So two things took me by surprise today…
1- Weather.Com is predicting -25 tonight for Aitkin…That should put on an inch or two of ice..
2- A resort on the North side says they might start pulling houses this Wednesday…That seems a little crazy to me especially when they are reporting 7.5’’ of ice in some spots…I’m sure you can get a truck out there with less than recommended ice..but what about the houses flooding out and the roads flooding out. Crazy. 
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So two things took me by surprise today…
1- Weather.Com is predicting -25 tonight for Aitkin…That should put on an inch or two of ice..
2- A resort on the North side says they might start pulling houses this Wednesday…That seems a little crazy to me especially when they are reporting 7.5’’ of ice in some spots…I’m sure you can get a truck out there with less than recommended ice..but what about the houses flooding out and the roads flooding out. Crazy.
No comment on others judgement dealing with ice and driving etc.
Our guys drilled and checked mid-day(Monday Dec. 13th) and found 7.5 to 8 inches in the same areas they had 5 inches on Friday. The cold has created a split in the ice along shore that was about 4ft. wide this morning but slid together as the sun went higher this afternoon. With very little snow on the ice, the ice making will continue, but at a little slower pace as it gets thicker. And with very little snow insulating the ice, the temperature fluctuation will move the ice more as well. The guys reported deep, hard drifts a foot or more deep in many places as they went further out onto the lake. Many bare spots too.
Good to here that we are heading in the right dirrection 
Looks like the deep freeze is going to be over for awhile. Weather.com is showing single digit low and mild highs for the extended outlook.
Today, Wednesday December 15th, the guys went out and drilled numerous holes in several directions in our area and found 9 inches, consistently, where there was a few inches of snow and 10 to 10.5 inches, consistently, where the ice was bare. Of course, the snow covered areas are far more than the bare spots. So that’s the range we have in the Wealthwood area.
Any fishing reports from the first break?
There has been very little fishing going on in our area. No reports directly to us. We hear some locals saying they are doing well in 16ft. of water. But they are fishing to the west a mile, near their homes. We would expect more reports and fishing activity this coming weekend.
Hey Red Door, do you think you will be pulling any houses before Christmas? How is it looking?
If we keep putting on .5 inches per day, I would think sometime next week we should have good drivable ice.
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Hey Red Door, do you think you will be pulling any houses before Christmas? How is it looking?
If we keep putting on .5 inches per day, I would think sometime next week we should have good drivable ice.
We’ll know more early next week. Check in with the office then. Today the guys found one area, that needs to be driven over to move any houses out, that was 7.5 inches. Average today was about 10.5 inches.
I heard a truck went through out of a resort to the east of you guys. Did ya here anything?
Among some others on the lake also with similar details, we hear the same “rumor”.
Our guys checked on the ice this morning and found very little change from Friday. Most of the ice checks they made ranged from 10.5 to 11.5 inches with a few holes touching 12 inches and a few 9 inches. One hole measured 8.5 inches. They went to one of the mudflats and measured 11 inches.
As we all know, driving on the ice is always a concern. But with less than 12 inches, consistently, the concern grows beyond reasonably safe, in our opinion. So we are on hold with hopes the weekend will bring us to the safety levels needed. As of today, we are only recommending ATV’s and snowmobile ice travel.
The latest forecast for Garrison Mn.:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
11:52 am CST, Mon., Dec. 20, 2010
… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF ROUTE 2 IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE INLAND COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY… FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA IN MINNESOTA EASTWARD THROUGH THE INLAND COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN… TO THE MONTREAL RIVER VALLEY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY… A FEW AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 35 WEST TO MILLE LACS COULD RECEIVE A FOOT.
* VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES MAY DECREASE TO A QUARTER OF A MILE IN HEAVY FALLING SNOW AT TIMES.
* MAIN IMPACT: DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BE HAZARDOUS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED… AND THAT SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. EXPECT SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE… INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER.
Looks to be about 4 inches of fresh snow. It shouldn’t hamper any ATV travel. And, thankfully, probably not enough to cause any flooding. Drifting around bigger houses already out will maybe cause a little extra weight around the house and a little ice sag.
They tried to find a way to get some plowing done today–leading to pulling houses by the weekend(Sunday). There is about 3-5 inches of snow on the ice, with some drifting of 8-10 inches, so it’s pretty nice in that regard but insulating things at the same time. That’s why the plowing effort attempt today. Immediately, they found that ten inches of ice wasn’t enough. The guys spent quite a bit of the morning checking the entire area we have roads and houses placed annually. Consistently, they found between 10 and 11 inches with a few spots of 12 inches. Most areas that have the 10 inches, also have bleeding cracks running through them. There also is a major, active pressure ridge that runs NW to SE, crossing the north end of the Resort flat, the middle of the Bombeck and the south tip of the Weimer flat. The ice on either side is 11 inches.
So we will give the weather a chance to build another inch, at least, hopefully by Sunday, before our guys will give it another go. We’re pretty confident, at least some areas will be safely accessable with full size vehicles and fish houses by late this coming weekend. Simply……10 to 11 inches of ice is too much of a risk in our opinion, as it has been for years, for full size vehicles and a mix of big fish houses and wet cracks. Sunday? Let’s hope so!! To all…Happy Holidays!!
Today, Sunday, we finally got the plows on the ice after checking and findng a consistent 12 inches of ice throughout the area. The east west roads are open and the road to the Weimer/Bombeck area is open. The south end of the Bombeck and beyond is still closed due to a crack. We started pulling the lighter houses and will continue, barring any changes in the ice conditions.
ATV and snowmoble travel is fine off road as well with 4×4’s.
Ice update: All is well with the exception of a new new crack that formed early yesterday on the main road to the flats. We bridged it and hope it is healed by today sometime. So we kept the road open but didn’t attempt to haul big houses across the crack. We’re hoping to access the southern end of Bombeck and beyond soon.
Besides having to bridge two different areas with new cracks to start the day, things are shaping up. Ice checks today in many different areas, from the flats to the shoreline, still are showing 12-13 inches in MOST areas. Cars and trucks speeding at 30mph. and more have been witnessed, amazingly, quite often. It’s only a matter of time and that lack of respect will cost everyone use of what is now a nice road system. So if you see anyone going over 10 mph., please ask them to slow down so the roads will hold up. Please…..
We still can’t access ice via road to the south tip of the Bombeck due to the crack there. We hope to get it bridged by the weekend, if it doesn’t heal up by then.
ATV travel and snowmobile travel is fine off road as it is 4×4’s as well. There is some drifting that is up to a foot deep but most of the ice has less than 6 inches of snow on it.
The guys bridged the crack crossing the south end of Bombeck today and that opened up most of the other flats we go to. We have roads to Weimer, Bombeck, the south 1/2 of Resort, Fishhouse, Fletcher and Eileen’s Point. They will try and move some houses over that crack tomorrow if all goes well.
Ice thickness ranged from 12″ under deeper snow to 16″ where the ice is bare(not very much of that). So 13″ to 14″ is a realistic average on the flats that we have measured closely(no estimates). We measure ice where no one has fished or driven, since you have to cross that open ice to get to the slushed up, beaten down areas where ice measures thicker.
The weather forecast is the next concern? That will be more accurate by morning. Right now all is good to go in every direction via any choice of travel.
As of this morning, we are right on the eastern edge of the worst of the weather coming so who knows what we will get. The following is for Garrison, Mn.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
4:19 am CST, Thu., Dec. 30, 2010
… WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY…
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR INLAND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA… EXCEPT FOR THE ARROWHEAD… UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND POSSIBLY SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MOSTLY SNOW AND GET HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF INLAND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS BY PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING.
* MAIN IMPACT: FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY. SUBSEQUENT HEAVY SNOW WILL COVER AND POSSIBLY BLOCK ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL ABRUPTLY PLUNGE FROM NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON TO THE SINGLE NUMBERS OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW… SLEET… AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. EXPECT EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS… ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. IF YOU TRAVEL… EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE… INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER.
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… A COMPLEX MIX OF WINTRY WEATHER IS COMING TO THE NORTHLAND…
.THE MORNING WILL BEGIN WITH LIGHT AMOUTS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA… SOME FREEZING RAIN INTO THE SAINT CROIX VALLEY THROUGH DULUTH AND UP THE NORTH SHORE. THE WINTRY MIX… WITH MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND MOSTLY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN… WILL BECOME SUBSTANTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A LULL IN THE WINTRY WEATHER WILL FOLLOW FRIDAY.
After a day of rain, there is some areas that have 2-4 inches of water on them. Other areas are high and water free. All the roads are open as of now but with falling temps and snow falling as of now, that could change anytime. Be sure to check in at the office BEFORE venturing out. Waiting for daylight will be best to give the guys a chance to look things over in the early morning. The good thing about the rain is it knocked down all but a few drifts of snow on the lake. Travel cross-country is perfect for now, for all types of vehicles. So far, the ice work has gone very well for the crew with the smooth ice and very little snow being a big plus. We feel very lucky to have had this great start. Here is the forecast for tonight with another storm yet to be put into the warning for later tomorrow into Saturday:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
3:54 pm CST, Thu., Dec. 30, 2010
… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING IN A CORRIDOR FROM BRAINERD TO ELY AND POINTS WESTWARD.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL COVER ROADS AND MAKE THEM HAZARDOUS AND SLIPPERY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL ABRUPTLY PLUNGE TO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. EXPECT EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS SNOW COVERED ROADS. IF YOU TRAVEL… EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE… INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER.
Here is the latest for Garrison, MN. for Friday and into Saturday:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
4:11 am CST, Fri., Dec. 31, 2010
… WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY…
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ACROSS THE RAINY RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE IRON RANGE AND THE BRAINERD AND CASS LAKES AREA OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING… THEN AGAIN SPREAD INTO THE CASS AND BRAINERD LAKES AREA THIS AFTERNOON… AND REACH THE CANADIAN BORDER THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITONAL SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW.
* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. BITTER COLD WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REDUCE SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS IN SNOW. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. STOPPING DISTANCES WILL INCREASE GREATLY ON SNOW COVERED ROADS.
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… A SECOND SHOT OF WINTER WEATHER IS COMING THIS AFTERNOON…
.A SECOND STRONG LOW… NOW OVER TEXAS… WILL CROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW… FROM THE PREVIOUS LOW… WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING. PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR AND ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TODAY… AND FROM BAYFIELD PENINSULA EAST THIS EVENING. SNOW FROM THE SECOND LOW WILL REACH AREAS SOUTH OF DULUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE RAINY RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE IRON RANGE AND INTO THE CASS AND BRAINERD LAKES AREA TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 25 OR 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL CAUSE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. BITTER COLD ACROSS INLAND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TODAY WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT AND REMAIN SATURDAY.
The lake surface right now is like a race track–hard as a rock after the rain and inch of snowy slush yesterday, with temps in the low teens today and wind blowing hard from the north. A little snow will help as there is zero for banking houses as of today. Here is the latest forecast for Garrison for tonight into tomorIssued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
3:48 pm CST, Fri., Dec. 31, 2010
… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CASS AND BRAINERD LAKES AREA THIS AFTERNOON… AND REACH THE CANADIAN BORDER THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW.
* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. BITTER COLD WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND FALL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REDUCE SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS IN SNOW. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. STOPPING DISTANCES WILL INCREASE GREATLY ON SNOW COVERED ROADS.
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… ANOTHER SHOT OF WINTER WEATHER IS COMING TO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND THE ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY OF WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY…
.ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AROUND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. SNOW AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM THE SECOND LOW WILL REACH AREAS SOUTH OF DULUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE RAINY RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE IRON RANGE AND INTO THE CASS AND BRAINERD LAKES AREA TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 25 OR 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL CAUSE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE NORTHLAND BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
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Thankfully, the weatherman was off and we got less than 2 inches of snow the past couple days. So ice travel is still very good for all forms of vehicles. Big north winds today are making some drifting but there is more bare, hard surface than drifts. Drifting around the houses is now allowing good amounts of banking but also some minor flooding from the weight of the drifts.
Fishing reports are pretty good from many. Both from the flats as well as the deep shoreline houses. Of course, some are not doing well too.
A new crack has formed along shore that we have bridged with hopes the crack out on the Bombeck will now heal soon and the bridge can come off of that one. NEVER drive by a bridge! ALWAYS go over it and NOT around it.
Ice travel via any type of vehicle( 4×4 SUV/truck is preferred) is still fine with most of the lake surface hard, frozen left over slush from last weeks rain. The cold temps have the small drifts pretty hard as well. Cold temps have an active crack along shore as well as one running east/west about 2/3 of the way south on the Bombeck flat. Both are bridged. NEVER cross without using the bridge!
Fishing reports are spotty. Some being “real good”, some being “getting a few” and some “slow”. All levels of reports are coming from the flats and the inshore houses. Pattern? Whatever you choose! Deep sides of the flats and 22′ to 28′ along shore areas. One house reports great action during low light in 14ft!
Lake conditions continue to be good. Cross country travel is still fine with ATV’s, snowmobile or 4×4 Truck/SUV. Although big winds and an inch of snow this week has built some drifts, there isn’t any areas where things are tough to get around. We continue to have a bridge in place on the Bombeck flat if you intend to go out further than that,be aware. DO NOT go around a bridge on the ice anywhere, anytime.
Fishing reports are spotty. Good catches of a mix of perch, walleye and tullibees have come from all the various areas and depths as well as poor catches from the same areas. Hard to zero in on a pattern with what we hear and see. But there is action to be had.
The coming week will bring very cold temps so be prepared. It can be a mean place in sub-zero conditions if something goes wrong and you’re not prepared to stay warm and dry.
With no fresh snow, the trails are open but bumpy. The groomers have them as good as can be and very fast!
THANK YOU to everyone who has used our access and lodging for your home base!!
Still almost snow free ice for cross country ice travel via ANY type of 4×4 or ATV/snowmobile. Warming temps after a cold weekend shook and broke up the main ice crack pretty good the past couple days. Make sure you go over the bridge located on the SW side of Bombeck Flat if you are heading out to any flat south of Bombeck from our roads. All is fine to go south from there–road or no road.
Best perch action has been in the 28 to 30 ft. water out from Knox Point or to the east of our place as well. Not too many walleye reports but some are mixed in with the perch catching. Tullibee action in 32 to 35 ft. off the edges of most flats is great.
Be prepared for a blustery weekend the way it sounds!
I want TULLIBEE!!!! 
I can wait to get back up!!
Weekend cross country (off road) travel on the lake was and still is pretty good with 4×4 trucks and SUV’s as well as ATV’s and snowmobiles. 2 inches of fluffy snow and wind did create more drifting but still not enough to make off-road travel off limits. Even wheel houses are still traveling off-road with relative ease.
Fishing reports are spotty at best with best action coming from the deep shoreline areas–28′ to 30ft’. Keeper perch, in some cases good numbers, and a few walleyes mixed in are the norm. Our rentals landed some nice walleyes on a spot on one of the mudflats the past couple days.
The crack on the south end of the Bombeck flat is still open and active so be sure to use the bridge while venturing out to mid-lake mudflats.
Finally, a day without blowing snow allowed the crew to plow all roads in every direction, to optimum width. If you have a perm house with us, please let us know if you are coming up a day before so the guys can open your driveway in a timely way.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
3:12 am CST, Thu., Jan. 20, 2011
… WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… … WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING… GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ELY TO AITKIN. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FOR A TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WIND CHILL VALUES DROP AGAIN TONIGHT.
* FROSTBITE TIME: FROSTBITE AFFECTS EXPOSED SKIN OF A HEALTHY ADULT IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES. THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE COLD.
* IMPACTS: FROSTBITE CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS AND LIVESTOCK ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS… BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED FLESH AS ANY EXPOSED FLESH.
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