I did the ole drive around the lake today after work, I was quite surprised to see the lake completely lock in as far as I could see, I didn't take my spud bar with me but I did a few foot stomping checks in some channels . I didn't pop through but not an accurate way to check ice, I did see one guy fishing in a channel and he did say there was 3-4" of ice on and in another channel he said the ice was only about 1". As far as the catch, I didn't ask