Its getting closer to that time guys and gals. Time to think, dream, and look for OPEN WATER. This thread is for posting your Open Water Sightings. Lets keep everyone aware of where we find open water. It feels GREAT just to say those words after going through winter. Nows its time to think OPEN WATER. Where do you see it at?
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Silver Lake is Open!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Silver Lake is Open!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And producing some fish!
MOST areas of the mississippi river are opening up. The main channel is open with not all that much floating ice anymore. The bacwaters with some current are all wide open, and even the backwater bays are shrinking their ice. I can see the difference in how much open water is between the shore and ice every couple hours on a very shallow area by my house. Its almost off on the Miss
Now that what we all like to hear Cade. 
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I took a little drive today. There seems to be more open water almost every hour. The areas over at the Mississippi River backwaters that had been still frozen enough to allow ice fishing are done, although I suppose you could stand on docks in some of the marinas. The dike road is almost totally open and I would think a person should be able to open water fish for gills and crappies there. Foster Arend’s looks to be done, and I heard that someone went through the ice there today as well. The shorelines are opening up quickly and fishing from shore should be possible soon.
Looking like a shore fishing weekend coming up! 
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Looking like a shore fishing weekend coming up!
I shore will be fishing this weekend 
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Hoping to be on the river this wknd. Doug
Sounds like Tyler is having his Saturday event at Silver Lake in the open water. Boy, open water sounds good!
Forcast calls for 59 degrees and some sun both Saturday and Sunday. Friday night and Sunday night call for rain which will help keep the water levels up and help melt some more ice.
Wish the best for Tylers event this weekend. Should be fun with nice weather and open water for everyone who fishes this event.
If all goes well this guy will float the jon boat on Lake Zumbro. Gotta get out and just play. Been a long time since open water it seems. Way tooooooo longggggg.
Wish everyone a GREAT weekend. Enjoy some fishing somewhere if you can and the temps will feel fantastic. Time to get serious about open water fishing as its here in some areas already and very close to being here in others.
Please feel free to share and post about any open water spottings you find. It will help others to be able to get out and enjoy wetting a line.
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Hey crazyice,
Welcome to IDA! Thanks for the report.
Good Fishing,
Mike
Welcome Crazyice. Great to have you with us. Please feel free to share and post all you want.
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i stopped by fosters to check for open water there was a little bit by the beach but not much i wish i could of fished but i have my 5 month old son today and i don’t know how that would of lasted with him with lol 
Drove by Fosters today and most of it is WIDE OPEN WATER. Lots of people shore fishing and taking advantage of it opening up.
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Fishermans Inn boat ramp and bay is WIDE OPEN WATER.
Ponderosa ramp canal is open but you won’t get anywhere there yet as from the entrance to the canal through Ryans Bay is still iced up but the ice looks VERY bad. Won’t be long now.
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I drove through Shieldsville area last night on the way home from Leech and things are opening up. I don’t think it’ll be but a couple days before it is navigable. There were wide cracks across Mazaska and the ice was nearly black it was soo thin.
I checked Chester Woods today, that is wide open as far as I can tell, same with Foster Arends. I need to get a boat out and do some crappie fishing now!!
Thanks for the open water sightings guys. Great news. Keep em coming.
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I drove by K7 Kalmar today…wide open!!!
The area is coming alive and so are us fishermen.
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