Finally got back out on the Ice Today around 1p.m.,and I was setting up for the Afternoon Bite. Make sure your Ice Auger Blade`s are Sharp!!,up to 12 inches of Ice where I was Fishing!! After punching 2 Hole`s through the Ice, I waited with High Hopes for a School of Perch. No Perch, but 3 Pike came around during the afternoon,I had them on, BUT, using only light line for Perch Fishing lost them, they broke me off. Also, one Very small Perch looked at my Minnow,and left. This has only been my 2nd time out this year, and I feel that soon, the Big Bite that everyone has been waiting for,including myself, will come, hopefully soon!! It is nice to get out, Fish or No Fish! LIFE`S SHORT! FISH HARD!