Well Cooley, just came down from a FULL day on the ice at Fletchers Floodwaters, by Alpena/Hillman and they have 6-8" of ice there. What's even more wicked is that there were trucks, cars, atvs, arcos and snowmobiles out there too!!! It was crazy!!!
9 hours of fishing and 9 flags: 1 - 28" pike, 1 - 26" pike, 1 - 22" pike and a lot of mouthing by the other fish.
And yesterday I was at relatives by Kzoo and the shoreline was water, but could stand on the lake if I went off their dock...didn't go out to far. Good luck and hope your hands get slimey.