I hope the fish bite in the driveway...

[broken line]

......because thats where the wheelhouse ended up yesterday. The lake and accesses in Waconia were looking pretty grim yesterday. Anybody else playing it safe and taking houses off the lake for now??

[MinnetonkaMan]

We are leaving ours out there. This weekend with the cold will lock everything up and Intowne will open their reserve landing if necessary. I have a wheeler in case it gets real bad but two feet or more under the house , no swirling yet dosent call for pulling off. What landing did you go out of. But it also is what one feels safe with. I will be out tonight and report my feeling about the ice but Im going to wait until it locks up if you look at accuweather extended forecast its going to get real cold around the pull off date which will make it real easy to get off with no worries.

[broken line]

You are probably right...but we decided to just try to avoid any problems..we used the Lakeview access..figured if it gets nice and solid again its easy enough to bring the house back out.

[Acemac]

Really think a few 20 deg nights is going to lock up this mess?

[castmaster]

Here's the 5 day forecast for Hastings.

Hastings, MN Daytime High /Overnight Low (°F) Precip. %

Thursday

Feb 17 AM Fog/PM Clouds 50 ° / 25 ° 10%

Friday

Feb 18 Partly Cloudy 30 ° / 21 ° 20%

Saturday

Feb 19 Partly Cloudy 36 ° / 23 ° 10%

Sunday

Feb 20 Snow Showers 26 ° / 15 ° 40%

Monday

Feb 21 Snow Showers 23 ° / 15 °

I'd say with those temps it will firm things back up just fine.

[sticknstring]

I'm bringing mine back out on the lake tonight. Fish bite better there than on the driveway. 22" of black ice yet.

[cold one sd]

Too much snow on the ice around here and this is the second year my wheelhouse has stayed in my driveway. The snow has gone down a bunch so I may still have a chance to get it out. Some are starting to show up in the want ads now as people are getting tired of these winters.

[robert aldrich]

My friend pulled his off the ice.

[Ringtailhunter]

I have pulled my permy off. I don't like to gamble.

[MinnetonkaMan]

Just got off the ice and the landing is starting to refreeze no swirling and even the slush layer is starting to freeze. Caught 14 fish all over nine inches with one over 12. This cold will make it easy to get off. Good luck out there the last few weeks!!!