Here’s the latest ice update from Lakeside Lodging and Bait Shop. As others have reported, parts of the lake have capped over again, conditions are thin, snow-covered, and unpredictable.
Capped ( thin thin) and snow covered, meets old unstable ice. Open cracks and slush harder to see
Stay safe stay warm
Dry Arm, Flat Lake and Duck Creek bays have stayed frozen but again does not mean all ice is safe ice.
Photos via Lakeridge Lodging and Bait Shop
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