WINONA, Minn. – Ice grew on the smaller Lake Winona with temperatures reaching highs only into the mid-20s. Ice was forming more slowly on the larger lower lake. On the Mississippi river, the fleeting harbor was crusted over but not the main channel.
Ice-fishing bravely. The season’s first ice-fishing hut on upper Lake Winona was, thank goodness, a light-weight nylon shelter. The brave soul ventured out into the cold from time to time, taking gentle steps, we hope, to check for bites on his augured holes. Image: Steve Lunde