How is your ice fairing?

[pushbutton]

In central minnie....so far.... we are doing ok. Around 12 inchish on a lot of the lakes and after today not a lot, if any of snow cover left. Saw people moving big houses off, and saw a few spear shacks that were funneling in serious water ....that had to be taken off as well. Drilled till close to dark and while a lot of water, the ice was still firm. Did notice on the way back though, the top layer was softening near shore. Jr and I had a good time today as you can't ask for much better temps to fish in. But will probably lay low tomorrow.

[leech~~]

So, did Dad get chewed on for Jr, coming home soaking wet from sliding around all day!

[Gissert]

West Central MN yesterday, lots of water and some wash holes forming. Pulled my spear shack as that hole was washing and all my banking was gone.

Ice still looked good last night, and the water had not soaked in yet. Today I would not be surprised to see it soften a bit.

Should start cooling down again this evening and into tomorrow.

For the most part I think the ice will be ok, but lots of wash holes will make it interesting.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Down here in dixie.......SW MN, it's touch and go. The lake by my place was 1/4 open a couple days ago. Warm temps and high winds the past few days I'm sure it's more open now.

There is still fishable ice to be had down here but it's 50 degrees right now and rain forecasted for tonight. Not good for us. I'm thinking a trip up nort may be in order.

[JBMasterAngler]

North Metro is about 11 inches (on small lakes). But I found up to 2 inches of standing water on the ice. And could feel the surface of the ice getting softer as the day progressed. I'm not worried, in the long run this warm weather will make for better stronger ice.

[leech~~]

My wife and I were up by Stacy today cutting our X-Mas tree down. We went by one of the lakes up there and I said hey there's a few boys out there ice fishing! I wife just said, idiots!

[JayDeHay]

I was on Grand by Coldspring yesterday, ice was 8-10" everywhere I drilled. About an inch of standing water everywhere.

[th64]

Went to a Rice Co. lake yesterday, going out was fine, on the lake the ice was good enough but when we came back the ice by the shore next to the mud was bad and we broke threw. we were safe but it was a stinky mess and a hassle. No sun that day so was it decomposition creating heat or runoff? Ice should be good close to shore this time of year. Now we have rain down here and that

base layer of ice will not be as good as it usually is for the rest of the season. Sure that rain will freeze and we will get safe ice but the refreeze will not be quite as hard.

Stay on foot.

[Early Riser]

I was spearing today in Wright County and the ice is weird right now. There are lot of small holes with water draining all the way through the ice. The block I pulled was clear and about 7-8." We lost ice from both the bottom and top…at least 2" worth.

When I left after the heaviest rain had occurred the block was a just a shadow of its former self with rounding and had lost a lot of its weight. It broke with a high pitched sound when I pushed it over toward the hole…not the normal thud of solid hard ice.

I will be taking the wheeler in the metro instead of driving for the foreseeable future, until we get at least week of some serious arctic cold.

At least it is quiet on the lakes now.

[WillCFish]

What ice we had is going fast. Rain and warm temperatures. Lucky to be out before Christmas now.