I personaly would rather stay off the ice, specially where the water is over waist deep, took the cold dip and spent a few under the ice one time, no fun there. I am consiquently very uncomphy on the ice. Besides bunny hunting is in full swing then! :mrgreen:
I used to hard water fish many moons ago in Northern Wisconsin. However last year I got out a couple times here in central Illinois. It felt great to get out on the ice again.
Im not a big fan of ice, I hate when it cracks, makes me nervous everytime. ice set-up, however that much weight makes me even more nervous.