First sign of ice off

Myself, matt and chris took a 4 hour jaunt with news of the ice being mostly off. when we arrived in the morning we were still pretty limited on open water but as the day progressed most all of the ice, except in the middle of the res, had melted off. the weather was absolutely perfect but of course the water was still very cold. although the fishing was pretty dam good, we didnt encounter any of the bigger fish (mid 20's) and a lot of our fish were missing fins. fucking hatchery fish. a bonus to the day was that matt's daughter packed us some lunch. it was still a fantastic day.