Vermilion Ice Out Contest

[TomWehler]

Will keep original guess but wondering I been sober of a mix of EVERYTHING 31 year last month. 

Can I have couple extra guesses for being a good little boy?

Well not so good, maybe nice but still not buzzzzzzzzed!

Still love the Opening morning dock dip nice breakfast n watching the opener frenzy from our lil island docks n fishen too.

An safer oh ya much safer!

24th year on island n dig each one.

Ahhhh simple is best am I am King of Simple..

Here fishy fishy...

love these posts as very special people around here... thanks.

Big Smiles!

Go Leafs!

 

T

[SkunkedAgain]

So how is the west end ice doing? We are planning to walk across the lake and assume that we'll have good traction.

[CigarGuy]

20 minutes ago, SkunkedAgain said:

So how is the west end ice doing? We are planning to walk across the lake and assume that we'll have good traction.

I haven't been out since last Friday. The weather hasn't been that warm, getting below freezing most nights. Your neighbor John was up over the weekend and took his sled from the land he bought next to my neighbor over to his place, told my neighbor it was a little sloppy, but just had to keep on the throttle. Talking about a chance of rain/freezing rain all weekend. Snowing off and on all day today. Looking out at the lake the ice looks pretty solid on top.

[JerkinLips]

8 hours ago, Fish Head said:

You only win 1/2 a beer for revised estimates. 

As long as I get the first 1/2 of the beer!

[Sorgy]

Skunked,

I was out and drilled lots of holes- Friday - Saturday on each side of the mouth of the Partridge River the bays near the diving board. The back of the Bay to the east had some skinnier ice like 6" and the other bay had 4 to 6" of slush crappy ice with varied thickness below that( 6"-16").  the closer to shore or the back of the bays the thinner it was. It was thickest in the middle of the bay. It was much thinner than I was thinking it would be. Be safe- use the buddy system- drill and check out as you walk out. I believe your place is in Black Bay and you walk from the channel into the bay.

 

Steve

[SkunkedAgain]

Thanks all for the heads up. It sounds like I'll keep my walking throttle pinched.

[PSU]

15 degrees this morning, OUCH cant be good for the ice melt....

[Darrell Larson]

Pike River is moving a lot of water over the dam. I looked out at the mouth of the river into Pike Bay and it is open, not very far but the ice is being moved out there. Have NOT seen the deer crossing to Duffy Island any more lately,  there was a group of 8 all winter making the journey from the mainland,  think they might know something we don't about ice safety?  In case anyone is wondering about Cliff I talk to him regular,  he is alive and well.

 

[PSU]

Hello Friends, wondered if anyone had any updates on the ice? Son is coming home from college May 6th and wanted to take his girlfriend to the island cabin for a few days, but not sure if we can drop the dock and get plumbing out there before than.

 

I know lots can happen in the next 4-5 weeks, but Any updates would be welcomed.....

[MN BassFisher]

I'm keeping my eyes on this thread as well. We are heading up to the Wife's family cabin on Big Bay at the end of April (26th-28th) to open up the cabin and get everything ready for the season. I would love to get out and try fishing for Crappies on the west side one of these years but the ice out has never lined up while I was up there.

[CigarGuy]

Eagle dock posted a picture Monday of an ice check. 23" of pretty solid ice. Check it out on Facebook.

[delcecchi]

And this new blast of colder weather and so on won't help much.  

[Fish Head]

If anyone picked April 10th for the ice out date, they did not win. 

[SkunkedAgain]

On Wednesday I drilled through the ice in Black Bay, which is usually on pace with Pike Bay in terms of melting. I was down on my knees to get through the last section of ice, so it's close to 30 inches. However it was soft ice almost the entire way.

Edited April 13, 2019 by SkunkedAgain

[bassbouncer]

I visited a buddy who lives on pike bay yesterday. A very small open spot near the houseboats and the rest is still tight to shore. 

[meerkat]

I would have thought it'd be a lot farther along since the dam has been open for couple of weeks.

[Darrell Larson]

I live on the north shore of Pike Bay as of 2:30pm today I am finally seeing some water on the shoreline, we have a lot of large rocks and they are collecting heat and melting ice at the shore. Talked to Cliff he thinks the DNR trap nets should be set by next week, the river dumping into Pike Bay is removing ice out, drove by today and it's a couple hundred yards out, according to amateur record keeping, once Pike Bay opens Big Bay usually follows in a weeks time. Ice out from our home is still white and a few puddles in areas from melting snow. More next week.

[Fish Head]

1 hour ago, Darrell Larson said:

I live on the north shore of Pike Bay as of 2:30pm today I am finally seeing some water on the shoreline, we have a lot of large rocks and they are collecting heat and melting ice at the shore. Talked to Cliff he thinks the DNR trap nets should be set by next week, the river dumping into Pike Bay is removing ice out, drove by today and it's a couple hundred yards out, according to amateur record keeping, once Pike Bay opens Big Bay usually follows in a weeks time. Ice out from our home is still white and a few puddles in areas from melting snow. More next week.

Good update.  Thanks

[CigarGuy]

This was posted today from Eagle Docks.

[chucker1101]

Ice out declared on Minnetonka on 4/18. Just saw my first facebook post of crappies being caught there. V has been about 2 weeks behind Tonka the last few years, putting it at ice out around May 2.

[SkunkedAgain]

The temperature outlook looks promising, with nighttime lows staying above freezing. What I don't see is a lot of rain or wind to really break things up. I still think that we are going to be down to the wire on opener. Hopefully we don't get the same crazy warm up as last year that affected the spawn.

 

[Fish Head]

I think we'll be safe for open water on the opener.  I'm hoping for open water the weekend before.  That will be a close call. Forecast looks good. 

[jparrucci]

Hopefully it gets moving.  I need docks and lifts in before opening weekend.  Any updates?

[Nix769]

Show some optimism!  The forecast has dropped some but I don't see the ice lasting much past the 1st.  I went out in front of my parents on Frazer...some of the latter ice to go...was sketchy enough I turned around and went back.  Opener is certainly a non-issue.  My boat goes in next wknd...but my back bay allows me to do that!

Edited April 22, 2019 by Nix769

[Fish Head]

The webcams look like Pike Bay is starting to open up.  The forecast looks good the next 3 days.  I think the ice will be off sometime next week. 

[Spearing Machine]

7-10 days the lake will be ice free. Which will be almost right on average ice out (April 30). Pike bay is open up to Duffy island working up the bay. Paddled from the Pike river up the bay to the ice line tonight. 

[MN BassFisher]

The Webcams are starting to look good in Everett, Pike and Wolf Bay! 

[EBL]

https://www.everettbaylodge.com/lake-vermilion-ice-out-2019-everett-bay-clear/

[CigarGuy]

It took me a few days to figure out that the Norwegian Bay shot was "stuck in time"!  Had me a little nervous!

[BrianF]

Looking East down Niles Bay this morning.