Pool 2 January Thaw Weekend Trip

  • boone
    Woodbury, MN
    Posts: 935
    January 18, 2017 at 12:56 pm #1666629

    Anybody planning to get out on Pool 2 this weekend? I haven’t been to the 494 ramp to check things out but with high temperatures of about 40 F predicted for the next several days and lows still above freezing, I think the river should be opening up pretty quickly. If anyone can provide a ramp report, that would be great.

    I see the flow is still around 17,000 cfs at St. Paul which is still unusually high for January.

    I haven’t been on the river since early December but hopefully I can get out before it gets cold again.

    Good luck and go slow as I’m sure there will be some icebergs floating around.

    Boone

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    January 18, 2017 at 1:04 pm #1666634

    Might tak this weekends rain to get it open.

    kwp
    Eden Prairie
    Posts: 857
    January 18, 2017 at 6:00 pm #1666716

    Anybody have any landing reports or better yet a photo?

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    January 18, 2017 at 6:22 pm #1666721

    I drove over the bridge this afternoon and there’s still about 100 yards of ice coming off river right (the west bank). I don’t think it’s going to open up any time soon.

    SR

    CBMN
    North Metro
    Posts: 968
    January 18, 2017 at 7:22 pm #1666740

    Thanks For the update Steve.

    I definitely have the itch to get out also.

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1604
    January 20, 2017 at 10:38 pm #1667302

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    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6019
    January 21, 2017 at 12:29 pm #1667370

    Checked out 494 and Hidden Falls this morning. Still locked up but ice is looking black. Need some sun and wind to get things moving. Channel opens up nice by the airport. Pretty much ice free shore to shore up there.

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    boone
    Woodbury, MN
    Posts: 935
    January 21, 2017 at 6:24 pm #1667407

    Thanks for the update Jon. I think it’s just been too calm during this warm spell to really get the ice melting.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    January 21, 2017 at 11:47 pm #1667461

    Shouldnt be long now.

    Pete Bauer
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2599
    January 22, 2017 at 6:01 am #1667470

    We stopped to check it out yesterday afternoon. Like Jon showed, still quite a bit of ice. There was a boat out in the center of the channel down river near the power line. Wonder where he launched? Lilydale or hidden falls?

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6019
    January 23, 2017 at 10:33 am #1667767

    Lillydale and Hidden falls are locked in. Not sure where a guy could put in. Maybe lucky enough to have a dock somewhere???

    -J.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4469
    January 24, 2017 at 6:52 am #1668049

    Maybe this weekend? Unless people want to see their Vikings and Packers in the Pro Bowl, not much else happening.

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