Rainy Lake closing in on ice out record!

[tuned]

I wasn't kidding when I said it was a long, cold winter.
Big ol Rainy still has dumb asses walking out to sit on a bucket for Northern.
Walleye season opened yesterday and there is very little open water for a boat.
Crappie are hitting like crazy in the shallow bays.
The main ice sheet just keeps bouncing off of various shores, depending on wind direction. Kind of like a cube in a drink glass.
Ten days to the record, and we just hit another cold snap

I guess it don't matter too much. Still boat building...after a solid year or so. I don't know how Ty does it.

[lakerunner]

Was great on Eufaula yesterday

[bassn386]

IIRC, this time last year the water temp was almost 70 and the air temp was in the mid to upper 80s.
Yesterday it got to about 68 with a brisk NW wind and the water temps are struggling to get to the low 60s.
On the bright side, it's a beautiful, cool (48 right now) Mother's Day.
So Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!

[tuned]

79 degrees today and STILL that huge mf of an ice cube bobs merrily out on the big water.
My boss just bought a new PTX and can't seem to sit still...just waiting for open water. I'll still be able to take him tho except maybe in the fuel consumption category