ICE OUT

[MarkB]

Daisy Bay cleared today! When that west wind kicked up, it didn't take long. I drove out to the end of Birch Point this evening and as far as I could see, the ice(what's left of it) is on a straight line from Jackrabbit Island NE to Pine Island. That line is ~ 2/3 of the way to Potato looking from Birch Point. Everything west of that line is wide open! I'm pretty sure you could take a boat from Everett's Bay all the way over to Shamrock with no problem. The way that west wind is still howling, I wouldn't be surprised if it totally cleared this evening!

Good Fishing,

MarkB

[Great Outdoors]

Burntside is abut 95% open, and what ice remains should be gone by this time tomorrow.

Never saw ice that thick go away so quickly, I was driving an ATV on it one week ago, Saturday.

[SkunkedAgain]

70 degrees and strong winds can work miracles

[JerkinLips]

The ice did leave quickly this year. I drove snowmobile across Vermilion just 6 days before the ice was all gone.

[SkunkedAgain]

What's the status of Big Bay, the last bastion of ice?

[Skibo]

This is the west end today, looking north to Birch Point from the web-cam.

[TrueNorth]

It looks like 2015 Ice Out occurred on April 18th. Is there an official ruling? MN DNR Ice Out webpage has yet to declare.

[TrueNorth]

Officially April 18th...It's been reported on the DNR website.

[JerkinLips]

My March 17 guess of April 16 was pretty good (or lucky considering the weather at the end).

[SkunkedAgain]

I'm still betting that the ice comes back, the walleye stop spawning, and the second ice out/spawn happens right around opener again!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

I'm still betting that the ice comes back, the walleye stop spawning, and the second ice out/spawn happens right around opener again!

Sure looks like that may happen today!

Cliff

[delcecchi]

Don't know what it is like up there, but it was spitting snow in Rochester today.

[staube3]

We had a little flurry that didn't amount to anything in Chaska as well.

[Casey Sunsdahl]

Snow on the ground this morning and still snowing now , maybe an inch on the ground or more.