Guess when Forest Lake (Lake 1) ices over and win some stuff!

[Fishapalooza]

The southeast corner of one was icing up nicely. The wind started to do a number on it though.

Now that it's calm, ice should build tonight.

JigginIsLife... I think your guess will be close.

Good luck!

[Fishapalooza]

Forest Lake, lake 1, is about 75% iced up. If it wasn't for that dog gone wind all night, it probably would of been totally iced over.

I'll be keeping a close eye on it through out the day to see if it ices over before 6pm tonight.

It's going to be close!

[JigginIsLife]

so if it ices up by 6 tonight would today win or will it not count untill tomorrow??

[Fishapalooza]

If it ices up before 6pm, it counts for today Nov 27th.

If it ices up after 6pm, it will count as Nov 28th.

It's 14f in Forest Lake right now and the wind has died down quite a bit, so it might be froze by 6pm.

Good luck!

[Sutty]

I better run over and start throwing rocks in to keep it from freezing for the next 10 days :-)

[ilovehardwater]

I picked the 27th please let it be today.... come on ice...BT

[Fishapalooza]

I throughly check lake 1 today at 4:30pm and have concluded that Forest Lake (lake 1) is completely iced-up. Even the hole that sometimes stays open in the south center of the lake is frozen.

So that makes the official lake 1 freeze up... November 27th.

Of all the picks I received, only 3 people picked Nov 27th.

So here's what I'm going to do. I put the 3 names into a hat and first drew the winner of a Fishapalooza shirt. The other 2 names left in the hat both get tickets.

Drum roll please......

Winner of a Fishapalooza t-shirt -

Harvey lee

Winners of the Fishapalooza event tickets -

JigginIsLife

ilovehardwater

I decided to put the people that picked the day before and the day after Nov 27th in to the hat for the other 4 prizes.

Winner of a Fishapalooza t-shirt -

Tippman

Winner of a Fishapalooza hat -

Squirtis

Winners of Fishapalooza can coolies stuffed with lures -

Dilleyo

lunker651

I'll be contacting the winners Nov 28.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for playing.

Here's another chance to win tickets.

Stop by our booth(321) at the St. Paul Ice Fishing Show and sign up to win a pair of tickets given away each day.

See ya'll there!

[ilovehardwater]

I'm glad I held off buying tickets, Thanks FM for putting on this fun little contest. I'll give my girlfriend the other ticket. This will be her first ice fishing contest. I'm sure we'll have a blast. Thanks again FM .....BT

[JigginIsLife]

WOW am i glad i held off as well. i will be up there along with a party of about 6 so look for me. and Hardwater congrats to you hope to see you there!! Thanks to everyone invloved with the fishapalooza and FM on helping hold the contest. Hopefully some of us can walk away with something big.

[cRaPpiEMaN8265]

The only thing that tampers me from entering this contest is the no shelters! Just doesnt make sense to me that we cant have a shelter to stay warm and comfortable... Anyways this is the only reason i do not attend more ice contests..

Later,

Ryan

[ilovehardwater]

Congrats to you too jiggins, "Hopefully some of us can walk away with something big."

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Hopefully some of us will "DRIVE" away with something big.

lol ......BT

[Loogie]

cRaPpiEMaN8265,

All of the big contests ban shelters. It's understandable why they do it. There has been far too many people in the past that have tried to cheat. Therefore, because of a handful of donkeys in the past, we all need to suffer a little at that chance to win a truck or a boat.

If this new contest is like the others, they will probably have warming tents.

[lunker651]

I won, I won, yahooooo . Congrates to all the other winners. I would of like the tickets better, oh well, winning something is better than nothing . Thanks to fishapalooza and FM on holding the contest. Looking forward to recieveing the prize and hopefully I'll meet everyone at the fishapalooza contest.

[Tippman]

Thanks Fishapalooza for the contest. We're making ice now for the contest. Congrats to the other winners.

[slimmer]

I love fishing tourneys! I love ice fishing... period.

I throw out tipups on the ice all the time when its below zero and spend a day enjoying the crisp refreshing air. If you have the right clothing it aint a big deal.

You can expect me there fishapalooza!!!

[Fishapalooza]

ilovehardwater,

I need you to email me your mailing address, or let me know if your going to be at the Ice Fishing Show this weekend to pick up your tickets.

[ilovehardwater]

Hey Dan, I e-mailed you when I woke up for work today.Let me know if you got it. If not, I'll try to e-mail you my address again..Thanks BT.

[zamboni]

Out of strict curiousity- what did I guess? (I think it was in december)

[JigginIsLife]

Just a little clarification on the rules. i see that small coolers are allowed on the ice but food and drinks are not??? if not allowed then what are the smaller coolers used for.

[fishinJohn]

2 days off.

I thought I was being optimistic, glad to see it is even earlier!