Freedom81 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Small(200-acre) lake north of cambridge had 6.5" good ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Stark Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Any ice reports from around the Duluth area? check this out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttttedttt Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 12 in of ice on Ottertail in Ottertail county Trucks are even driving on the ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyGuy02 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 spent today and wed on spring lake in Polk co and only 5 inches of good ice and 3-4 of white ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoob Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 12/19/2010 (Sunday) - South Lindstrom Lake - Lindstrom, MN:About 30 yards off shore, 8 inches of ice (maybe 5 solid, 3 white). A good 3 inches of standing water/slush on the bottom layer of 5-7 inches of snow. Punch any holes, and the slush water fills up the whole area. Can't be great for floorless shelters. Sure wish we'd get a big freeze to help lock in that slush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben karas Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 was on west rush and their were pickups on the ice? 8" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Was on a couple of lakes on the Sauk Chain on Sat. One lake had about 6-7" and moderate slush. The other lake had 9-10" and minimal slush.Tonight I was on a small lake south of New Prague and it had about 6" of ice and heavy slush. A big mess is what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzy Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 yesterday (12/19) on Twin lakes in Crystal. 6" of good black ice, 12" of white frozen stuff and only a few inches of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy airjer W Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Thanks for the reports! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niterydr Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 12-20-10Lower prior lake, upper end by Sandpoint. Roughly 4-5" of black stuff and another 4-5" of ice melt/snow "white stuff" Few inches of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icekid10 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Didn't measure the thinkness but the slush on bald eagle froze and I saw a car out there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossFisher Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 12"-14" on Ottertail area lakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Carlson Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 4" to 8" or ice on the Red River in the Fargo area. Current is fast and the Red is high, and the ice is very unpredictable in it's depth and consistency.Snow has slop under it on many spots, then ice of varying thickness, this combo further produces very spooky ice conditions.I would not be running snowmobiles on the river at this time. Too unpredictable, too dangerous for sleds.Caution is well advised. Be safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearing Machine Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Out for the first time this winter as I just got back from WI for winter break. I was on three different lakes just north of brainerd and found very consistant ice depths of 12-13 inches. All of these lakes had 1 inch of white (refreeze) ice and the rest was good solid ice. A fair amount of cars and trucks out in the brainerd lakes including North Long, Gull, Round. Winter is here and the fishing is good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearing Machine Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 North Long has 14.5inches on the main part of the lake. Trucks driving across the lake and some pulling large houses out. About 4-5 inches of snow on the ice. Great conditions this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
we are 'the leading edge' HSO Creators Rick Posted December 27, 2010 we are 'the leading edge' HSO Creators Share Posted December 27, 2010 I'd like to thank everyone that helped Airjer with this. Everyone should know that Airjer volunteered to do this for all of us on own time. It took a lot of effort on his part to get all the data together from many sources and then put it into a map that is easy fora ll of us to use. Very nice! Thank you for a job well done Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoob Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I just checked South Lindstrom again last night.It's got a good solid 7-8 inches of black ice, then about 1-2 inches of slushy water, then about 1-2 inches of white ice, then another 3-5 inches of standing water/slush and snow. It's really weird - like a layered hamburger. There's 1 inch of watery slush between two layers of ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Clusiau Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I want all to know that many lakes in "north of Nashwauk", Grand Rapids area, etc. have too thin of ice to drive on. This really surprises me but I have found 9" on some of the little lakes I've been fishing (2 days ago), using a snowmobile. The large lakes have set up pretty good but many of the small lakes are dangerous for truck travel. Please be careful, especially when breaking a trail.I'm guessing the big snowfall we received early in the season insulated the little lakes and kept them from freezing like normal while the large lakes were open and the snow fell right into the lake.These conditions are just the opposite of what normally takes place up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muc33 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Jer, you are first class DOOD!!! Thanks for the work again, hope you get a HUGE PAYCHECK..... oh wait, you don't get squat! Well, Let me pay you in thanks!Thanks AirJer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGurk Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Thanks airjer for doing this, and to all the people that gave valid input for him to sort through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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