The lake never really frezzes that well in some big spots. I'm not sure why. A few years back 200-300 sheep got loose from a farmers field, started crossing the lake and went through, not too far out from the boat launch (a few hundred yards) and to the west a bit.The fire crews were out with chainsaws and all sorts of gear trying to get as many out as they could. We went ice fishing the next weekend, still some open water near the site, got as close as we could (walked on of course) and looked with binoculars from there. One sheep head was frozen in the ice, and some other carnage. I've been told from other people not to drive on there because of the open water (must be springs or a current??). We walked on, the ice at the launch was crystal clear and only 6". Out 50-100ft, it was 16". Local said that spot on the launch just froze up the week before we got out. Too sketchy for me to drive on. I will be back to fish it again, we did really well that trip.
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