Captain Obvious here…It’s a wet one out on the ice. With the mild temps and rain today, Lake Waconia is probably the wettest it’s been all winter. We aren’t putting this report out to panic anyone. As of this writing, Monday, 1/16/23 at 2 pm, the ice is holding up reasonably well considering the traffic on the lake and weight of the snow, slush and water. However, if you are driving on the lake roads, expect to see stretches of 3 to 5 inches of water on the ice. We ask everyone to drive at slower speeds to help keep the roads in good shape. Depending on how things progress overnight and into tomorrow we may have to consider closing our access to allow it to freeze up properly once the cold does come.
At this point, we are keeping our rental houses on the lake as they are on higher ice, blocked up well and always check on them. If you’ve got a fish house on the lake and you’re not currently fishing in it, we suggest checking on it in the next 48 hours. We don’t blame you if you decide to pull it off the lake though as things certainly aren’t ideal. Please don’t bring it to shore and leave it in front of our marina. Take it with you. If leaving your fish house on your fishing spot, we also HIGHLY suggest blocking it up with 4x4s to keep from having a potential regrettable situation when freezing temps come back later Wednesday.
We will continue to monitor conditions and report any major changes we know about. We appreciate everyone’s patience with everything this winter!
