It took me way too long but here is my belated update. We did end up getting out for about 4 hours on that Friday (26th) There was a little ice at the launch but backin the trailer in and out twice broke it up enough. Everyhting went well just ran two inline planer boards and two flat lines off the back with rapalas and bass pro xps plugs. No hits but we gave it a shot and everyone was in good spirits and had a fun time anyway. After todays warm temps I am itching to get out soon.