Thanks @Yakfisherman for all of your fishing report’s & some of your tip’s on how to catch the perch and the odd pike’s. Also,letting us know occasional the ice conditions on the inner bay,which helps for an out of towner such as myself to not make a wasted 3 hour round trip to long point bay. Enjoy your perch & pike meal’s,and “Come On” to the soft water season!!
For sure @Larry Lloyd
about the best ice fishing that I have seen as well,since I started ice fishing there on the inner bay of long point back in the early 80th’s!! Excellent ice fishing for sure back then as well!! I didn’t notice too much debris left out on the ice,as I was walking back in,after ice fishing last March 4/22. But unfortunately,there was this leftover ice hut frozen into the ice,and hopefully it will eventually float to shore,(once the ice melts),before a boat hits it,during the boating season. Definitely I agree as well,about the great operator’s there that you mentioned & here’s hoping that the great ice fishing will last for year’s to come!! 
I hope so or you may find your tarp somewhere down near Toronto. The wind is gusting to 65km SW at times here in Iona Station but is supposed to pick up to around 82km this afternoon.I guess one of two things will happen today, I will find out how well I secured the tarp covering my boat, or after the tarp changes postal code I'll see how well the boat survived the Winter.
Hey Stephen if that tarp does come off next time use some of that 3M 5200. 
