South end gravel bars

  • slimmer157
    Posts: 23
    January 4, 2018 at 10:11 am #1741310

    I was wondering if anyone knew how chippy the ice was out on the gravel. I was looking to venture out there with a truck off road. Thanks in advance

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    January 4, 2018 at 11:55 am #1741350

    I know some are trying it already, I would never do it…much less recommend doing it. Personally I would never go off road in a truck.

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    Angler II
    Posts: 530
    January 4, 2018 at 12:35 pm #1741362
    Walleyestudent Andy Cox wrote:

    I know some are trying it already, I would never do it…much less recommend doing it. Personally I would never go off road in a truck.

    Was that from today?

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    January 4, 2018 at 12:48 pm #1741364

    Word was that it dropped last night, Jim Staricha’s Northland Recovery is pulling it out today.

    slimmer157
    Posts: 23
    January 7, 2018 at 8:47 am #1741945

    The answer to the original question… travel off road was fair to good on the gravel bars. Unfortunately the fishing wasn’t as good. To Andy cox… travel over a current filled 2ft deep reef has different ice depth than mid lake basin

    bowtecmike
    Zimmerman mn
    Posts: 467
    January 7, 2018 at 9:10 am #1741948

    Agreed I spent Friday and Saturday covering 5 different mudflats common sense and caution goes along ways. Never found anything less than 15” of ice on any flats with 60 holes punched. Including several snow drift holes punched to check ice.

    slimmer157 wrote:

    The answer to the original question… travel off road was fair to good on the gravel bars. Unfortunately the fishing wasn’t as good. To Andy cox… travel over a current filled 2ft deep reef has different ice depth than mid lake basin

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 4931
    January 7, 2018 at 9:36 am #1741954

    Posted from Rocky Reef about this situation

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    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    January 7, 2018 at 1:47 pm #1741995
    slimmer157 wrote:

    The answer to the original question… travel off road was fair to good on the gravel bars. Unfortunately the fishing wasn’t as good. To Andy cox… travel over a current filled 2ft deep reef has different ice depth than mid lake basin

    Sorry the fishing wasn’t good for you but you did get out and try. And sounds like without incident.
    BTW, Jim Staricha the recovery guy said…”27 feet”, and “The door held it up” Hard to believe but he was the one who pulled it out.

    Bass Thumb
    Royalton, MN
    Posts: 1200
    January 15, 2018 at 7:01 pm #1744508

    I think I found that area where John from Rocky was referring to. It’s circled with stakes from the resort. It’s right near the tip of Indian Point on the northern edge in 20 FOW.

    Is that the one or another casualty?

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