Our 100-acre lake in Presque Isle started to ice over yesterday. This morning it looks like most of the shorelines/bays have made ice. About 25% of the open body of lake now iced over. Checked my cabin log and looks to be about a week or two earlier than what I have kept track of over 28 years. Also noticed that most of the swampy areas along County W in MW, Winchester, and Presque Isle are now iced over. Hope this is a good sign of things to come before we get snow cover.
11/19/2025
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yes starting to make ice here in northern price too
small ponds and bays frozen over
lake and swamp water levels are very low also rite now
lowest I have seen in many years
40s this weekend and then highs in the low 20s next week with single digit lows
hopefully ice fishing thanksgiving weekend
early ice is the best
small ponds and bays frozen over
lake and swamp water levels are very low also rite now
lowest I have seen in many years
40s this weekend and then highs in the low 20s next week with single digit lows
hopefully ice fishing thanksgiving weekend
early ice is the best
Bought our little seasonal cabin in Presque Isle in 1997. Bulldozed and built year-round home in 2000. Someone gave me a cabin logbook gift when we first bought. I figured it would probably be good to keep a record of when we came and left, fish caught and where, weather conditions when we were here, and how many miles we put on the sleds and where we went during our rides, and the price of gas. 28 years later, the now grown kids will say remember when... and then look it up in the cabin log to re-live the details and the year. So glad I kept records. BTW, Monday the 17th was our 347th trip from Park Ridge to Presque Isle. A little quick math makes it about a trip back and forth every month for the last 28 years.that's good news! as long as the snow machine doesn't start icing over early
I'm not going to mention his name, if you have read my posts you might know who I am referring to, besides all of you that I consider my JD family, I have met and ridden with some of you and become very good friends with. One of these guys is probably one of the most passionate, for the ride people I have ever met, and like your 28 years of record keeping he has a journal that contains every single ride he has ever taken, where he rode, trail and weather conditions, miles, any problems etc.... so hearing that you have that IMO is pretty dam cool and must be even cooler to look back on.