Options

The Bp's Ice Fishing options have and are rapidly openning up. It was cold yesterday, today and it's gonna be in the single digits tonight. There will probably be safe ice tommorrow in area's I saw open water today. I went on a little visual exploration of area lakes today and here is what I found with my forcast.

100% Frozen
Platte: I believe it will be 100% walking safe tomorrow. Drive safe by sometime next week in selected area's???? Time to get out the gas auger.

Bulldog: Saw someone fishing out there today and it was all ice today. I suspect it's 100% walk safe now and will be for sure tommorrow. Yeah all the little Crappies I can catch. However first ice last year gave up a better size of fish than after it started getting fished.

Erskine: There were portable tracks out onto the lake, but know one there when I went by. I don't if the lake has good fishing or not. Could be a bust, could be a sleeper.

Less than 100%
Sullivan: There were spearing houses in start of the river channel, traditional 1st ice spot. The deeper sections of the main body were wide open. I expect this to totally freeze over tonight with walk safe ice by the weekend.

Long Lake: Was about 50% frozen should be totally iced over at the end tonight. Could very well be walk safe tomorrow as well.

Rock Lake: Looked 80% frozen will be totally iced over tonight and probably walk safe tommorrow.

Shakopee Lake: I think there was open water on the SE side but I am not possitive. There were houses along the West side from the access south. Should be 100% frozen by tommorrow and walk safe as well except over the channel. This lake should always be viewed as suspect because of the current that runs through it; there is a channel of moving water.

West Side of Mille Lacs: Much to my surprize I couldn't even see open water. Vineland, Sha Bosh Kung (Casino), and Wigwam all fully iced over. Someone was checking the ice out of the Casino Access but I didn't stick around to see how far he went. My guess is that by tommorrow you will be able to reach some close in spots tommorrow. I very well may try to hit a spot there tommorrow. I've got giant ice Eye's on the mind and I think I might know where I can get me some.

Camp Lake: Looked to be 70% iced up and should be 100% tomorrow. I think the Crappie hole out from the public access will be 100% walking safe tomorrow.

Whitefish Lake: Looked like it was 100% frozen from what I saw. Probably walk safe tommorrow if it isn't already.