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I'm not as worried about ice as I am about logs and other debris! I remember being out a couple of years ago cruising at about 45mph and passing a 20ft log, a couple of feet in diameter off a few feet to the port side. No thanks.
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I'd like to be out in late April early May, but have a few projects starting at home so for me it will probably be Memorial Day weekend. I will be out around my house at Alum to get all the gremlins out but shooting for a long weekend for sure on Memorial.
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Yep. Gotta give the Great Lakes time to flush out. I've seen plenty of those logs floating just beneath the surface including a whole tree once. My boat is small enough for the local lakes though and I will be boating very soon!
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when I used to live in Grand Haven. I used to see monster logs and urinals peoples boat docks boat covers anything that the ice grabbed on the way out of the Grand River flowed out to the lake
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Tryin to be an optimist
Well we just got "Up North to mom's for Easter. Of course we had to look at the water. First we looked at Torch Lake. Saw a couple of areas of water and some major cracks in the ice with water. Then over to Elk Lake and then East Bay of Grand Traverse Bay. Still a lot of ice but a couple of areas with water starting to show. Come on sunshine and warm temperatures. Looks like rain this next week almost every day. Maybe that will help speed up the melting too. Im an optimist!