Minnesota ice-out predicted for after May 12 fishing opener

[Gunflint]

FYI

Headline: Cold truth about the coming fish opener? Have augers ready.

http://www.boreal.org/2018/04/07/170778/dennis-anderson-cold-truth-about-the-coming-fish-opener-have-augers-ready-

The temperature this morning is -4 degrees!!!  The ice continues to only get thicker.

And, Lake Trout season closed April 1!

[hunts2long]

Congrats to UMD on their hockey win last night. They had a good run....h2l

[3300]

some people have all the luck! ice has been out here for 2 months.

[eriksat1]

I had 0*f this morning. I was on Lake Superior chequamegon bay yesterday we had 24” of hard solid ice. Lake Superior is usually very early to open up, not this year. This year may be the latest ice we have had in my lifetime.
The farmers are not happy. Still a good 10” of snow on the ground in my yard. The sun has not yet touched the ice around here since maybe early January.

[sweth]

I also fished Chequamegon yesterday with poor.results....doesn't look to be the last time though!

[eriksat1]

I also fished Chequamegon yesterday with poor.results....doesn't look to be the last time though!

Ya fishing was not good yesterday with us either.

[SirCranksalot]

Up here in the Great White North we will prob have less than our proverbial "2 months of bad sleddin' between our 10 months of winter!!

[eriksat1]

I heard this morning on the radio still 48" of ice on Lake of the Woods.

[thorson]

Can I get an Amen to more ice fishing. 37 inches in Otter tail county lake.

[eriksat1]

Looks like still quite a while before the skeeters and ticks come out.

[Tackle]

Bottoming out the auger in Todd County. Bottom 6 inches are pretty soft and top few inches is hard packed snow. Roughly 30" of good ice still.