And so it begins...

[Mike Stark]

It's still early for me to be out on the ice but it wasn't too early for this guy. Be safe out there.

[MN BassFisher]

Wow, that's impressive!!

[bee]

2 in and go to it.

[Stick in Mud]

Uff da. That guy's braver than I am.

[RiverChuckNorris]

Man I wish I lived in Ely!

[pushbutton]

2 in and go to it.

Or times two times two and be safer. Suppose you could also do a little more complex math and take away a wee bit from that equation and still be ok, but 2 inches, to a newbster viewing, might not be particularly advisable

[brian6715]

Even if you aren't a noob, going out on 2 inches is just plain stupid

[monstermoose78]

I miss Ely and all the fishing I did back in college. I remember fishing Stub Lake and One Pine very early in the ice fishing year.

[Mike Stark]

There are a few lakes up here that are locked up but it has been warm the last two days. I will wait a while before I head out.

[blackdog1101]

2" = no margin for error. I'll wait for 4" myself.

[Chad Holst]

2 inches of good ice is plenty to walk on, however you can not convince me that 2 inches here means a duck didnt fart over there and its only 1 inch thick.

it takes one small, dark colored object just under the water, like a log or some trash, and you will have a very soft 1/2 inch when all the other ice around it 2+. We were fishing last year in 8+ inches of ice, and we found a garbage bag stuck in the ice..walked over to pull it out and holy cow..the ice started to sway around it. These items draw light to them, causing heat, not alot, but enough to really alter the early ice.

Ill hit early ice with the best of them, but i dont touch the shoreline without a float suit or a life jacket on, a buddy system AND ice picks/drybag/emergency blanket/flares/rope. I was SARS in the Navy, if i need this stuff...EVERYONE should have it.

Be safe.

[low277]

He has a bigger pair than I do!

[rundrave]

I am not surprised that someone is out there, I am more surprised that they are out there by themselves.

[JIvers]

Man I wish I lived in Ely!

x2

Maybe, just maybe, I'll be ice-fishing here the first weekend in December.

[CatholicConis]

Every Ely webcam I look at shows all the lakes wide open.

[Finns]

Armstrong Lake?

[Naturboy]

I am not surprised that someone is out there, I am more surprised that they are out there by themselves.

I know why he's alone

[Mike Stark]

Every Ely webcam I look at shows all the lakes wide open.

All the bigger lakes are still open. This is a very small lake that is usually the first to lock up in the area.

[Mike Stark]

Armstrong Lake?

Close.