Lake cascade Ice fishing 2/22/17

Good news and Bad news.  The yellow perch fishing is good. Last weekends tournament captured many 2 pound plus perch. The bad news is that the access areas are very wet and you may not be able to get to the ice because of open water. Rains over the weekend caused the lake to rise and the ice has moved offshore in spots.  Blue heron has about 20 ft of open water, the cascade ramp has several feet of open water. Poison cr. is very slushy. The ice itself is still thick you may not be able to get there. Rubber boots or planks to walk on may work. Be aware the whole ice sheet can move in the wind and possibly pull away from shore. the weather pattern is cooling and will be cold here the next few nights, this may help access. BE CAREFUL!