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Found 7 inches of good ice. May take ATV out....gonna go tomorrow, looks better now.
 


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Found 7 inches of good ice. May take ATV out....gonna go tomorrow, looks better now.
 

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Fished Beaver Bay Saturday. We were out quit a ways and had a good 7-8 inches. No fish marked and none caught. I will be back out Friday or Saturday to try a different spot.
 

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Fished the East side last weekend had a good 8 inches of ice moved all around fishing different depths only found a couple little pike. Water is really low thinking probably going to have to fish the west side or more in the main lake to find more numbers.
 

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There's guys taking a 4 wheeler across Cattail bay but leaving it on shore and walking out to channel break.
 


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I fished west side of Beaver this weekend, like others I found 7-8" of ice, but few fish. I managed a few small walleye fishing from about 2:30 to 6:30.
 

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Fished 7 inches (didn't put a tape on it) just north of Yates. Drove 4 wheeler out with trailer, and trailer is heavy
 

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Anyone have an update from down by Mobridge? Tournament is only 10 days away. I’m sure there’s ice up in the Grand, but wondering if main lake froze up yet?
 

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I hear people are fishing state line area. Ice for the tournament will be sketchy. According to that chart in the making ice thread I started, weather like we're having will make ice, slowly. You'll want to stay away from bridges and I'm guessing the rest of main lake will have 4 to 8 inches by then. Oak creek, bays n Grand will have 7 to 8 for sure by then.
 

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Anyone have an update from down by Mobridge? Tournament is only 10 days away. I’m sure there’s ice up in the Grand, but wondering if main lake froze up yet?

there was four inches in oak yesterday three inches in Galloway and less as you go south. 40’s This week which should get rid of the snow we got. Wouldn’t hurt my feelings if they just did drawings
 


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Ya the 10 day doesn’t look favorable to making much ice.. Maybe north of oak would have more ice. Sounds like I’ll just bring down the wheeler and portable n leave the perm at home
 

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There is now 9.5 to almost 10 inches where I fished today and Tuesday. Two colder nights put 2.5 more inches on! Yes, I would leave permanent home and bring portable.

My brother fished in singing bridge area today, and they had 4 inches of ice.

I witnessed a smaller SUV drive out too some guys about 100 yards from me, they turned right around though.
 

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I heard a rumor a pickup and ice house went down together on Audubon.
 

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Yup, about 1/2 to 3/4 mile west of Nelson Bay. Supposedly drove into a newly forming pressure ridge.
 

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Ya the 10 day doesn’t look favorable to making much ice.. Maybe north of oak would have more ice. Sounds like I’ll just bring down the wheeler and portable n leave the perm at home

galloway is north boundary of tournament I believe
 


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I checked in front of Yates yesterday and found 6.5 to 7.5 inches. There were quite a few groups ot on main channel break on the other side, right out from Winona Island. Now today, there's no one there.....very strange. Does anyone know of an incident over by Cattail?
 

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I know some who fished the RR grade in Mobridge today. 4 to 5 in of ice there, and a lot of people are out on it.
 

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Fished west side of Beaver Bay (close to the dock) on Saturday. Caught a couple Northern' s and one small walleye. There was one guy way out in the middle of the main channel. An older gentleman stopped and talked with us as it was getting dark and he had a bucket full of jumbo's. I think I'm gonna have to run and gun this weekend and find some fish.
 

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I don't know about the ice right now?? It changed colors after yesterday.
 

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We were on Beaver Bay Sunday and there were some goofy looking spots. Stepped on some soft spots and some spots where the ice starting cracking under me. The East side had wheelhouses and trucks driving around. Think I will stick to the East side for a while.
 


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