Waconia Ice Report

[InTowneGuy]

Hi everyone. Jim & Ben went out on Thursday Afternoon to check Ice Thicknesses. They walked out to Cemetery Reef, East End of the Island, South Side of the Island, "Under the Wires," West Center Reef, and Waconia Bay. They found as little as 2 inches of ice, with an average of 2 3/4 to 3 inches. Closer to shore where the ice was broken up by the wind and refroze, was as much as 5 inches. CAUTION! Watch out for pushed up ice (small heaves) that from a distance look like snow drifts. These areas are hollow underneath and are quite small in size. Thankfully it is 20 degrees now and the ice is growing. I will update as I get more information.

[Moose-Hunter]

HEY InTowneGuy....

Glad to see you back!! And thanks for the report. You know me and thin ice and that I'll probably be waitng a while longer for "real" ice, before the lil' green house shows up. BUT... I may try to make an adveture in the Otter soon...

Welcome back and thanks again!!

[danny berg]

Welcome back InTowneGuy,

Thanks for the ice report, I heard there was a couple of guys out on Red's last night, Pretty scary sounding to me. I'll stop in this weekend and say hi and buy my shelter license. Remember this is going to be the year I finally catch the keeper walleye.

Hey Dan (AKA Moose Hunter), Can't wait to see the little green house, we need to hook up for some ice drinking--oops I mean fishing this year. Did you ever find the LED lights you were looking for?

Danny

[pikehunter]

Hey InTowne ... any word on Parley?

[danny berg]

Pike hunter,

Stopped by there the other night and took a few steps out, wasn't too bad by shore but the farther out I got you could hear the ice cracking under my feet, forgot to bring the spud bar to punch a hole to see how thick it was. I am going on a mission this weekend to check the ice on all my local fishing spots.

[pikehunter]

Thanks Danny ... I'm going to be venturing back into that area this weekend, thought it might be a better option than some of the bigger water. I'll pass on info if I hear anything.

[Kylersk]

I'm pretty sure I saw a portable out on the ice on my way home. It looked to be near the marina. I didnt have time to stop and look though...

[scalescratcher]

Hey In-Towne Guy,

Any update on the ice? Hoping to come out and see you all on the 23rd!

Dino

[danny berg]

4"1/2 TO 6" on Parley Sun AM, Waconia should be a good 4-to 5 inches or more from In Towne to the island, beyond the island I don't know. I did see a couple of guys on 4 Wheelers Sun. around noon. Will be giving Waconia a shot tonight after work.

[scalescratcher]

Thanks Danny! Barring any problems I'll be out on Thursday PM to try some new goodies! Let me know how you do tonight.

[SWMuskeye]

How has the action been in Turd's bay?

I have noticed a few portables out there...usually first ice brings some nice crappies to the green weeds. Has anyone been brave enough to venture out? Looking forward to getting the permanent out by XMAS!

[danny berg]

Sat in Waconia Bay in about 11 feet of water on about 5" of ice from 5:15 until 7:15 we caught 20 crappies, all released back, due to laziness ( neither of us wanted to clean any fish last night)

SWMusky. With this cold weather we are suppose to have this week You might be able to get the permanant out depending on how heavy it is. I won't put mine out until there is 9 or more inches. Mt house is old and heavy, it is on wheels but I have to jack the thing up to take the wheels off, and with the floor jack I use, that is a lot of weight concentrated in one area.

[scalescratcher]

Hi Danny,

Thanks for the update! Will be out on 12/23 PM looking for some crappies and maybe an eye or 2. I'll let you know how I do.

[Simon M.]

Hey Intowne Guy. I am new to Eden Prairie. I would like to drive out to Waconia tonight. I have fished Waconia a bit, but only in the summer. I purchased a map for the winter ice bite. I was reading your posting and realized that some of the places you talked about are not on my map. I see where Cemetary reef is as well as the Center Reef but is Wageners Bay what you are referring to as Waconia Bay? Also I am looking to do some crappie fishing and another guy posted that he walked out to center reef. Do you know what the ice is like out to center reef or do you think it would be wise to just stick neat cemetary reef and the south side of the island?

[Simon M.]

Also if there are any other guys out there that know of any other lakes in the area of Eden Prairie that hold good crappie haunts I would love to hear of them. You don't have to give up your spot just point me to the frozen stuff, and maybe an area.

[WALLEYENUTZ]

Ice is good from the Island south. If your looking for crappies, try waconia bay in 7-13 ftw. If your looking for eyes then go out to Cemetary Reef, I haven't heard of any reports out on Cemetary, but it's been proven over the years.

Hope that helps

[Simon M.]

Thank you for the direction. Maybe I will see you out there.

Cheers