Looks like the ice fishing season had an early end this year. From the National Post today:

Thirteen Wisconsin ice fishermen needed to be hauled to safety by Canadian search and rescue crews Wednesday morning after they became trapped on a drifting ice floe in the Manitoba section of Lake of the Woods. The 13 men, who range in age between 25 and 45 years, checked into Buffalo Bay, Man.’s Silver Birch Resort, before venturing 45 metres onto the ice and setting up their ice-fishing shacks Tuesday morning. At some point during the day, the wind shifted, the ice fractured and the group found themselves on an ice floe the size of three football fields drifting south toward Wisconsin. “They called me around 7:30 p.m. on their cells and said they had a situation,” said resort owner Leonard Friesen. The Kenora, Ont.-based Lake of the Woods Search and Rescue organization drove two hours to Buffalo Bay with an air boat to rescue the men, the last of whom was pulled off the ice just before 3 a.m. Wednesday.