Had a great night at work on the 26th, so I thought I'd get out on the first ice before the warm up. I went out about 4:30pm to hit the evening bite. Ice was good. I measured 5.5" in my spot. Clear ice topped with about an inch or so of white ice. Fished in 7ft of water, and was pulling crappie out left and right. Caught 8 crappie, and kept 4. The others were just shy of 9". My keepers were 10", 10.25", 10.5" and 11". I can't make that up. Caught a few small gills and a warmouth. All in all, not a bad way to start my 2022-2023 season.

Started early this morning. Went out at the S. Main St. ramp. All the slush from the heatwave froze solid. Drilled a lot of holes, and had 4" of clear ice and an inch of cloudy ice on top.