Check those edges!!!
Had to travel through northeast Indiana today on business& I checked lakes&ponds as I went for ice. DeKalb, Whitley, & going south - Forget it! Get out the boats. Most had open water or at best a thin, thin skim. Going north, Sylvan looked okay, but not a soul in sight. Otter had ice out but in the channels & along the shore edges it was open&looked weak. As I drove past Silver near Angola, two guys were walking in across the center of the lake. Detoured to Fox & again it looked okay out but here 3-5' off shore was either open or looked ouchy. Stopped at the Fremont bait shop & the guy said that if you got on off shore you'd find up to a foot of ice. Getting on was the trick. Went to Clear - One shanty was way out by the island & one was out in the northeast corner. That's all I saw. Again, shoreline was a little shaky but probably the best of any lakes I saw. On all, everything is melted down to bare ice. - Cleats are a must! Again, be careful of those edges!