We ended up with about 4-6 inches of snow yesterday.  The wind didn’t move the snow too much so it’s put a layer of insulation on the ice which will slow things down in the freezing process.

Today I’m going to check ice depths farther out and see how far there is decent ice. I’m hoping to find 5-6 inches in my travels.

Update: 4:00pm.  Got in from the ice checking depths and most ice was 6-8 inches to Popes, Gull Reef and Spider.  So we have some good areas to portable too the next few days.  Starting tomorrow we will be letting ATV’s, snowmobiles with portables out.  Trails to get there are marked.  Areas beyond that will need to be checked before anyone ventures out further as there is alot of unpredictable ice depths out there.The normal parking area for rigs is along the driveway as before and marked. Stop in the office before going on the ice!

Sounds like more snow might be coming the next couple days, but lets hope it stays to the south and east.

Here we go……Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy

Yesterday I worked on and finished the road approach to the ice. I walked out about 200 yards checking the ice and it was approximately 5 inches thick with some slush underneath.   But not near as much slush as we dealt with the first 1/2 mile last year.

The ice is rough,plate like, but most will smooth out good once I can get out with the plows. I took the ATV with small plow down in front and cleared the area in front like I do to keep the ice good at shore. and was surprised how well that worked.

This morning I woke up to about 2-3 inches of fresh snow and it’s still snowing at the moment.  That is something we just don’t need right now, but it is what it is.

Hopefully by this weekend we will be letting ATV traffic out to some of the areas in the first 3/4 mile from shore as most of that ice should be 6″-8″ by then.  But beyond that there will be some ice that will be less than 4″ as most  area NW of a line from North Twin, Spider Island, Gull  and Ray’s Reef was wide open water this past Wednesday.  So it will be awhile yet.  I will be updating daily from now on to keep you informed.

Keep a Tight Line and the snow away!!

Eddy

Merry Christmas!

This past few days weather since the last report was not too good for making ice, in fact things went backwards a little. The ice on the main lake out in front of us about a mile out disappeared to the north west with a couple days of strong south east winds.  This morning after some cooler temps and north west winds it’s back.  This year we are going to have some pretty rough going in spots unless the snow sinks it and floods. ( Which it could very well happen, I’ve seen it many times….).

Temperatures are forecasted to be more winter like this next week so I think the lake will ice over and stay put by New Years.  I’m going to work on the approach to the ice today so it can freeze up good.  Tomorrow I’m going to take a little walk out a ways and check ice depths and will let you know what I find.  The last couple days there has been people fishing in isle, Wahkon, Cove and Twin Bays.  All walking activity and none are venturing out farther as the ice is too unpredictable, but this week we will see some changes providing we don’t get too much snow.

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy