Eagle Lake Ice Out: Update #6

Breaking News:  Eagle Lake Ice Out Imminent!

(*For the folk from Wisconsin, imminent is not an illegal alien, but simply means “soon”)

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A west wind has cleared half the bay as of this a.m.
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Ice pack stretching from Round Island to Johnson's Point

Will  “Winnipeg Rick” Martinson win the Eagle Lake Ice Out contest with a guess of April 9th???

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Lucy......"No way Rick!"
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Maggie: "Better luck next year Rick!"
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The dogs may have a point....it is a bit cool, but the wind might be the factor!

The wind may decide the Eagle Lake Ice Out contest….

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...as evident by the ice movement onto the town dock yesterday.
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....and along the shoreline yesterday...

An Eagle Lake Ice Out historical perspective…

Back in the archives of Vermilion Bay Lodge and the Electric Beaver lies documentation of the Eagle Lake ice out situation as it unfolded in 2010.  This was a record breaking ice out that occurred on April 14th.  Follow this link “2010 Eagle Lake Ice Out” to view the final days of this record breaking year……and to see the winner and runners-up in the 2010 Eagle Lake ice out competition.

Stay tuned as our Eagle Lake Ice Out news team stays on top of this “fast breaking” story…

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Testimonials

On behalf of the Boyes Group, I would like to pass on our sincere thanks for hosting the Muskie Madness Week and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at VBL and had a great time!! This was our 7th year on Eagle Lake and we have stayed at a few other lodges but VBL takes the cake hands down! You can definitely count us in for next year. I’m happy to see you post some of my pics, they turned out well. Thanks again Gord for a wonderful week of fishing and your stellar hospitality, you run a first class operation, we look forward to seeing you next year!

Trevor Benner