Hi everyone, long time lurker here.
My ice fishing experience growing up was limited to having a couple of tip ups rigged with smelts while playing cards inside a warm shack. Would land the odd pike here and there.
The last few years I've spent a lot of time learning new methods and tricks and testing them out. I've improved my game significantly with pike but can't for the life of me find a good strategy for chasing walleye. When I catch one it's usually by accident. I fish lakes with healthy populations of both.
As the title says, is there a decent guide out there for finding where the walleye are under the ice? I've searched this forum a fair bit and there are some good tips buried in various threads. I'm looking for more of a general strategy; not so much with angling technique but location wise.
I have/use a camera frequently to make sure i'm not missing anything down there. I don't have a flasher (yet) but I know that would help a lot. I understand being mobile is key, and that to find them one must move around A LOT. I'm a science person so I'd like to think basing their location off of their natural behaviors/instincts would be a wise start. Right now I typically start with a bathymetric map and try to find areas of rapidly changing depth and fish the drop off. I don't know anything about how temperatures or time of year might affect their feeding habits etc. I was told they generally hang out in deeper waters (~30') and will move to shallower waters to feed quickly before heading back down?
Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!