Soft Water Season 2014, waiting for the ice to go

well all we can do is wait ,, what are your thoughts on when the ice will go ,, will it be gone for May OPENER or NOT ,, lots of ice this year ,,,

I have to move my daugter back from university in Northbay around that time.
I hope its gone.
I am using the excuse of towing my boat up there to bring stuff back in.
I am not sure she believes me.
Keep us posted chaser.

Lund Man, I like your thinking

Now that a good plan ,, temps are starting to go up in the + so you never know there is a chance we hope

It will be open for the opener.
I figure the small bays and areas where there is current it will be open by the end of the month.
Ice free around the 8th of May.

Lots of Ice covered with lots of snow. Until we get a decent amount of sun, wind and rain, I think it will be early to mid May before it's off in our end (North West Bay)

well I think if we get a lot of rain and + temp with the amount of snow on the ice will be very heavy and will break up the ice will help it to thaw faster is what I hope will happen

I think your trying to convince yourself but it's not working on me .

TD

TD,,, im not trying to convince my self I know it will be gone by the end of April first week of May at the Latest

PS,,, and opener will be AWESOME,,,,

Well here comes the rain ,, and lots of it like I said now lets see what it will do to the Lake

well More snow like they say it takes snow to take away the snow in theory

Hi all. New here. We're making our first ever trip to Callander in May. What is the ice situation as of today? Any tips for us that you'd like to share?

Thanks

will have a look today on how its coming along lots of ice still

I was up to open my cottage on South Bay this past weekend and it still has 12 to 18" of ice on it. Probably closer to the 18" but it is melting around the edges. I was surprised how much snow had melted in 2 weeks. I was using snow shoes two weeks earlier and this past week there was little left. A picture looking out towards Beacon Island. South Bay and Callander usually open up around the same time with the lake being up to a couple weeks later.