I decided to try my luck at McGregor today. As a public service announcement, anchor your chairs down.
There was 3 inches of solid clear ice, in 5 fow.
I didn't spend long fishing, but in an attempt to retrieve my new fishing rod, and chair with my dead stick as a tiny gust of wind caught it, and slowly slid by me as I attempted to run after it. I then quickly turned around as you could see the ice crack below me.
There's my chair, just off the boat ramp. I spent the next hour and a bit, and 3 lures, trying to catch it with a hook and drag it back. I bounced the jig off the legs a few times, and casted past it to the left, and then to the right, but never successfully snagging it.
There's a free fishing rod and Lindy Darter, and a chair, and my gloves for a brave soul