Ice Thickness After All This Cold Weather

I am wondering what everyone is finding for ice thickness outside the metro after all the cold weather.

There’s enough to where I don’t bother measuring anymore. I bet you’d have have to look hard to find anything less than 24″. The large lakes are all 30″ +.

grubson wrote:

There’s enough to where I don’t bother measuring anymore. I bet you’d have have to look hard to find anything less than 24″. The large lakes are all 30″ +.

Agree, bring your extensions especially if you fishing from a wheel house.

Pretty thick. I quit measuring after I started seeing 18 plus. Most places I’d guess 24 to 30 inches

Talked with a few guys fishing NorthLong in BLA, it was 30″ and plus. I have found 26″ of ice, I haven’t been out for a while but I will be out this weekend with an extension.

On Gull last night, had about 10” of flight left on my SM40V

Last weekend in the Pelican Rapids are we had about 5″ left on a strike lite on a clam plate. My guess is since we have added another few inches. Be a struggle without a extension soon in that area

34-37″ currently on Red across a few mile area that I have punched holes at. You can still get thru with an 8″ lite flite and a drill if your not on top of any snow.

18″ in faribault

Just got back from a run over to LOW. 36-38 inches up by garden island. Didn’t measure when we fished Rainy last weekend but just from how it looked drilling I’d say a little more than that here. I’ll measure tomorrow.

I found 28″ on a local lake this weekend.

Down on the mississppi on pool 10, it was around 20”, cranking through with a hand auger made for a good workout.

MN river ice was half way up the foam on K-Drill before it went through. That sucks when you want 20-30 holes to fish in.

Its all over the board depending on the lake. Fish Lake in Duluth was at 27″ last week. A smaller private lake about 30 min north of Duluth was 20″ on Saturday.

Green lake by Princeton was 23 on Saturday. I did not measure on Ann but it definitely was less then green.

not necessarily ice thicknesses, but i’ve seen some reports from leech and winnie accesses are getting to be tricky.

ice thickness isnt an issue at the moment……the landings will be!!!!!

glenn57 wrote:

not necessarily ice thicknesses, but i’ve seen some reports from leech and winnie accesses are getting to be tricky.

ice thickness isnt an issue at the moment……the landings will be!!!!!

That’s the best time of the season. Long aluminum ramps to get on the ice, pull them out with you so no one can follow and then we usually get lakes to our selves.

^^^^^ i dont disagree…i haven’t had my vehicles on a lake in i bet 5 years….mainly cause i fish smaller lakes up north and use an ATV or snowmobile!!! and it might just be the cabin is on a lake, just down the hill!!!

if my memory serves me correctly i thin the issue on leech wasnt deteriorated ice but a huge ice heave!

26.5 on an Alexandria area lake right now. And the crappies are super aggressive!
DT

take this for what its worth, but seen a piece on the book of faces from up in the ottertail area.

they said there’s about 21 inches of ice. they drilled a hole about half way down and the hole started filling with water….. so the ice is starting to deteriorate!!

We had around 30” of ice on Red Lake today. Didn’t need the extension…barely.

There’s ice on the horseshoe chain but not for long. The river is wide open

Little Rock by Rice is almost ice free from what I can see. Should be ice free by the weekend.

Still right up to the powerhead on rainy. Probably be able to finish the walleye season out there in a truck.

I was in the park rapids area on Sat. Ice still fine on The lakes we fished. I’d say a good 24+ “. I will say it’s getting a little soft. With little to no snow on the surface, it will go a lot faster once it start going this year. A few weeks ago I’d of bet it would not still be fishable at this time. Now I’d bet there are at least 2 more weeks of fishing in that area