The horn has been sounded

[The Grebe]

It won't be long now and the ice season will be over...we seen 5 robins today in the Camden area...spring can't be to awfully far off? I like ice fishing, but I'm ready!

[Sifty]

With the snow we are getting today there maybe a few robins looking for a dry place to stay.

Sifty

[Bothun]

I will be fishing well into april the way its looking. Can't beat a 4 month hardwater season. Most lakes still have as much ice on them as they did a month ago.

I know ill be fishing until the ice honeycombs. We are hardly into late ice yet the way this year is going.

[BobT]

I've never really paid much attention before but does the ice get thinner or does it just all turn to mush as it honeycombs?

Bob

[Bothun]

kind of both. from the water warming up and the sun hitting the top. It gets soft and thinner.

[polarsusd81]

We had a day of perchin on Mille Lacs 8 years ago that will be in the memory books for a long time. It was towards the end of march and the ice wasn't going to be on much longer. We went out carrying planks to cross cracks and where we were fishing, there was almost 3 feet at the beginning of the day. 8 hours later, there was only about 2'-6" and the top 6 from it being so warm that day were like mush. You could stomp your foot in a couple inches if you tried. The ice was broken up and off the lake 10 days after we fished, but man did we fish. Between the 8 of us, we caught around 1200 jumbos, most were thrown back, but we kept a good number for the table too. It was quite the experience to be there for that hot bite, on the very last day of walkable ice on the lake. What a day it was.

[The Grebe]

Although it's in the process....it ain't over yet and I still have a couple or 3 more trips up to Mille Lacs in me...that perchin is addictive! Especially when you have had good fishing in the past and know what it's like....hard to beat a 14 inch perch through the ice!

[IFallsRon]

The first gulls were reported on Rainy River early this past week. I haven't seen any at the local fast food restaurant parking lot though.