hit the beach area with concerns of the ice, but it turned out to have 4'' good ice with 4'' bad on top with alot of slush. did pretty good, caught small perch and white bass in 36' of water, than move in to the road bed in 12' of water and caught a 3lb eye and had a monster break off after 5mins. of drag squelling excitement, my hart dropped and my pole went flying but man what fun.