No slush. I had some last week but it was solid Wednesday. There was snow, about 3-4" ice, a little water, then about 15". It took the whole auger on my ION to get through, and couldn't get my ice skimmer to the bottom of the ice without putting my hand in the hole. I fished about 3 hrs because they moved some from last week. Once I got on them it was good fishing. I put back about twice as many dinks as keepers.