Warm weather?

[Gus]

Should I be worried about getting my perm off the lake with this warm weather this week. I'm in the metro area. I have not had a chance to check out the lake this week but I am sure the access is full of water as well as the road. Would I be any "safer" if I drove off the main road. I have 4x4. What would you do?

[Eric Wettschreck]

My house is sitting next to my garage. I plan on spending the weekend in it on the lake. However, I'll be putting it out with my 4 wheeler and not very far from shore. The ice here was a solid 20" last Saturday.

No ice is safe.

[Moose-Hunter]

I was out on Waconia last night and the road was sloppy to say the least. I travel out to my perm using a four wheeler and decided to take the "offroad" route to avoid a bath.

My house is fairly light, sitting on 24" of ice and I'm not "too concerned" about these warm temps. What does concern me is that my holes have stayed open for the last couple days with very little re-freeze around the edges. If there's a bunch of standing water around the house, it could enlarge the holes rather quickly which could eventually become a problem. I may go out today just to block it up another couple inches, or pull it out on to "fresh" ice, but as far as pulling it off....I don't think so.

[Kodiak]

moose-

hey how have you been doing on waconia, i have been off of there for about 3 weeks now and have been fishing around with the portable and had the perm out on minnetonka..not much going on, i was out by big island. I am just wondering about coming back to waconia.

[Captain B.R.K]

Gus- the only thing I would worry about is if the slush around your house were to freeze significantly and really make you permanent. Otherwise the warmer weather isn't going to cause you problems.

Do I know you Gus? Your picture in the aviator looks very familiar? OR did we already have this conversation???

[Tim O]

I just got in from my permanent where there is about 10" of water under it. Kinda weird to have white caps under the house from the wind. Tried putting a perch back down the hole and he swam outside the house. Had to wear knee boots and drive the sled out. The 8" holes are about 12" now. We need some cold weather fast!

[Gus]

Well, I pulled the house last night. I didn't want to risk anything. I haven't been fishing in it much lately anway. I've been more mobile and fishing other lakes.

Captin, Yes we had this discussion before. We were both at UMD. I finally got a nice picture for a new winter avatar.

The public access had several holes which water was bubbling up 3-4 inches as I drove off. I imagine the access will get worse with this warm weather and the fishing crowds come for the weekend. Be carefull out there when getting on and off lakes.

I had my house on Crooked Lake in Andover.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I was drove out on Bald Eagle last night, the ice is still in good shape except for a few slushy spots, except for the landing that is. Thats a little scary, Ive heard of several trucks getting baths there in years past.

[311Hemi]

ahh...the good old UMD conversation again!!! LOL Hope the fishing has been good for you guys!

I was out on Bald Eagle last Thursday and the landing was starting to get rough...I can't imigine it by the end of this weekend......

Although we did not get the perm out this year...it might be good your pulling it off with these warm temps. Last year my buddies were pulling our heavy A$$ house off the ice with a truck with about 6"-1ft of standing water on the ice. That was messed up!

I am heading to Brainerd right after work...hopefully either fishing or sledding by 9:00-10:00 tonight!!!!

Good luck

[dsludge]

There may be some warm wind from the south. Warm wind and standing water has sunk many an ice shack. Bring your waders, crib up, or move.

dsludge

[Ishmel]

I checked out my house today. Lots of standing water on the ice. It's still 20" thick and the holes are open. They haven't gotten any bigger, but they haven't froze up either.

Here's my question. With the wind blowing how soon do I need to worry about the ice getting to soft under my house to move it? There's standing water 15 -20 feet around my shack. Should I wait a few days for the weather to cool down and freeze things up or should I get out there and get it off? Difficulty - it's on skids so I have to be able to get close enough to trailer it.

Thanks!

[Ryan_V]

If the wind stays high, then you have to worry. You don't have to worry about the ice getting rotten, you need to worry about all your holes getting bigger, and connecting to each other and swallowing your house. remember 2 years ago??? that's what happened. there was solid ice, but the wind swirled the water in the open holes and made them big enough to swallow houses (mine included). if you can, move it to a spot where there are no holes, and you should be o.k.

[Ishmel]

If I don't need to worry about the ice, then I can relax for a while. I'm planning to take it off tomorrow morning and the holes hadn't widened much yet, I think it should be fine for another 16 hours.

What did you do with your house after the lake ate it?

[Trouthunter]

Captian,

I went to UMD with Gus too...you and I talked a few times about Fly fishing and such. Gus and I went out on tonka last night...sat at the access and just stared at about 25 yards of water before deciding to brave it. Lots of Ice out on the lake, but the standing water and the heaves make me a bit nervous...

[Ryan_V]

I yanked it out with a couple wheelers, tipped it upright, tore out the carpet, and fished out of it the next night!!! Only damage was the carpet and a few scratches on the walls that were easily fixed. 2 inches of styrofoam insulation made it float!! only about 2 feet of it was in the water!! That was my first house on skids. I used it another year, sold it and bought one on a retractable frame!!

[Captain B.R.K]

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Captian,

I went to UMD with Gus too...you and I talked a few times about Fly fishing and such. Gus and I went out on tonka last night...sat at the access and just stared at about 25 yards of water before deciding to brave it. Lots of Ice out on the lake, but the standing water and the heaves make me a bit nervous...

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I had the discussion with Gus eariler and now that I have a picture of him, I know who he is BUT sorry I can't remember you-no picture, no remember

Anway I was out on Tonka Saturday for the event and stayed out after everyone left. About 4:30 decided to wrap it up and went towards the access. Got out of the truck and stepped into about 2ft of water. I'm assuming the city had chipped at the access because there was THIN ICE signs posted and HUGE chucks of ice laying on the ground. I would have been fine chancing it, over 2.5 ft of ice on the other side of the water, but I did find another access to go off.

As for the conversion van that was figuring out how to get off, I'm not sure what he was going to do. That would of done a number on his running boards

[Trouthunter]

Cap..Ok...how about this?

[Tripleplay]

I used up my fishing pass on Saturday so on Sunday morning I was headed to the store to pick up supplies for one of the kids social studies projects. Drove by the Crooked Lake access and sure enough a full size truck had cut it a bit close on one side and dropped his front, left wheel through the ice. I know its real shallow there but he was resting on the frame!

By the time I got to the next stoplight and got turned around another truck with a tow strap was pulling up behind him. I watched to make sure he got out and headed on for the store. Didn't mind not having to step out into the slop as I didn't have boots on, but there was no way I was leaving that guy hanging on the ice--glad another fisherman was able to help him out.

I took a second to study the situation and I think he tried to avoid the main tracks and puddle and instead ventured into a weedy spot that had an orange cone on the ice about 10 feet or so away. The orange cone tells me somebody else had a problem as well. This cold weather should help.