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February 6, 2018
Our tree line extends across the lake to Faro Springs Road. Lake Park/Fire Lane 8 tree line hits ours at 4.6 miles (roughly).
Our main plowed road goes off our landing and heads north roughly 1/2 mile where we have 2 bridges on the main working crack that runs north/south.
We also have a bridge on the crack that runs east/west off of the south side of Garlic Island.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe and to support your local fishing club.
February 2, 2018
We had to put a bridge on a crack that opened up this morning .4 miles off our landing. We still have a bridge at .9 miles off our landing, and one on a crack at our 5 mile marker. Lake park or fire lane 8 on the north shore put there tree line out, and it runs all the way to our tree line. It hits our tree line around the 4.5 mile marker. Drive careful and watch for new cracks with no snow the lake is moving a lot. Remember to support your local fishing club and that the ice is never 100% safe.
January 25, 2018
1/25/18 update: Our north landing is open. We have one ATV bridge and one truck bridge on the main crack in front of the clubhouse. The water on the ice has all froze solid. We no longer need a bridge on the crack at the end of our treeline 5 miles out. It froze solid.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe. Please donate to your local fishing club. There is a lot of time and money spent to do what we do for people using our landings, bridges, etc.
January 19, 2018
We are seeing an average of 20" of ice on the lake. The warm weather we had last week helped smooth out some of the rough ice which is good. I see that there is a working crack that goes around the north end of the lake like usual. It looks to be about .4 miles off of fire lane 8 landing. For people that want to travel to Oshkosh from our landing it is possible this year. Just need to cross our first bridge and head south out in the lake away from the reefs around blackbird and garlic island. Our north- south crack that we have our first bridge on is really working this year. With that being said, if you approach the bridge and it needs to be chiseled down or shoveled off please stop and take a few minutes to do so. Same for the atv bridges. The atv bridges can be easily moved by one person with an atv and a winch if necessary. We do our best to monitor the bridges, but we can't be out there every minute so help from our members and people using the bridges is greatly appreciated.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe and if you have concerns chisel or drill holes for yourself to check thicknesses. I work with sunk dive and ice service, and we have been receiving a lot of calls for vehicles stuck in cracks etc. Most of them can be avoided if people pay attention to where there are going and what's in front of them.
January 7, 2018
1/7/2018 - Yesterday (Saturday) we put our treeline out 5 miles. It points towards faro springs road. As of today i have been finding between 15 to 19 inches of ice. It seems the worst of the shove ice by us starts about 2 miles out from paynes point and runs in a fairly wide band south-southeast extending past garlic island towards oshkosh.
January 4, 2018
1/4/2018 Update: With the extreme cold and temperature changes the lake is cracking in random places. Most cracks are small, less than 4 inches wide. They are freezing up right away but drive with caution. It is possible for a crack to open up 2ft wide. We are doing the best to keep everyone up to date with conditions. I forsee this happening the next few days. Remember ice is never 100% safe. Unless its in Jack Daniels
January 3, 2018
Yesterday afternoon we put out our ATV bridges on the lake. The first bridge is 0.9 miles straight out from our landing on the crack that runs north-south. The second bridge is 1.5 miles out from our landing on the crack that runs east-west zig zagging across the lake. It looks like this crack hits the east shore just north of Stockbridge Harbor from what I can see. I will have more info in the near future on that.
We do have a fair amount of shove ice on this end of the lake but it does not sound as bad as other parts of the lake. I found anywhere from 12" to 16" of ice yesterday. The 12" inches is the minimum we need to put our truck bridges out. We will be putting our truck bridges out today. The first one will be by the first ATV bridge, and the second one will be close to the other ATV bridge.
We will be putting the tree line out at the latest this weekend. The truck bridges will be marked with trees on each side of them.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe.
December, 29, 2017
It's that time of year again! With this sub zero weather, we have been making ice at a very reasonable rate on the lake. I was out 3 miles from the PPHSFC clubhouse checking ice yesterday afternoon. I am finding out in the lake we are averaging 11 to 11.5" of ice - Some places a little more. At this point, it looks like we have a major working crack that runs north - south roughly 1.5 miles off our landing. We also have a crack running east that starts on the north-south crack just north of our landing - Kind of interesting. We will have to see if these cracks keep working after the brunt of this artic air has passed.
From my understanding it sounds like most of the clubs will be putting bridges out within the next 2 - 10 days, which means it will make for a long season on the ice.
When out on the lake and talking with other clubs, we noticed there is a massive amount of shove ice this year, which can make for dangerous travel on snowmobiles, atv's etc.
I will make a decision as to whether or not we will put an ATV bridge out on the crack for this weekend.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe, and if you have any doubts check thickness for yourself. And support your local fishing club.
**Travel/Cross Bridges at your own risk**
Remember to support your local fishing club so we can keep maintaining the roads and bridges!
Remember to support your local fishing club so we can keep maintaining the roads and bridges!
February 6, 2018
Our tree line extends across the lake to Faro Springs Road. Lake Park/Fire Lane 8 tree line hits ours at 4.6 miles (roughly).
Our main plowed road goes off our landing and heads north roughly 1/2 mile where we have 2 bridges on the main working crack that runs north/south.
We also have a bridge on the crack that runs east/west off of the south side of Garlic Island.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe and to support your local fishing club.
February 2, 2018
We had to put a bridge on a crack that opened up this morning .4 miles off our landing. We still have a bridge at .9 miles off our landing, and one on a crack at our 5 mile marker. Lake park or fire lane 8 on the north shore put there tree line out, and it runs all the way to our tree line. It hits our tree line around the 4.5 mile marker. Drive careful and watch for new cracks with no snow the lake is moving a lot. Remember to support your local fishing club and that the ice is never 100% safe.
January 25, 2018
1/25/18 update: Our north landing is open. We have one ATV bridge and one truck bridge on the main crack in front of the clubhouse. The water on the ice has all froze solid. We no longer need a bridge on the crack at the end of our treeline 5 miles out. It froze solid.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe. Please donate to your local fishing club. There is a lot of time and money spent to do what we do for people using our landings, bridges, etc.
January 19, 2018
We are seeing an average of 20" of ice on the lake. The warm weather we had last week helped smooth out some of the rough ice which is good. I see that there is a working crack that goes around the north end of the lake like usual. It looks to be about .4 miles off of fire lane 8 landing. For people that want to travel to Oshkosh from our landing it is possible this year. Just need to cross our first bridge and head south out in the lake away from the reefs around blackbird and garlic island. Our north- south crack that we have our first bridge on is really working this year. With that being said, if you approach the bridge and it needs to be chiseled down or shoveled off please stop and take a few minutes to do so. Same for the atv bridges. The atv bridges can be easily moved by one person with an atv and a winch if necessary. We do our best to monitor the bridges, but we can't be out there every minute so help from our members and people using the bridges is greatly appreciated.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe and if you have concerns chisel or drill holes for yourself to check thicknesses. I work with sunk dive and ice service, and we have been receiving a lot of calls for vehicles stuck in cracks etc. Most of them can be avoided if people pay attention to where there are going and what's in front of them.
January 7, 2018
1/7/2018 - Yesterday (Saturday) we put our treeline out 5 miles. It points towards faro springs road. As of today i have been finding between 15 to 19 inches of ice. It seems the worst of the shove ice by us starts about 2 miles out from paynes point and runs in a fairly wide band south-southeast extending past garlic island towards oshkosh.
January 4, 2018
1/4/2018 Update: With the extreme cold and temperature changes the lake is cracking in random places. Most cracks are small, less than 4 inches wide. They are freezing up right away but drive with caution. It is possible for a crack to open up 2ft wide. We are doing the best to keep everyone up to date with conditions. I forsee this happening the next few days. Remember ice is never 100% safe. Unless its in Jack Daniels
January 3, 2018
Yesterday afternoon we put out our ATV bridges on the lake. The first bridge is 0.9 miles straight out from our landing on the crack that runs north-south. The second bridge is 1.5 miles out from our landing on the crack that runs east-west zig zagging across the lake. It looks like this crack hits the east shore just north of Stockbridge Harbor from what I can see. I will have more info in the near future on that.
We do have a fair amount of shove ice on this end of the lake but it does not sound as bad as other parts of the lake. I found anywhere from 12" to 16" of ice yesterday. The 12" inches is the minimum we need to put our truck bridges out. We will be putting our truck bridges out today. The first one will be by the first ATV bridge, and the second one will be close to the other ATV bridge.
We will be putting the tree line out at the latest this weekend. The truck bridges will be marked with trees on each side of them.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe.
December, 29, 2017
It's that time of year again! With this sub zero weather, we have been making ice at a very reasonable rate on the lake. I was out 3 miles from the PPHSFC clubhouse checking ice yesterday afternoon. I am finding out in the lake we are averaging 11 to 11.5" of ice - Some places a little more. At this point, it looks like we have a major working crack that runs north - south roughly 1.5 miles off our landing. We also have a crack running east that starts on the north-south crack just north of our landing - Kind of interesting. We will have to see if these cracks keep working after the brunt of this artic air has passed.
From my understanding it sounds like most of the clubs will be putting bridges out within the next 2 - 10 days, which means it will make for a long season on the ice.
When out on the lake and talking with other clubs, we noticed there is a massive amount of shove ice this year, which can make for dangerous travel on snowmobiles, atv's etc.
I will make a decision as to whether or not we will put an ATV bridge out on the crack for this weekend.
Remember the ice is never 100% safe, and if you have any doubts check thickness for yourself. And support your local fishing club.
**Travel/Cross Bridges at your own risk**
Remember to support your local fishing club so we can keep maintaining the roads and bridges!