Local reports of decent ice had me drive up 1-1/4+ hour to find 6-8" good ice, down here mostly 5-10' open water around ice. Fished from before noon to a little after 4:00, north of big island, lots of fisherman, portables and four wheelers, only caught one small bluegill on a jig and spikes, had a few flags on shiners and crappie minnows, but did not hook anything. ice good from campground boat landing to big island, but there is a big pressure crack from the island to the point south of the boat landing where you can see open water, still good to be out and learning. Back to ice fishing after 8 years with too much work and trying to learn the game again, any pointers from guys who fish a lot??
