We were out on the ice all day today.  We plowed the main road out to just before Walleye Drive with trucks and plowed the 9.5” of ice with 4 wheelers with plows.  A new crack running north and south opened up last night in the intersection of Walleye Drive and the main road.  It is 1’ – 2’ wide and I can tell you from personal experience that you can drop a leg in it.  The tough thing is that with the snow, you can not see it until you step in it or drive in it.  It pushed a lot of water out so there is icy snow around it.  It may freeze overnight enough for 4 wheelers but won’t know until we recheck it Saturday morning.  If it is good, we will open up for 4 wheelers.  With cold weather coming, we are getting closer to pulling houses.

Dean & Renee

320-684-2233

ICE REPORT JANUARY 22, 2016

 

We are open for pulling private fish houses, , daily drive-ons and wheel houses.  We do have some road restrictions and you need to get a map and good instructions from us.  At this time, we can get all along Agate Bay Reef and walleye fishing has been very good.  You will need to drive slow and pay attention to the ice.  Conditions can change from when you go on the lake to going off.

ICE REPORT JANUARY 19, 2016

We were out today checking ice and still found 8 – 10 inches at the end of Perch Parkway.  I cannot explain it after all the cold weather we have had.  The ice along the reef and Lake Street is all 12” plus and we pulled some rentals out along Lake Street today.

We will begin pulling private houses out on Wednesday along Lake Street and Walleye Drive.  We can go out about one half of the length of Perch Parkway, but not to the deeper parts.  We will let you drive your vehicle to and from your house but NO EXPLORING OR GOING OFF ROAD.

We will not be allowing any drive-ons or daily wheel houses until we have 12” of ice all over our territory.  The ice varies a great deal this year and we want to do our best to keep people as safe as possible.  We thank everyone for their patience and understanding.

ICE REPORT FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016

Checked ice this morning and found 6 ½ - 8 inches in the thinner, smoother ice and over 12 inches in the rougher ice.  This is really encouraging because it means the thinner ice is catching up.  We will be out on ATV’s marking roads and checking ice in our area tomorrow & Wednesday.  We will be allowing 4 wheeler traffic starting Thursday.  With that said, we have not checked the ice to any mud flats.  It is not recommended until there is more ice.

ICE REPORT FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

We checked the ice this morning and as I expected, we made very little ice this week.  Our thinnest ice is still 4 ½ - 5 inches and the thickest is about 10 inches.  With the cold weather coming this weekend, it should catch up quickly.  We will only be allowing walking until the ice gets to a minimum of 6 inches, which might be Sunday or Monday.  I have heard good fishing reports where people can get out.  We will probably check the ice again on Sunday morning and report then. 

ICE REPORT FOR JANUARY 4, 2016

In spite of the warmer temps, we are making ice.  Where we had approximately 3 inches, we now have 4 – 5 inches and where we had 7 - 8 inches, we now have 9 – 10 inches.  There is really no cold weather coming this week until the weekend so I doubt we will make much ice until then.  I will check later in the week to see if we will be open for 4 wheelers.  We will certainly be open for walking out.

 I talked to people who went out on other parts of Mille Lacs where they had more ice and everyone caught fish.  The most prevalent was the 2013 year class (13 – 15 inches) but I did hear of keepers and larger fish as well.  I did not talk to anyone who was fishing or spearing for northerns so I have no report there.

Dean & Renee

320-684-2233

                                                         ICE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 31, 2015

Happy Holidays!  If you had a chance to check the WEB cam yesterday or today then you may have seen that we have been out checking and working the ice.  The first 100 – 150 yards is very rough.  It froze on a windy day.  We have dragged and flooded this area so it is in very good shape with 7 – 9 inches of ice.

Unfortunately, beyond that the ice froze, broke up, and then refroze so we have pockets of 3” ice surrounded by pockets of 7 – 8” ice.  The 3” ice is not just in one area either so we cannot flood it all.  It just has to get cold and freeze more.  There is not enough ice for any motorized traffic so no 4 wheelers, snowmobiles, etc.  I also do not feel good about walking out either with the thin ice so our access is closed until we get more ice.  They are walking and taking ATV’s on the south end of the lake.  Check with resorts and/or bait shops for current info. 

 We will have the restroom/shower house open for anyone who wants to stay in their house.

 Dean & Renee

320-684-2233