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Currently 16 and sunny at Muskoka Airport. Winds 22 km/h with gusts to 35. I'm feeling confident that I'll be able to get on the water in early May.
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Oops, didn't mean to post in this thread. Sorry.
Barbara
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Lake Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island is usually ice free by middle of April. We don't even have black ice yet!
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My 100 percent guess is April 28 (give or take 99.9 percent).
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East side of Algonquin is still shore to shore ice. I don’t foresee fishing opening day on Opeongo in two weeks. But it’s also not the first time ice is still on this time of year in recent memory.
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Shanny G wrote:
East side of Algonquin is still shore to shore ice. I don’t foresee fishing opening day on Opeongo in two weeks. But it’s also not the first time ice is still on this time of year in recent memory.
Yes I agree! I have a friend who lives in Whitney who gives me ice out conditions on a few lakes along Highway 60.
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Hey Swede
Hahaha!!! Truly cabin fever it is!
I looked back on my logs and in 2018, on May 5th I camped semi winter, I was able to pull a sled. In a hammock, very near McCraney on the Crown side, and it snowed. I don't believe it will be that far this year, I would shoot for April 26th weekend.
Very feverish
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Looks like springs momentum is picking up now, my guess is the park will open for May 2. Temperature's in the teens most days with nighttime highs above zero with sun and rain. Think I will be on the water on the 3rd as planned.
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I am sticking by April 28th!
Happy paddling
Forrest_Huggs
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Brewer Lake today. Smoke Creek was open but other than that I didn’t see a lot of open water on the way through.
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April 28 is still planted in my brain
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I drive special needs kids back and forth to school so no ice out trip for me this year. However once school ends the next day I am on Lake Traverse for Canada Day and another 5 days.
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Canoe Lake this afternoon
We also stopped at Brewer again today and there’s a decent difference between two days ago and today.
Brewer Friday
Brewer Today
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Great updates Drew, I think the weather will pull through for May.
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I do too. Ice is out or almost out lots of places that I passed in the area that aren’t the Park. Mary Lake in Port Sydney is out and it’s usually about a week ahead of the Park according to my father in law. I was impressed by the difference two days made coming across 60. Still lots of snow in the woods though.
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Is official "Ice Out" based on conditions at Opeongo?? When water taxi can travel on end to the other?? I seem to recall this however would be cool if there was a Live Web Cam there. I believe AO use to have one. Not certain if still active.
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I believe that is still the case for ice out.
