Windermere, Ice conditions

Hi all, just thought I would ask if anyone knows the ice conditions at Winderemere. It's a beauty spot and I would love to get up there again.

I sent a PM yesterday to "Sudsmaster" who lives there.
I'm still waiting for a reply.
Maybe he is away?
SDC

Has been tied up. I will be in touch with him soon. But Rosseau will not be frozen over yet.

Thanks guys, I figured Suds would be able to provide the scoop.

just flew over winderemere 2 hours ago... entire lake is wide open.

Hey phrkal, you a pilot. My father has been flying private aircraft for 50 yrs I have been around planes all my life. Here is a pic of the Emeraude, my brother in law shares the airtime on her.

No sir, my best friend is. hes just starting out as a cargo pilot flying from hamilton to thunderbay area etc.... he took me up in his plane today and we flew all over the muskokas beautiful day for it and saw alot!
nice plane pic by the way.

Wow sounds like a great trip. Great visibility on a clear cold day. Maybe your bud can let you know when he starts seeing some huts along his route.

Well things are not moving along very fast up here in Windermere as the winds keep making ice cubes ....the majority of the deeper water is still wide open ...some of the shallower bays are capped over with ice but here in Windermere as of Sunday we only had ice out about a hundred ft from shore...I will go down a little later today to see if we have any improvement since then... maybe I'll even snap a few pics ...I'll keep you updated.

Suds

Hey Suds
Thanks for the up date.
Let us know when it is safe.
SDC

Well the news is there is litterally no ice in Windermere ...I was so disappointed I didn't even take a pic ...there is ice from the beach to the first set of docks and that's it ...wide open over to Tobin Island in the west to as far as you can see north and south...there is actually less now than what was there last Sunday...darn winds...I'll keep an eye on it and keep you updated.

I made a trip to Parry Sound today and there were sleds and people out fishing on Horseshoe Lake ...of course I have no idea what is in there?

Please someone cancel all winds for the next week and plummet the temps I want to go fishing!!!!

Suds

Suds, your bang on, the winds are murdering the ice.... been a really windy last couple weeks it seems, especially over nights too. Ice has formed and broken up several times now on the big muskoka lakes. Next 5 days of forecast are calling for 15-25km/h winds each day, nothing is gonna form with those winds for another couple days at least. Anyone fished mary lake? is it any good? its capped and building thickness i may be interested in trying that one out if rosseau stays soft for too long.
Peter

Thanks for the update Suds, I knew you would be around sooner or later. Fish or no fish it's a beauty spot and I will definitely be up again his year when we have some ice. I will be sure to visit your hut again and let you teach me how to fish Talk to you later, please let us know when you get rid of that open water.
P.S. do you think if we got all the million dollar cottages to turn off their bubblers for a few days she would freeze up

Well I don't think the bubblers help that's for sure especially the ones that are on 24/7. But then again they do keep the water oxygenated...catch 22 I guess.

Although I have never fished Mary Lake I do know that there are always huts out at Port Sydney about 100 yds from shore ....one person told me they catch whities there but he won't eat them as he feels they are to contaminated...I have never looked into that myself as I never really had the urge to fish anywhere else with Rosseau being right here. Simcoe of course being the exception.

I did see fisherman on Long Lake in Utterson on Monday ..again I have no idea what they were fishing for.

Suds

hello Suds. We will wait for you to make the call and then do the trek up there