I think miserable is the best way to describe the ice conditions.
Headed out on Butch’s Bay yesterday afternoon for a short time. about 10″ of solid ice, but above that is 8″ of slush and 18″ of snow.
I went out on the main lake, off the cemetary this morning. Where the snow blew off, the slush froze down and there’s lots of ice. Anyplace where there is snow at all, there’s slush. Still had 6+ inches of solid ice under the deepest snow.
I was hoping the cold would have frozen things up better, but just too much snow. Going to tough going for a while.
As far as the fishing goes…hit and miss.