Hey wizbang. Can give you some info and advice. I found a place near Furber Point, was there twice last year, once so far this year and three more trips planned.
Last year Friday, two guys for a quick two hours, no flags
Saturday, 7 guys we got everyone on a fish on a full day, 5 lakers, 2 daytime cusk
This past Saturday, Bruins and football and realized I was a girlything, too cold
Sunday, me the missus and two girls for 5 hours, zero flags
Monday, went from blizzard to sunny and felt like 50, zero flags.
My girls are 11 and 12 now and they (wo)man their own traps. We just spent a weekend without a flag but had a lot of fun. If you need flags it's a tough call, Winni can be mean. We had ice out in front of us that looked liked Kosovo yet ice to the side that was glass and made for good "hole hockey" games. Unlike a lot of guys who post here who I respect to the gills, I don't jig much....mostly a function of entertaining either the fam or groups of non fisherman friends all the time...so if that's your m/o you might have success there. Look me up if you land there...we'll be up the first few days of Mass feb vaca.