Lake Pepin Ice~ Measurements Begin

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm #1315843

    Lake Pepin, Minn. (KTTC) The St. Paul District Army Corps of Engineers began its annual ice measurements Wednesday on Lake Pepin.

    The surveying crew measured 16 holes in roughly a 15-mile span of Lake Pepin and says the average thickness of the ice is 18 inches.

    Corps Engineer Kevin Reesie says the shipping season could begin around mid-March as usual but ice fishers should move their fishing huts off the ice now.

    “I think they have a deadline of March first here but right now is the time to get’em cause the ice is getting bad.”

    Ice measurements are normally completed weekly until the navigation season begins.

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    superiorfishing
    Hastings,MN
    Posts: 395
    February 22, 2011 at 4:21 pm #940384

    i been ice fishing maiden rock area yet and able to drive out most of way with 15″ of ice–but ice by MN side of channel is down to about 8-10″ of ice as of Sunday– current was wild on Friday with wind and now open water up at bay city area

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