Turtle Lake/Balsam Lake area still had close to 30 inches of ice last weekend. A buddy fished Balsam last night and said the ice was still very good. I didn’t see anyone still driving vehicles out last weekend (landings are getting sloppy). The ice around Hayward will be as good if not better.
Round lake had 24″ of ice still. Trucks were driving out. Got into a great midday crappie bite on tipdowns (Thanks icenutz) and found some accidental lmbs and healthy mid 20″ pike. Its gonna be another 3 weeks till ice out up there.