Thanks for the replies; Ended up going to Maxi and was surprised to be the only boat/rig there on such a beautiful day. The ramp itself was clear but Culver has more snow than Valpo and the perimeter around the ramp was about 3-5 inches deep. I put the Suburban in 4 wheel drive to launch and retrieve and did stop for a few minutes to think things through. It is amazing that as you get older, you stop and think more. A few years ago, I would have just launched and never thought twice about the conditions or the potential consequences. As far as the fishing goes, I fished the 20' break line as you enter academy bay and struck out there dragging perch rigs and listening to the Bears/Lions game on the radio. Just before dark, I trolled with the Ipilot and ran a floating rapala on the outside two lines and a purple little ripper down the middle. I think I blinked once and suddenly the middle rod was bowed and had a nice, chunky 20" walleye on and landed. Was gonna release it but it inhaled the bait and was swimming sideways in the livewell. So, I cleaned it and it will be part of dinner tomorrow evening. It was cold out but clear and so beautifully quiet that I just moseyed along the shoreline down by the channels casting my rapala with no luck. Again, what a beautiful night and a couple of times I thought I had a strike after dark only to find it was getting hung up on thin ice.