If your looking for safety on BL, you will not find it this time if year. There is risk and work involved.
I've also read all the reports the past two weeks, most are desperate attempts to look like they know what's going on, lol
I've fished BL almost every day since New Years, and I personally know the only guy who actuall has fished it every day this new year. And conditions change every day , literally , we ice fished it Monday , and was on good ice, that had turned sketchy yesterday. Wednsday, we iced fished the east side, wich was open water Sunday, but fished out of a boat Friday and yesterday .
All I'm trying to say is, conditions are changing so much, you really can't put together a plan until you are there to figure out the safest risk involved. Winds and temps above freezing tells me to weary of ice right now....... Not trying to keep you away, you had just mentioned safety
Pugstones will also post current conditions
http://www.fishingbearlake.com/
If that helps in any way
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