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Hi Dave, thank you for the response. I've only been ice fishing for two years so not a lot of experience. With these recent temps I don't doubt that it is forming ice but suppose I was more questioning the quality of ice. I figured the warm temps and rain would have ruined it but I've read several other posts on here and Iowa Sportsman and it does sound like others are reporting similar conditions to what you are on Moffit. I assume Badger and Roberts would be about the same. I think I will make the drive to Roberts tomorrow and give it a try. I got into some really nice crappies two years ago. I was told several years back that Moffit has perch in it but they are super hard to find. Any truth to that? How about crappies?Thanks again for the feedback.
Welcome to Ice Shanty. I'm in the central part of the state along hwy.#30 and I don't think are little warm spell and rain affected it. One of the ponds I frequent was and still is 9". As always use caution no matter how cold it gets.
Dale Maffitt does have Perch, and yes they are hard to find. But then, I don't do a whole lot of searching for them. I've caught some decent Crappies, but they have been inconsistent. One thing to keep in mind is that they close the gate at 8 pm. So, you need to be out by then, or you'll be spending the night, until they unlock it again at 7am.