I fished Cooney on the 1st as well. The ice is a good 12", I never really measured. I caught one trout, maybe a 2 pounder. I was marking some fish on my fish finder, but couldn't get them interested. It was pretty windy and I was trying to keep a couple of nephews rigged up and fishing.
Chucknduck,
Where were you fishing? We started out just west of Willow Creek and didn't get anything, moved to the Willow Creek Bay area and thats where we starting seeing some fish. Can you give me some pointers on what to use for bait?