Ice fishing is coming

[Horseshoe_Don]

With the forecast of at least a week of temps below freezing ice fishing should not be far away and may be early this year.

Please warn anyone that goes out on early ice to be careful. There seems to be one person every year that fishes on like 1" of ice. No fish is worth you life.

A public service announcement from Horseshoe Don

[JoeMX1825]

and to those new to the Chain, stay off the main lake river channels with current as the ice is always thin...

[pushbutton]

Not much really cold coming up for locking down the big deep lakes, but bays, and smaller protected lakes should be up and running soon....turkey day weekend might be really fun if the wind holds off!?!?

[Naturboy]

Yep ice fishing on my birthday this year. 4 inches?

[pushbutton]

Would sure think. Hopefully the wind with no big snow dumps hold off for a little while after the initial set up. Might even get to eat a turkey lunchmeat sammie in the portable on turkey day

[monstermoose78]

Sounds like St Cloud is in the bulls eye for Snow on Monday, but with no ice yet it will be okay. I hope with a snow coating it drops the temps some more.

[pushbutton]

I hope with a snow coating it drops the temps some more.

Looks like your wish may come true. The new lows forecasted the next week have dropped considerably. We could have some serious bonus ice this year.........

[monstermoose78]

Looks like your wish may come true. The new lows forecasted the next week have dropped considerably. We could have some serious bonus ice this year.........

Life is good!!

[Stick in Mud]

Life is NOT good...the walleyes and crappies are still biting!!

[CForar]

I say by thanksgiving we will be ice fishing! December 1st by the latest! Probably driving on lakes again by Christmas.. Two cold years in a row, feel bad for the deer.

[Horseshoe_Don]

I think we might be on horseshoe by the weekend possibly with cold weather. We have 15-16 inches here right now and slush floating so the water temps have to be plunging. All we need is a clam night and it will freeze. Could be 3-4" by saturday with the right conditions. We will see.

[Naturboy]

I think we might be on horseshoe by the weekend possibly with cold weather. We have 15-16 inches here right now and slush floating so the water temps have to be plunging. All we need is a clam night and it will freeze. Could be 3-4" by saturday with the right conditions. We will see.

Don you forgot to figure in all the body heat givin off by people shoveling their driveways:)

[Stick in Mud]

Yeah, ice fishing is very close indeed. Thank goodness there wasn't any ice on the lakes when this storm hit.

[pushbutton]

Finally got plowed out and drove around a little....sheesh, you can stick a fork in fall.....we just got dumped on!!!! For good or bad, it is going to be a long winter....this snow is not going anywhere till next april. Don, might be right that we will have some walkable ice by the weekend....would almost bet for sure early next week. Also, as he alluded, you don't win much to be the first one out, but you could lose a lot. To the skinny guys.....have fun and be safe! Planning on seeing you out there the weekend after next.

[Naturboy]

yep I was thankful all day yesterday we didn't have any ice yet.

[Horseshoe_Don]

Becker and East lake are frozen over on the chain. Also small areas on shoe are freezing. Shoe could freeze over tonight with temps hovering around zero.

Don

[steiger]

Won't be long!!

[DerekA]

Just curious, I have never been ice fishing before and would really like to go. If anyone is willing to let me tag along on one of their fishing trips and show me what to do I would really appreciate it!

[Stick in Mud]

At 7:00 this morning the two lakes on the way into the campus at St John's were complete frozen--and someone appeared to have been out there to drill a hole. Stump Lake was about 80% covered. Sagatagan is still wide open. Won't be long now!

[Rick G]

Good to hear the reports of ice.... I come back to Mn Thanksgiving week.... plan to hit 5he ice first day home

[pushbutton]

Just drove by Lake Campbell .....and she is locked up! After Jeremy's honey hole goes.....the rest follow in short order

[Stick in Mud]

Lake Campbell.

[aanderud]

Good to hear the reports of ice.... I come back to Mn Thanksgiving week.... plan to hit 5he ice first day home

Pro tip -- For your health, you might want to hang with the lady-friend for at least the second half of the day you get back, and hold off on the ice fishing til the next day.

[eyeguy 54]

Pro tip -- For your health, you might want to hang with the lady-friend for at least the second half of the day you get back, and hold off on the ice fishing til the next day.

[Rick G]

Pro tip -- For your health, you might want to hang with the lady-friend for at least the second half of the day you get back, and hold off on the ice fishing til the next day.

My one track mind gets me in trouble from time to time

It's advise I should take though

[Horseshoe_Don]

Horseshoe is now frozen over.

Don

[Horseshoe_Don]

Horseshoe frozen. Picture looking at meth hole in the distance around point(above bench).

Don

[aanderud]

Don are you over in that little bay where crazy Rick always hammers everything from pig 'eyes to buckets of slab craps to 32 inch slob channel cats?

[pushbutton]

LoL.....big portions of the river even froze last night. The extended backed off on the upcoming warmup...its looking good!

[JoeMX1825]

Don are you over in that little bay where crazy Rick always hammers everything from pig 'eyes to buckets of slab craps to 32 inch slob channel cats?

It must be all the sunken "structure" in that bay...I've seen full sized trailers, tires, monster logs and god knows what else on the bottom in that bay when the water is gin clear in the spring...I've snagged some 40+ lb carp in that bay while fishing with rattle traps...