Well I am back from my NoDak trip. Unfortunatly I wasnt on the ice as much as I had hoped for. A mixture of me being sick, the kid being sick and -45 degree windchills kinda put a damper on things. We did make it out 2 days but the fishing was really slow. I did manage to get my 4 year old a few pike that were pretty respectable though. He had a blast and I though I was gonna end up in the crazy house from trying to keep up with him but I guess thats what its all about. I definatly missed the 12" ice thickness of Idaho while I was up there though. The lake we were fishing had just over 4 feet of hard water and the auger blades had seen better days so it was a little miserable. All in all it was a great time though. Hope to see yall out on the open water shortly.