Open Water Reports

[Aaron Carrell]

Can anyone verify for me whether O'Dowd is open yet?

Also, I can verify that Nokomis has been open for a week now!

[gopher19]

It's about 75% open. Aeriator helped give it a head start. Saw two guys fishing from a small aluminum two days ago. It should be completely open by the weekend.

[Aaron Carrell]

O'Dowd was 99% open last night for fishing. We checked out all the bays. 2 small chunks of ice left in spots where there is permanent shade, but most of that was actually breaking apart during the little bit of wind we had last night. Water was 41-45º depending on where you went.

We also got on Thole for a little bit just for good measure. Found water ranging from 43-47º.

Also, Bryant Lake in Eden Prairie is open.

[EBass]

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ice_out/index.html

Thanks for the update Aaron. DNR doesn't mention Bryant yet.

[Aaron Carrell]

It also hadn't mentioned O'Dowd yet. That was the first thing I checked before posting my request. Would be a great resource if more people submitted to it. Oh well.

[Davidjojo]

Seems like everything blew open in the metro pretty good yesterday.