Well I'm going to say that winter has wound down and spring is upon us. Last ice usually means for good fishing and this year was no different. My kids and some friends of ours fished Halls Lake for what I'm sure will be the last time this year, at least on the hard water. The bluegill bite was steady all afternoon, however we had to do quite a bit of sorting to separate the nice one's from small one's. My daughter caught the biggest of the day which made for a nice ending to s good ice fishing season.

 This past weekend, with temps breaking 60 degrees, we truly made the most of last ice. The north end of Coldwater Lake is all open while the south end still has ice on it. As we sat in our lawn chairs in shorts watching tip-ups, the neighbors to the north were cruising around in their pontoon. Pure Michigan....