This year looks to be a late ice out. We still have ice on the majority of the lakes up here. We are expecting warmer weather and wind so hopefully it wont be too much longer. I assume within the next ten days we will see open water.
Unless we have a ridiculously hot May there will be colder than normal water temps for this year's muskie opener. Last year the temp was already in the mid 60s by opener making for an incredible casting bite right off the bat.
