South Dakota - Area Ice

[Tyler Holm]

No ice should be considered safe ice! This information is not guaranteed to be accurate.

When you have an update on ice conditions for South Dakota, please post here. Please include the date, body of water, location, and current ice conditions. Also include any additional details pertaining to the condition and safeness of the ice.

Ice updates only. No fishing reports or small talk in this thread please.

This thread will be stickied to the top of this forum once we have walkable ice and removed when all ice has been melted for the season.

Thanks to everybody for your ice condition update.

No ice should be considered safe ice! This information is not guaranteed to be accurate.

[Fish'n guy]

This morning in the eastern portion of the state everything was mainly open but I did have to break a little ice 1/8" in a calm pocket but that was diminished once he wind came up. I would expect with a calm cold night and the forcast the way it is it should be freezing solid soon.

[Rost]

Saw the first ice fisherman of the year tonight. Herman now has about 3-4 inches. Madison has locked up as well.

Beware: both of these lakes have a history of being spotty early in the year.

[rundrave]

havent seen much ice myself. I actaully saw a few trucks shore fishing sunday on the north side of brush lake right off hwy14.

Good news though weather is finally turning and started to get the cold temps we need to start making some good ice.

In hindsight pheasant hunting hasnt been terribly cold yet.

[verg]

smaller sloughs are still froze here but i doubt very well. should freeze again this week. I'm sure you heard of a deer hunter on waubay fell in last week as well as another guy here watched his dog drown as it fell through making a retrieve and couldn't get out. will be a long time before anyone SHOULD get out.

[Dakota Iceman]

Any new reports? Wondered if anyone has ventured out yet.

[rundrave]

ive heard anywhere from 3-6 inches of ice on most of the lakes. I think I will probably wait a few more days before I venture out anywhere. Hopefully by this weekend things will be froze enough to get out and not have to worry at all.

Be careful everyone.

[sloughshark]

Dug holes this morning out on pelican 6 inches easy there, Was up to waubay and had a good 5''

[Jarrod32]

Took a quick drive this afternoon, and Mina and Richmond appear to be completely iced over...didn't venture out on the ice, but given that they are closed up now and the forecast for the next week, they should be fine for walkin' out by the weekend...

[boxcar46]

went crusing around on sunday. They're were quite a few out on whitewood. Looked like they all pulled portables out by foot with the exception of one which had a four wheeler. Brush had a permanate on the southside 6x8 maybe if I had to guess.They pulled it out with for wheeler.(they have more guts then I got) I heard 4 to 6 inches of ice. Lets be careful everyone and not to get to brave yet.

boxcar

[verg]

most of waubay now has 3-6 but not out in middle. some guys are walking out near grenville. Although some ice may be 3-6 in areas, they say they have found many 1-2 areas as well. be careful

[Moses2531]

Has Lake Thompson frozen up thick enough for walking yet for this weekend?? Wouldnt mind pulling a few 'eyes for a meal Saturday afternoon....

[Jarrod32]

Got a second-had report that Richmond has six inches of ice on it...there were a few folks out this past weekend, with moderate success.

[Rost]

Doug at the Sportsman's Cove said Waubay is now a good 6-8 inches. They are taking ATVs on the ice.

[Jarrod32]

Was out on Richmond today for the first time out this year. A few nice crappies, a lot of small crappies, a few walleye just under the minimum size limit, and a few more smaller, and a couple nice walleyes lost at the hole.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 6-8 inches of good, clear ice. A few ATVs out, but most were walking.

[Bjjams]

I was out at Waubay this weekend anywhere from 6-12 inches measured. Atvs everywhere (including over the breaks!) Trophy(raetz)lake had about 7-8 inches but it was looking pretty bad on Sat. night. Enemy Swim anywhere from 7-12 inches. Three full-sized trucks on the ice within 25 yds of each other (stupid) and one plane landed on the lake. Enemy Swim and Waubay seemed little effected by saturady's hot temp.

[bklimek]

Whats the fishing report sound like?

'preciate it