01-20-2004, 06:41 PM
I wouldnt actually take a machine on the ice due to the simple fact that the ice thickness does vary.
I would hate to have it fall through. in most spots its going to be thick enough to support a wheeler, but all it takes is one soft spot.
Willard had a lot of open water on it with big chunks of ice. The old open water spots will be thinner than the places where there has been ice for a month or so.
To get there, just go to the smith and edwards parking lot, on the north end theres the road that goes out toward the south marina.
Just get on the road that heads out west and stay on it. never turn off it until you reach the end. its a straight shot west from smith and eddies.
At the end of the road it turns north and becomes a dirt road.
Stay on the dirt road. It goes all around the dike.
Now theres a couple roads out there you can take. If you dont turn left and just keep on going toward the dike, younend up near the south marina. If you turn left out there, you paralell the south dike and the road takes you over a canal. This is the road that goes around the lake.
Once you go over the canal you can fish the south dike right there, or continue around to the west side.
You can also access the lake by turning on the road that takes you to the south marina and staying on that road. It will run straight out there to the middle of the lake on the east side. I have ice fished here before as well.
Also you can go to the north marina and rather than going into the marina, go to the north dike and get out along the top of the dike out there.
None of those places are part of the state park. You only need to pay or have a pass if you go inside the north marina.
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I would hate to have it fall through. in most spots its going to be thick enough to support a wheeler, but all it takes is one soft spot.
Willard had a lot of open water on it with big chunks of ice. The old open water spots will be thinner than the places where there has been ice for a month or so.
To get there, just go to the smith and edwards parking lot, on the north end theres the road that goes out toward the south marina.
Just get on the road that heads out west and stay on it. never turn off it until you reach the end. its a straight shot west from smith and eddies.
At the end of the road it turns north and becomes a dirt road.
Stay on the dirt road. It goes all around the dike.
Now theres a couple roads out there you can take. If you dont turn left and just keep on going toward the dike, younend up near the south marina. If you turn left out there, you paralell the south dike and the road takes you over a canal. This is the road that goes around the lake.
Once you go over the canal you can fish the south dike right there, or continue around to the west side.
You can also access the lake by turning on the road that takes you to the south marina and staying on that road. It will run straight out there to the middle of the lake on the east side. I have ice fished here before as well.
Also you can go to the north marina and rather than going into the marina, go to the north dike and get out along the top of the dike out there.
None of those places are part of the state park. You only need to pay or have a pass if you go inside the north marina.
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