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Thanks for the reports guys! Now I just have to figure out how on earth I'm going to pull this off since I've only got one arm!! I'm 10 days post surgery for my shoulder replacement and broken arm but feeling pretty damn good! Can jig with 1 arm and should be able to drill with the cordless with the good arm!!! It's the other stuff like getting into my ice suit, putting on cleats, etc. Lol! If the ice out of MDB is a possibility by next week I'm heading north! Got nothing better to do! MK
Man. I'd help ya drag your gear and cut your holes. I ain't helping a man put his pants on though.
Here's what I saw for ice today:South Basin skimmed over totally from MDB to about the Georgian then half frozen half open North to Tea Island.Hearthstone looks to be frozen all the way across but not positive. Gate is closed. middle doesn't look good.North of Diamond is open. Dunhams Bay frozen out to just inside mouth of Bay.Harris Bay-about half frozenWarner/Kaatskill bay frozen out to Fishers Marina- sketchy but skimmed near Elisabeth islandWide open main lake north of DiamondBasin Bay about 1/3 frozen on south side.Huddle bay frozen out past Leontine Island(the one with the house on it.) Bixby beach only about 75 yds out.Sawmill all skimmed out past the point of Green Island-Northwest Bay appears to be all skimmed over.Sabbath Day Point north is wide open.Bad news is there were 2-3 footers with whitecaps on open water today.
Looks like a type of tape worm. I find them pretty regularly in LG lakers in the intestines when I filet them. Also see something similar, but thinner and longer with a large mass of them, that come out of the mouths of smallies during the summer at times in LG. Never eat sushi from freshwater.
The big 1 there is 14" had limit in 2 hours
LOL Terry and I were planning a multi-day expedition when I realized that. I had to remind him what day it was, he had totally forgot
Thanks for the kind offers guys! I'll just have my wife dress me and I'll sleep in my ice suit the night before! Lol! All kidding aside, I've made remarkable progress in a week. I actually think I'll be able to get out on the ice before the season ends. As long as I'm rowboat ready for spring Browns, I'll be happy! :-)MK
That's a huuge sink if that perch is 14"
let me know when your ready Mike
Theres a couple shantys out there...
Much warmer sitting by the fire with a coffee and watching, lol