For me it was fair. The ice season in the metro area was way too short. We did try new places, skunked 2 x's at 11 mile, fished Georgetown during a blizzard and had my pull mechanism freeze up so we could not punch new holes, Granby a couple of times, (lost a bunch of fish on the way to the hole and at the hole!)
A little bit more success is all I needed to make the jump to Good. But I learned a lot this year and will put what I learned to good use next year.
Dan