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Years past have shown there roads to be quite narrower than other resorts (say zipple bay for example is as wide as the interstate). Until they prove otherwise I will remain less than impressed.

Generally they will plow a smaller 2 lane road and plow a new one when it gets drifted in.

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Boar Grand Master

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It prety naroow an with alot of snow an the sides of the narrow road alot of pressure build up an it can flood earlier than others.

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One of the last areas remaining on the lake that resembles old fashioned do it yourself, take care of yourself ice fishing.

As in, thanks for access to the lake, I'll take it from here.

I love it, and I hope it NEVER changes.

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How come you aint out there? I'm bout a coin toss away from hitching up to the house and heading for the lake.

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Beware of the ice.... I just about dropped a truck through the road out of springsteel tonight. A cack formed following the road and we busted through. We were not pulling a fish house just an empty truck. They put a barricade up but I wouldn't drive on the road for a while.

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Where is the barricade? I'm out on the dnr reef and watched all the trucks coming off yesterday driving hwy speeds I expected something like that to happen. People need to slow down. Fishing on the dnr reef was really slow yesterday I actually caught more Keeper fish between 10-11 last night than all day.

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I'm NE of dnr by maybe 8th of a mile. Tandem axle gray wheel house and a red crew cab 1/2 ton ford. I heard the baracade is at the little heave that we cross closer to shore.

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from their face book page....

Springsteel Resort, Inc

The lake is progressing nicely but we still only have 12 to 16 inches of ice. Our biggest problem is that people are driving entirely too fast and it's breaking up the weaker parts. We have moved the road. We just staked off the bad ice and drive around it. We have a staked trail to South Pt. Fishing has been better at DNR and South Pt. in about 23 to 26 feet.

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Yep, too many folks in a hurry out there. We were on 16" ice measured with a tape but i had neighborsabout 8th of a mile from us that had 13". Good clear ice but it would pop and water would go up/down in the holes when the ice racers came by hell bent for south tip with full sized trucks.

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Thanks for the pictures. Was the ride of a lifetime. I couldn't get any pics last night. We were West of u Dave on the west side of the breaker through dnr reef. I am the guy that looked at your expedition this past summer. Thinking from this point on the truck can stay in shore.... I think ill stick to the geo tracker on tracks i found this fall. I know coming off last night for dinner I got past by someone doing well over 40 driving a crew cab. I still don't know how we drove out of it last night, had to be the Firestone tires, right! Lol

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Wow i guessed by looking at the spot that you had backed out of it, either way thats very scary. Glad it worked out for you guys.

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Boar Grand Master

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Yeah that crack didnt look good yesterday, has a ice rumble while in the house an its the first time that my house ever shook, that one was freacky.

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I have been out of Springsteel since Thursday the 28th with my 1/2 ton Chevy and my 8x16 Ice Castle. I am on the DNR reef. 13"-15" of ice. Probably 75 feet off the road. Everything would be fine if people would just slow down. A black 4 door 4x4 Chevy come by my house going at least 60 on his way to south tip. If I would have been in a portable I would have had wet boots. If you need to get to your spot sooner leave earlier.

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No man it was really slow. We lost some minnows and marked some fish but caught nothing. I think I am going to move about 50 feet and see if a new spot on the same "fish trail" helps. That and I want to get a little further off the road.

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Since the "road" slid to the east due to the road crack created by our ice flats speed racers....

Yeah, moving further off the drag strip would be a good idea.

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Davo, Im on the south side of that tip thingy, spending the weekend I hope starting fri. stop by for a brew. set it up on tues, was pleasently surprise with four hours of fishing.

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Good deal, I hope to be heading out there Friday evening, stay till Sunday I suppose.

Hope to see you out there.

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