Floating dock should be fine, mine always is, but it's pretty heavy duty built by the Herman Brothers. I doubt the ice depth you get there should pose any issues when it thaws, etc.

My YP also stopped feeding in the low 50s, no worries there.

Are you still leaking at the base of the dam?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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