Houghton Lake Ice Off Soon

Day 125


With the warmer than normal temperatures we have been having over the last couple of weeks, the ice on the lake is thinning fast. I was at Houghton Lake's information central (a.k.a. Georges Barber Shop) and one of the customers was reporting he had gone out on the ice one day last week and the ice was 12" in the morning and by late afternoon it was down to 9" thick. It is apparent that the ice will be off the lakes around here by the end of the month (March).

DNR has already required fishing shanties be removed from the ice. Well ahead of the regular March 15 over night restriction. There are still some hardcore ice fisherman on the lake. Though I haven't heard what the ice thickness is lately. I would recommend extreme caution, or better yet, just wait and get your boat ready. It won't be long now.

Until tomorrow,

Ken