ice conditions

  • knoppers
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    big lake, backus
    Posts: 63
    December 8, 2019 at 12:26 am #1896105

    with all the snow, how is the ice? safe ice or lots of slush. I want to get up snowmobiling nest weekend, and was concerned about the lakes.

    knoppers
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    big lake, backus
    Posts: 63
    December 20, 2019 at 8:54 pm #1899663

    any current reports?

    sand-burr
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    Grasston, MN
    Posts: 396
    December 23, 2019 at 10:38 am #1900082

    Pretty good report on Big Sandy Lake Association facebook page.
    3″ on top, 3 inches of water, 3 inches on bottom.

    knoppers
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    big lake, backus
    Posts: 63
    December 27, 2019 at 6:27 pm #1900995

    that sounds bad for big sandy, with this weather coming, warm, rain and more snow, the ice may not be good for some time. thanks for the update.

    knoppers
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    big lake, backus
    Posts: 63
    December 31, 2019 at 10:52 pm #1902209

    on my lake in palisade, from nextdoor, 6-8 inches of solid ice, then slush, then 3 inches of frozen slush. and they had 6 more inches of snow since. bad lake travel, must use a snowmobile. this is on a smaller shallow lake, so the bigger lakes will much worse.

    Oldstar
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    Posts: 42
    January 8, 2020 at 3:09 pm #1904533

    Ice conditions in Cromwell are some of the worst I’ve ever seen. 12″+ snow, 6′ slush/water below that, and only 8-9″ of ice. Drill a hole and get flooded. Virgin ground is almost unfishable. If some one has broke trail fishing is possible. I’ll wait till late ice to try my luck again…..

    sand-burr
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    Grasston, MN
    Posts: 396
    January 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm #1906193

    I seen a few trucks on the shore of sandy on sunday! I also saw a report of a truck out on the ice. This cold weather should start to shape some things up soon.

    knoppers
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    big lake, backus
    Posts: 63
    January 25, 2020 at 8:06 pm #1909718

    slush has frozen on the smaller lakes in the area, good travel for sleds and wheelers, depending on the snow depth, trucks also using the lakes where plowed.

    sand-burr
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    Grasston, MN
    Posts: 396
    January 28, 2020 at 1:35 pm #1910496

    Im seeing truck on Big Sandy this weekend! Ive heard claims of 18″ and slush mostly frozen.

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