My boss asked me a couple of months ago if I wanted to go up to Minnesota to ice fish and ride snowmobiles. His parents live near South International Falls. I was pumped because I have never ice fished in Minnesota before, and the snowmobiling would be fun too, but I was more interested in the fishing.

He tells me on Friday that we may not be able to go fishing because his dad does not think there is sufficient ice due to all the snow they have gotten. It was -40 there a few weeks ago. I know that the snow will insulate the ice and not allow it to produce ice the same as if it there was no snow on top.

My question for the guys in the general area of upper Minnesota "is this possible"? In Indiana we do not get the snow that Minnesota gets, but we got a lot this year and we have 9-13 inches on all of our lakes that I fish. My boss wants to go up for the snowmobiling. I don't know if he is telling me this just so we have to snowmobile for three days and not fish, or if this is for real. Any info would be greatly appreciated. The name of the lake is Kabetogama.

My cousin goes there.  They have less ice than normal,  but normal is close to 3'.  Your boss must want to do some sledding.