Thanks for the info. So many good ponds close the 28 th. Tough to know if Ice is out on the long distance ones. Took the boat to beach last Saturday and had to bust through 50 feet of half inch ice pack just to get skunked and have the boat fill up with wet snow. When I bailed out at midnight, the ice pack moved back into the ramp area and refroze so I had to bust my way back out of the pond. Talk about a bad day fishing. But I'll do it again tomorrow cause I need to fish