Ben and Avery are back after checking on lake conditions this morning. Lake Waconia has layered ice again (hopefully only for a day or 2), with the top layer of ice currently about ½ inch. Most of the lake had an inch to several inches of standing water on it from yesterday’s rain that is now trying to freeze. While they were apprehensive to break up any of the layered ice, they needed to get a sense if things were improving or getting worse around fish houses. Where they checked in Waconia Bay and parts of Center Reef area (about 25 houses), they did not notice any worrisome draining like we’ve talked about in previous posts.
Our access remains closed to all usage today (2/15/23) and likely tomorrow (2/16/23). The recent extreme weather and lake traffic during that stretch on and off the access gave it a beating. The main lake will probably heal quicker than our access. With the next couple of nights predicted to be very cold, we are hopeful things will be improved enough to open the access for Friday morning. We thank you for your patience while we let that happen.
