Description

The number of ice houses on Mille Lacs Lake can exceed 5,500. Ice fishers are after walleye, northern pike, muskie, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and tullibee.

It’s possible for the roads to be obscured after a snowfall, to the extent that they need to be plowed. So some images show the roads as less clear.

Imagery

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Jan. 9, 2001, Landsat 5 (path/row 28/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Feb. 5, 2005, Landsat 5 (path/row 28/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Jan. 24, 2009, Landsat 5 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Jan. 11, 2010, Landsat 5 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Jan. 17, 2018, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Jan. 20, 2019, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Feb. 24, 2020, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Feb. 10, 2021, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Jan. 20, 2022, Landsat 9 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA
Feb. 8, 2023, Landsat 9 (path/row 27/28) — northern Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA

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