Where is the ice today?

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Channel 5 said something about the NYD polar swim and 15 inches of ice. DNR says 12 inches of good ice is the minimum for cars so it's too close for me to drive on.

I've seen no connection between good vis and time but then I'm always on a new lake. I would think the longer it's iced over the better but carp and other bottom fish muck it up. Forest Lake was <10 feet and a local told us we were maybe 200 yards from a known spring so that may explain the vis. Christmas was <15 as well but being it's near zero during the summer maybe it was as good as it could get.

I think it's most important to find a hard bottom lake and dive shallow. That way you find stuff and the light is good.