2024/2025 Ice Report

Checked a couple small ponds by me and one is pretty solid. Might try to fish it later today.

small lake I live by froze over Friday night..

new report from same lake. It now has 6″ of ice from 3″ on Friday night.

Buddy has a cabin on West Battle. This morning it still had open water. By about 3 in the afternoon it was all locked up.

Spent Turkey Day at the in-laws in Nebraska, pretty much every pond was locked up on the drive home, and even the Platte River looked slushy. I did see a guy ice fishing a small pond in NW Iowa on the way home.

Ice fished yesterday near Kimball moved all day never marked a fish felt good to get though.

I live by a lake in central mn that has about 5in already. There has been about 50 houses or more out Saturday and Sunday when I have drove by.

1st spear shack of the season went on the lake this morning..

Someone was below the dam in sartell this morning. I knew it wouldn’t be long.

Mike Schulz wrote:

1st spear shack of the season went on the lake this morning..

yours………..

glenn57 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Mike Schulz wrote:</div>
1st spear shack of the season went on the lake this morning..

yours………..

LOL if true

nope

I live just up River road from the sartell dam. I told my kids, Monday will be the beginning of the zoo below the dam

According to my Facebook feed, everyone was ice fishing over the weekend in MN and WI.

Looks like the ice held up.

JR’s Corner Access

Ice held up great with all the wind yesterday.
Starting Daylight we will be allowing Atv, side by sides and snowmobiles out to 1 mile. If you want to go further you will park and walk from them there.
We are also staked 1.5 miles west towards the rock pile. We have a parking area marked as well where you can park and walk from there if wanting to venture further.

We had 4-5 of solid clear ice in NW Wi last weekend on small lakes but fishing was tough. All our keepers came early at first light on a lake with a little snow cover. The second lake was almost pure ice and no snow. We believe the fish could see us very easy fishing in 6-9 feet of water on pure ice. Hell, I was drilling holes right next to individual weeds I could clearly see. You could see fish scatter from the graph if you moved. I did catch one keeper crappie on the second no-snow lake and
an eagle snatched it when I moved holes..

Was on 6″ Friday and Saturday. Good ice, super slick on Saturday with the slight melt. I’m convinced people just want to get hurt on the ice as both days with dozens of people out there, I was the only one with cleats. I was able to put together a couple of nice meals. Had a buddy check Ida in Monticello as he lives close by and wouldn’t you know it, someone had to be first and put his wheel house just out from the access and Saturdays heat and wind took care of letting that one drop through. They had gotten it out but not without some pretty good damage. North side of that lake still wide open with Swans.

Highbeeze24 wrote:

I’m convinced people just want to get hurt on the ice as both days with dozens of people out there, I was the only one with cleats.

I think a lot of people also leave the cleats off to avoid spooking fish.

SconnieFib wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Highbeeze24 wrote:</div>

I’m convinced people just want to get hurt on the ice as both days with dozens of people out there, I was the only one with cleats.

I think a lot of people also leave the cleats off to avoid spooking fish.

I’m all for tossing them off once you get out there but it’s a rough go of it when you’re pulling gear. I had three groups 1/3 of the way back to the access on Friday when I started dragging back in. I beat every one of them back to the access with ease.

Checked ice on Latoka by Alexandria. Threw some rocks on the ice. They stayed on until they hit the open water 200 feet out……

Hoping to get out on a Mpls city lake tomorrow, has anyone seen activity out there?

I drove by Nokomis last Sunday and saw two guys fishing about 100 yards off shore near the beach house. Have no idea what ice conditions were like though.

Drove all around Minnetonka yesterday, surprised to see that all the bigger bays and channels were still open water. The wind was whipping up some decent waves and I assume current. Careful out there folks!

for what its worth, i didnt drive by the horseshoe chain, but just talked to a guy that talked to a guy going out on horseshoe by Richmond, says wheelers are out there and 14 inches of ice.

Obsession, were there any people on Black or Seton?

Yes, there were a few folks on Black at 10 AM.

2-3″ on Ponds in South Central Iowa

Anything or anyone on pepin/Frontenac?

Had 7″ out of West Medicine lake park. Didn’t see anyone venturing out to the main lake though.

8 inches of ice in downtown talmoon. Hardly any snow on the lake, 4-6 inches of crusty snow on land!