Sharing More Information As We Collect It! The featured picture for this report was taken about 15 yards off the shoreline at the Dion Road at North Six Mile. Walked about 1.5 miles out onto Lake Alice this morning and all ice was between 4.5 and 6.25 inches thick. Only problem is the water is the color of mud. Really…
The Steam That Signals Good Things To Come! Now that we have ice on the Northern Feeder lakes and the big lake is starting to really lose power and the little bays are crusting, the important thing is to not get snow and have cold but not frigid temperatures. Snow on early ice produces slush and frigid, frigid temperatures will…
It Has Begun!! The above photos are what a large body of water looks like when it is expelling its thermal energy. The Big Devil is being zapped of its warmth. The water is rapidly cooling and as soon as we get a calm night, the first skim of ice on the Big Lake will be in place. Earliest I…
Locked In Ice And Snow A year ago yesterday temperatures were hovering just below the 70 degree mark and we were waiting for new ducks. Oh, what a difference this year! Temperatures here are topping out in the teens and low 20’s and our overnight lows are single digits. The storm that dumped 3-8 inches of snow on us…
Much, Much Sooner Than Last Year!! We created some waves last year when we posted this picture in early December. A few out there even went so far as to call us liars and said that we were posting pictures from previous years to drum up interest and business in our website. We would NEVER do that and take the…
