We have our NEW Ice Castle rental houses within walking distance on Waconia Bay ready for fishing this weekend! Both are 8’ x 16’ 8 hole fish houses, nicely equipped with a 32 inch TV to hook up your underwater camera or watch the big NFL Playoff games this weekend while fishing. Check out the video about the houses here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNuJuARIeA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNuJuARIeA
The generally mild week of weather hasn’t helped increase ice thicknesses like we all hoped. On our recent check 1/7/21 we went out to Center Reef and found where a lot of fishermen like to set up shop has not improved a whole lot in the last week. We are still finding areas as little as 4.75 inches and up to 7 inches of ice. As we were out walking around on these areas, it’s very noticeable that there are a lot of places with slush. There are a few guys adventuring out to parts of Pillsbury Reef. In the deeper part of the reef it is 10 to 13 inches but not far away to the north from the transition in the shallower part of the reef where you will find 5 to 7 inches. From the Hump by the marina and beyond to Cemetery Reef we remain at 5-8 inches of ice. The ice in Waconia Bay and Wagener’s Bay continues to be the best ice on the lake. We are finding 10 to 14 inches (again, with that ice having frozen slush as part of those numbers).
For the upcoming weekend we will still only be allowing fish houses pulled out by ATV’s and Side by Sides from our access into the Waconia Bay. As the week goes on we have been seeing larger fish houses and some vehicle traffic over in Wagener’s Bay. Keep in mind the larger fish houses are only being pulled out by a dollied ATV. We continue to strongly recommend checking ahead of yourself if you are bringing anything heavy onto the ice. We are still only driving with our side by side at this point. This year is not a year to make assumptions about the ice. Outside of Waconia Bay and Wagener’s Bay, the ice varies greatly.
See you on the ice!
