Fished the backside of Nesmeth Monday & Tuesday both afternoons till early evening. Walked off both nights around 7:30pm. Monday night, the ice turned slushy as I was walking off. Tuesday, I met up with Russ (Steeleneyes) and was totally shocked the ice conditions at 3pm., Tuesday. 4" of water & slush on the west side plus the ice thickness had deteriorated from 10' to 7' (at best) in less than 24 hrs.
Water "boiled up" 4"from our drilled holes due to sagging ice & influx of more water into the lake.
It was a sloppy mess out there!
It was disappointing, scary & not too safe. You could tell the "hardeness" of the ice wasnt the same as a few days ago. We didnt venture far out at all.
BE CAREFULL OUT THERE!
« Last Edit: February 19, 2014, 08:40:11 AM by icebucketjohn »
We Ice Fisherman are all highly addicted, shivering psychotic patients in the frozen asylum of the frigid"