Ice Conditions in South Dakota

[Limitless]

Driving to SD today. I checked the weather for the past week and was surprised at how warm it was the days after Christmas (high 40s?). Has anyone noticed any problems with the ice, or did it just get wet on top and that top melt should be refreezing now?

I'm heading to north central, east river.

 

[haymaker]

Things are good in Edmunds county as of now.

 

[Limitless]

Things are good in Edmunds county as of now.

Thanks. No snow there yet?

 

[haymaker]

Very little.

 

[Weimdogman]

Better safe then sorry. This weekend is supposed to make for some solid ice but there are waterfowl keeping spots open that haven't been open this time of the year for a long long time.

 

[Goosemaster]

Ice was great today.

 

[Limitless]

Better safe then sorry. This weekend is supposed to make for some solid ice but there are waterfowl keeping spots open that haven't been open this time of the year for a long long time.

I didn't fall in today on the several sloughs I braved. Didn't look like any were spring fed though. Those are always risky.

 

[wingsnfins]

I didn't fall in today on the several sloughs I braved. Didn't look like any were spring fed though. Those are always risky.

I've had no issues.....stay away from close proximity of muskrat houses.
A lake I hunted by yesterday had probably 10 full sized trucks and ice houses on it....that was Bowdle area.

 

[Limitless]

I had no problem today, whether in cattails or out in the open part of the water. North Central, east river.

 

[Goosemaster]

I had no problem today, whether in cattails or out in the open part of the water. North Central, east river.

How about a town?

 

[wingsnfins]

How about a town?

They are taking quads, utvs, trucks, Snobears, wheelhouse shanties on all the bodies of water around me on bigger lakes....sloughs are no issue except where springs may exist, muskrat holes, or current. East river, cental.

 

[Limitless]

They are taking quads, utvs, trucks, Snobears, wheelhouse shanties on all the bodies of water around me on bigger lakes....sloughs are no issue except where springs may exist, muskrat holes, or current. East river, cental.

Found a couple spring fed sloughs today. Luckily didn't find the openings when in thick cattails where I couldn't see my feet. No water on the boots.

 

[Limitless]

How about a town?

Somewhere west of Aberdeen, east of river, south of north dakota, and north of chamberlain.

 

[Goosemaster]

Somewhere west of Aberdeen, east of river, south of north dakota, and north of chamberlain. Um ok