i ice fish all the time its fun went out last sunday and a guy went through the ice up to his waist but before we could get over there to help him he already pulled him self out and my cousin had went through up to his knee. the ice was thick enough but there were just a few soft spots out there. i went wedensday caught 2 perch. sunday i caught 4. my cousin caught a 24 inch pike sunday morning and that was the only flag we got all day. Hey buckhunter14 we were fish Reads Lake or however you spell