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Ice out predictions


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call me crazy, but I'd rather start the "first ice" predictions for november/december!!!! I love the hard water!!

realizing I'm in the minority, I'll stick with ice out and say april 29th!!

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Well i would have to say April 27 4:45 pm sunny and 69 LOL. cool.gif

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The way our weather has been yo-yoing, I believe one would be safe in saying that by july 4th, the ice will for sure be gone.

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The earlier the better. Get those water temperatures up and get those fish feeding.

I'll cross my fingers for April 2__something_, call it April 24, but in all reality it'll probably be like May 1 or so.

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I have thought about this and have come to a conclusion.

I do not care grin.gif

The next time I am on the big pond, the ice will be gone.

If I was betting on anyone one so far, it would be HarveyLee. He won a contest last fall for predicting the out come of ice. I never get it right.

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Maybe this is the year the gill nets will be out in full force on opening day because of the late ice - How do you think that will go? Could be ugly.

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Yea, it would be terrible to run into all of those nets. What on earth would we do with them after untangling them out of the prop?

I'll rope it in a bit & say April 27th.

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It's too bad they aren't required to put out their nets in birch bark canoes and tie the nets with animal hair. Gotta feed the casino go'ers somehow. But whatever.... My guess is May 2nd!

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If you catch a net, cut your hood out and makes sure the hole is big enough for a fish to swim through.. J/K

April 30

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Al Gore can't be wrong. He won all those prizes. and he invented the internet!!

May 3rd.

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 Originally Posted By: The Hammer
April 21st.

Thats only a week away. Its still froze tight to shore. cry.gif

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    • jparrucci
      Very low, probably 2 feet lower than last year at ice out.
    • mbeyer
      what do they look like this spring?
    • SkunkedAgain
      I might have missed a guess, but here are the ones that I noted:   JerkinLips – March 27th, then April 7th Brianf. – March 28th Bobberwatcher – April…. MikeG3Boat – April 10th SkunkedAgain – early April, then April 21st   Definitely a tough year for guesses, as it seemed to be a no-brainer early ice out. Then it got cold and snowed again.
    • mbeyer
      MN DNR posted April 13 as Ice out date for Vermilion
    • Brianf.
      ^^^45 in the morning and 47 in the evening
    • CigarGuy
      👍. What was the water temp in Black Bay? Thanks....
    • Brianf.
      No, that wasn't me.  I drive a 621 Ranger. 
    • CigarGuy
      So, that was you in the camo lund? I'm bummed, I have to head back to the cities tomorrow for a few days, then back up for at least a few weeks. Got the dock in and fired up to get out chasing some crappies till opener!
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
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    • Brianf.
      Early bird gets the worm some say...   I have it on good authority that this very special angler caught no walleyes or muskies and that any panfish caught were released unharmed.        
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