I haven't really had very good luck for smallies in the winter...Where do they go? I have caught them right around ice out while fishing for pike...I have set tip ups in a lot of differrent areas with not really much luck...the shoreline I live on which is loaded spring, fall, and summer and in areas where you catch pike.
Now if you wanna catch smallies through the Ice I would suggest Lake Carmi, everytime i go there we always get a few with other fish in the mix as well.
