Nineteenth Annual Lake Lucerne
Ice-Out Contest

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It has been a long Winter...

One of the most anticipated times of the year is ice-out on Lake Lucerne. On that day, most of Winter's wrath is behind us, all of Summer's warmth is ahead, and people win money. Last year, ice-out returned to April (the previous 2 ice-outs were in May). The brackets were not filled for that day and only 4 people got paid. This year we're hoping for a full bracket payday.

Pick ice-out, win money!

The rules again, are simple. The first person to pick Wisconsin's Lake Lucerne 2021 ice-out date here wins $100.00. The second person to select that date wins $50.00, the third wins $25.00, the fourth wins $15.00, the fifth wins $10.00. Any picks after fifth place will win our admiration and thanks for playing. One entry per person. About every 24 hours, we'll put pending entries into the selected dates area after they're purged of dups, bots, and pets (Your cat may think he's people, but he's not. Humans only). Until then, pending dates will be listed in the "Pending Dates" Column. The decision of the judges (The College of Loons, Lake Lucerne's oldest and most mysterious semi-secret society) is final. This offer is not valid in any state or country where it is not legal. No purchase necessary. Any malfunction (software, firmware, hardware, Loon(s)) voids all plays. Good Luck!

2021 Ice-Out Entry Form

Ice-out on Lake Lucerne occurred on April 5th, 2021.

2021 Selected Dates

Updated: April 5th
Color Key: Still in the Running , Not Winners , Winners
Day Name

Pending Dates:

Past Ice-Outs and Winners:

Year Date Winner(s)
1993 April 30th
1994 April 18th
1995 April 17th
1996 May 9th
1997 April 29th
1998 April 9th
1999 April 15th
2000 April 2nd
2001 April 23rd
2002 April 20th
2003 April 25th Molly O'Keefe
2004 April 19th Randy Bania
2005 April 17th Ben Warning
2006 April 16th John Bognar
Dennis O'Keefe
2007 April 18th Steve Dobberstein
Steve Van Grinsven
2008 May 1st Beth Davoren
Tom Cassini
Scott Criel
2009 April 24th Lance Kimmell
Ben Warning
Jerry Maas
2010 April 2nd Debby Daniels
Talia Walerko
Megan Bania
2011 May 6th Scott Biesterveld
Tom Ruppel
Steve Grant
2012 March 21st Mrs. -SSJ
Scott Criel
Mike Maloney
2013 May 7th Debbie D.
Travis Walerko
Bill Schultz
2014 May 8th Ed Walerko
Don Doerr
Robin Van Grinsven
2015 April 17th J Harrison
Andrew Harrison
Jason Trimberger
2016 April 16th Laura Warning
Robin
Jim Bunda
Candi
2017 April 17th Mrs Nemo
Rohm Bloedorn
2018 May 8th Marc Blazich
Curt Reitz
Ronna Herminath
Ethel Bloedorn
2019 May 4th Edward Walerko
Josh Voigt
Jason Trimberger
Michael Pyritz
Regan Conrad
2020 April 27th Madaline Schallock
Evan Gabbey
Kyle
Rachel

Past Ice-Out Lore

Taking the first swim of the year.
Taking the first swim of the year. Refreshing, not recommended.
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The day before ice-out 2019.
On May third of 2019, the lake still had plenty of ice. It would be gone 24 hours later..

The day before ice-out on Metonga 2019.
Lake Lucerne's more rubenesque sister, Lake Metonga, still had ice on the third of May in 2019, too..

East lakes.
In 2019, the lakes just to the East were ice free well before Lucerne's ice-out.

Taking the first swim of the year is not recommended.
Again, taking the first swim of the year is not recommended.