Any word on the local ice thickness? Thinking of walking out on Harriet for a few hours this weekend...

I'm out of the area and am not sure about the thickness. I have heard in the White Bear area people have started traveling onto Bald Eagle, I can't imagine there is more than 4 inches out there. I think I will have to wait until we get some colder weather.

Lake Minnetonka has 7 on the samller bays, main lake is still open on north side of big island and browns bay as well

Well, as of this morning, Halstead Bay on Tonka is open and the rest of the bays are close.

>Well, as of this morning, Halstead Bay on Tonka is open and
>the rest of the bays are close.
I have heard we haven't lost too much ice over the last week, but I would be careful to venture out on the big lakes. Personally I'm sticking with the small lakes and the 5-8 inches that have been evindent on some along with knowledge I have picked up from store owner. On the lake I fish we have not lost that much over the last week or so, a bit of cloud cover has saved us I believe, otherwise I don't think we would be out there at all right now. A friend of mine was out on Saturday (12/16) and said he didn't see any significant changes from the start of the day to end in the ice depth, good sign hopefully. I am assuming we have got past the warmer weather and will cool down a bit. Hopefully all have seen their favorite lakes get by sufficiently to fish in the next week or so.

Merry Christmas to all!