I fished right straight out from the first creek that dumps in, kinda followed where the channel is and landed 4 or 5 smaller 12-14 inch fish, was out there from sun up until about 2pm ish but lost 3 or 4 at the hole and they were biting very soft, they would smack once or twice and be gone, was not the best day of fishing but far from the worst, ice is good 14-16 inches and edges are solid