Was out at Chump Saturday with some buddies. No tracks onto the lake (except our same tracks from NY Eve day), not even ski-doo. Made it down the boat launch without difficulty but walked on. About 200 yards out, found about 2-3" of flood water under the snow. Got all set up around 10am and the rip-cord snapped on the auger. Great. Had to go into Boyle for the right size Allen Key but finally got the motor back in working order. Finally got fishing, about 12:30, and tied into some decent perch, biggest being around 8-10". Saw tons of them on the cam but they were very picky, not a whole lot of bites. Buddy eventually got a nice jack, just under keeper-size. I really like that lake and plan on exploring it a lot more in the future. Didnt take measurements, but I would estimate around 16" of snow on top of 12-14" of ice. We fished in approx. 10-15 feet of water.
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