Marty, glad to see you enjoyed as wel as learned during your 1st year of ice fishing. Ice fishing techniques change as the years go by so keep an open mind. What we did back in the 50's and 60's don't even come close anymore. Large clumsy jigs like the wobble-write, 6 lb mono on bait casting reels and rods with perch eyes would always catch perch, but don't even think about using it today even on the same lakes we fished back then. Even from the 70's to the 2000's the techniques have changed. Today the fishing techniques have evolved to a finesse style of very light jigs, line and rods and reels. So keep your mind open and change with the times to stay on the fish.