Lake Cadillac

Three days before Christmas they said the ice was 6-8 inches. I went out that afternoon and it was at about 4-6 in the areas I put holes. With the warm spell and rain, now they are saying it is at 7-10 when I called???? Something isn't right. I thought warm air and rain melted the ice, but then again, what do I know, I am new.

I fished Mitchell today (Friday 2/04) there was a good 6 to 7 inches of solid ice with a few 4 wheelers & snowmobiles driving on the ice. We caught around 35 to 40 small perch (3"-6") behind Pilgrim's Village bait shop with only 2 keepers 1-9" & 1-8". We also fished in big bay cove and caught a couple of small crappie & perch. We saw 3 nice crappie & 1 nice gill caught out of probably 50 guys fishing in the 3 hours over there. Also saw 2 nice pike caught and a few small ones. Overall pretty slow day for catching but it was fun especially for the first trip of the year. Drove around Cadillac only a few guys fishing on it.