Well we made it out yesterday to Lake Newell. No ice on the lake at all, launch is clear and in perfect condition (no dock yet). Not many people on the water. It was gorgeous out yesterday, nice temps and hardly any wind.
Fishing wsa slow. We had trouble finding anything that looked like fish on the finder. But the goal was to get the boat in the water and test out the newly installed trolling motor and HDS 5. Everything is good so that's all that matters
Caught a very nice sun tan and 2 medium pike. Couple others that were out there were having about the lake luck as us, not a lot of fish. Lake seemed to be in turnover, so it will take a week or so to get back to normal. Nice weather though and this shouldn't take long. Water temp was 40 in the am, 43 in the afternoon.