Still No Open Water In Minnesota

  • mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 23, 2018 at 1:30 pm #1769923

    Heard lake pepin just opened up.

    tswoboda
    Posts: 8517
    April 23, 2018 at 1:57 pm #1769928
    mplspug wrote:

    Heard lake pepin just opened up.

    Bad dog! Read the OP again chased

    This has to be uncharted territory for the southern portion of the state. Early/mid May ice out while not the norm is still nothing new for northern lakes. After that last storm it’s like the whole state is going to thaw at the same time this year.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    April 23, 2018 at 2:03 pm #1769930

    I think the DNR updates the site only a couple times a week. I’d be surprised if a bunch don’t show up today or tomorrow.

    Kyhl
    Savage
    Posts: 749
    April 23, 2018 at 2:04 pm #1769931

    Looks like there is open what not very far across the boarder.
    Modis

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 23, 2018 at 2:08 pm #1769932

    Lol, I’ll never be accused of meticulously reading posts.

    tegg
    Hudson, Wi/Aitkin Co
    Posts: 1450
    April 23, 2018 at 2:29 pm #1769937
    biggill wrote:

    I think the DNR updates the site only a couple times a week. I’d be surprised if a bunch don’t show up today or tomorrow.

    The other question is how many lakes do they actually monitor? Obviously, there aren’t 10,000+ pins on the map.

    BTW… a fair amount of water opened up on Lake St. Croix over the weekend. Enough for all the migrating pelicans to have to avoid ice flows. Am curious how much more opened up today.

    Jonesy
    Posts: 1148
    April 23, 2018 at 2:38 pm #1769942

    Looking at the forecast and I would guess that the majority of lakes are open in time for opener.

    Rod Bent
    Posts: 360
    April 23, 2018 at 3:23 pm #1769955

    A guy told me that Pelican Lake by DL was open on Saturday.

    tswoboda
    Posts: 8517
    April 23, 2018 at 3:31 pm #1769956
    Rod Bent wrote:

    A guy told me that Pelican Lake by DL was open on Saturday.

    I really hope you’re not referring to this Pelican Lake…

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    Mr. Derek
    NULL
    Posts: 235
    April 23, 2018 at 3:55 pm #1769959

    Lake Byllesby was the only thing besides Pepin that looked open from today’s satellite image.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    April 23, 2018 at 4:46 pm #1769966
    tegg wrote:

    The other question is how many lakes do they actually monitor? Obviously, there aren’t 10,000+ pins on the map.

    It is all public input, I believe. They have a link on their site to join a Facebook group to monitor ice out.

    Here’s how many lakes they had on there last year.
    https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ice_out/index.html?year=2017

    Dave Ansell
    Rushford, MN
    Posts: 1572
    April 23, 2018 at 9:09 pm #1770026

    Lake Winona, in Winona has been open for a week.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    April 23, 2018 at 10:57 pm #1770038
    Rod Bent wrote:

    A guy told me that Pelican Lake by DL was open on Saturday.

    While we didn’t fish pelican today I was on the ice in the Detroit Lakes area today and there’s still 24+ inches of ice on the lake we fished. Shorelines are questionable in some spots as one would expect but we had no issues getting around.

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