inches of good ice today 13-14 inches og good ice drove all over the place only fell thru to slush couple times but not that bad there is 3-4 inches of solid frozen slush on top of the 13-14 inches of good ice. also ther ewas 15-20 trucks out on the lake today as well.

[merkman]

Lakes around Cambridge have 8 inches of crystal clear ice with an additional 6 inches of "white ice" on top.

For the most part the slush is gone on the wind blown parts of the lake but there are still some pockets where there is slush.

I also found 2 spots where the 3rd hard hit of my ice chisel went though.

I will stick to the 4 wheeler for now.

[broken_line]

i will most likeley be driving out on 13" of ice and 4" of white ice today..

[BucksnDucks]

Been driving trucks around here since well before xmas. Least ice report ive heard withn the past few days is 10 in.

[M22KLARS]

There's at least 16 out by Nelson's Reef

[shizzy]

had about a foot yeaterday on a west metro lake. sittl not driving my little Ranger out there though....

[paceman]

I just drove out on Little Detroit lake yesterday. Folks are buzzing all over out there and have been for about 10 days. I pulled my big house out with my expedition. Drilled the holes and had a little panic attack. The ice is only 10-11 inches.

[broken_line]

drove out today on 13..