The whole cove had a thin layer of ice on it, just enough to rest a tip up on it. I was fishing for crappie and walleye with a bait called a squirt, its a little minnow jig. And yeah he was hooked just right, I was extremely lucky. It must have been destiny, ye know. The ice was so thin i just kicked through it to fish the jig. That water behind me is all frozen, but barely. Lol!