GOMH Today(3/27/26)

 It was sunny and below freezing all day, but the next three days will be sunny and warm. If the temps live up to the forecast or exceed it, three straight days of warming may build enough momentum toward ice off that the cooler, but not cold weather later next week can't stop it. We'll see. 

GOMH nearing sunset

If the wind forecast is accurate, Ice out by Easter Sunday, the 4th, could be a thing.

Update: Monday only got to the low 50's and was cloudy. Snow and cold now in the forecast for Thursday through Saturday.

GOMH Today(3/21/26)

 It got to 70℉ today. It was breezy and overcast for the most part.  I stopped at the Grumpy Old Man Hole on my way to Brainerd for the Bass Snatchers banquet. I'm guessing the ice melt wil be bac to where it was pre-cold snap tomorrow on the Sullivan side and it may take 2 days on the Platte side. I watched eagles with the binocs and saw a good-sized muskrat. I wish I would have packed a rod as that there was an open casting lane from the rocks. The water level has come up. I'm guessing we will see quite a bit of progress on the ice out front before April 1st. I have had to remind myself that it is only just now getting to the March 20's, still plenty of month left, and also that it is March. 

GOMH Today(3/18/26)

 We got a couple more inches of very white, wet snow last night.  I walked down to JD's later in the afternoon, and there were a bunch of red-winged blackbirds in the old pole barn pine tree. 

It will be spring-like for the next few days. Hopefully, the GOMH will be back to where it was and progressing forward by Friday evening (tomorrow night).

GOMH Today(3/17/26)

 Hopefully, winter will be through with us after today. It is cold and windy out there. It will be interesting to see if all the snow is melted by Friday evening.

GOMH Post Bizzard???(3/15/26)

 We got 4" of snow maybe. Not so bad. It is windy though. And now it gets cold for a couple of days. Then Spring.

Winter Has Returned(GOMH)(3/14/26)

 Blizzard Warning for tonight/tomorrow and sub-zero temps for a couple of nights with highs in the high teens. I'm not really happy with the March weather at the moment. But it kind of looks like this will be winter's last gasp. I went fishing on Sullivan today, and I was a bit of a trainwreck. I only fished for about 15 minutes and gave up.  The ice was maybe 18" and very granulated. I had water coming up in the holes with 10" left to drill.

2026 Platte Lake Ice Out Prediction (3/8/26)

 

I have been poring over my records here at Bass Pundit, trying to get a grasp of where we are compared to past Aprils, and tracking the forecast for where things are going weather-wise. I have concluded that the cooler weather ahead for later this week will bring things in line with where they were last year, so I'm going with last year's prediction of April 7th for a second year in a row.

April 7th, It Is!

Last year, I mistakenly called Ice Out on April 5th, as 95% of the lake was ice-free, but ice in the North Bay held on until the 9th.

The forecast isn't ideal, but it isn't terrible either. There is a lot of bare ground now. Forecasting has been on the erratic side lately, as March is prone to do. I think I could catch a bullhead any day now at the Grumpy Old Man Hole. I won't be surprised if red-wings show up today.

GOMH Tonight (3/3/26)

50's and a 60 next week, yeah baby! Solid stretch right now.

I got skunked tonight. Things appear more open than they are. I htink this warm stretch will be lomg enough to do some damage.

GOMH+ Today

 

Looking East from the NW Sullivan Access

Looking SW from the NE Sullivan Access

"Turtle Creek"

GOMH Today (2/18/26)

 Yesterday was the end of the mild stretch of 40℉+ weather, and yes, there seems to be an increase in current and the start of the South GOMH opening up. We got rain and snow last night, leading to slushy conditions today.

My tracks today on Erskine Lake

GOMH Today (2/17/26)