When I got to the pond, I started out near the Legion.
I worked my way out to where I was hoping for some white perch, but stopped about 100 yds out.
The ice was thickest closer to shore, and where I stopped it was roughly 5 inches.
What stopped me was that every hole I cut was soon covered by 1-2 inches of water, and the ice was cracking all afternoon.
OK, enough about that....
My first fish was probably my PB ice fish ever!!!
I caught a HUGE bass, approx. 23 inches long, and made it thru my 6 inch auger hole.
If I had to guess at a weight, it was somewhere in the 7-9 lb range (possibly even more)
I did catch 5 perch and 3 pickerel, so not a bad afternoon at all.