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Ice out. Make your prediction. Hurry up before its gone. Official will be the Mille Lacs Messanger. Tackle Prize to the winner. Predictions close Friday @ noon.

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I hope you guys are wrong since I have a trip planned for the 23, 24, 25... blankstare

 

I will take 4/5/12- 10am



-- Edited by RussDaBuss on Wednesday 14th of March 2012 08:51:51 AM

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Malmo Mike: Ice Out 4-10-12



-- Edited by MCallies on Wednesday 14th of March 2012 09:33:39 AM



-- Edited by MCallies on Wednesday 14th of March 2012 09:35:21 AM



-- Edited by MCallies on Wednesday 14th of March 2012 09:36:16 AM

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March 29th at 1 pm



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3/30, 3:00 PM



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3/26  1 p.m.



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March 31, 11:00am



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March 27th  12:30 p.m.



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4-7-12 is my guess

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3-28 here


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4/14/12 2:00pm


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3-26-2012
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I thought we hate the Messanger

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In the past years, the Messenger declared 'ice out' if one could navigate unimpeded by ice via open water from Isle Bay to Garrison...

I believe that is still their standard.There is no article in today's Messenger (new Wednesday) edition:

http://www.millelacsmessenger.com/

 

 



-- Edited by MCallies on Wednesday 14th of March 2012 05:03:05 PM

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March 31, 2012 at 0700 am



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MichGoldenEye wrote:

3-26-2012
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I thought we hate the Messanger


 LOL - That's funny!biggrin



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April 3rd @ 3pm



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Howdy iwalleye (Jim), Understood completely.

Have you seen the stupid letter in the Messenger today? It is broke bad and there is no cure for stupid.   



-- Edited by MCallies on Wednesday 14th of March 2012 11:19:14 PM

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April 15.  2:00 p.m.



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Just curious, What are the Messanger's criteria for this? evileyeevileyeevileye 



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Sorry Mike, I was trying to be a smart a**. I just was not very good at it. It was a three raised eye brow question.



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That's a whole different thread. (That Brett Larson, he's such a kidder, isn't he?)



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April 9, 1:30 pm.



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April 1st, noon confuse

Mike your right, can't fix stupid



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MARCH 31,2012-4PM



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4-11-12, 1:00 pm.



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April 2nd 9am



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Thread closed. Good luck on your guess.

I will perdict it out 3/31 2pm.

But I cant win.



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From the Mille Lacs Messenger.

It’s a record! Ice out March 26!

 

It’s been the talk of the lake during the summer-like spring of 2012: Will Mille Lacs see a record ice-out this year?
The answer was finally clear just before this issue of the Messenger went to press on Monday, March 26.

But for most of the day, it was anybody’s guess.
As this issue was going to press on Monday, March 26, opinions differed wildly on when — or if — the ice went out.
On Monday morning, long-time angler and guide Steve Fellegy was at the Red Door on the north end of the lake. Fellegy often made the trip between Isle and Garrison in his boat in the 1980s and helped make the call.
According to Fellegy, there was still plenty of ice on the lake. “I’m predicting we have ice out today (Monday), or tomorrow at the latest,” he said.
By afternoon, Fellegy declared that the ice was out everywhere except the west side, from Pike Point to Cove Bay, where ice had blown in from a southeast wind.
On the south side, Eddy Lyback, another venerable Mille Lacs angler, said he thought the ice was out when he got up Monday morning and looked toward Garrison with a spotting scope. He posted on his website that by the traditional method of calling ice out — when a boat can be driven in a straight line from Garrison to Isle — ice was out Monday morning.
Enter Terry McQuoid — resorter, guide, pro, and the third person of the Mille Lacs angling Trinity.
McQuoid called the Messenger at about 3 p.m. from Myr Mar on the northwest side of the lake. He had driven up the east side and had seen nary an ice cube, and he was prepared to agree that the ice was out. “I can’t believe how fast it went,” McQuoid said, referring to a satellite image from Sunday that showed most of the lake still ice-covered.
And then the plot (or the ice) thickened.
McQuoid called back a few minutes later from Garrison concourse, where he was standing with his high-powered spotting scope. “I may have to change my mind,” he said.
At his feet was open water, but looking east toward the mudflats and Agate Bay, McQuoid could see ice three or four miles out from shore. “There’s no way you could drive a boat from Garrison in a straight line to Isle,” he said.
Fellegy begged to differ. From his vantage at Myr Mar, he could see only open water looking south.

Debate rages
On Monday afternoon, Terry Thurmer of Terry’s Boat Harbor on the west side said, “I got ice as far as I can see.”
Linda Eno of Twin Pine’s Resort, which is located on St. Alban’s Bay on the south side of Garrison, said she had ice going out at least a mile. “It’s in front of Garrison Bay, too,” she said.
At the Blue Goose in Garrison Bay, Ginger Okeson looked out her window Monday afternoon and said, “You couldn’t launch a boat from the Garrison public access right now. There’s open water in front of the Blue Goose, but you’d have to go a little north to get around the ice.”
Some folks were speculating that the Isle Bay/Garrison passage was open on Sunday, and they might have been right.
On the east side of Mille Lacs Lake, George Nitti of Nitti’s Hunters Point Resort said there was ice as far as he could see on Sunday, but it was gone Monday morning. “I think it all blew over to Garrison,” he said. “I’m guessing by tomorrow the lake will be open, or pretty danged close.”
Paul Waldowski, general manager of Appeldoorn’s Resort, was predicting a new ice-out record, even taking into account the 1910 data.

“With the wind and rain, it’s going to be a new record for sure.”
Rain was in the forecast for Monday afternoon and evening heading into Tuesday, with winds predicted between 20 and 30 miles an hour for Monday and gusting up to 50 miles an hour on Tuesday. History made
The Messenger has consistently kept track of ice out since 1979.
The earliest ice-out since that time was April 2 in 2000.
A Mille Lacs Messenger article from 1982 reported that a 1910 newspaper said the ice went out on March 31 of that year. The article didn’t say which newspaper, and the Messenger does not have it, but the information is consistent with what Weather.com reported this weekend: that the warmest March on record occurred in 1910 — and that this year may turn out to be even warmer.
By Monday afternoon, as the deadline approached, Messenger staff members were frantically trying to determine if the ice was out, and which authority to believe, and which to offend.
Fellegy stood by his guns, unequivocally stating that a boat could be driven from Garrison to Isle.
McQuoid stood by his, swearing that his spotting scope didn’t lie, and the ice was not out.
Messenger reporter Rob Passons finally brought the legends together at Fellegy’s perch at Myr Mar.
The trio concluded that whatever ice may have been present on the mudflats was certainly gone by late afternoon, and a passage from north Garrison Bay to Isle would have been possible.
The conclusion: 2012 ice-out occurred between noon and midnight on March 26 — smashing a record that has stood for over 100 years.



 



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Damn!  The way it was sounding, I thought my guess of the 27th was going to be the winner.

Now I just hope the walleyes get spawned early and head to deeper water!  Could be a record net too.  nonono



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Messenger reporter Rob Passons finally brought the legends together at Fellegy’s perch at Myr Mar.
The trio concluded that whatever ice may have been present on the mudflats was certainly gone by late afternoon, and a passage from north Garrison Bay to Isle would have been possible.


Looks like MichGoldenEye's 3:00pm on the 26th looks pretty darn close !!

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When can netting even begin? As soon as they can get on the water?



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yes, typically before even...nets under the ice is normal for them, traditionally they have always left their gill nets in the lake for a couple months with rotting fish caught in them....

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Yes, I'm aware of the stories of lost nets and what not. Just curious as to when they usually can start fishing. Is it when they feel like going out or a certain date that it becomes an option to go out.



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Right now, they're waiting for 40 degree water temp. That's when they're runnin' and they can net for a month and a half this year, so they're not in any kind of hurry this year. They'll get their 420,000 pounds (and then some) easy this year.

Don't be surprized when they give the anglers a REALLY small slot (13 to 14 inches or so)

Have you noticed there hasn't been an announcement on that, yet?

By the way, good guess, Tommy. See you on opener.



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The "Natives" can net after ice out or so the "rules" say. Like that has stopped them in the past... They can FISH for them 365 days a year, 10 daily limit, no slot to adhere to and no license required. Go Figure. These numbers do not go towards their netting totals either. AND they still want more. disbelief

Jon- I have asked that question too- WHY is it taking so long for the DNR to announce OUR take and slot this year?? HUMMMMMMMMMM



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here the ice out report http://www.millelacsmessenger.com/outdoors/outdoor-news/item/2525-it%E2%80%99s-a-record-ice-out-march-26

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I forgot to announce MichGoldenEye and tat2jonnie where the winners. To close to call at the finish line.



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Big D,

Thanks & Congrats to ~~MichGoldenEye and tat2jonnie ~~.

Who kidknapped Walleye Wanda?   confuseconfuseconfusewink

We gotta find that girl....smilebiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

Go figure....disbeliefnodisbeliefconfuse

Just when we wwre having fun with Wanda she vanishes...hmm



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Yep. She's AWOL for sure. Might have to send out the air and sea rescue squad. (Good thing she can hold her breath under water for a long time.)



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