Is the ice gone?

hemichemi · Post by **hemichemi** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:52 pm

I pass a few small ponds on the way home, and it looked to me like they were all open water this afternoon.

Can anyone confirm? (Not that it matters much since we have 25 more days of agonizing waiting, left...

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Steve S · Post by **Steve S** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:33 pm

Hemi, I've seen the same thing. But Sat when I was going to Jackson, Brill lake by 94 still had ice on it. Steve

hemichemi · Post by **hemichemi** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:15 pm

Yeah; the ponds I'm talking about were still ice on Saturday too, but today they looked liquid...

Post by **Cyberlunge** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:08 pm

I went over to Houghton Lake last saturday to go boat shopping with Bearclaw and there were a dozen cars on Missaukee, they said Houghton has 22 inches plus still... Incidentally he bought a new boat, he was going to buy a gay one but I talked him into a better one.

http://www.spicersboatcity.com/new_vehi ... lYear=2008

With a 60 merc 4 stroke

KK

hemichemi · Post by **hemichemi** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:23 am

Nice boat! (What's a "gay ine"?

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They still looked liquid this morning. These are only ~10-20 acre ponds, but I think the ice is gone or going soon down here...

And they're forecasting 60° for next Tuesday with 40s and 50s from now 'til then.

Scrappy · Post by **Scrappy** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:19 am

Sanford still has ice but it is breaking up and ice free in the high current river channel areas. Sanford was down 6 to 8 feet until yesterday when they started holding water back. It is pretty close to being full pool right now. If we have 40's all the rest of this week my guess is ice out by early next week at the latest.

Slinger · Post by **Slinger** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:34 pm

Ovid is about 85-90% open. From what I could see when walking/driving around the lake this evening, there is still a fair amount of ice south of the boat launch. But it's pretty much wide open from the launch to the north shore.

hemichemi · Post by **hemichemi** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:06 pm

Got my boat out of storage tonight, PLUS my Thorne Bros. order came in!

The stars are aligning nicely... when's the 26th?

Maybe some steely fishing is in order...

Kingfisher · Post by **Kingfisher** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:07 pm

all clear here in Muskegon,Mike