2025 Mille Lacs Ice Out Guess

29-30″ of ice where I was fishing today.

I now believe Platte Lake will be ice-free before April 1st, so I’m thinking April 10th for The Big Pond.

You live on Platte? Family used to own the channel inn in the 70s and early 80s my dad built his retirement home on Sullivan

The pond WILL NOT be ice free in 2 weeks. It has barely pulled from shore in most spots. I am thinking my 4/19 might be too early

The SCRATCHER wrote:

You live on Platte? Family used to own the channel inn in the 70s and early 80s my dad built his retirement home on Sullivan

My family owns a lake place on the far eastern end of Platte that one of my brothers family lives at. I live just South of 27.

Lets have good ice till opener, less walleye netted is a good thing. Every year we have late ice there is a large year class.

It looked pretty dark in spots this morning, up towards the northwest corner the ice has pulled away from the shore quite a bit in spots, as soon as the wind picks up it will ping pong away pretty quickly imo…

I’d guess April 12th

Where Garrison creek runs in by Harbor Bar, its always opened up early. Same by the hogsback pull off… moving water and shallow ice can mislead. How deep can the ice be in a foot of water out beyond 50 yards ?!!! Wind can change anything, but with snow forecasted this weekend and into early next week, lack of snow melt and run off, not a lot of melting going on.

Crazy year. Have plans to open water fish in the local area tomorrow and plans to run a few Hours North on Sunday to ice fish. Was thinking of doing both on the same day tomorrow but pushed the ice outing till Sunday.

Best of both worlds right now.

fishthumper wrote:

Crazy year. Have plans to open water fish in the local area tomorrow and plans to run a few Hours North on Sunday to ice fish. Was thinking of doing both on the same day tomorrow but pushed the ice outing till Sunday.

Here is what the ice sheet oooked like yesterday from above.